Big picture The last time Gujarat Titans faced Punjab Kings, Rahul Tewatia hit back-to-back sixes with 12 needed off two balls to pull off a miraculous victory. Since then, such wins have become Titans’ signature. If Tewatia won’t, David Miller will. If Miller won’t, Rashid Khan will. If Rashid won’t, someone else surely will. “The way they are batting, it gives me the confidence that even our No. 8, 9…
May 3: Gujarat Tians vs Punjab Kings, 48th Match, DY Patil Stadium Safe XI: Wriddhiman Saha, Shikhar Dhawan, David Miller, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sai Sudharsan, Liam Livingstone, Hardik Pandya (capt), Kagiso Rabada (vice-capt), Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Rahul Chahar Captain: Hardik PandyaPandya has inspired his group to eight wins in nine games to top the points table. He is the fourth-highest run-scorer this tournament, with 308 runs at an average of…
Chris Lynn will play county cricket for the first time this summer after agreeing a deal to play for Northamptonshire in the T20 Blast. ESPNcricinfo revealed on Friday that Lynn’s name topped Northants’ shortlist for a second overseas player to appear alongside James Neesham in this year’s competition, and the club confirmed his signing on Monday morning. Lynn made his first appearance in English domestic cricket last summer, playing for…
Tazmin Brits and Nonkululeko Mlaba have been rewarded their first central contracts by Cricket South Afica, with Nadine de Klerk the only player to miss out on the list from the last season. A total of 15 women have been contracted by CSA for the 2022-23 season. Both Brits, a top-order batter who made her ODI debut last January, and left-arm spinner Mlaba were part of the 2022 World Cup…
With Australia’s international commitments done for the season, some national-side members as well as those aspiring for a place or a return to the team ply their trade in different formats across the world. Here is how they fared last week. County cricket The world’s No.1 ranked Test batter Marnus Labuschagne returned to his run-making best for Glamorgan with scores of 130 and 85 in a cracking division two clash…
Back in his first game as Chennai Super Kings captain since giving up the role at the start of IPL 2022, MS Dhoni has suggested that the pressure of leading a side had taken a toll on Ravindra Jadeja, and that it had “burdened his prep and performances”. Speaking to the host broadcaster Star Sports after Super Kings clinched a 13-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Dhoni said that the plan…
Derbyshire 368 (Guest 109, Madsen 70, Masood 60) and 349 for 3 (Guest 138, Madsen 135*, Masood 42) drew with Glamorgan 387 (Labuschagne 130, Lloyd 84, Lakmal 5-82) and 310 for 8 (Labuschagne 85, Northeast 81, Sidebottom 4-50) Glamorgan narrowly failed to pull off a thrilling run chase as the LV=Insurance County Championship Division Two match at Derby ended in a pulsating draw. Set 331 in 55 overs, Marnus Labuschagne…
Chennai Super Kings 202 for 2 (Gaikwad 99, Conway 85*, Natarajan 2-42) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 189 for 6 (Pooran 64*, Williamson 47, Abishek 39) by 13 runs He has had a largely ordinary season so far, but against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ruturaj Gaikwad displayed stroke-play that has had many excited about him to help set up a win for Chennai Super Kings in MS Dhoni’s first match back as captain. This…
Kent 291 (Bell-Drummond 109, Cox 68, Robinson 58, Rauf 5-65) and 393 (Compton 93, Stewart 91, Robinson 85*, Patterson 5-54) drew with Yorkshire 571 (Brook 194, Malan 152, Bess 98) Yorkshire were denied the opportunity to chase 114 in the final 21 overs of a pulsating final day by bad light as Kent secured an LV= Insurance County Championship draw at Headingley. Umpires Graham Lloyd and Steve O’Shaughnessy took the…
Essex 193 (Snater 79*, Sanderson 4-24) and 328 for 9 (Walter 93) drew with Northamptonshire 390 (Procter 113, Berg 75, Young 63) Paul Walter fell agonisingly seven runs shy of a maiden first-class century, and three runs short of his career-best, though his mercurial 93 ensured Essex held on to save both the game and face against Northamptonshire. The tall left-hander anchored Essex’s second innings for five and a half…