Month: April 2023

Nottinghamshire 256 (Duckett 75, Hameed 65, Gregory 7-84) and 211 (Hameed 34, Gregory 4-64, Siddle 3-34) beat Somerset 173 (Davey 60, Hutton 6-45) and 129 (Rew 25, Paterson 5-46, Hutton 3-44) by 165 runs Somerset’s brittle batting was again in evidence at Trent Bridge for all their winter shuffle of personnel as they subsided rapidly to a 165-run defeat against Nottinghamshire. Responsibility for the defeat needs to be shared, however,…

Big picture: CSK ravaged by injuries, illness Earlier this week, when quizzed about updates on the injuries in Chennai Super Kings’ side, coach Stephen Fleming jokingly asked reporters if they had an extra half an hour as the clock ticked towards midnight. Fleming saw the funny side of things at the time, but with Super Kings set to play four of their next six games away from home, he will…

Sri Lanka 386 for 4 (Karunaratne 179, K Mendis 140, Campher 1-44) vs Ireland Dimuth Karunaratne struck an assured 179, Kusal Mendis amassed 140, and Sri Lanka took firm grip of the Test, as that pair’s 281-run partnership for the second wicket formed the centrepiece of the hosts’ dominant day one. Not only were Karunaratne and Mendis largely untroubled by the Ireland bowlers on a flat Galle deck, they also…

Northamptonshire 198 (Keogh 75*, Roland-Jones 4-53) and 120 for 3 (Whiteman 60*) beat Middlesex 149 (Higgins 70, Sanderson 3-19, Tremain 3-34) and 167 (Roland-Jones 37, Eskinazi 37, Tremain 3-41) by seven wickets Sam Whiteman hit his maiden half-century for Northamptonshire to steer the county to their first LV= Insurance County Championship victory of the season against Middlesex. Whiteman, the Western Australian captain who lifted the Sheffield Shield just last month,…

Hampshire 254 (Brown 95, Lawes 4-58) and 198 for 5 (Gubbins 79*, Worrall 3-30) lead Surrey 270 (Pope 91, Abbas 6-64) by 182 runs We might only be in the second round of the County Championship, but Sunday at the Kia Oval already feels like a pivotal day for the Division One title. Hampshire lead by 182, courtesy of an unbeaten 79 from Nick Gubbins that began as the sticking…

Punjab Kings 161 for 8 (Raza 57, Short 34) beat Lucknow Super Giants 159 for 8 (Rahul 74, Curran 3-31) by two wickets Sikandar Raza‘s maiden IPL gig at the age of 36 was reward for his compelling performances with bat and ball at the T20 World Cup last year. But three games into this season, his rich form seemed to elude him. The delayed arrival of Liam Livingstone and…

Northamptonshire 198 (Keogh 75*, Roland-Jones 4-53, Bamber 3-42) and 30 for 1 (Hassan 14*, Tremain 3*, Higgins 1-9) need 89 runs to beat Middlesex 149 and 167 (Roland-Jones 37, Eskinazi 37, Tremain 3-41) Northamptonshire closed in on their first LV= Insurance County Championship win over Middlesex since 2010 after the visitors suffered a fourth batting collapse of the season on day three at Wantage Road. The Middlesex top order had…

Durham 425 for 9 dec (Bedingham 118, Raine 71, Lees 70, Gibbon 4-92) and 96 for 2 lead Worcestershire 366 for 5 dec (Haynes 134, Potts 3-110) by 155 runs Jack Haynes produced a career-best knock of 134 to keep all results alive in Worcestershire’s LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two clash against Durham at Seat Unique Riverside. Haynes’ unbeaten century proved that a strong defence and patience still has…

Nottinghamshire 256 and 187 for 6 (Mullaney 29*, Hutton 20*, Siddle 2-26)) lead Somerset 173 (Davey 60, Hutton 6-45) by 270 runs There is a marvellous Finnish word, ‘kalsarikännit’, which literally means the sort of morbid stay-at-home feeling when you just want to get drunk in your underwear. They may look askance at the suggestion, but aficionados of county cricket are particularly prone to such a mood as they wait…

Kent 158 (Bell-Drummond 40, Hasan 3-36) and 27 for 1 f/o (Compton 15*, Rushworth 1-7) trail Warwickshire 453 for 4 declared (Hain 165*, Yates 128, Mousley 94) by 268 runs Warwickshire are scenting LV=Insurance County Championship victory over Kent at Edgbaston despite the loss of four sessions to the weather after excellent seam bowling forced the match forward on the third day. In reply to the home side’s 453 for…