Month: May 2021

'Scoring big hundreds and taking five-fors' – Dean Elgar's South Africa ready for a 'new chapter'

May 29, 2021
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News New Test captain wants team to play “more and better cricket” as they rebuild their red-ball game Scoring hundreds, taking five-fors and becoming more consistent. These are on Dean Elgar’s agenda as South Africa embark on a(nother) new era next month. Elgar will lead the team on a two-Test tour against West Indies starting June 10, a series that was supposed to happen this time last year, as they…

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Why BCCI wants more time on T20 World Cup decision

May 29, 2021
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News Tax exemptions from government and covid-19 pandemic are key factors BCCI president Sourav Ganguly briefed the members at BCCI’s virtual SGM on Saturday   The BCCI will ask the ICC to defer the decision on where the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup will be played this October-November. Board president Sourav Ganguly is believed to have informed the members at a special general meeting (SGM) on Saturday that the BCCI…

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Tamim Iqbal fined for protesting against his dismissal

News The Bangladesh captain has been docked 15 percent match fee and accrued one demerit point Tamim Iqbal was seen reacting angrily after being given out during the 10th over of Bangladesh’s chase   Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal was fined 15 percent of his match fee for a Level-1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct relating to the use of inappropriate language. Since this was his first offence in…

May 29, 2021
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BCCI to conduct remainder of IPL 2021 in September-October in UAE

May 29, 2021
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Midway into the IPL 2021, the tournament was postponed indefinitely, earlier this month © BCCI The BCCI has announced that it will conduct the remainder of the 2021 IPL in September and October this year in the UAE. The decision was taken at a special general body meeting held virtually on Saturday. The BCCI also decided to “seek an extension” from the ICC “to take an appropriate call” on hosting…

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No Buster Keaton for Jennings as Lancashire take straight-laced route to Roses dominance

May 28, 2021
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Keaton Jennings reached his fifty before lunch on the second day © Getty Images Lancashire 350 for 6 (Jennings 114, Wells 60; Thompson 3-64) lead Yorkshire 159 by 191 runs “The test of a first-rate intelligence,” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald, “is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” It may just be possible that one or…

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Ben Slater fifty, Dane Paterson five-for keep Nottinghamshire in compelling contest with Warwickshire

Report All results remain possible despite rain and bad light hampering second day at Edgbaston Nottinghamshire 173 for 3 (Slater 77, Clarke 48*, Norwell 3-55) trail Warwickshire 341 (Rhodes 91, Lamb 67, Hain 61, Paterson 5-90) by 168 runs A fascinating LV=Insurance County Championship game is evolving at Edgbaston where Group 1 leaders Nottinghamshire closed the second day on 173 for 3 in reply to the home side’s 341. Despite…

May 28, 2021
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Durham's flakey 99 no match as Essex turn up the heat

Report Visitors build sweet lead after Cook, Porter and Siddle run through home side Essex 182 and 263 for 8 (Wheater 81, ten Doeschate 55) lead Durham 99 (Cook 4-38, Porter 3-27, Siddle 3-29) by 346 runs Anticipation of happiness can be half the fun. For Durham’s put-upon members it may have been rather more than that. They had waited for 611 days to see their side in action again…

May 28, 2021
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Ed Barnard restates allround potential to lift Worcestershire's prospects

Report Derbyshire lose three wickets after rain delay to face uphill task over weekend Derbyshire 91 for 3 trail Worcestershire 421 (Haynes 97, Barnard 90, D’Oliveira 71) by 330 runs Ed Barnard demonstrated more excellent form with the bat before the Worcestershire bowlers made inroads on day two of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Derbyshire at New Road. The all-rounder is keen to bat higher than No.8 and…

May 28, 2021
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Tom Haines at the helm for Sussex as Berg and Sanderson turn up the volume for Northants

Report Slender advantage turned into 81-run first-innings lead as tailenders get busy Sussex 175 and 142 for 4 (Haines 64*) lead Northamptonshire 256 (Zaib 64, Garton 4-69) by 61 runs Berg & Sanderson sound more like a high-end headphones manufacturer than a lethal new-ball partnership, and the very mention of their names has been enough to leave Sussex supporters’ ears ringing this month. After sharing 19 wickets in the reverse…

May 28, 2021
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Young Middlesex seamers make light work of Leicestershire line-up

May 28, 2021
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Martin Andersson celebrates with team-mate Ethan Bamber after taking the wicket of Ben Mike © Getty Images Middlesex 295 (Simpson 95*) and 57 for 1 (Eskinazi 31*, Gubbins 20*) lead Leicestershire 136 (Parkinson 41, Andersson 4-27, Bamber 3-36) by 216 runs Middlesex’s faith in their young bowling attack looked fully justified as Leicestershire were dismissed for 136 in this shoot-out between the fifth and sixth placed teams in Group Two,…

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