Month: April 2023

Central Sparks 162 for 3 (Jones 67*) beat Northern Diamonds 161 (Winfield-Hill 42, Davis 4-19) by seven wickets Central Sparks got their season up and winning in fine style with an accomplished seven-wicket victory over Northern Diamonds in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Worcester. Sparks handed Diamonds their first defeat of the campaign after a dominant display at New Road, led by spinner Georgia Davis with the ball and…

Southern Vipers 287 for 6 (McCaughan 67, Bouchier 59, Elwiss 59) beat South East Stars 129 (Scholfield 31, Bell 4-37, Dean 3-18) by 158 runs Lauren Bell took 4 for 37 as the Southern Vipers routed the South East Stars by 158 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Beckenham. Bell was twice on a hat-trick as she wiped out the Stars’ top order, before Charlie Dean then took…

Big picture – 1000th IPL game On Sunday night, when Mumbai Indians face Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium, it will be the 1000th match in the IPL. And it’s fitting that the league’s most successful team should be taking on the inaugural champions on this occasion. For Rohit Sharma, too, this will be a special day. He turns 36, and Mumbai has picked this day to also celebrate his…

The Blaze 160 for 7 (Beaumont 64, Glenn 30, Coppack 3-24) beat Sunrisers 159 (Griffith 43, Scrivens 39, Glenn 4-22) by three wickets Tammy Beaumont and Sarah Glenn showed their international quality as The Blaze maintained their perfect start to the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy with a thrilling low-scoring three-wicket victory over Sunrisers. Legspinner Glenn bamboozled Sunrisers with a brilliant 4 for 22 before striking 30 in a 72-run partnership…

Gujarat Titans 180 for 3 (Vijay 51*, Gill 49, Miller 32*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 179 for 7 (Gurbaz 81, Russell 34, Shami 3-33, Noor 2-21, Little 2-25) by seven wickets Rahmanullah Gurbaz, filling in for the injured Jason Roy, scored 81 off 39 against his former franchise Gujarat Titans, but Kolkata Knight Riders managed to score just 179, which Titans overhauled with 13 balls to spare despite a scare…

Durham 452 for 9 dec (Carse 108*) beat Derbyshire 165 (Reece 56*, Raine 3-19, Potts 3-51) and 280 (Lamb 99, Reece 66*, Potts 5-65, Raine 3-60) by an innings and seven runs Matthew Potts skittled Derbyshire’s lower order with a five-wicket haul to allow Durham to claim a dominant victory by an innings and seven runs in their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two clash at Seat Unique Riverside. Derbyshire…

New Zealand 336 for 5 (Mitchell 129, Latham 98, Rauf 4-78) vs Pakistan Daryl Mitchell‘s second successive hundred helped New Zealand to an imposing total of 336 in the second ODI against Pakistan. A 183-run stand between him and stand-in captain Tom Latham was the foundation of New Zealand’s biggest ODI total in Pakistan, with Latham’s 85-ball 98 ensuring his partner had plenty of support at the other end. Unlike…

Matthew Kuhnemann, Durham’s Australian left-arm spinner, will miss the remainder of his County Championship stint with the club because of a back injury. Durham confirmed on Saturday that Kuhnemann would return home after scans revealed “a significant injury that requires an extended period of rehabilitation”, which he will undertake with Queensland Cricket. Kuhnemann left the field with back stiffness during Durham’s Division Two match with Glamorgan last week, in just…

Big Picture – Can the Kings storm CSK’s fortress? While CSK were on a three-match winning streak before that defeat, Punjab have not been able to string together two victories since their first two games. This is the first meeting between these sides this season, and CSK start favourites in their home fortress. While Chepauk has been a high-scoring venue this season, MS Dhoni banks on his spinners for control,…

பஞ்சாப் கிங்ஸுக்கு எதிரான ஆட்டத்தில் லக்னௌ சூப்பர் ஜெயன்ட்ஸ் 5 விக்கெட்டுகள் இழப்புக்கு 257 ரன்கள் குவித்தது. ஐபிஎல் வரலாற்றிலேயே அதிகபட்ச ரன்கள் என்ற சாதனையை வெறும் 6 ரன்களில் தவறவிட்டது. 2013-ல் புனே வாரியர்ஸுக்கு எதிரான ஆட்டத்தில் ராயல் சேலஞ்சர்ஸ் பெங்களூர் 5 விக்கெட்டுகள் இழப்புக்கு 263 ரன்கள் எடுத்ததே இதுவரை சாதனையாக உள்ளது. 257 ரன்கள் எடுத்ததன் மூலம் லக்னெள அணி நிகழ்த்திய சாதனைகள்: * லக்னௌ மொத்தம் 41 பவுண்டரிகள் அடித்தது. ஐபிஎல் வரலாற்றில் ஒரு இன்னிங்ஸில் அதிக பவுண்டரிகள் அடித்த சாதனையில் லக்னௌவுக்கு 2-வது இடம். இந்தச் சாதனையையும் ராயல் சேலஞ்சர்ஸ் பெங்களுரே…