Month: May 2021

Report Worcestershire in trouble on 53 for 6 after home side race to 400 for 5 dec Worcestershire 53 for 6 (Fletcher 5-20) trail Nottinghamshire 400 for 5 dec (Duckett 177*, Mullaney 88, James 78) by 347 runs An unbeaten 177 from Ben Duckett and five wickets for Luke Fletcher at last gave spectators something to cheer on day three of Nottinghamshire’s weather-hit LV= Insurance County Championship match against Worcestershire….

Report Durham lose two before the close after limiting hosts to 258 Durham 20 for 2 trail Derbyshire 258 (Rushworth 6-49) by 238 runs Durham record-breaker Chris Rushworth celebrated another milestone on the third day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby. The 34-year-old, who last week became Durham’s leading first-class wicket-taker, claimed his 29th five-wicket haul, finishing with 6 for 49. Derbyshire captain Billy Godleman…

News The Lahore Qalandars have re-signed the legspinner after his replacement Shakib Al Hasan pulled out of the PSL Rashid Khan is based in the UAE, where the rest of the PSL season will now be played   Rashid Khan will re-join Lahore Qalandars for the remainder of this year’s Pakistan Super League, which is due to resume in Abu Dhabi in the first week of June. Khan played the…

Report Visitors avoid follow-on by one run, then decline chance to chase 150 in 21 overs Leicestershire 84 (Abbott 6-47) and 26 for 1 drew with Hampshire 233 (Holland 82, Barnes 4-61) and forfeit Rain quashed Hampshire’s push for victory against Leicestershire as a match dominated by the weather finished in a draw at the Ageas Bowl. After the start of play was delayed by three hours due to a…

Report Only 11 overs possible at wet Wantage Road, with Keaton Jennings the batter to fall Lancashire 75 for 1 vs Northamptonshire Gareth Berg made the only breakthrough for Northamptonshire as just 11 overs were possible on another rain-affected day of this LV= County Championship tie with Lancashire at Wantage Road. The evergreen seamer found plenty of bounce and movement and claimed his 20th wicket of the season when he…

News He also suggests players are unhappy with having to do fitness tests for future tours, in the middle of ongoing tours New captain Kusal Perera hopes to find long term solutions for Sri Lanka’s death bowling problems   Much as they would like to focus solely on the Bangladesh series, Sri Lanka’s mens’ cricketers will probably have the ongoing contracts impasse with Sri Lanka Cricket at the back of…

News “With the home advantage, we always start as favourites, but we can’t underestimate Sri Lanka” “Senior players like Shakib and Tamim won’t be around forever. We’ve to make sure we develop players who can step into their boots” – Russell Domingo   Bangladesh cannot afford to do anything different and should stick to their basics in the first of the three ODIs against Sri Lanka starting Sunday in Dhaka,…