Month: April 2024

Northamptonshire 311 for 3 (Gay 165*) vs Middlesex Opener Emilio Gay struck a stylish, commanding 165 not out, the fifth first-class century of his career, as Northamptonshire took full advantage of being put into bat against Middlesex. The hosts finished in a dominant position on 311 for three on day one of this Vitality County Championship match at Wantage Road. Gay, 24 on Sunday, celebrated his birthday early, striking his…

Warwickshire 490 for 1 (Davies 226*,Yates 191) vs Durham Durham endured a day of torment on their return to Vitality County Championship Division One as Warwickshire piled up 490 for one on the opening day at Edgbaston. The visitors chose to bowl but were pummelled by openers Rob Yates (191, 205 balls) and Alex Davies (226 not out, 274 balls) who added 343, the second-highest championship opening stand for Warwickshire….

Essex 421 for 6 (Elgar 120, Critchley 103*, Cox 67) vs Kent Nothing changes with any great speed at Chelmsford. Plans are currently afoot for a grand renovation of the pavilion and its surrounding concourse – the only corner of this postage-stamp ground with any wriggle-room for expansion – though rather like this week’s announcement that the ground’s Hayes Close and River Ends have been renamed in honour of its…

Delhi Capitals 170 for 4 (Fraser-McGurk 55, Pant 41, Shaw 32, Bishnoi 2-25) beat Lucknow Super Giants 167 for 7 (Badoni 55*, Rahul 39, Kuldeep 3-20, Khaleel 2-41) by six wickets Delhi Capitals ended Lucknow Super Giants’ stranglehold on 160-plus defences and lifted themselves off the bottom of the IPL 2024 table with a six-wicket win in Lucknow on Friday. Kuldeep Yadav provided the inspiration on his return from injury…

Gloucestershire 28 for 2 trail Yorkshire 326 (Masood 140, Akhter 5-85) by 298 runs Skipper Shan Masood‘s 26th first-class century rescued Yorkshire on the opening day of the Vitality County Championship Second Division match with Gloucestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol. The visitors plunged to 90 for five in the first session, losing England’s Joe Root and Harry Brook for 28 runs between them in the process. But the…

Nottinghamshire 305 for 6 (Clarke 105, Slater 70) vs Worcestershire Choosing to start a second game on the same pitch they used for their opening match at Trent Bridge last week, Nottinghamshire included two spinners in their line-up and unsurprisingly batted when winning the toss on the first day of their Vitality County Championship meeting with Worcestershire. With Joe Clarke going towards a second hundred in three innings, an increasingly…

Match details Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR)Mullanpur, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big Picture – Pace the way to go in Mullanpur? It is still early days this season, but the surfaces in IPL’s newest venue Mullanpur have given all the indications of being a a fast bowler’s ally. In the two matches so far, 30 wickets have fallen – 27 picked by the bowlers and three run-outs. Out…

Ishan Kishan has revealed that a personal break while on tour of South Africa last December had helped him adopt a ‘good mindset’ and that he was not fretting over cementing a spot in the T20 World Cup squad. Kishan last appeared for India in November 2023 during the T20I series against Australia and returned to competitive cricket in February when he played for Reserve Bank of India in the…

Finn Allen and Adam Milne have been ruled out of New Zealand’s tour of Pakistan raising concerns as to whether they will be fit for the T20 World Cup. Allen suffered a back injury and Milne picked up an ankle problem during training ahead of the team’s departure for the five-match T20I series. Related Michael Bracewell to lead New Zealand in Pakistan T20I series Tim Robinson: ‘I love hitting sixes…it’s…

After Mumbai Indians razed down Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s target of 197 with 27 balls to spare, losing captain Faf du Plessis admitted that his side was struggling because their bowling group does not have “as many weapons” as the other teams. As a result, du Plessis said, RCB’s batters need to be adept at scoring more runs to even “have a chance” while their bowling group needs to find new…