Month: May 2021

Report Gloucestershire loanee stranded on 86 as Surrey claim final five wickets Surrey 473 (Amla 173, Clarke 65, Patel 62, Overton 50*) beat Gloucestershire 158 (Hammond 77, Moriarty 6-60) and 268 (Tattersall 86*, Virdi 4-96) by an innings and 47 runs This is the time of year when Surrey’s County Championship season is meant to fall away: international call-ups, injuries and workload management meant they made as many as six…

News ‘When it comes to playing for India, it’s like serving your country, so personal issues, I don’t really give any weightage’ Mithali Raj, India Women’s Test and ODI captain, insists there’s no bitterness with head coach Ramesh Powar and that they have “moved on” from a public fallout in the aftermath of India’s semi-final exit from the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean in 2018. “We have meetings, discussions…

Report Visitors up to third in Group Three with Sussex unable to exert pressure on chase Northamptonshire 256 (Zaib 64, Garton 4-69) and 218 for 3 (Keogh 60*, Procter 51) beat Sussex 175 (Carson 52, Sanderson 5-45) and 298 (Haines 103, Brown 95, Kerrigan 5-70) by seven wickets Northants took just 65 minutes to beat Sussex by seven wickets to register their third victory in Group Three of the LV=Insurance…

Report Young seamer registers career-best performance for the second day running Dillon Pennington claimed his maiden first-class five-for as Worcestershire sealed an innings win   Worcestershire 421 (Haynes 97, Barnard 90, D’Oliveira 71) beat Derbyshire 270 (Critchley 81*, Madsen 51, Pennington 4-44) and 128 (Pennington 5-32) by an innings and 23 runs Worcestershire were celebrating their first victory of the season in the LV= Insurance County Championship after overpowering Derbyshire…

News Tournament scheduled in a way that most of Bangladesh’s top cricketers can take part during the break after the ODIs against Sri Lanka, and before their departure to Zimbabwe on June 29 National players including Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal will be part of DPL 2021   The BCB has undertaken its biggest bio-bubble to date to host the Dhaka Premier League, which commences on May 31….

News Earlier, the players were forced to train in smaller groups after fast bowler Mindley had tested positive West Indies’ 30-member squad for the preparatory camp in St Lucia, ahead of the two-match home Test series against South Africa, has returned to full training after all players tested negative for Covid-19 on Thursday. The players trained in two groups and had team sessions on Friday and Saturday. Earlier, the players…

Report Northants two down and 87 from victory after being set 218 in fourth innings Northamptonshire 256 and 131 for 2 (Procter 47*) need another 87 runs to beat Sussex 175 and 298 (Haines 103, Brown 95, Kerrigan 5-70) Northamptonshire are poised to go second in Group Three in the LV= Insurance County Championship after they closed in on victory against Sussex at Hove. Left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan continued his…