Saqib Mahmood turned down an offer to become a replacement overseas player in the IPL in order to push his Test credentials by playing for Lancashire in the County Championship. Mahmood, 25, made his Test debut on England’s tour to the Caribbean last month, taking six wickets at 22.83 and impressing with his ability to reverse-swing the old ball. He has also shown glimpses of his skill in his 19…
Big picture On paper, Gujarat Titans did not really look like a team. They had superstars. But it also felt like they had holes. Notably, a batting order that falls over a cliff after Hardik Pandya at No. 4. It is the reason why when he fell in the last over of a thrilling chase against Punjab Kings, he spent the first few seconds arguing with David Miller for running…
Lucknow Super Giants 199 for 4 (Rahul 103*, Pandey 38, Unadkat 2-32) beat Mumbai Indians (Suryakumar 37, Brevis 31, Avesh 3-30) by 18 runs KL Rahul‘s 103* from 60 balls, his second century against Mumbai Indians and the second century overall in IPL 2022, as well as two early wickets from Avesh Khan and sloppy fielding from Mumbai in the first half combined to extend the five-time champions’ streak of…
April 17: Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings, 29th match, MCA Stadium, Pune Safe XI: Matthew Wade, Robin Uthappa, David Miller, Shivam Dube, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali (vice-capt), Hardik Pandya (capt), Dwayne Bravo, Lockie Ferguson, Maheesh Theekshana Captain: Hardik Pandya Hardik Pandya the batter has flourished in IPL 2022 after moving up to No. 4; previously, he’d batted six or below for the majority of his time at…
April 17: Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 28th match, DY Patil Stadium Safe XI: Nicholas Pooran, Jitesh Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi (capt), Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, T Natarajan (vice-capt), Rahul Chahar, Marco Jansen Captain: Rahul TripathiSunrisers Hyderabad’s leading run-scorer so far this season with 171 runs in five outings, Tripathi is our choice as captain. His biggest strength is his run-scoring in the middle overs….
Big picture A resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad will be looking to extend their purple patch and notch up their fourth win on the trot when they meet Punjab Kings at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Such is the mid-table clog this season that, at the moment, all of two points separate teams ranked one to seven. Both Kings and Sunrisers are part of the crush of six teams…
Essex 180 (A Cook 59, Overton 7-57) and 84 for 9 (Rossington 29*, Overton 6-30) bt Somerset 109 (Lammonby 48, Harmer 3-14, S Cook 3-17, Steketee 3-47) and 154 (Davies 51, Snater 6-36) by one wicket Adam Rossington kept his head in a crisis to guide Essex to a nerve-tingling one-wicket win over Somerset at Taunton. Needing just 84 for victory and only one wicket down overnight, the visitors crashed…
Key takeawaysDefending champions Abahani Limited crossed a difficult last week by beating Prime Bank Cricket Club and Gazi Group Cricketers but went down to Sheikh Jamal, the team in form. But to everyone’s surprise, Rupganj Tigers made it to the top six, despite earning promotion only this season. That Mohammedan Sporting Club missed out on a Super League place is also big, especially after they spent heavily on international stars….
It is one of the great tropes of modern American literature that a central protagonist often finds their day-to-day struggles foregrounded against the wider societal malaise. Whatever minor acts of heroism and failure these characters are responsible for, they are picayune concerns when compared to the bigger picture, the state-of-the-nation handwringing. Never mind the plot details, what does it all say about us? For much of the last five years,…
Yorkshire 334 for 8 (Brook 101, Lyth 52) lead Gloucestershire 227 by 107 runs News of Joe Root’s resignation as Test captain had caused regret to descend momentarily upon Yorkshire’s band of travelling supporters as they gathered in little clutches around the Bristol ground before start of play, but by the time that stumps were drawn they were able to applaud their latest champion. Root should have many thousands of…