Month: April 2017

Yorkshire wrap up crushing win over Warwickshire

April 17, 2017
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Yorkshire 381 (Handscomb 75, Rashid 65, Bresnan 61) beat Warwickshire 178 (Barker 50, Coad 5-52) and 115 (Patel 49*, Coad 5-50) by an innings an 88 runsScorecard Ben Coad claimed a ten-wicket match haul © Getty Images Yorkshire first-team coach Andrew Gale praised his team’s character after they required just 42 balls on the final morning to complete an innings-and-and-88-run victory over Warwickshire at Edgbaston. The home side, trailing by…

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Shami returns, Daredevils bat in hot Delhi

Toss Delhi Daredevils chose to bat v Kolkata Knight RidersLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:08 Agarkar: Delhi should bat Pant higher than Nair The toss was academic. Kolkata Knight Riders were always going to chase as per T20 convention, and Delhi Daredevils were always going to bat because their batsmen are inexperienced and do well without the pressure of having to perform in crucial phases. For purposes purely academic,…

April 17, 2017
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Shami back, Daredevils bat in hot Delhi

Toss Delhi Daredevils chose to bat v Kolkata Knight RidersLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:08 Agarkar: Delhi should bat Pant higher than Nair The toss was academic. Kolkata Knight Riders were always going to chase as per T20 convention, and Delhi Daredevils were always going to bat because their batsmen are inexperienced and do well without the pressure of having to perform in crucial phases. For purposes purely academic,…

April 17, 2017
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Overseas selections hamper RCB balance

Play 02:06 Need to find the right balance in the XI – Vettori While it’s not quite all doom and gloom yet, Royal Challengers Bangalore are not far from the point of no-return on the league table. One win in five games leaves them with the prospect of having to win at least seven of the remaining nine games – five of which are away – to have a chance…

April 17, 2017
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Was just trying to read Watson's mind – Tiwary

Play 01:08 Wasn’t easy for new batsmen going in – Tiwary Manoj Tiwary watched from the dugout as the Rising Pune Supergiant middle order collapsed, losing five wickets for three runs, against disciplined wicket-to-wicket length bowling from Royal Challengers Bangalore. Runs weren’t flowing freely on a sluggish surface and it seemed Rising Pune would barely touch 140, which, notwithstanding the nature of the surface, is a score well below par…

April 17, 2017
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Coad's dream start surprises even Yorkshire

Warwickshire 178 and 85 for 9 (Coad 5-27) trail Yorkshire 381 (Handscomb 75, Rashid 65, Bresnan 61) by 118 runsScorecard Play 01:34 County Championship Round-up: Cook’s class shines through Ben Coad continued his remarkable start to the season with another five-wicket haul to take Yorkshire to the brink of a crushing victory over Warwickshire. Coad, who had played only one Championship match before this season, has now taken three five-wickets…

April 16, 2017
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Northeast for England! But is anybody listening?

April 16, 2017
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Kent 304 and 413 for 5 (Northeast 173*) lead Sussex 291 by 426 runsScorecard Sam Northeast’s reputation seems consigned to Kent © Getty Images “Northeast for England!” It’s one thing for Kent fans to chant for their captain (and, to be fair to them, they’ve been singing that for a while). But when those chants are coming from his own dressing room, it does strike a different note. As Sussex…

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Parry and Kerrigan leave Surrey in a spin

April 16, 2017
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Surrey 319 (Burns 91, Parry 3-31) and 55 for 1 trail Lancashire 470 by 96 runsScorecard Worked over: Zafar Ansari misses his drive at Simon Kerrigan © Getty Images In days of yore, the sight of two spinners bowling in tandem, scuttling through their overs like squirrels scurrying up a tree, was commonplace on the county circuit. No longer. As surfaces offering prodigious turn have become rarer and ever-more matches…

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Pune quicks defend 161 against RCB

April 16, 2017
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Rising Pune Supergiant 161 for 8 (Tripathi 31, Rahane 30, Milne 2-27, Aravind 2-29) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 134 for 9 (De Villiers 29, Stokes 3-18, Thakur 3-35) by 27 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Shardul Thakur returned career-best T20 figures of 3 for 35 © BCCI Rising Pune Supergiant’s middle-order froze on sluggish Chinnaswamy surface, losing 5 for 3, but their bowlers inflicted a bigger freeze on Royal Challengers Bangalore…

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Not bad for openers

April 16, 2017
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Derbyshire 281 and 142 for 0 (Reece 69*, Godleman 63*) lead Northamptonshire 307 (Holden 76, Duckett 53, Newton 50, Davis 4-60) by 116 runsScorecard Billy Godleman has responded immediately to Derbyshire’s new regime © Getty Images An unbroken century opening stand between Billy Godleman and Luis Reece raised Derbyshire’s hopes of a first County Championship victory since July 2015 at the end of the third day of the Division Two…

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