Month: May 2023

Essex 126 and 86 for 4 (Westley 28, Rushworth 2-21) trail Warwickshire 242 (Rhodes 63, Hasan 53*, Bracewell 4-51) by 30 runs A buccaneering tenth-wicket stand of 70 restored Warwickshire’s control after Essex fought back hard on the second day of their captivating LV=Insurance County Championship match at Edgbaston. Essex closed day two on 86 for 4, still trailing by 30, in a mesmeric contest between two potential title-challengers. After…

Sunrisers Hyderabad – #9 Played 10, Points 8, NRR -0.472Remaining: LSG (h), GT (a), RCB (h), MI (a) Sunrisers Hyderabad are the only team to have played fewer than 11 matches so far – they have played only ten, while five teams have already played 12. That means the last week will be the busiest for them, but it also means they have the best chance of making up lost…

Nottinghamshire 157 for 4 (Clarke 41*) trail Northamptonshire 158 (Vasconcelos 62, Hutton 5-37) by one run Nottinghamshire seamer Brett Hutton took his third five-wicket haul of the season to compound his former county’s ongoing batting woes on the second day of this LV= Insurance County Championship match at Wantage Road. Hutton found plenty of movement under floodlights, cloudy skies and light rain to entice the batters into playing at balls…

Sussex 319 for 4 (Alsop 118*) vs Leicestershire Sussex made 319 for four and Tom Alsop an unbeaten 118 but the attention was inevitably on Steven Smith, whose Ashes warm-up again failed to ignite as his temporary employer’s LV= Insurance County Championship match against Leicestershire began a day late at the Uptonsteel County Ground. Australia’s chief batting hope to face England this summer, who made a low-key 30 on his…

Hampshire 103 for 0 (Weatherley 47*, Middleton 43*) lead Kent 95 (Muyeye 28, Fuller 5-21, Abbott 3-23) by eight runs There was frustration for fans and players alike at Canterbury as a mere 6.1 overs were possible on day two of the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Kent and Hampshire. During a drastically truncated evening session, Hampshire moved to 103 without loss, a lead of eight. Joe Weatherley was…

England Test head coach Brendon McCullum believes international boards, including the ECB, would be “completely naive” to assume their stars would turn down longterm franchise contracts. Recent reports have suggested that IPL teams are in talks with a number of English cricketers to sign annual deals. Given their investments across other tournaments such as the CPL, SA20, ILT20, Abu Dhabi T10 and the upcoming Major League Cricket in the United…

Derbyshire 130 for 5 (Came 59*, Taylor 2-18) vs Gloucestershire Gloucestershire seamer Matt Taylor impressed on his first appearance of the season against Derbyshire in the LV=Insurance County Championship match at Derby. The 28-year-old exploited helpful conditions to take 2 for 18 from 10 overs as Derbyshire struggled on another day badly hit by the weather. No play was possible until 2pm because of a wet outfield and after Gloucestershire…

Daren Sammy, who led West Indies to two T20 World Cup titles, has been named head coach of West Indies’ T20I and ODI teams. Andre Coley, who was West Indies’ interim coach after Phil Simmons resigned, will be in charge of the Test and West Indies A teams. Sammy had applied only for the white-ball job, according to Kishore Shallow, who took over from Ricky Skerritt as CWI president in…

Big Picture – Kings and Capitals in must-win territory With five wins and six losses in 11 outings, Punjab Kings have seen more downs than ups so far in IPL 2023 and are currently eighth on the points table. But such is the mid-table logjam that a win in their next outing could potentially catapult them to fifth. Their net run rate, however, is -0.441, the third-worst in the league,…

Big Picture: Four games in eight days for Sunrisers The IPL is all about momentum in the back-half, something Lucknow Super Giants haven’t had. They last won more than two weeks ago, and have since grappled with their captain’s exit, and juggling their overseas combinations under a new stand-in. Two losses and a no-result in their last three games haven’t helped. Yet, their good work in the first half means…