Month: May 2021

News The Royal Challengers Bangalore captain said the franchise would make a financial contribution “What’s happening in our country with the spread of the Covid virus is deeply concerning.” – Virat Kohli   The Royal Challengers Bangalore have pledged financial assistance to prop up India’s “healthcare infrastructure related to Oxygen support” as a devastating second wave of Covid-19 tears through the country. “What’s happening in our country with the spread…

News The Royals’ overseas roster stands at just five members with Coetzee’s addition South Africa batter Rassie van der Dussen, it appears, is not going to join the Rajasthan Royals in India for the remainder of IPL 2021. ESPNcricinfo understands that he got a visa to fly to India but failed to obtain a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from Cricket South Africa, who cited injury as the reason for this. He…

Report Durham seal innings victory after dominating visitors at the Riverside Durham 391 for 9 dec (Lees 129, Young 124, Briggs 4-93) beat Warwickshire 87 (Raine 5-9, Wood 3-28) and 177 (Carse 5-49) by an innings and 127 runs The funfair arrived in Chester-le-Street this week. If they glimpse its gaudy attractions as they travel home this evening Warwickshire’s cricketers might think them an exercise in irony, the last insult…

Northamptonshire 234 and 94 for 4 need a further 126 to beat Yorkshire 206 and 247 (Willey 41*, Parnell 5-79) Yorkshire’s victory from a parlous position at Hove last week caused their coach, Andrew Gale, to praise their character and resilience. If they repeat the feat against Northants at Headingley then similar acclamation will surely follow. Why, Yorkshire grit might even get a mention. Yorkshire are slight favourites, with Northants…

Report Somerset concede first-innings deficit of 89 but hit back to dismiss visitors cheaply Somerset 268 (Bartlett 55, Finn 5-77) and 104 for 4 need a further 103 to beat Middlesex 357 and 117 (Overton 5-34) Craig Overton and Josh Davey sparked a dramatic Somerset resurgence on the third day of the LV= County Championship match with Middlesex at the Cooper Associates County Ground. When the home side could add…

Tonight it’s Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians facing off against MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in Delhi. We’ll see the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard take on the likes of Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Ravindra Jadeja and others. Click here for our ball-by-ball commentary. Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Report Simon Harmer takes three but Essex face battle to force home advantage Worcestershire 302 for 5 (Mitchell 67, D’Oliveira 67, Fell 53) trail Essex 561 for 8 dec by 259 runs Essex worked their way through some dogged Worcestershire batting to continue their push for victory on the third day of their LV=Insurance County Championship match at New Road. In reply to the champions’ 561 for 8 declared, the…

Report Seamer’s career-best ensure visitors take strong position into final day Leicestershire 421 and 125 for 3 lead Gloucestershire 275 (Wright 7-53) by 271 runs Chris Wright‘s career-best 7 for 53 gave Leicestershire a chance to press for a first victory of the season as they took a lead of 271 over Gloucestershire by the end of day three. Wright almost single-handedly bowled the hosts out for 275 at Bristol,…

Surrey 560 for 7 dec (Amla 215 retired hurt, Pope 131, Burns 80, Smith 78, Currie 4-109) beat Hampshire 92 (Clark 6-21) and 179 (McManus 51, Roach 8-40) by an innings and 289 runs Hampshire needed to see out five-and-a-half sessions when Surrey eventually declared 80 minutes before lunch on the third day at The Oval, and when they lost 5 for 25 in 10.1 overs spanning the interval it…