3:00 AM ET George Dobell Warwickshire 299 (Bell 70, Ambrose 81, Wiese 4-50) lead Sussex 194 for 6 (Stone 6-52) by 105 runsScorecard Olly Stone in his Northants days Getty Images It generally pays to apply some scepticism to large hauls taken at this time of year. English pitches in April can flatter bowlers who might, on the surfaces prevalent in international cricket, look relatively toothless. But Olly Stone‘s career-best haul…
3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards Lancashire 158 (Vilas 48, Ball 5-43) and 58 for 2 trail Nottinghamshire 222 (Wessels 44, Bailey 3-26, Mennie 3-46, Livingstone 3-27) by six runsScorecard A moody sky over Old Trafford AFP The cricketers almost always console you; they invariably bring you peace. That, at any rate, was the curious feeling one had even on this grey Sunday at Emirates Old Trafford as one watched Nottinghamshire’s batsmen…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 110 (Roderick 51, Stevens 3-19) and 61 for 1 require a further 47 to beat Kent 64 (Taylor 4-20, Miles 3-11) and 153 (Bell-Drummond 61, Higgins 5-22)Scorecard Ryan Higgins bowling for Middlesex in 2017 Getty Images Gloucestershire’s bid to complete a Specsavers County Championship win inside five sessions over Kent was scuppered when rain stopped play in Canterbury with the visitors 47 runs short…
3:00 AM ET Alex Winter Middlesex 214 (Harris 46*, Hutton 5-54, Sanderson 4-42) and 159 (Holden 33, Murtagh 31, Bracewell 3-31, Procter 3-38) beat Northants 71 (Murtagh 4-27, Harris 5-9) and 142 (Murtagh 4-36, Harris 4-29) by 160 runsScorecard Tim Murtagh in action for Middlesex Getty Images At the end of the 2017 season, among crossbow-gate and threats and counter-threats of legal action, Middlesex shrugged their shoulders, magnanimously accepted relegation and…
Play 03:53 Agarkar: I’d go with Curran over Johnson in KKR XI Big Picture They say they’ve parted on good terms, but neither Kolkata Knight Riders nor Gautam Gambhir will want to let off-field lovey-doveyness infect their on-field mission. The former captain is returning for a scalp. Both of KKR’s losses have come from tactical blunders – keeping Vinay Kumar for the last over of a tense chase against Chennai…
3:00 AM ET Rajasthan Royals 217 for 4 (Samson 92, Rahane 36, Chahal 2-22) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 198 for 6 (Kohli 57, Mandeep 47*, Gopal 2-22) by 19 runs Sanju Samson struck 10 sixes in his 92 BCCI Sanju Samson‘s breath-taking 92 not out off 45 balls formed the centerpiece of Rajasthan Royals’ 217 for 4, a score that proved too much for Royal Challengers Bangalore’s formidable batting order even…
3:00 AM ET Toss: Chennai Super Kings chose to bowl v Kings XI Punjab play 5:03 Is time running out for Yuvraj Singh to fire? Whom should CSK play in place of the injured Suresh Raina? James Faulkner and Ajit Agarkar have their say With the plausibility of dew impacting the efficiency of their spinners, Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni chose to bowl first against Kings XI Punjab in…
Agarkar: RCB need to consider McCullum’s spot (4:04) Who should take the field in Bengaluru on Sunday? James Faulkner and Ajit Agarkar make their picks (4:04) 3:00 AM ET Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bowl v Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won his second successive toss at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and chose to chase again. The Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane said he would have preferred…
Agarkar: RCB need to consider McCullum’s spot (4:04) Who should take the field in Bengaluru on Sunday? James Faulkner and Ajit Agarkar make their picks (4:04) 3:00 AM ET Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bowl v Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won his second successive toss at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and chose to chase again. The Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane said he would have preferred…
6:22 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Batsmen Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Usman Salahuddin and Saad Ali received maiden Test call-ups as Pakistan named a 16-man squad for the tour to England and Ireland in May. As expected, there was no place for fast bowler Wahab Riaz, while Shan Masood, the leading run-scorer in the recently concluded Regional One-Day Cup, has been ruled out with a knee injury. Squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (capt &wk),…