Month: April 2022

Northamptonshire 26 for 2 (Thompson 2-13) trail Yorkshire 296 (Brook 84, Malan 64, Thompson 51, Berg 5-58) by 270 runs Jordan Thompson starred with bat and ball on the first day of Yorkshire’s LV= Insurance County Championship clash with Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. The Leeds-born allrounder struck in successive balls to remove Northamptonshire skipper Ricardo Vasconcelos and night-watchman Simon Kerrigan as the hosts stumbled to 26 for 2 in reply…

Warwickshire 76 for 2 trail Essex 168 (Westley 80, Briggs 4-31) by 92 runs A day that captain Tom Westley described as “challenging” for Essex was compounded shortly before close when Dan Lawrence limped from the field with what appeared a nasty injury to his right hamstring that may prove to have implications for England as well. Lawrence, who played in all three Tests against West Indies recently, pulled up…

Somerset 283 for 6 (Abell 121*, Hildreth 54) vs Surrey Tom Abell raised his bat to the Somerset dressing room then breathed a sigh of relief. His unbeaten hundred against Surrey at the Kia Oval was an overdue return to form and an innings that offered his side some reassurance after a miserable run with the bat dating back to the end of last season. Somerset’s totals this season have…

Middlesex 171 for 6 (Stoneman 53) lead Glamorgan 122 (Roland-Jones 3-34, Shaheen 3-35) by 49 runs Both seam attacks made the most of a pitch with some life in it as 16 wickets fell on the first day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Glamorgan and Middlesex in Cardiff. Having won the toss, Middlesex put the hosts in to bat and had them bowled out after the lunch…

Kent 271 for 7 (Bell-Drummond 149, Cox 51, Barker 4-36) vs Hampshire Daniel Bell-Drummond‘s 12th first-class century dominated day one, but a late collapse and a four-wicket haul from Keith Barker would see Hampshire finish the day slightly on top with the score at 271 for 7. It is easy to forget that Bell-Drummond is still only 28. His professional debut in cricket came over a decade ago and he…

Chennai Super Kings 156 for 7 (Rayudu 40, Dhoni 28*, Sams 4-30) beat Mumbai Indians 155 for 7 (Varma 51*, Suryakumar 32, Choudhary 3-19, Bravo 2-36) by three wickets Butter-fingered Chennai Super Kings dropped at least four catches, including two by their captain Ravindra Jadeja, and MS Dhoni fluffed a stumping chance, but Dhoni produced a vintage display with the bat to hand Mumbai Indians their seventh defeat in as…

Worcestershire 338 for 5 (D’Oliveira 106*, Pollock 77, Barnard 75) vs Sussex Brett D’Oliveira> struck his second century in two games since becoming Worcestershire club captain on the opening day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with injury-hit Sussex at New Road. The 30-year-old followed up his unbeaten 134 against Leicestershire at the Uptonsteel County Ground with another superb knock of 106 not out to steer his side to…

Derbyshire 36 for 1 trail Leicestershire 213 (Evans 63, Conners 4-62) by 177 runs Derbyshire seamer Sam Conners continued his fine start to the season by taking 4 for 62 as Leicestershire were dismissed for 213 on the opening day of the LV= Insurance County Championship clash between East Midlands rivals at the Uptonsteel County Ground. Opener Sam Evans top-scored with 63, South African allrounder Wiaan Mulder made 39 on…

Apr 22: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals, 34th Match, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Safe XI: Jos Buttler (capt), Rishabh Pant, David Warner (vice-capt), Shimron Hetmyer, Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Trent Boult Captain: Jos ButtlerThe Orange Cap holder with 375 runs in six outings with two hundreds this season is our obvious choice for captaincy in our safe XI. In his T20 career, he…

Nottinghamshire 50 for 0 trail Durham 230 (Dickson 54, Patterson-White 5-54) by 180 runs Stuart Broad has shunned this game as part preparation, part election campaign, ahead of the start of England’s Test summer, but Nottinghamshire prospered in his absence as they produced what was probably their best bowling day of the season. A surprise defeat against Glamorgan last week underlined that even such short-price favourites for Division Two can…