Month: June 2017

Darren Lehmann said Australia would need to find a way to return to the “brave” style of play that they displayed at the 2015 World Cup © AFP Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann has denied that the ongoing pay dispute involving Cricket Australia and the nation’s cricketers played any role in his team’s early exit from the Champions Trophy. Having had their first two group matches washed out, Australia needed to…

Umar Akmal’s fitness has been under scrutiny for some time © AFP Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has insisted both he and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq have the same expectations over player fitness after Umar Akmal was axed from the Champions Trophy squad a week before the tournament. Akmal had been omitted from the West Indies tour when he was the one player from a group of 31 who failed to meet…

Essex 367 for 7 (ten Doeschate 120*, Bopara 64, Footitt 3-82) trail Surrey 399 (Stoneman 197, Sibley 69, S Curran 65, Porter 4-102) by 32 runsScorecard Ryan ten Doeschate’s hundred rallied Essex © Getty Images Ryan ten Doeschate‘s first hundred of the season put Essex in a good position after another day of heavy run scoring against Surrey at Guildford. The Essex captain has struggled to recapture the form he…

Nottinghamshire 221 for 3 (Patel 78*, Pujara 67) trail Gloucestershire 303 (Roderick 96) by 82 runsScorecard Samit Patel was the more assured partner in a vital stand with Cheteshwar Pujara © Getty Images After a tiring first day at Bristol, Nottinghamshire’s bowlers had the pleasure of putting their feet up as their top order chipped away at a Gloucestershire total of 303 that required equal parts patience and graft. While…

Vikram Limaye has been cleared to be the managing director and chief executive of the National Stock Exchange © Getty Images The BCCI’s Committee of Administrators (CoA) is likely to be reduced to a two-member panel after Vikram Limaye was cleared as the managing director and chief executive of the National Stock Exchange by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the regulator for securities markets in India. The…

Yorkshire 202 (Hodd 59, J Overton 3-30) and 127 for 2 (Handscomb 57*) lead Somerset 224 (Sidebottom 5-56) by 105 runsScorecard Peter Handscomb led Yorkshire’s batting resistance © Getty Images For many years, Blackbird by The Wurzels has been as close to an official Somerset cricketing song as anything. It was recorded in 1976 and Somerset’s glory years of Botham, Richards and co began two years later, although it took…

England 240 for 4 (Stokes 102*, Morgan 87) beat Australia 277 for 9 (Head 71, Finch 68, Smith 56, Wood 4-33, Rashid 4-41) by 40 runs (DLS method)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Seamer Mark Wood claimed career-best ODI figures of 4 for 33 © Getty Images As per a chorus in the Eric Hollies Stand cribbed from Three Lions and directed at Aaron Finch, Australia are going home. That they are…

Kent 236 (Northeast 109*, McCarthy 6-63) and 35 for 0 require a further 449 runs to beat Durham 448 (Collingwood 120, Pringle 71, Stevens 5-78) and 271 for 6 dec (Clark 83, Collingwood 51*)Scorecard Paul Collingwood has put Durham in sight of their first win © Getty Images Title-chasing Kent will require a backs-to-the-wall batting effort on Sunday if they are to protect their unbeaten Division Two status after tomorrow’s…