Sussex 354 for 6 (Alsop 113, Orr 99) vs Middlesex A century to Tom Alsop and a near-miss by Ali Orr gave Sussex the edge on an intriguing opening day against Middlesex at Hove. Things were looking up for Sussex as they sought their first win of the season after heavy defeats to Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire plus draws against Durham and Derbyshire left them seventh in Division Two, ahead of…
Hampshire 310 for 8 (Organ 107, Vince 78) vs Gloucestershire Felix Organ celebrated his promotion to the top of the order with his second career LV= Insurance County Championship century as Hampshire enjoyed the better of day one against Gloucestershire. Organ returned to open for the first time this year and made the most of his elevation with a simple, chanceless 107, while putting on 161 with James Vince –…
Leicestershire 285 for 7 (Patel 82, Azad 64) vs Glamorgan Leicestershire finished day one of their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Glamorgan in Cardiff on 285 for 7 with the visitors losing six wickets for 117 runs after tea. A career best 82 from Rishi Patel and a well-made 64 from Hassan Azad had given the Leicestershire hope of setting a competitive first innings score for the first time…
Essex 234 for 3 (Cook 107, Walter 89*) vs Yorkshire And so it came to pass that England’s former captain duly racked up a chanceless century at Chelmsford, in front of a bustling spring crowd and with more than just the usual smattering of photographers and TV cameras in attendance. Not that the innings told us much about Joe Root‘s readiness for his return to the Test ranks, however, for…
Essex have been fined £50,000 and warned as to the club’s future conduct after accepting two charges relating to a historic racist comment. The club pleaded guilty to the charge that John Faragher, the former chair, used the offensive term “n***** in the woodpile” during a board meeting in February 2017, and also acknowledged that it had failed to conduct a timely investigation into the matter. Faragher, who resigned last…
May 6: Gujarat Titans v Mumbai Indians, 51st Match, Brabourne Stadium Safe XI: Wriddhiman Saha, Ishan Kishan, David Miller, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Tilak Varma, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Shami, Rashid Khan (vice-capt), Riley Meredith, Kumar Karthikeya Captain: Suryakumar Yadav Back to his favorite number three batting position in IPL where he has scored 1157 runs at an average of 32.13, expect Suryakumar Yadav to replicate his last game’s 50…
Mumbai Indians have signed South African Tristan Stubbs as a replacement for Tymal Mills, who has sustained an ankle injury and has been ruled out of the rest of IPL 2022. Mills played five matches for Mumbai this season, picking up six wickets at an economy of 11.17. He last played on April 16 against Lucknow Super Giants, where he conceded 54 runs from three wicketless overs. But it’s understood…
Four IPL franchises – Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals – and a consortium led by Kevin Pietersen have expressed interest in buying franchises in South Africa’s new T20 tournament. The competition, scheduled for January next year, is set to include six privately owned teams, who will play each other home and away over a group stage of 30 matches before the playoffs. This is CSA’s…
Indian Premier League News ESPNcricinfo experts Ian Bishop and Daniel Vettori debate on the value of a quick single in T20s RCB’s most important runs in a crunch clash came from a most unlikely pair Daniel Vettori heaps praise on Moeen’s set-up of Kohli’s dismissal Super Kings lose their way after 54-run opening stand to leave their playoffs hopes hanging by a thread Injury cloud over Washington Sundar who split…
The Royal Challengers Bangalore batting pair of Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell have been involved in two run-outs in IPL 2022. On both occasions, Kohli had called for a quick single, which proved fatal for him and his partner. Both run-outs have once again reopened the debate around the value of a quick single in T20 cricket. On Wednesday, in the ninth over of the match against Chennai Super Kings,…