Nottinghamshire 447 (Wessels 202*, Broad 57, Magoffin 5-51) beat Sussex 155 (Archer 40, Pattinson 4-22) and 204 (Nash 53, Archer 47) by an innings and 88 runsScorecard Play 01:20 County Championship Round-up: Notts proving too good Sussex, weakened by injuries, short on experience with bat as well as ball, were likely always to find the going tough here but just how tough may have taken even them by surprise. The…
Worcestershire 188 (Moeen 50) and 153 (Buck 4-42) beat Northamptonshire 157 (Leach 5-60) and 164 (Leach 5-62, Tongue 4-45) by 20 runsScorecard Joe Leach was on a hat-trick early in Glamorgan’s innings © Getty Images Worcestershire made it two wins in a row in the Specsavers County Championship and ended Northamptonshire’s 100% start to the season with a victory in two days in a tense, low-scoring contest at New Road….
Durham 270 for 4 trail Gloucestershire 303 (Tavare 61, Dent 59) by 33 runsScorecard Keaton Jennings got his season together in Bristol © Getty Images Keaton Jennings gave the England selectors a timely nudge as Durham enjoyed the upper hand against Gloucestershire on the second day of the Specsavers County Championship Division Two match at Bristol. Although he missed out on a second successive hundred, the left-handed opener top-scored with…
Mumbai Indians 142 for 8 (Buttler 28, Mishra 2-18, Cummins 2-20) beat Delhi Daredevils 128 for 7 (Morris 52*, Rabada 44, McClenaghan 3-24, Bumrah 2-21) by 14 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Morris made a fighting, unbeaten 51 but Delhi Daredevils were always struggling after slipping to 24 for 6 in their chase of 143 © BCCI Batting first for the first time in six matches, Mumbai Indians never really…
Glamorgan 281 for 4 (Selman 117, Ingram 84*) trail Leicestershire 420 (Dearden 87, Pettini 69, Carey 4-127) by 139 runsScorecard Nick Selman’s hundred stopped the rot © Getty Images Nick Selman became his county’s first championship centurion of the season as Glamorgan’s batsmen produced a spirited reply to Leicestershire’s first innings score of 420 at the Fischer County Ground. The 21-year-old, whose hard-working 117 was made from 170 deliveries, shared…
Match facts Gujarat Lions v Kings XI PunjabIndore, April 23, 2017Start time 1600 local (1030 GMT) Gujarat Lions and Kings XI Punjab have been the two worst bowling teams of the season © BCCI Head to head Overall: Lions and Kings XI have a 1-1 record against each other, winning their respective away games in 2016. In the news Gujarat Lions’ victory at Eden Gardens has boosted morale in their…
Nazmul Hassan: “We have to strengthen our umpires for the sake of Bangladesh cricket’s future” © BCB The BCB has formed a three-member committee to investigate the second division Dhaka League match between Lalmatia Club and Axiom Cricketers at the City Club ground, where a bowler conceded 92 runs off just four legal deliveries on April 11. Sujon Mahmud, playing for Lalmatia, gave away 65 wides and 15 no-balls in…
Match facts Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers BangaloreSunday, April 23, 2017Start time 2000 IST (1430 GMT) Head to head Last season: Each team won their away match – Royal Challengers thumped Knight Riders by nine wickets at Eden Gardens but lost their home match by five wickets. Overall: Knight Riders have won 10 of the 19 matches between the two sides. At Eden Gardens, Royal Challengers have won three…
Shakib Al Hasan has led Bangladesh in four T20Is previously © AFP Shakib Al Hasan has officially been appointed Bangladesh’s new T20I captain, succeeding Mashrafe Mortaza who retired from the format in Sri Lanka last month. The decision was among several taken at the BCB’s first board meeting of 2017. “There were other names that we considered but Shakib’s form and ability in T20s is outstanding so he was almost…
Rising Pune Supergiant 179 for 4 (Dhoni 61*, Tripathi 59, Rashid 1-17) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 176 for 3 (Henriques 55*, Christian 1-20) by 6 wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details MS Dhoni was at his devastating best © BCCI The finisher is not finished yet. MS Dhoni struck a 34-ball 61 to help clean up some of the mess he himself created as Rising Pune Supergiant chased down 177 with a last-ball…