News ‘The situation we find ourselves in, we have to take up this challenge and get a good result in Sri Lanka’ Bangladesh are expecting a ‘competitive’ series when they travel to Sri Lanka for a two-match Test series, and the captain Mominul Haque is hoping the team rises up to the challenge to get out of their current rut. Bangladesh will be off to Colombo on Monday to play…
Report All the New South Wales bowlers played their part as Western Australia fell apart for 149 New South Wales 8 for 251 (Edwards 108, Hughes 58, Behrendorff 3 for 46) beat Western Australia 149 (Abbott 4 for 23) by 102 runs A century from Jack Edwards and a four-wicket haul from Sean Abbott carried New South Wales to the Marsh Cup title with a massive 102-run victory over Western…
News The New Zealand offspinner took all the pace off the ball during a spell that included three wickets in an over Australia produced an impressive bowling display on a pitch offering a lot of turn Australia’s depth and confidence again shone through as they secured a 3-0 ODI series victory over New Zealand, to keep their record run going, but there was a glimpse at a potential weakness…
Worcestershire 350 for 6 (Libby 141*, Barnard 116*, Wessels 54, Cook 4-77) trail Essex 490 for 9 dec by 140 runs There’s been a fetching pink beanie sitting on the wall by the traffic lights on New Writtle Street for three days now. It’s nearly new, to judge by its lack of contours, although perhaps a touch too Middlesexy in hue for these parts. But much like Jake Libby and…
News “Our batters did a very good job to reach 188 because the first few overs the wicket was a bit tacky, till the dew set in” Early starts mean the team bowling first has a chance to make the most of conditions before the dew sets in, says MS Dhoni MS Dhoni has hinted at being displeased with 7.30pm starts for IPL games in India. His reason: when…
Report Legspinner enjoys successful day after Leicestershire made to follow on Leicestershire xxx for x trail Hampshire 455 by xx runs Hampshire took 14 wickets in the day as they closed in on a comprehensive innings victory in their opening LV=Insurance County Championship match against Leicestershire. It took the visitors only 80 minutes to wrap up the Leicestershire first innings after the Foxes resumed on 151 for 4. The rout…
Report Bedingham leads way with unbeaten 180 as Notts winless run looks set to continue Durham 330 and 332 for 4 (Bedingham 180*, Eckersley 113*) lead Nottinghamshire 267 (Moores 96*, Hutton 51, Salisbury 4-74) by 395 runs South Africa-born batsman David Bedingham turned his maiden first-class century in English cricket into a career-best unbeaten 180 to put Durham in complete control of their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Trent…
Report Visiting openers negotiate tricky passage to cut arrears before early close Sussex 301 and 38 for 0 trail Lancashire 339 for 5 (Vilas 189) by 68 runs A day that began with snow at Emirates Old Trafford ended with bad light at 4.30pm followed by rain, sleet and a premature dusk tugging at the sky’s skirts. In between those meteorological events, one of them eccentric, another inevitable, we had…
At a time when the vast majority of people have not seen others regularly, one person has overstayed his welcome over the last three months from the South African point of view. With two hundreds, two fifties, and two forties in nine innings, and a T20I average of 135.50 in 2021, Mohammad Rizwan has been ever-present, and shows no signs of having had his fill. It was Rizwan, who scored…
Report Opener’s innings forms bedrock of Northamptonshire reply as draw becomes favourite Northamptonshire 301 for 5 (Vasconcelos 154, Keogh 66*) trail Kent 455 by 154 runs Ricardo Vasconcelos‘ sparkling 154 under pressure turned around Northamptonshire’s fortunes on a weather-affected third day of their LV= County Championship clash against Kent. The highly-promising youngster raced to his sixth first-class hundred, sharing a 142-run partnership with Rob Keogh to lead Northamptonshire’s fightback after…