Krunal Pandya was one of the driving forces of Mumbai’s title win in the 2017 IPL © BCCI Allrounder Krunal Pandya and medium pacer Basil Thampi have earned maiden call-ups to the India A side, for the tour of South Africa starting next month. Both players have been included in the 16-man one-day squad. Pandya and Thampi were in excellent form in the 2017 IPL in April-May. Thampi’s 11 wickets…
Leicestershire 157 (Gleeson 3-33, Sanderson 3-36, Azharullah 3-52) and 44-0 require a further 350 runs to beat Northamptonshire 261 (Duckett 112, Holden 92, Klein 6-80) and 289 for 7 dec (Wakely 112, Keogh 105*, Ackermann 3-45)Scorecard Alex Wakely will be confident of a final-day victory © Getty Images Centuries from Alex Wakely and Rob Keogh gave Northamptonshire an excellent chance to pick up a fifth victory in the Specsavers County…
Kent 180 (Bell-Drummond 84*, Mullaney 3-2, Pattinson 3-30) and 214-7 (Gurney 3-61) lead Nottinghamshire 371 (Mullaney 168, Hales 85, Coles 3-99) by 23 runsScorecard Darren Stevens went to hospital for a scan © Getty Images Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens left Trent Bridge to undergo a scan after a nasty blow to the back of the head during the night session forced him to retire hurt as his side delayed Second…
Middlesex 246 (Stirling 77, Eskinazi 66, Malan 60, Harmer 5-77) and 27 for 0 trail Essex 542 for 3 declared (Browne 221, Cook 193, Chopra 100*) by 269 runsScorecard Alastair Cook and Nick Browne set an Essex batting record © Getty Images Batting in a style that often recalled the timekeeping of the Trumpton clock – steadily, sensibly, never too slowly – Essex’s batsmen ground Middlesex into the good earth…
Glamorgan 237 (Selman 50, Palladino 4-36) and 0-1 require a further 212 runs to beat Derbyshire 288 (Madsen 70, Milnes 53) and 160 (Reece 55, de Lange 3-53, Salter 3-60)Scorecard Luis Reece battled to give Derbyshire a rare chance of victory © Getty Images The spectators who had waited four hours before play started were rewarded for their patience as they saw Derbyshire dismissed for 160 in 44.2 overs, and…
Gloucestershire 120 for 1 (Bancroft 59*) trail Sussex 358 for 9 (Wright 118, Brown 52, Jordan 50) by 238 runsScorecard Cameron Bancroft has shown a glimmer of form © Cricket Australia/Getty Images Just 45 overs were possible at drizzly Hove with Sussex’s Specsavers County Championship match against Gloucestershire destined for a draw unless the rival captains can conjure up with a final-day run chase. Play was restricted to three spells,…
Lancashire 273 (Chanderpaul 117*) and 146 for 4 (Davies 79) lead Warwickshire 321 (Umeed 113, Trott 56, Patel 50) by 98 runsLancashire 273 by 16 runsScorecard Haseeb Hameed has done nothing to retain his England place © Getty Images It seems a pretty safe bet to assume that neither Haseeb Hameed or Jos Buttler will be in the England squad for the first Test against South Africa when it is…
Hampshire 211 for 9 dec (Dawson 53, Gregory 3-51) lead Somerset 135-8 (Holland 4-16, Berg 3-26) by 76 runsScorecard Ian Holland had a field day at the Ageas Bowl © Getty Images Ian Holland manufactured a Somerset batting collapse as Hampshire gained an upper hand on day three of their Division One Specsavers County Championship clash at the Ageas Bowl. The Australian all-rounder took 4 for 8 in just four…
Niranjan Shah becomes the eighth person to be added to the BCCI’s new committee to look into the Lodha recommendations © PTI Niranjan Shah, the former Saurashtra Cricket Association secretary, has been added to the BCCI’s new committee to identify the difficulties in implementing the Lodha committee recommendations even though he is 73 years old, and as such over the age cap (70) suggested for BCCI office bearers. A BCCI…
File photo – Pakistan have lost their designated No. 4 to injury © AFP Bismah Maroof, Pakistan’s second-most experienced player in ODIs, has been ruled out of the ongoing Women’s World Cup due to a hand injury. She has been replaced in the squad by allrounder Iram Javed. Maroof had hurt herself in the field as England thrashed Pakistan by 107 runs. A capable middle-order batsman – 11 fifties at…