Despite acing yet another 200-plus chase, Mumbai Indians need Gujarat Titans to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last league game of IPL 2023 to confirm their playoff spot. If they don’t make the cut, their captain Rohit Sharma feels that they only have themselves to blame. Mumbai’s win over Sunrisers Hyderabad took them to 16 points with a net run rate of -0.044, and even though RCB have 14…
Western Storm 155 for 4 (Knight 62, Wilson 53) beat Thunder 154 for 7 (Lamb 36) by six wickets Heather Knight and Fran Wilson staged a brilliant partnership of 111 to guide Western Storm to a six-wicket victory over Thunder in a compelling Charlotte Edwards Cup contest at Taunton’s Cooper Associates Ground. Set 155 to win, Storm chased down their target with four balls to spare thanks to superbly-judged knocks…
Mumbai Indians 201 for 2 (Green 100*, Rohit 56) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 200 for 5 (Agarwal 83, Vivrant 69, Madhwal 4-37) by eight wickets Mumbai Indians did what was asked of them quite emphatically, but will now face a nervous wait to see how the fixture between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans pans out on Sunday evening. Having chased down 201 courtesy a 47-ball 100 not out from Cameron…
Durham 445 (Clark 100, de Leede 65, Coughlin 59*, Borthwick 53) and 272 for 4 dec (Jones 121*) beat Gloucestershire 292 (Charlesworth 71, Harris 52, Patel 5-113, Potts 3-43) and 300 (Harris 122*, Patel 5-96) by 125 runs Ajaz Patel finished with match figures of 10 for 209 as Durham cemented their position as Second Division leaders with a 125-run LV= Insurance County Championship win over Gloucestershire at Bristol. But…
The rain that had been forecast for Sunday evening in Bengaluru came down in torrents not long after the toss in Mumbai in the first game of the day, and with at least another shower forecast for later in the evening, around 7pm local time – toss time – the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans game could well be affected. The match, which is crucial for RCB, who are…
Birmingham Bears 200 for 6 (Hain 83) beat Yorkshire 166 (Brookes 4-32) by 34 runs The enduring excellence of Sam Hain sparkled yet again as Birmingham Bears began their Vitality Blast campaign with a comfortable 34-run victory over Yorkshire Vikings at Edgbaston. In the second half of the inaugural ‘Blast Off’ double header (Lancashire beat Derbyshire in the first), the Bears were lifted to an imposing 200 for six by…
With Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants advancing to the playoffs with wins in their last league matches, only one spot remains to be taken. Three teams have a chance to grab that final place in the playoffs. Here’s what the result in the remaining two games of the league will mean for the teams who are still in the fray. Matches to be playedMumbai Indians v Sunrisers Hyderabad,…
Glamorgan 123 and 499 for 5 (Carlson 187*, Labuschagne 138) lead Sussex 481 (Coles 138, Smith 89, Haines 58) by 141 runs For the second weekend running, fears about the pre-Ashes fitness of an England fast bowler overshadowed on-field events in the LV= Insurance Championship. Ollie Robinson headed for the dressing room after an hour’s bowling during the morning session at Hove and wasn’t seen again, his absence compounding the…
Lucknow Super Giants 176 for 8 (Pooran 58, Shardul Thakur 2-27, Narine 2-28) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 175 for 7 (Rinku 67*, Roy 45, Bishnoi 2-23, Yash Thakur 2-32) by one run Lucknow Super Giants survived a Rinku Singh scare to become the third team to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2023 as they beat Kolkata Knight Riders by one run at Eden Gardens. They ended with 17 points,…
Essex 298 and 199 for 1 (Cook 87*, Westley 70*) lead Nottinghamshire 442 (Montgomery 177, Slater 57, Clarke 57, Critchley 3-33, S Cook 3-58) by 55 runs Nottingham on the third Saturday morning in May. Green buses – 4, 6 and 9 – proud and prompt to the minute, rumble over the Trent Bridge, where the inn has been trading for hours. There is a quiet busyness about the streets,…