Month: April 2023

Leicestershire 201 for 5 (Ackermann 67, Handscomb 62*) trail Yorkshire 517 (Malan 132, Bean 118, Milnes 75) by 316 runs An elderly Headingley cricket historian observing Rehan Ahmed’s attempts to build on his achievement as England’s youngest Test cricketer might just have recalled the experience of one of Yorkshire’s most famous sons, Brian Close, the man who held that claim to fame for 70 years and more, and reflected that…

Northamptonshire 117 (Quinn 4-25, Stewart 3-6) and 47 for 2 trail Kent 222 (Crawley 91, Tremain 5-44, White 4-57) by 58 runs Zak Crawley hit 91 to leave Kent in a strong position at the end of day two in their LV= Insurance County Championship game with Northamptonshire at Canterbury. The visitors were reduced to 47 for two in their second innings, still trailing by 58 at stumps. Crawley was…

Somerset 269 for 8 (Gregory 65*, Barnard 3-54) vs Warwickshire Skipper Lewis Gregory led an enterprising Somerset fightback on the second day of the rain-affected LV= County Championship match with Warwickshire at Taunton. The visitors’ new-look seam attack looked to have taken control when reducing their hosts to 136 for seven shortly after tea, Ed Barnard (three for 54), Hasan Ali (two for 62) and Chris Rushworth (one for 51)…

Worcestershire 331 for 6 (D’Oliveira 87*, Haynes 62, Libby 42, Conners 3-82) lead Derbyshire 321 (Madsen 87, Godleman 70, Waite 4-50) by 10 runs England Lions star Jack Haynes and Brett D’Oliveira impressed as Worcestershire fought back on the second day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby. Haynes made 62 from 109 balls and Worcestershire skipper D’Oliveira scored an unbeaten 87 off 122 balls to take…

Glamorgan 388 for 8 (Carlson 106, Root 104*, Byrom 81) lead Gloucestershire 165 (Harris 59, van der Gugten 5-26) by 223 runs Glamorgan continued to dominate their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Gloucestershire, finishing the day on 388 for eight to give them a commanding lead of 223. The innings was built around hundreds from Kiran Carlson and Billy Root as the Glamorgan middle order took the game away…

Nottinghamshire 185 (Moores 49*, Abbas 6-49) and 146 for 6 (Duckett 51, Abbott 4-30) lead Hampshire 231 (Middleton 59, Paterson 3-39) by 100 runs Ben Duckett taught his Nottinghamshire team-mates some of his learnings from his winter with England before Kyle Abbott sunk the visitors on day two at the Ageas Bowl. Opening batter Duckett grabbed a quick-fire 51 which brought a whiff of the panache he showed during his…

Lucknow Super Giants 127 for 5 (Rahul 35, Krunal 34, Rashid 2-23) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 121 for 8 (Tripathi 34, Anmolpreet 31, Krunal 3-18, Mishra 2-23) by five wickets On a slow, low and dying black-soil surface at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Super Giants’ spinners starved Sunrisers Hyderabad of runs to set up a five-wicket win. On winning the toss, Aiden Markram opted to bat but his side could…

Ben Stokes made a tentative return to bowling for Chennai Super Kings on Monday night, but insists that his “main priority” is ensuring he can “fulfil my role as fourth seamer” in this summer’s Ashes series. Stokes has been managing an injury in his left knee for a considerable period of time and received cortisone injections before travelling to India for the IPL. He was expected to start the tournament…

Yorkshire have signed Pakistan batter Saud Shakeel for an initial four-game spell as overseas player. With Shan Masood currently on international duty with Pakistan’s white-ball sides and Neil Wagner unable to join the club as planned due to injury, Yorkshire have moved to sign Shakeel, who will be available for next week’s LV= Insurance Championship fixture against Gloucestershire at Bristol. The club had previously announced Shai Hope as a short-term…

Big picture – both Mumbai Indians and CSK look undercooked Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians vs MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings. Two teams with contrasting T20 ideologies come together once again for IPL’s El Clasico. Mumbai have always been big on data and match-ups, while Super Kings’ approach is still driven by Dhoni’s instincts. But the absence of key players has taken some sheen off this marquee clash. Dwayne Bravo and…