Month: April 2017

Gloucestershire 303 and 175 for 3 (Dent 64*, Tavare 55) lead Durham 419 (Collingwood 97, Richardson 57, Miles 5-99) by 59 runsScorecard Paul Collingwood has given Durham hope of victory © Getty Images Skipper Paul Collingwood fell three short of a century as Durham established a first innings lead of 116 on the third day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Gloucestershire at Bristol. Resuming on 270 for four,…

Kent 259 (Davis 4-75) and 308 (Rouse 95*, Stevens 90) beat Derbyshire 159 (Madsen 56, Stevens 6-47) and 239 (Wilson 97, Harris 4-56, Stevens 3-63) by 169 runsScorecard Loanee James Harris made an impact [file picture] Sarah Ansell / © Getty Images Kent romped to their second successive three-day victory in Canterbury and to a third Specsavers County Championship win on the bounce after defeating Division Two rivals Derbyshire by…

Lunch Pakistan 59 for 2 (Babar 12*, Younis 0*) trail by West Indies 286 (Chase 63, Holder 57*, Dowrich 56, Amir 6-44) 227 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shannon Gabriel was Mohammad Amir’s sixth wicket © AFP In an evenly-contested morning session, after the rain relented in Jamaica and the outfield dried, Pakistan moved cautiously to 59 for 2 against some accurate bowling after West Indies’ first innings had been…

‘You got to remember playing an innings like that [is hard]. We had got a bit blasé about how special they were’ – Stephen Fleming on the criticism surrounding MS Dhoni © BCCI There are several reasons that make MS Dhoni one of cricket’s greatest finishers: his calmness under pressure, for example, or his determination that no target is beyond him. But there were other factors in play on Saturday…

Dwayne Bravo was stretchered off the field after jarring his foot near the boundary during the BBL © Cricket Australia/Getty Images West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo has been ruled out of the 2017 IPL because of his ongoing rehabilitation for the hamstring injury he suffered in December. Bravo has been with his IPL team – Gujarat Lions – this season but has not played a game, and his captain Suresh…

Innings break West Indies 286 (Chase 63, Holder 57*, Dowrich 56, Amir 6-44) v PakistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shannon Gabriel was Mohammad Amir’s sixth wicket © AFP Mohammad Amir claimed career best bowling figures as Pakistan wrapped up West Indies’ first innings for 286 at Sabina Park. Despite lasting just over 90 overs, it was an innings that stretched over three days owing to a combination of poor light,…

Innings break West Indies 286 (Chase 63, Holder 57*, Dowrich 56, Amir 6-44) v PakistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shannon Gabriel was Mohammad Amir’s sixth wicket © AFP Mohammad Amir claimed career best bowling figures as Pakistan wrapped up West Indies’ first innings for 286 at Sabina Park. Despite lasting just over 90 overs, it was an innings that stretched over three days owing to a combination of poor light,…

ICC news April 23, 2017 The CoA has not been adamant in its discussions with other boards over the new ICC constitution, but the BCCI will be represented at the ICC meetings by its secretary, who is part of the old order The CoA and the BCCI CEO Rahul Johri have not adopted a hardline stance on the new ICC constitution, but they won’t be at the meeting © AFP…