Month: April 2022

Hampshire 246 (Gubbins 101*, Fuller 55, Hasan 5-45) and 103 for 3 (Gubbins 40*, Dawson 20*, Anderson 2-17) lead Lancashire 240 (Bailey 59, Salt 55, Barker 5-67) by 109 runs Keith Barker claimed his second LV= Insurance County Championship five-wicket haul of the season as Hampshire and Lancashire continued their close-fought encounter. Left-arm fast bowler Barker is the equal leading wicket-taker in Division One so far this season with 20…

Leicestershire 149 (Helm 3-23, Shaheen 3-54) and 37 for 3 (Evans 23*, Shaheen 2-18) trail Middlesex 370 (Stoneman 108, Simpson 71, Hollman 45, Mike 4-15) by 184 runs John Simpson and Luke Hollman shared a century stand as Middlesex closed in on victory over Leicestershire on day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship clash at Lord’s. The Foxes were sniffing a way back into the contest, after being bowled…

Glamorgan 240 for 4 (Lloyd 84) trail Derbyshire 368 (Guest 109, Madsen 70, Masood 60) by 128 runs David Lloyd led from the front as Glamorgan fought back on the second day of the LV=Insurance County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at Derby. After Michael Hogan and Michael Neser each took four wickets to bowl Derbyshire out for 368, the Glamorgan captain scored 84 from 104 balls, sharing an…

Lucknow Super Giants 153 for 8 (de Kock 46, Hooda 34, Rabada 4-38) beat Punjab Kings 133 for 8 (Bairstow 32, Agarwal 25, Mohsin 3-24, Krunal 2-11) by 20 runs Krunal Pandya sucked the life out of Punjab Kings’ run chase, leading the way with the ball as Lucknow Super Giants defended 153 to consolidate their play-off position. Kings had made a solid start to their chase, reaching 46 for…

Essex 95 for 8 (Sanderson 4-24) trail Northamptonshire 390 (Procter 113, Berg 75, Young 63) by 295 runs Ben Sanderson blasted a gaping hole in the fragile Essex batting with four quick-fire wickets to capitalise on Luke Procter‘s marathon century and put Northamptonshire in total command at Chelmsford. The pace bowler took his season’s tally to 15 in five LV= Insurance County Championship innings as he found the edges of…

Gloucestershire 86 for 0 (Dent 45*, Harris 30*) trail Surrey 603 (Smith 234*, Clark 137, Pope 84, Curran 64) by 517 runs Jamie Smith‘s maiden double-century and a second first-class hundred from Jordan Clark gave Surrey a stranglehold on the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Gloucestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol. Unbeaten on 111 overnight, Smith had moved to 234 not out, from 430 balls, with 34 fours,…

MLC (Major League Cricket), USA’s official franchise league that is set of a 2023 launch, is teaming up with the Knight Riders Group – principle owners of Kolkata Knight Riders and one of MLC’s lead investing partners – for plans to construct a brand new 10,000 capacity venue in Southern California. The proposed site of the new venue is at Great Park in the city of Irvine, located in Orange…

Sussex 362 for 5 (Pujara 128*, Alsop 66, Haines 54, Clark 50) lead Durham 223 (Trevaskis 88, Clark 3-21, Beard 3-51) by 139 runs Cheteshwar Pujara scored his third century in as many matches to give Sussex control on the second day of their LV= County Championship match against Durham at Hove. It’s been a difficult start to the season for Sussex, whose already inexperienced side has been further weakened…

Apr 30: Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 43rd Match, Brabourne Stadium Safe XI: Dinesh Karthik, Wriddhiman Saha, David Miller, Faf du Plessis (vice-capt), Shubman Gill, Glenn Maxwell, Hardik Pandya (capt), Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Rashid Khan Captain: Hardik PandyaThe new skipper has adapted to the role very well by taking his side to the top of the points table as well as top-scoring for his team with…

Apr 30: RR v MI, 44th Match, DY Patil Stadium Safe XI: Jos Buttler (capt), Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Tilak Varma (vice-capt), Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna Captain: Jos ButtlerThe hard-hitting batter has been standout the player of the tournament so far, holding the record for most runs (499), highest individual score (116), most 50-plus scores (5) and most sixes (32)…