Month: April 2017

Glamorgan 207 and 141 for 3 trail Worcestershire 403 (Kohler-Cadmore 102, Barnard, Hastings 51) by 55 runsScorecard Tom Kohler-Cadmore ensured Worcestershire gained a daunting lead © Getty Images It has been a wretched start to Glamorgan’s Championship season and, after losing heavily in the first game, they are again struggling against Worcestershire in front of their own supporters in Cardiff. They still trail by 55, and it will require a…

Hampshire 208 for 4 (Carberry 84*, Ervine 53) trail Middlesex 356 (Robson 84, Eskinazi 82, Wheal 4-98) by 147 runsScorecard Michael Carberry stood up to the challenge of a strong Middlesex attack © Getty Images Michael Carberry closed in on a first Specsavers County Championship of the season with a fine 84 not out on the second day against Middlesex. The Hampshire opener is making his first Ageas Bowl appearance…

Match facts Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rising Pune SupergiantBengaluru, April 16, 2017Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT) Samuel Badree could hold the key to unlock the weaknesses in the Rising Pune Supergiant batting © BCCI Head to head Overall: The two teams have faced off only twice, in IPL 2016, with RCB winning both times. The last time they played in Bengaluru, Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 108 helped the home side…

Match facts Mumbai Indians v Gujarat LionsSunday, April 16, 2017Start time 1600 local time Mitchell McClenaghan recovered some ground against Royal Challengers Bangalore after an expensive start to his IPL © BCCI Head to head Overall: Mumbai Indians lost both their matches against Gujarat Lions last season. In the news Lasith Malinga missed Mumbai’s last match against Royal Challengers Bangalore due to an illness. If fit, he is likely to…

Toss Delhi Daredevils opt to bat v Kings XI PunjabLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shreyas Iyer would hope for a better start to the new IPL season © BCCI Zaheer Khan, the Delhi Daredevils captain, elected to bat in their first home game on what he thought was a dry Feroz Shah Kotla surface. Shreyas Iyer, who missed the first two games because of a bout of chicken pox, was…

Kolkata Knight Riders 172 for 6 (Uthappa 68, Pandey 46, Bhuvneshwar 3-20) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 155 for 6 (Warner 26, Yuvraj 26, Woakes 2-49) by 17 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Robin Uthappa cashed in on his reprieves and smacked 68 off 39 balls © BCCI In an error-strewn match, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav bowled equally immaculate spells, but it was Kolkata Knight Riders who came away with their third…

Nottinghamshire 96 for 4 (Patel 43*) trail Durham 162 (Poynter 65, Fletcher 3-23) by 66 runsScorecard Stuart Poynter top-scored for Durham with 65 © Getty Images “We’re not angry with you,” the ECB’s panjandrums told Durham last autumn. “Just very very disappointed?” queried the county’s officials, who had rapidly adjusted to their role in the patient parent lectures naughty teen routine. And so it continued, the board telling Durham that…

Warwickshire 152 for 8 (Coad 4-47) v YorkshireScorecard Ben Coad was among the wickets again © Getty Images Finding the silver lining to the cloud is a necessary skill for the county cricket watcher at this time of year. It is not just enduring the inevitable bouts of rain and cold weather they will encounter in the early season – we lost almost exactly half a day here – but…