Chennai Super Kings 157 for 4 (Gaikwad 38, Rayudu 32, Harshal 2-25) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 156 for 6 (Padikkal 70, Kohli 53, Bravo 3-24, Thakur 2-29) by six wickets Seven straight matches, seven straight losses in the United Arab Emirates. All while setting a target. Royal Challengers Bangalore find themselves in a mid-season rut, and it threatens to undo their good work in the first half of IPL 2021….
Surrey 722 for 4 declared (Pope 274, Amla 163, Smith 138, Patel 62, Foakes 53*) drew with Glamorgan 672 for 6 declared (C Cooke 205*, Lloyd 121, Carlson 69, J Cooke 68, Douthwaite 59, Virdi 3-140) Ollie Pope piled on the highest score of his professional career and took his first-class average at The Kia Oval to a Bradmanesque 99.94 on the final day of Surrey’s painstaking draw with Glamorgan,…
News Former captain also appointed as consultant and mentor for the Under-19 team in the lead up to next year’s World Cup Mahela Jayawardene has been Mumbai Indians’ head coach since the 2017 IPL season Mahela Jayawardene has been added to Sri Lanka’s support staff roster as a consultant for the first round of the men’s T20 World Cup, to be played in the UAE and Oman from October…
News This is Sindh’s first win over Southern Punjab in four games Sindh 179 for 5 (Manzoor 84, Anwar 29*, Naseem 1-28) beat Southern Punjab 175 for 7 (Yamin 43, Zeeshan 34, Hasnain 2-40) by three wickets A 49-ball 84 from Khurram Manzoor helped get Sindh off to a winning start, triumphing over Southern Punjab for the first time in four games. In a high-scoring contest in Rawalpindi, Southern Punjab…
Play 01:18 Ramiz Raja: ‘We are not going to take anymore lying down’ The players’ union has refuted suggestions they were behind the decision to abandon England’s tour of Pakistan. Instead, it would appear as if the ECB board made the final call anticipating that players would raise concerns. Reports had claimed that the Team England Player Partnership (TEPP; the body which represents England’s international players) intervened to inform the…
Beth Mooney and Nicola Carey embrace after an extraordinary finish © Albert Perez/Getty Images One of the greatest ODIs played in Australia came down to an extraordinary final over with the experienced Jhulan Goswami went up against Beth Mooney, who had produced a masterful century after the home side had been in early trouble, and Nicola Carey. Here’s how the drama unfolded Australia need 13 off the last over. 12…
Report Victory ends satisfactory four-day campaign for side that began season in first-class drought Nottinghamshire 296 (Clarke 109, Evison 58) and 174 for 5 (Slater 79*, Duckett 54) beat Yorkshire 73 (Evison 4-13, Fletcher 3-31) and 396 (Lyth 153) by five wickets Nottinghamshire duly completed a five-wicket victory against Yorkshire, seven overs into the afternoon session on the final day and spent the afternoon watching the culmination of Warwickshire’s Championship…
Adil Rashid has signed a two-year, white-ball contract © Getty Images Adil Rashid and Gary Ballance have signed contract extensions with Yorkshire which will keep them at the club until the end of the 2023 and 2024 seasons respectively. Rashid, 33, has generally signed rolling one-year deals in recent seasons but has committed to the next two seasons on white-ball terms. Ballance appeared likely to leave the club earlier in…
News The Australian coach was expected to join last year, but couldn’t travel to India because of Covid-19-related issues Dav Whatmore will be with Baroda for the duration of the 2021-22 Indian domestic season Dav Whatmore, who had signed with Baroda in the Indian domestic circuit as director of cricket last year but couldn’t get started due to visa-related issues because of the Covid-19 pandemic, has resumed work with…
News Captain takes it upon herself to solve England’s batting struggles Heather Knight has been Player of the Match three times during New Zealand’s tour Heather Knight‘s joy at reaching an elusive second ODI century to put England within touching distance of a series-clinching victory against New Zealand was almost immediately tempered by the disappointment of not being in the middle to see her side over the finish line….