Month: April 2021

Report Three late wickets in the Headingley murk leave visitors dreaming of shock win Yorkshire 206 and 43 for 3 lead Northamptonshire 234 (Zaib 55, Taylor 50) by 15 runs Saif Zaib‘s progression from teenaged prodigy to proven county cricketer has been far from automatic, but the resolve he displayed against Yorkshire at Headingley will not only encourage Northants to believe that his breakthrough season is upon them but it…

Report Surrey pile on the runs as pitch transforms from minefield to road in space of an innings Surrey 513 for 3 (Amla 215*, Pope 131, Burns 80, Smith 66*) lead Hampshire 92 by 421 runs Most greats of the game empty bars rather than filling them, but Hashim Amla’s unflappable, effortless manner does not lend itself to edge-of-the-seat drama. Amla’s triple-hundred at this ground against England in 2012 was…

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Aaron Thomason, 2.5 ov), 2-139 (Tom Haines, 39.2 ov), 3-153 (Stiaan van Zyl, 44.6 ov), 4-197 (Tom Clark, 63.2 ov), 5-259 (Delray Rawlins, 79.2 ov), 6-275 (Ben Brown, 84.4 ov), 7-292 (Stuart Meaker, 89.3 ov), 8-323 (Jack Carson, 98.4 ov), 9-328 (Henry Crocombe, 100.6 ov), 10-328 (George Garton, 102.2 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Report Robbie White falls eight short of maiden first-class ton as game remains in balance James Hildreth became Somerset’s fourth-highest run-scorer in first-class cricket   Somerset 178 for 4 trail Middlesex 357 (White 92, Davey 3-33) by 179 runs James Hildreth became the fourth-highest first-class run-maker in Somerset’s history on the second day of the LV=County Championship match with Middlesex at the Cooper Associates County Ground. The 36-year-old batsman went…

Report Home side in trouble after losing 5 for 22 during evening session Gloucestershire 176 for 6 trail Leicestershire 421 (Hill 121, Mike 54, Worrall 5-79) by 245 runs Lewis Hill‘s second first-class century and four wickets from Chris Wright put Leicestershire firmly in command at Bristol as Gloucestershire closed day two 176 for 6 replying to 421. Hill took his overnight 77 to 121 as Leicestershire ground out 144…

News Pakistan centurion says the slowness of the pitch and the old ball forced the batters to score slowly most of the day Pakistan have a lead of 198 runs with four wickets in hand in the first-innings exchange with Zimbabwe in Harare, but the scoring rate has hovered between 2.7 and 2.8. Fawad Alam, who scored his fourth Test century on the day, defended the batters’ approach, blaming the…

Report Hameed falls just short of third hundred in four innings but Duckett, Clarke also find form Derbyshire 105 (Fletcher 5-28) and 23 for 0 need a further 447 runs to beat Nottinghamshire 256 and 318 (Hameed 94, Duckett 87, Clarke 53, Hudson-Prentice 4-40) Nottinghamshire are on course to end a first-class drought stretching back to 2018 after dominating the second day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match against…

Report Stevens shines with ball on 45th birthday but unable to prevent 10-wicket thrashing Glamorgan 197 (Lloyd 62, Stevens 5-53) and 19 for 0 beat Kent 138 (Lloyd 4-11, van der Gugten 4-41) and 74 (Hogan 5-28) by 10 wickets Kent were all out for 74 in their second innings and beaten in two days by Glamorgan in the LV= Insurance County Championship. Darren Stevens celebrated his 45th birthday with…

News As many as ten members of the family had tested positive for the virus Prithi Narayanan said that six adults and four children in the family had tested positive for Covid-19   Prithi Narayanan, R Ashwin‘s wife, has shared details of a “nightmare of a week” in which as many as ten members of the family tested positive for Covid-19. The update came less than a week after Ashwin…

Preview The defending champions have had an inconsistent start to the campaign, with their big hatters far from their best Big picture Their batters have scored at 13.24 an over at death, the best for any team so far in IPL 2021. Their new-ball bowler has picked up the most wickets in the powerplay. As a team, they are on a five-match winning streak. What the Mumbai Indians did last…