Month: September 2017

Patrick Matautaava drives down the ground during his 83 off 60 balls © Lee Warren/Gallo Images One day after an epic 57-ball hundred put his side into the semi-finals, Patrick Matautaava‘s spectacular all-round show floored Italy in a six-wicket win for Vanuatu to secure promotion to WCL Division Four. Italy came into the match undefeated after topping Group B but were bowled out for a well-below par 183, having lost…

Leicestershire 222 (Cosgrove 92, Shaw 4-54) and 154 for 7 (Cosgrove 68, Norwell 5-37) lead Gloucestershire 376 (Bracey 63, Dent 57, Roderick 57, Raine 3-92) by eight runs Liam Norwell made light work of Leicestershire’s top order © Getty Images Liam Norwell took five wickets in an innings for the third time against Leicestershire this season to leave Gloucestershire on the brink of victory against the Foxes in their Specsavers…

Stumps India Red 232 for 5 (Panchal 105, Chatterjee 52) v India Green Priyank Panchal caresses the ball through cover © AFP Honours were shared on the opening day of the 2017 domestic season after part-timers Karun Nair and M Vijay shared four wickets for India Green to neutralise India Red’s strong start to the first Duleep Trophy encounter in Lucknow. The pink-ball tournament’s opener saw Priyank Panchal, who scored…

Marcus Trescothick flays through the covers © Getty Images Somerset 282 (Abell 82; Singh 5-72) and 265 for 4 dec (Trescothick 119*, Hildreth 68, Abell 51) lead Warwickshire 146 (Barker 52; Leach 5-50, Overton 4-33) and 172-6 (Trott 74) by 229 runs. Marcus Trescothick is literally part of the furniture at Taunton, where they named a stand after him. If there is a ground he can call a home from…

Derbyshire 236 for 9 (Reece 53, Carey 3-49) v Glamorgan Lukas Carey took three wickets © Getty Images Lukas Carey took the bowling honours for Glamorgan on another weather disrupted day in the Division Two match against Derbyshire at Derby. After the first two days were washed out, Carey took three wickets and also had three catches dropped off his bowling as the home side reached 236 for 9 before…

Amit Mishra celebrates after knocking James Neesham’s middle stump © Associated Press A confirmation of India’s home season fixtures arrived on Thursday with the BCCI releasing the schedule for eight ODIs and six T20Is to be played against Australia and New Zealand starting September 17. As reported earlier on ESPNcricinfo, India will take on Australia in the season opener in another ten days before moving on to Kolkata (September 21),…

© Getty Images Worcestershire 243 (Barnard 55, Mullaney 4-31) and 123 for 2 (Mitchell 63*) require a further 103 runs to beat Nottinghamshire 193 and 275 (Wessels 60, Leach 5-69) Chris Read was treated to a guard of honour from Worcestershire as he approached the square, and received two standing ovations from the members gathering in front of the weather-beaten old pavilion, but he will have to wait to see…

Durham 217 (Wood 72, Weighell 55, Claydon 5-54) and 57 for 2 lead Kent 206 (Northeast 110, Onions 6-62) by 68 runs Sam Billings has conceded the gloves because of a migraine © Getty Images Only 29 overs were bowled in three sessions on the third day of the Specsavers County Championship match between Durham and Kent at Emirates Riverside. Durham advanced from 57 for 2 overnight to 145 for…

Pat Cummins celebrates after dismissing Mushfiqur Rahim in the second innings © Getty Images For a little over two hours, Mushfiqur Rahim fought hard to keep Bangladesh afloat. With each over, the job got harder; particularly after they had slipped to 43 for five inside 20 overs. He managed to stave off every effort from Nathan Lyon to sneak between his bat and pad, as it had happened in the…

Pat Cummins celebrates after dismissing Mushfiqur Rahim in the second innings © Getty Images For a little over two hours, Mushfiqur Rahim fought hard to keep Bangladesh afloat. With each over, the job got harder; particularly after they had slipped to 43 for five inside 20 overs. He managed to stave off every effort from Nathan Lyon to sneak between his bat and pad, as it had happened in the…