Middlesex 311 for 7 (Voges 86 ret hurt) trail Somerset 443 for 9 dec (Elgar 158, Gregory 137) by 132 runsScorecard Middlesex will be concerned about Adam Voges’ calf injury © Getty Images A calf muscle injury to Adam Voges is a potentially serious blow to champions Middlesex, who also found themselves having to work hard to avoid following on against Somerset during an attritional third day at Lord’s which…
Northants 338 (Holden 124, Cobb 96, Rossington 65, Coughlin 5-49) and 44 for 1 require a further 161 runs to beat Durham 166 and 376 (Steel 128, Collingwood 54, Azharullah 5-72)Scorecard Paul Collingwood had a stroke of luck when the bails refused to drop © Getty Images A maiden century by Cameron Steel kept Durham afloat against Northamptonshire on the third day of their Specsavers County Championship match at Chester-le-Street….
Nottinghamshire 229 (Mullaney 76, Palladino 4-44) and 67 for 2 (Patel 82, Mullaney 62 ) lead Derbyshire 363 (Godleman 121, Madsen 56) by 67 runsScorecard Samit Patel has switched the pressure back on Derbyshire © Getty Images Derbyshire may have outplayed Nottinghamshire for the first two days here but they would have been well aware that expecting it to happen for a third day in a row was probably unrealistic….
Worcestershire 312 (Mitchell 121, D’Oliveira 80, Archer 4-91, Philander 3-72) and 124 for 4 (Mitchell 54) trail Sussex 579 for 8 dec (Wells 155, Wright 87, Wiese 66, van Zyl 54, Leach 3-101, Barnard 3-120) by 143 runsScorecard A minute’s silence is observed at Hove for victims of the London terrorist attack © Getty Images Worcestershire are facing their first Specsavers County Championship defeat of the season after Sussex took…
India 319 for 3 (Rohit 91, Kohli 81*, Dhawan 68, Yuvraj 53) beat Pakistan 164 (Azhar 50, Umesh 3-30) by 124 runs (DLS method)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Yuvraj Singh played some vintage shots in his 53 off 32 balls © Getty Images For what can be significant part of a match against many other teams, India were not at their best in the first match of their title defence. Yet,…
Warwickshire 254 (Trott 101, Barker 63) and 75 for 2 trail Hampshire 515 (Ervine 203, Adams 166, Singh 6-144) by 186 runs Scorecard Jonathan Trott struck a century from No. 8 © Getty Images Jonathan Trott‘s watchful century handed Warwickshire hopes of saving a draw – despite losing early wickets after being forced to follow-on by Hampshire. Trott batted for the entire day, other than 14 balls at the start…
Play 00:30 Hope we can cope with the pressure – Mashrafe Bangladesh have only ever beaten Australia once in a full international. Across all formats, starting with their first encounter in an ODI in Sharjah 27 years ago, one victory – and perhaps all the more memorable because of its rarity. The summer of 2005 is much-fabled in English cricket but it held significance for Bangladesh, too. It was in…
Yorkshire 273 (Lyth 100, Clark 3-44, Mahmood 3-62) and 61 for 0 beat Lancashire 123 (Coad 6-25, Sidebottom 3-30) and 209 (Chanderpaul 47, Sidebottom 3-38, Bresnan 3-50 ) by 10 wicketsScorecard Andrew Gale was a satisfied Yorkshire coach © Getty Images “It is no disgrace to be defeated by a grand side like the present Yorkshire XI.” Perhaps it wasn’t but let us assume that Steven Croft does not spend…
Toss: Pakistan chose to bowl v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:43 Can India focus on ‘just another game’? Pakistan won only their second toss against India in nine international matches since the start of 2013 and elected to field with rain forecast for later in the day. They went for the X-factor of Shadab Khan’s legspin over the batting of Faheem Ashraf. Wahab Riaz found a place in…
Match facts June 5, 2017Start time 1330 local (1230 GMT) Bangladesh will expect batsmen apart from Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim to step up © Getty Images Big picture The quest for a place in the semi-finals begins now for Australia and Bangladesh whose respective first matches in the tournament didn’t go to plan. They need to register a win quickly, although Australia at least got a point out of…