Month: June 2017

Kusal Perera was forced to retire hurt with a hamstring injury during Sri Lanka’s win against India © AFP Left-hand batsman Kusal Perera has become the second Sri Lankan after Chamara Kapugedera, and the fourth player overall, to be ruled out of the Champions Trophy due to injury. The ICC’s Event Technical Committee has approved allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva as a replacement. Kusal had picked up a hamstring injury during…

Afghanistan 212 for 6 (Ahmadi 82, Nurse 2-34) beat West Indies 149 (Rashid 7-18)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Rashid Khan looked like he would get a wicket with every ball © Getty Images Afghanistan had won on four previous occasions when Rashid Khan had picked four wickets or more. But Friday brought him one of his tougher challenges: he had only 212 to defend on a sluggish St Lucia surface but…

Leicestershire 322 for 7 (Cosgrove 122*, Horton 71, Archer 5-61) vs SussexScorecard Mark Cosgrove will stay at Leicestershire until the end of 2019 © Getty Images Mark Cosgrove‘s unbeaten century helped leave Leicestershire in a healthy position following the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship against Sussex, for whom Jofra Archer shone with the ball. It was confirmed before play that Cosgrove had signed a one-year contract extension with…

Derbyshire 153 for 6 (Hughes 50*) trail Northamptonshire 218 (Newton 67, McKerr 5-87) by 65 runsScorecard Rob Newton’s half-century kept Northamptonshire above water © Getty Images Conor McKerr picked up a maiden five-wicket haul in just his second first-class match but his Derbyshire side ended the first day only even against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. McKerr, the 19-year-old on loan from Surrey, took 5 for 87 as Derbyshire bowled Northamptonshire…

Toss Afghanistan chose to bat v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Roston Chase will add some solidity to West Indies’ middle order © AFP Asghar Stanikzai called correctly as Afghanistan elected to bat in the first of three ODIs against West Indies in St Lucia. West Indies, looking for a batting lift and to recover from their Champions Trophy non-qualification, handed a debut to Roston Chase, the Barbados batsman,…

Surrey 353 for 5 (Stoneman 181*, Sibley 69, S Curran 54*) vs EssexScorecard Mark Stoneman struck his third hundred of the summer © Getty Images Mark Stoneman scored a chanceless unbeaten 181 to continue his impressive form for new county Surrey as they took the first-day honours against Essex at Guildford. The 29-year-old left-hander’s third century since he moved to the club from Durham last winter helped them reach 353…

Kent 211 for 8 (Northeast 97*, McCarthy 4-52) trail Durham 448 (Collingwood 120, Rushworth 57, Stevens 5-78) by 237 runsScorecard Yasir Shah took 1 for 68 in Durham’s first innings before playing an important role with the bat © Getty Images Rookie pace bowler Barry McCarthy bagged season’s best figures of 4 for 52 to blow away Kent’s top order and move Durham into the box seat at the midpoint…