Glamorgan 33 for 0 trail Nottinghamshire 302 (Duckett 122) by 269 runs Opener Ben Duckett, a potential candidate for an England recall this summer, posted his first century since May last year as Nottinghamshire were bowled out for 302 on the opening day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Glamorgan at Trent Bridge. Duckett was dropped on 29, needed treatment after being struck on the hand and took…
Essex 109 for 2 (A Cook 59*) are level with Somerset 109 (Lammonby 48, Harmer 3-14, S Cook 3-17, Steketee 3-47) An unexpected fire alarm sounded in the Marcus Trescothick Pavilion at Taunton before lunch. The official explanation was that steam from an oven had set off the smoke detector, but the timing was fitting as Somerset’s batting lineup went up in flames once again. Essex’s attack spent 187.3 overs…
Gujarat Titans 192 for 4 (Pandya 87*, Manohar 43, Parag 1-12) beat Rajasthan Royals (Butter 54, Hetmyer 29, Ferguson 3-23, Dayal 3-40) by 37 runs Hardik Pandya led from the front in all three departments – scoring an unbeaten 87 off 52 balls, picking up a wicket and effecting a run-out – to set up a 37-run win for Gujarat Titans at the DY Patil Stadium. With four wins from…
Lancashire 344 for 4 (Vilas 124, Croft 113*) vs Kent “Please pay attention to what is going on inside the boundary,” said the public address announcer, mindful of spectator safety, but his gentle injunction was unnecessary. This was a day for which many at the Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, had waited all winter and they combined their concentration on the cricket with warm greetings to friends they might not have…
Durham 356 for 6 (Bedingham 184*, Dickson 120) vs Leicestershire Centuries from David Bedingham and Sean Dickson provided Durham with a great start to their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two home opener against Leicestershire at the Riverside. Scott Borthwick’s men were reduced to 34 for 3 after an accurate start from the visitors, but Bedingham and Dickson stabilised the innings with a brilliant partnership worth 231 for the fourth…
Surrey 312 for 3 (Pope 113*, Amla 73, Patel 58) vs Hampshire Quite a bit has changed for Ollie Pope over the last couple of years. Since seemingly confirming himself as England’s next Test match batting blueblood with a maiden century in Port Elizabeth, he has struggled to achieve similar heights. In and out of the side, his technique picked apart by pundits and analysts, Pope’s princely returns had become…
Derbyshire 327 for 2 (Masood 201*, Madsen 88*) vs Sussex A career-best unbeaten double century from Derbyshire’s Shan Masood dominated the opening day of the LV=Insurance County Championship Division Two match against Sussex at Derby. The Pakistani opener scored a brilliant 201 from 271 balls and shared a third-wicket stand of 236 with Wayne Madsen, who was 88 not out at the close. An injury-weakened Sussex attack failed to take…
Big picture Have Sunrisers Hyderabad arrested their slide just at the right time? After going winless in their first two matches, they hit back with successive eight-wicket wins: against Chennai Super Kings and then against Gujarat Titans, who were consigned to their first defeat following three consecutive victories to begin the season. For Sunrisers, there was the encouragement of their top four contributing in both victories: Abhishek Sharma hit 75…
W April 11, 2022, 21st Match, Sunrisers vs TitansSunrisers won by 8 wickets (with 5 balls remaining) View scorecard W April 09, 2022, 17th Match, Sunrisers vs Super KingsSunrisers won by 8 wickets (with 14 balls remaining) View scorecard L April 04, 2022, 12th Match, Sunrisers vs Super GiantsSuper Giants won by 12 runs View scorecard L March 29, 2022, 5th Match, Sunrisers vs RoyalsRoyals won by 61 runs View…
Kolkata Knight Riders’ mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy is banking on a new bowling variation to turn around what has been a subdued start to his IPL season. Varun was the leading wicket-taker for Knight Rider last season with 18 wickets from 17 matches, but has only four scalps from five games this season. “It is bound to happen, people will have plans against me. Last year in the Indian leg,…