Tom Bailey in action for Lancashire © Getty Images Lancashire 439 for 9 dec (Clark 78, Mennie 68*, Bailey 66, Chanderpaul 65, Croft 62, Virdi 4-80, Dernbach 3-93) drew with Surrey 235 (Borthwick 79, Bailey 4-54, Onions 4-49, Bailey 4-53 ) and 199 for 6 (Foakes 57, Pope 41, Bailey 4-13)Scorecard In the end the dogs didn’t quite bark. While there were a few curious incidents, not least Rory Burns…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 381 (Horton 66, Ackermann 65, Reece 3-64) drew with Derbyshire 251 for 8 dec ( Wilson 64)Scorecard A final day battle for bonus points ended with both Leicestershire and Derbyshire satisfied with their return from a match which saw the first seven sessions lost to the weather. An entertaining morning’s cricket saw Leicestershire add 114 to their overnight score but miss out on…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 351 for 7 dec (Adams 87, Siddle 3-62) drew with Essex 300 for 6 ( Cook 84, Bopara 84*)Scorecard Alastair Cook began his summer with a composed unbeaten half century to allay worries over his form but missed out on three-figures as Essex drew with Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl. Opening batsman Cook appeared in complete comfort against Hampshire’s bowling attack, which boasts…
3:00 AM ET Paul Bolton at New Road Nottinghamshire 300 for 9 dec (Taylor 50, Tongue 4-81) beat Worcestershire 110 (Clarke 42, Fletcher 5-27) and 149 (Fell 37, Ball 5-59) by an innings and 41 runsScorecard It is only seven months these sides were promoted together from Division Two of the County Championship but the gulf in class between them was startling in a one-sided affair that was completed in…
Agarkar: Don’t see RCB getting on the winning streak they need (5:17) Ajit Agarkar and Shaun Tait pick their XIs for RCB and Mumbai Indians (5:17) 3:00 AM ET Big Picture With two wins each in the first half of the season, there is little breathing room for either Royal Challengers Bangalore or Mumbai Indians in their last seven league games. Realistically, both will need to win six of those…
Mohammad Shukri celebrates after the square leg umpire confirms a stumping for a wicket 3:00 AM ET In a tense low-scoring affair, Ahmed Faiz was the difference with an innings of 86 off 101 balls – the next-best score from the line-up was 27 – in a 23-run win over Vanuatu at Kinrara Oval to put Malaysia on the path to promotion with two wins out of two games. Vanuatu,…
They are dreaming of a title challenge at Taunton © Getty Images Somerset 216 (Renshaw 112, Brooks 5-57) and 200 (Abell 82, Coad 4-61) beat Yorkshire 96 and 202 (Leaning 68, C Overton 3-43) by 118 runsScorecard Somerset’s seamers bowled them to a 118-run victory over Yorkshire at Taunton and a second success in as many Specsavers County Championship games this season. Craig Overton, Lewis Gregory, Tim Groenewald and Tom…
3:00 AM ET Delhi Daredevils elect to bowl v Chennai Super KingsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Shreyas Iyer called correctly as unchanged Delhi Daredevils elected to bowl at the MCA Stadium in Pune. This meant Gautam Gambhir, who relinquished the captaincy last week, continued to sit out. Chennai Super Kings rung in four changes. Among those were KM Asif, the 24-year old Kerala fast bowler, who was handed a debut…
3:00 AM ET Denmark 114 for 3 ( Klokker 39, Zameer 38) beat Jersey 238 for 6 (Watkins 86, Stevens 69, Bulow 2-30) by seven wickets via D/L method Freddie Klokker pulls behind square for a boundary on his way to top-scoring for Denmark Peter Della Penna After a sterling bowling effort at the death and a two-and-a-half hour delay in a revised chase of 114 from 23 overs, Denmark finished…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 194 (Eskinazi 94, Hogan 5-49, Van der Gugten 4-63) drew with Glamorgan 38 for 4 (Murtagh 4-12)Scorecard Middlesex captain Dawid Malan wants the ECB to experiment with a pink ball in the County Championship to prevent more early season washouts. Only 58 overs were bowled during Middlesex’s Division Two clash against Glamorgan at Lord’s, with rain on the final morning ensuring the match…