With multiple shoulder injuries over the last couple of years, Chris Lynn knows he will have to be cautious in the field: “I think I might just have to be one of those fielders you hide.” © BCCI With Kolkata Knight Riders pursuing a top-two finish in the IPL 2017 league stage, batsman Chris Lynn is keen to play a match before the playoffs, targeting a return either against Kings…
West Indies 312 and 40 for 1 (Hetmyer 22*, Abbas 1-14) trail Pakistan 393 (Azhar 105, Misbah 99, Gabriel 4-81, Holder 3-42, Bishoo 3-16) by 41 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Azhar Ali made his 13th Test hundred and helped Pakistan wipe out the deficit © AFP A slow but steady hundred from Azhar Ali and Misbah-ul-Haq’s 99 ensured Pakistan tightened their grip over the Bridgetown Test. After they secured a…
Leicestershire 363 for 7 (Pettini 159, Wells 67, Ali 52, Barker 3-65) beat Warwickshire 260 (Hain 103, Ambrose 83, Griffiths 3-35, Wells 3-44) by 103 runsScorecard Mark Pettini plundered Warwickshire’s attack © Getty Images A record-breaking innings from Mark Pettini helped Leicestershire to a crushing 103-run victory over Warwickshire at Grace Road. Pettini thrashed the highest score by a Leicestershire batsman against a first-class county in the club’s List A…
Tea Pakistan 329 for 7 (Shadab 0*, Bishoo 3-103) lead West Indies 312 by 17 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Azhar Ali made his 13th Test hundred and helped Pakistan wipe out the deficit © AFP A lunch break is supposed to last around 40 minutes, but in Bridgetown, it appeared to bring cricket forward by 40 years. After Pakistan had spent the first session ticking along at just over…
Tea Pakistan 329 for 7 (Shadab 0*, Bishoo 3-103) lead West Indies 312 by 17 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Azhar Ali made his 13th Test hundred and helped Pakistan wipe out the deficit © AFP A lunch break is supposed to last around 40 minutes, but in Bridgetown, it appeared to bring cricket forward by 40 years. After Pakistan had spent the first session ticking along at just over…
Nottinghamshire 286 for 6 (Hales 77, Wessels 67, Patel 59) beat Derbyshire 303 for 4 (Godleman 90, Slater 72, Madsen 66) by four wickets (DLS method)Scorecard Alex Hales powered the early stages of Nottinghamshire’s chase © Getty Images Billy Root held his nerve to steer Nottinghamshire to a four-wicket victory over Derbyshire at Derby that keeps their Royal London Cup hopes alive. Nottinghamshire were starting to unravel chasing a revised…
Delhi Daredevils 189 for 4 (Anderson 41*, Nair 39, Siraj 2-41) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 185 for 3 (Yuvraj 70*, Warner 30, Shami 2-36) by six wicketsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Yuvraj Singh’s unbeaten 70 came in a losing cause as Delhi Daredevils pulled off an impressive win © BCCI Delhi Daredevils bounced back from the ignominy of falling to their lowest total in IPL history by dominating their chase in…
Essex 212 for 9 (ten Doeschate 45, Harmer 44*, Dernbach 4-31) beat Surrey 210 (Foakes 77, Quinn 3-34, Bopara 3-46)Scorecard Ravi Bopara steadied Essex after an early wobble © Getty Images Tailender Simon Harmer hit an unbeaten 44 including the winning boundary to steer Essex to a thrilling one-wicket win over Surrey in a low-scoring Royal London Cup clash at the Kia Oval. Harmer, who has five Test caps for…
Sussex 292 for 6 (van Zyl 96, Brown 60, de Lange 3-51) beat Glamorgan 221 (Cooke 62, Rudolph 51, Briggs 3-53) by 50 runs (DLS method)Scorecard Stiaan van Zyl achored Sussex’s total on a slow pitch © Getty Images Sussex won only their second Royal London Cup game since August 2014 after defeating Glamorgan by 60 runs in a rain-affected contest at Hove. South African Stiaan van Zyl top scored…
© ESPNcricinfo Ltd The BCCI’s Committee of Administrators (CoA) has stopped a segment of the board from sending a legal notice to the ICC as part of the fallout of last week’s ICC Board meeting. Though the specifics of the legal complaint are not clear, it was to broadly express discontent with the events of the meeting and referred to the implications of the Members Participation Agreement (MPA). A dozen…