Surrey 380 (Smith 97, Burns 88) lead Middlesex 209 (Robson 76, Malan 66, Worrall 5-48) and 128 for 3 (Holden 42*, Clark 1-3) by 43 runs The weather apps lied to the 3,000-odd people who turned up at the Kia Oval on Saturday. It was not sunny, nor was it warm. The “real feel” overshot by about 10 degrees. Of the things Saturday promised, this was the biggest lie. It…
Rajasthan Royals Played 12, Points 12, NRR 0.633Rem mat: RCB (h), PBKS (a)Rajasthan Royals returned to winning ways with a spectacular performance against Kolkata Knight Riders after five defeats in their previous six games, but they have little room to relax. If they lose to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday, the maximum points they can finish on is 14, which will leave them depending on several results going in their…
Kent 95 and 66 for 0 (Crawley 35*, Compton 30*) trail Hampshire 373 (Dawson 84, Weatherley 58, Fuller 51) by 212 runs Kent were left battling for a draw after three days of their of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Hampshire at Canterbury. The hosts are 66 without loss in their second innings, trailing by 212, with Zak Crawley unbeaten on 35 and Ben Compton 30 not out….
Gloucestershire 195 for 5 (Charlesworth 58*, Hammond 50) trail Derbyshire 251 for 9 dec (Came 108) by 56 runs Derbyshire opener Harry Came scored his maiden first-class century on the third day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Derby. The 24-year-old made 108 from 192 balls out of 251 for 9 declared with Matt Taylor and Ajeet Singh Dale both taking three wickets. In reply, Miles Hammond…
Punjab Kings 167 for 7 (Prabhsimran 103, Ishant 2-27) beat Delhi Capitals 136 for 8 (Warner 54, Harpreet 4-30, Chahar 2-16) by 31 runs A special century from Prabhsimran Singh knocked Delhi Capitals out of IPL 2023 and pushed Punjab Kings up to sixth place, well within reach of a playoff spot. In demanding batting conditions, the Punjab opener, with only one previous fifty-plus score in this tournament, found ways…
There was an unsavoury moment during Sunrisers Hyderabad’s innings against Lucknow Super Giants when an object was thrown from the stands, forcing the umpires to intervene. The incident took place in the 19th over of the innings, shortly after a decision by the third umpire to overturn a no-ball call – off the bowling of Avesh Khan – given by the on-field umpire for a full toss. Heinrich Klaasen and…
Big picture – Tall ask for KKR in Chennai On the list of most successful spin attacks in IPL 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings rank up there, at second and third with 37 and 35 wickets respectively, just behind Rajasthan Royals’ tally of 40. That’s pretty much the same, but CSK’s economy rate of 7.52 compared to KKR’s 8.14 gives them an edge, apart from the massive…
Nottinghamshire 255 (Clarke 76, Sales 4-24) beat Northamptonshire 158 (Vasconcelos 62, Hutton 5-37) and 72 (Paterson 5-16) by an innings and 25 runs Dane Paterson claimed five wickets for 16, including a devastating opening spell which removed Northamptonshire’s top order, and propelled the hosts to a second consecutive home defeat by an innings and 25 runs on the third day of this LV= Insurance County Championship match at Wantage Road….
Lucknow Super Giants 185 for 3 (Mankad 64*, Pooran 44*) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 182 for 6 (Klaasen 47, Krunal 2-24) by seven wickets Lucknow Super Giants resurrected their flailing campaign with their first win in four matches and pushed Sunrisers Hyderabad to the brink of elimination. With five overs to go and 69 runs to get on a slow pitch, it was Super Giants who were staring at a possible…
Warwickshire 242 (Rhodes 63, Hasan 53*, Bracewell 4-51) and 100 for 6 (Rhodes 29, Barnard 23*) beat Essex 126 (Westley 47, Hannon-Dalby 4-21, 4-28) and 215 (Harmer 50*, Hasan 4-48, Rushworth 4-62) by four wickets Warwickshire underlined their LV=Insurance County Championship title-chasing credentials by completing a four-wicket win over fellow challengers Essex inside three days at Edgbaston. The story of seam-bowling dominance continued into the third day as Essex were…