Month: May 2023

Warwickshire 17 for 2 trail Essex 126 (Westley 47, Hannon-Dalby 4-21, Rushworth 4-26) by 109 runs Chris Rushworth continued his stunning start to his Warwickshire career with another four wickets as Essex’s batting imploded on a rain-affected opening day of their LV=Insurance County Championship match at Edgbaston. Former Durham seamer Rushworth went into this game, his fifth for Warwickshire, with 22 wickets at 15.27 apiece and enhanced those figures further…

Rajasthan Royals 151 for 1 (Jaiswal 98*, Samson 48*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 149 for 8 (Venkatesh 57, Chahal 4-25, Boult 2-15) by nine wickets Having restricted KKR to 149 for 8 after choosing to bowl, Royals chased down their target in just 13.1 overs, lifting their net run rate from an already healthy 0.388 to 0.633, the second best in the league behind table-toppers Gujarat Titans. It should hold…

Somerset 109 for 4 (Lammonby 34*, Rew 20*, Anderson 2-16) vs Lancashire There has often been a tinge of Old Testament suffering about James Anderson‘s cricket career. For a man who has now taken 1099 first-class wickets, he often has the air of someone bleakly reconciled to the swipe of fate’s callous paw. Fellow seamers, on the other hand, might feel Anderson’s pain, especially so on mornings like this when…

The PCB’s hybrid model solution to the Asia Cup will see four out of 13 matches being played in Pakistan with the rest – including the final – to be played at a neutral venue, which could be the UAE. Najam Sethi, the board head, told BBC’s Stumped podcast that he was still hopeful of the tournament being played in Pakistan, despite two Asian Cricket Council (ACC) members raising objections…

“I never even thought about it [becoming the highest wicket-taker] when I started playing the IPL,” Chahal told the broadcaster after breaking the record. “I was with Mumbai Indians for three years [when I started] but my journey actually started from 2014. There have been a lot of ups and downs and I’ve enjoyed a lot too. I’ve learnt from my downs, and what I’m today is because of my…

Northamptonshire 86 for 2 (Vasconcelos 37*, Zaib 22*) vs Nottinghamshire Ricardo Vasconcelos and Saif Zaib shared a fifty partnership as Northamptonshire recovered from losing two early wickets before rain curtailed the opening day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Nottinghamshire. Vasconcelos – having been dropped twice as he progressed to 37 not out – batted right through the morning session at Wantage Road to add exactly 50 for…

Grace Scrivens, England Under-19 captain, has been retained by London Spirit for this year’s Women’s Hundred, with several of the Under-19 team that recently reached the World Cup final in South Africa also signed for their maiden campaigns. A total of 26 players have been picked up in the open market, following the inaugural Women’s Draft, which took place in March. And Scrivens – who was one of the stand-out…

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the immediate release of Imran Khan, the former Pakistan cricketer and Prime Minister, from custody after declaring his arrest “unlawful” on Thursday. The Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, Umar Ata Bandial, ordered Imran’s immediate release after the warrants through which he was arrested in Islamabad on Tuesday were also declared null and void. Imran will now be transferred to a guesthouse at…

Days after Trent Boult expressed his desire to feature in the 2023 ODI World Cup, New Zealand Cricket’s outgoing chief executive officer David White has said he will be “surprised” if the left-arm quick does not represent New Zealand in the tournament later this year. Boult was released from his central contract last August at his own request in order to spend more time with his family and increase his…

Big picture: Mumbai’s batting vs Titans’ bowling On one side, there are Mumbai Indians who have mowed down targets of 200 or more in the last three games where they were chasing. On the other are Gujarat Titans, who have restricted their last three opponents to 130, 118, and then 171 after they themselves scored 227. So this is essentially a battle between Mumbai’s powerful batters and Titans’ wily bowlers….