Lucknow Super Giants 168 for 6 (Rahul 103*, Pollard 2-8, Meredith 2-40) beat Mumbai Indians 132 for 8 (Rohit 39, Tilak 38, Krunal 3-19) by 36 runs The Mumbai Indians batting line-up fizzled out yet again to slump to their eighth straight loss of the season. The only team still without a win in IPL 2022 was chasing 169 on their home ground, Wankhede Stadium, after lion-hearted KL Rahul century….
Northamptonshire 204 (Gay 65, Thompson 4-54) and 318 for 7 (Young 96, McManus 62*) drew with Yorkshire 296 (Brook 84, Malan 64, Thompson 51, Berg 5-58) and 406 for 3 dec (Hill 151*, Malan 75, Lyth 53) “Yorkshire set for victory against Northamptonshire” had been one morning headline, but as the Tykes contingent came down to breakfast, they would not have been that confident. Their third-day declaration had indicted their…
Surrey 308 (Curran 80, Foakes 63, Siddle 6-51) and 239 for 7 (Patel 102, Brooks 4-73) beat Somerset 337 (Abell 150*, Hildreth 54) and 207 (Abell 53, Banton 52, Clark 5-42) by three wickets High hands in his backlift, disdainful pull shots in front of square, front-foot slaps over cover and wristy whips through midwicket. Forget Ryan Patel, this was more like Ryan Charles Lara. Patel’s second first-class hundred, more…
Apr 25: Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings, 38th Match, Wankhede Stadium Safe XI: Jitesh Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Shikhar Dhawan, Shivam Dube (vice-capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dwaine Pretorius, Liam Livingstone (capt), Dwayne Bravo, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana Captain: Liam Livingstone The hard-hitter has been in some form this season for Kings, scoring 226 runs in seven outings at a strike rate of 182.25, while being the leading run-scorer for…
Hampshire 652 for 6 dec (Dawson 171, Brown 157, Vince 111, Gubbins 69) beat Kent 305 (Bell-Drummond 149, Barker 6-53) and 296 (Compton 89, Cox 64, Abbott 5-29) by an innings and 51 runs Hampshire routed Kent by an innings and 51 runs in their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Canterbury, after dismissing the hosts for 296 in their second innings on day four. Kyle Abbott took 5 for…
Derbyshire 531 (Masood 219, McKiernan 101, Madsen 94, du Plooy 61*, Barnes 5-101) beat Leicestershire 213 (Evans 63, Conners 4-62) and 250 (Kimber 54, Thomson 3-50) by an innings and 68 runs Derbyshire were delayed for longer than they might have anticipated before wrapping up an innings victory over rivals Leicestershire in Division Two of the LV= Insurance County Championship. Leicestershire were 172 behind overnight with only four second-innings wickets…
Warwickshire 385 (Burgess 170, Lamb 71) and 110 for 0 (Davies 65*) beat Essex 168 (Westley 80, Briggs 4-31) and 323 (Harmer 75*, Rossington 52, Miles 4-85) by ten wickets Warwickshire completed the first victory of their LV=Insurance County Championship title defence by polishing off Essex by ten wickets an hour after lunch on the final day at Edgbaston. Essex resumed on the last morning on 290 for 8, just…
Big picture These two sides, still trying to crack their perfect XIs, with their captains going through rough personal form, would be entering the game hoping for a better second half in IPL 2022. It’s Game No. 8 for both Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings, who have won just two and three matches this season respectively and are just above Mumbai Indians on the points table. They have played…
Shakib Al Hasan, who had missed the Tests against South Africa in March due to personal reasons, has returned to Bangladesh’s side for the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram on May 15. Uncapped fast bowler Rejaur Rahman Raja, who was also named in the squad for the Pakistan Test last year, has also been named in the 16-member squad. Shakib’s last match in whites was against Pakistan at…
The IPL playoffs will be played in front of full capacity crowds in Kolkata and Ahmedabad, the BCCI has confirmed. Eden Gardens will host Qualifier 1 on May 24 followed by the Eliminator the next day. After a day’s break, the Narendra Modi Stadium will play host to Qualifier 2 on May 27. The final will be held at the same venue on May 29. This will be the first…