Month: April 2022

Sunrisers Hyderabad 72 for 1 (Abhishek 47, Williamson 16*, Harshal 1-18) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 68 (Prabhudessai 15, Jansen 3-26, Natarajan 3-10) by nine wickets Imagine sitting down for an exam and scanning the question paper, and realising you had all the answers. Royal Challengers Bangalore were coming into this game with four wins in five games. Two more points and they could go joint-top. Now imagine seeing every one…

Delhi will host the opening match of the five-T20I series against South Africa starting June 9, the BCCI announced on Saturday. The other four cities to play hosts are Cuttack, Visakhapatnam, Rajkot and Bengaluru. The final T20I will be played on June 19. The series – key from the point of view of the men’s T20 World Cup, to be played in Australia in November – will start not long…

Big picture After MS Dhoni hit an almost inevitable last-ball boundary off Jaydev Unadkat on Thursday, Mumbai Indians became the first team to start an IPL season with seven successive defeats. The only way for them from there is up; or is there no bottom to the abyss Mumbai are hurtling into? Halfway into the season, both captain Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan are still searching for their rhythm at…

Gujarat Titans 156 for 9 (Hardik 67, Russell 4-5, Southee 3-24) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 148 for 8 (Russell 48, Rinku 35, Shami 2-20, Rashid 2-22, Dayal 2-42) by eight runs For 34 games, no captain dared. But on Saturday afternoon, Hardik Pandya opted to bat first under sunny skies against Kolkata Knight Riders, and though it was rocky for large parts in a seesaw affair, Gujarat Titans got the…

Middlesex 336 (Simpson 104*, Roland-Jones 65, Stoneman 53, Harris 4-68) beat Glamorgan 122 (Roland-Jones 3-34, Shaheen 3-35) and 132 (Roland-Jones 5-40, Helm 3-24) by an innings and 82 runs Middlesex wrapped up victory against Glamorgan by an innings and 82 runs inside the first hour of the third day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match in Cardiff. Glamorgan started the day still needing 111 runs to make Middlesex bat…

Graham Ford has emerged as a leading contender to become England men’s new Test coach. Ford, 61, left his job as Ireland’s head coach in November after four years in charge, with his previous roles including stints with Sri Lanka, Surrey and his native South Africa. Most relevantly, he spent five years as Kent’s director of cricket where he worked closely with Rob Key, who captained the club from 2006…

Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant and assistant coach Pravin Amre were both fined 100% of their match fees, with Amre also handed a one-match ban, following the team’s defeat to Rajasthan Royals on Friday. Capitals’ pacer Shardul Thakur was also fined 50% of his match fee, for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct. Pant admitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 2.7 of the IPL Code of Conduct and…

Delhi Capitals’ captain Rishabh Pant believes that the third umpire should have “interfered” to adjudicate on a controversial no-ball call in the final over of Friday evening’s contest against Rajasthan Royals. Pant said such a decision have proved “precious” for his team. However, Capitals’ assistant coach Shane Watson differed with his captain, saying the umpire’s decision had to be “accepted”. The said incident which triggered the controversy was the third…

Lancashire289 for 3 (Bohannon 142*, Wells 59) lead Gloucestershire 252 (Harris 67, Dent 52, Higgins 51*, Hasan 6-47) by 37 runs Josh Bohannon made the fourth century of his first-class career and the Gloucestershire bowler, Jared Warner, was a little responsible for it. In the 13th over of the morning’s play, Warner struck Bohannon a painful blow somewhere near the adductor muscle, little knowing that on each of the previous…

Nottinghamshire 371 for 3 (Slater 164*, James 105*) lead Durham 230 by 141 runs Lyndon James is the Nottinghamshire batter who barely gains a mention. No longer. His maiden first-class century might have been compiled on a lifeless surface at the Riverside, but it was a worthy landmark nevertheless and the likelihood is that he will make many more in more exacting circumstances. Stylish and understated, he ground Durham into…