Month: September 2022

Victoria 3 for 158 (Pucovski 64) beat New South Wales 7 for 277 (Hughes 117) by three runs (DLS method) A sparkling half-century from batting prodigy Will Pucovski helped Victoria to a bizarre weather-impacted One-Day Cup win against New South Wales in the men’s domestic cricket’s season opener in Melbourne. Three runs behind the required run-rate on the final ball of the 29th over, Victoria middle-order batter Matthew Short struck…

South Australia 7 for 268 (McGrath 111*) beat Victoria 2 for 264 (Perry 117*, Sutherland 110*) by three wickets Tahlia McGrath produced an astonishing finish at Karen Rolton Oval as she struck three consecutive sixes to both bring up her century and carry South Australia to victory after they had needed 15 from the last over. It meant that the earlier centuries from Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland, the latter’s…

England are set to make “a couple of changes” in Friday night’s third T20I against Pakistan in Karachi, as they look to manage their squad through a hectic schedule of seven games in 13 days. They made one forced change for Thursday’s ten-wicket defeat as Liam Dawson replaced Richard Gleeson, who left the field in the first T20I after experiencing “some minor discomfort”, but are likely to shuffle their pack…

The BCCI is set to hold its AGM and elections on October 18 in Mumbai. The elections are for five posts – president, vice-president, secretary, joint-secretary and treasurer – and will be in the spotlight given the recent Supreme Court judgement that allows current board president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah to contest another term. Shah circulated a notice, which ESPNcricinfo has seen, to all the state associations on…

New Zealand 171 for 8 (Green 48, Ramharack 3-22) beat West Indies 169 for 9 (Matthews 46, Carson 3-31) by two wickets It became tighter than it should have done for New Zealand as they lost 4 for 3 late in the chase, but Hayley Jensen struck the winning boundary after Carson survived two balls from Karishma Ramharack who had taken three of those wickets. Carson, an offspinner, had a…

Derbyshire 253 (Dal 92, Came 64, Reece 56, Patel 5-68) and 123 for 3 (Godleman 40, du Plooy 36*, Madsen 30*) trail Glamorgan 550 for 5 dec (Lloyd 313*, Root 79) by 174 runs New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel claimed his first five-wicket haul for new county Glamorgan to help them close in on victory at home to Derbyshire. The Welsh County need another seven wickets on the final day…

South Zone 318 for 7 (Indrajith 118, Pandey 48, Gowtham 43, Sheth 3-51, Unadkat 3-52) lead North Zone 270 (Het Patel 98, Unadkat 47*, Sai Kishore 5-86) by 48 runs B Indrajith‘s scintillating hundred and K Gowtham’s rearguard 43 took South Zone past West Zone’s first-innings total on an interesting second day of the Duleep Trophy final. Indrajith’s 118 off 125 balls, along with contributions from Manish Pandey (48) and…

Somerset 389 (Abell 111, Bartlett 62, Keogh 4-99) and 277 for 1 (Abell 112*, Lammonby 101*, Imam-ul-Haq 52) lead Northamptonshire265 (Young 85, Taylor 60*, Overton 5-38) by 401 runs Somerset will go into the final day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match with Northamptonshire at Taunton in a strong position, knowing that victory will guarantee First Division survival. With a lead of 401 and nine second-innings wickets still in…

Leicestershire 294 (Swindells 67, Scriven 65) and 13 for 4 (Roland-Jones 3-6) need 262 runs to beat Middlesex 297 (Simpson 92, Eskinazi 64, Higgins 53, Finan 5-58) and 271 (Holden 91, Stoneman 81, Parkinson 4-69) Middlesex have put themselves within sight of a victory that will put them squarely in contention for the Division Two title after Leicestershire’s fragile batting undid their good work with the ball on day three…

On the day Surrey secured their 21st County Championship, head coach Gareth Batty urged the ECB to ensure the proposed changes to the domestic structure were for the better and not just to facilitate what he called “celebrity cricket”. Thursday morning saw the publishing of the men’s High-Performance Review, led by Andrew Strauss, which suggested a new-look red-ball structure with a top division of six teams, among 17 recommendations put…