Big picture Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants have four wins each from six games so far this season, with only net run rate separating them on the points table. With their closest contenders, the table-topping Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad, not scheduled to be in action until Saturday, this is a chance for both Royal Challengers and Super Giants to shake things up at the top of the…
At least two more fresh cases of Covid-19 have been detected in the Delhi Capitals’ contingent, including an overseas player. It is understood that the other positive case concerns a support staff member. On Friday, Patrick Farhart, the team’s physio, had tested positive – it was the first Covid case in any of the team bubbles to be reported since the start of IPL 2022, on March 26. The Capitals…
Gujarat Titans 170 for 7 (Miller 94*, Rashid 40, Bravo 3-23) beat Chennai Super Kings 169 for 5 (Gaikwad 73, Joseph 2-34) by three wickets David Miller played possibly his best IPL innings, 94 off 51, to help Gujarat Titans chase down Chennai Super Kings’ 170 from 16 for 3 and 87 for 5. For the first 17 overs, it was Miller or bust with just 43 non-Miller runs in…
Yorkshire 376 (Brook 101, Lyth 52) and 213 for 4 (Malan 65, Brook 56*) beat Gloucestershire 227 (Harris 136, Fisher 4-19) and 359 (Bracey 177, Patterson 4-43) by six wickets Yorkshire have endured a rancorous winter, with racism allegations to the fore, but victory in their opening match of the season, will sustain the belief that on the field they are in good order. They overhauled a target of 211…
Lancashire506 (Croft 155, Vilas 124, Salt 97, Qadri 6-129) and 36 for 0 beat Kent 260 (Compton 101*, Crawley 54, Parkinson 4-66) and 279 (Compton 115, Qadri 77) by ten wickets Just after eleven o’clock this morning there were, perhaps, a few dozen spectators on the Spitfire Ground. Whatever the stone-faced cynics might conclude, their presence was explained by more than free admission and blind loyalty. Some, to be sure,…
Sussex 174 (Haines 41, Potts 3-43, Conners 3-47) and 513 for 3 (Haines 243, Pujara 201*) drew with Derbyshire 505 for 8 dec (Masood 239, Madsen 111, Thomson 52) Cheteshwar Pujara and Tom Haines scored double centuries to complete a remarkable escape act that guided Sussex to a draw on the final day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match at Derbyshire. They shared a stand of 351 in 119 overs,…
Leicestershire 273 (Ackermann 81, Azad 66, Potts 6-58) and 183 for 2 (Evans 77*, Ackermann 40*) drew with Durham 428 (Bedingham 191, Dickson 120, Raine 51*) and 239 for 2 dec (Jones 108, Dickson 84) Leicestershire defiantly held out for a draw in their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two match against Durham at the Riverside, losing only two wickets on the final day of the contest. Durham declared overnight…
L April 15, 2022, 25th Match, KKR vs SunrisersSunrisers won by 7 wickets (with 13 balls remaining) View scorecard L April 10, 2022, 19th Match, KKR vs CapitalsCapitals won by 44 runs View scorecard W April 06, 2022, 14th Match, KKR vs MumbaiKKR won by 5 wickets (with 24 balls remaining) View scorecard W April 01, 2022, 8th Match, KKR vs Punjab KingsKKR won by 6 wickets (with 33 balls…
Big picture Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders. Two teams with six points each, two teams looking to bounce back from defeats in their most recent games, and two teams with certain broad similarities this season. Take death bowling, for instance: both teams have struggled at this aspect of the game. They have averaged just one wicket per innings in this phase, and their economy rates are near-identical, with KKR…
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Ben Slater, 6.5 ov), 2-69 (Haseeb Hameed, 17.1 ov), 3-136 (Joe Clarke, 42.6 ov), 4-142 (Joey Evison, 44.5 ov), 5-258 (Steven Mullaney, 72.5 ov), 6-263 (Tom Moores, 73.5 ov), 7-264 (Liam Patterson-White, 74.4 ov), 8-270 (Ben Duckett, 75.3 ov), 9-283 (Brett Hutton, 82.4 ov), 10-302 (James Pattinson, 88.1 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo