Month: May 2017

India 129 for 3 (Kohli 52*, Dhawan 40) beat New Zealand 189 (Ronchi 66, Neesham 46*, Bhuvneshwar 3-28, Shami 3-47) by 45 runs (D/L method)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Mohammed Shami snuffed out three of New Zealand’s top four in an opening spell of five overs © Getty Images A handsome, unbeaten half century from Virat Kohli, and a lethal spell of fast bowling from Mohammed Shami helped India to a…

Nottinghamshire 430 for 9 dec (Lumb 117, Pujara 112, Miles 4-123) beat Gloucestershire 149 (Mustard 53, Fletcher 3-32) and 231 (Bancroft 53, Mullaney 5-32) by an innings and 50 runsScorecard File photo – Steven Mullaney claimed his maiden five-wicket haul © Getty Images Nottinghamshire cemented their best start to a Championship campaign in a decade, thanks to a convincing victory over Gloucestershire with a day to spare. After following on,…

Hampshire 162 (Leach 6-78) and 293 (Carberry 51, Bess 7-117) beat Somerset 197 (Elgar 60, Abbott 4-49, Dawson 4-63) and 168 (Elgar 60, Crane 5-40, Dawson 4-66) by 90 runsScorecard Liam Dawson claimed an eight-wicket haul © Getty Images Spinners Liam Dawson and Mason Crane bowled Hampshire to a 90-run victory over Somerset in their Specsavers’ County Championship game at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton. The pair picked…

Match facts May 29, 2017Start time 11am local (1000 GMT) David Miller and Chris Morris contemplate failing to score seven off the final over at the Ageas Bowl © Getty Images Big picture After the liveliest of finishes, a dead rubber. England’s resurrection at the Ageas Bowl condemned South Africa to their first defeat in a bilateral ODI series since 2015 but there will still be interest in the third…

Umar Akmal will turn out for Band-e-Amir Dragons, while big brother Kamran plays for Kabul Eagles © Getty Images Players from Pakistan, the West Indies, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe were among those who went under the hammer in the highest-profile auction yet for Afghanistan’s domestic T20 league, the Shpageeza Cricket League, in Kabul on Thursday. Among the big international picks were Babar Azam, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Tamim Iqbal and Hamilton…

Dougie Brown worked with Warwickshire, among others, previously © Getty Images Dougie Brown, the former England and Scotland allrounder, has been named coach of UAE. He will begin working with the team full-time on June 1, leading up to a limited-overs tour of the Netherlands in mid-July. Earlier this year, Brown had worked with UAE over a three-month spell as interim coach. UAE had been without a full-time coach since…

The current New Zealand side is a little in Kane Williamson’s image: a little less gung-ho and a touch more considered than the Brendon McCullum model © Getty Images Overview Fifty-over cricket has delivered New Zealand only one global trophy – the 2000 edition of this tournament, when it was called the ICC Knockout Trophy – and almost gave them the greatest success in their history in 2015. Riding on…

AB de Villiers was upset when the umpires, Chris Gaffaney and Rob Bailey, queried the state of one of the match balls © Getty Images AB de Villiers has said he was “pretty upset” at being asked by the umpires to explain the condition of one of the balls during South Africa’s narrow defeat against England at the Ageas Bowl. Rob Bailey and Chris Gaffaney, the standing umpires, spoke to…

Dhanuka Pathirana needed 21 balls to get off the mark, but he made a match-winning half-century © Peter Della Penna Canada firmed their case for promotion to Division Two by bouncing back from Friday’s shock loss to Malaysia to thump USA by 96 runs at Kyambogo Oval. USA opted to put Canada in, persuaded by overcast conditions but by the time the first ball was bowled the sun had come…