Month: April 2021

Report Marnus Labuschagne finally fell for 192 after an innings that lasted nine hours New South Wales 143 and 5 for 140 (Bartlett 3-31) trail Queensland 389 (Labuschagne 192, Abbott 4-71) by 106 runs Queensland were on the brink of claiming the Sheffield Shield after another dominant display left New South Wales struggling to avoid an innings defeat. Whereas in the first innings it was nine wickets between Michael Neser…

News “However, whether the fans can travel across the border to watch matches is still not clear” Pakistan’s cricket players will get visas to compete in the upcoming T20 World Cup in India this October, the BCCI’s apex council has been told by the booard secretary Jay Shah following “government assurances”. Shah spoke to the council in a video conference meeting held on Friday, where it was also decided that…

Report Spinner emerges from long winter on England fringes with three wickets – one a gem against Northants Lancashire 305 (Bohannon 68, Davies 57, Kerrigan 4-60, Taylor 4-91) and 60 for 0 lead Northamptonshire 177 (Rossington 49, Kerrigan 45*, Bailey 3-32, Parkinson 3-49) by 188 runs April advances and so does the cricket season. Though there is still morning frost in the hollows on the Moss between Southport and Burscough…

Essex 96 and 208 for 6 (Lawrence 76) lead Durham 259 (Poynter 52*, Harmer 5-79) by 45 runs After 12 matches and almost three years, the Fortress is on the brink of being conquered. Two half-formed comebacks in consecutive days, this time with their newest golden boy Dan Lawrence to the fore, cannot distract from the sort of frailties that have not been seen in Essex’s cricket for several seasons…

Hampshire 319 (Holland 64, Northeast 63, Abbott 58) and 204 for 2 (Northeast 99*, Holland 90*) lead Middlesex 79 (Abbas 6-11) by 444 runs Around an hour into the second morning of this match, Middlesex’s bowlers were preparing to put their feet up in the dressing room in recognition of a hard job well done. Then came the Mohammad Abbas-inspired madness, a sickening sense of preconceptions being upended, and the…

Surrey 253 for 3 (Pope 92, Foakes 68*) trail Leicestershire 375 (Evans 138, Hill 70) by 122 runs It is cherry blossom season in South London. The pubs in Vauxhall have started to open their doors again, and 30-somethings sat outside cafés as the sun burst through the clouds on Friday morning. A stroll through Kennington Park confirmed that this was the first day of the county season in this…

Report Fifties to Matt Taylor, Chris Dent help frustrate home bowlers at Taunton Gloucestershire 301 for 8 (Bracey 118, Taylor 53*, Dent 50) trail Somerset 312 (Davies 87, Overton 54) by 11 runs James Bracey‘s sixth first-class century led Gloucestershire to 301 for 8 in reply to Somerset’s 312 on the second day of the LV=County Championship match at the Cooper Associates County Ground. Combining solid technique, sound shot selection…

Report Steven Patterson, Duanne Olivier claim three wickets each to contain Kent as visitors hold healthy lead Yorkshire 379 (Lyth 97, Brook 54, Stevens 4-60) and 6 for 0 lead Kent 265 (Stevens 52, Patterson 3-43) by 120 runs Yorkshire lead Kent by 120 in the second innings of their LV= Insurance County Championship game at Canterbury, reaching 6-0 at stumps on day two, having bowled the hosts out for…

Report Tom Fell, Riki Wessels post fifties but Worcestershire trail by 147 at end of second day Worcestershire 243 for 7 (Fell 69, Wessels 60, Critchley 3-56) trail Derbyshire 390 (Critchley 109, du Plooy 98, Hosein 83, Godleman 50) by 147 runs Matt Critchley enhanced his growing reputation with a three-wicket haul as Derbyshire continued to dominate the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Worcestershire at Derby. The 24-year-old followed his…