“Clearing a lot of minds”, handling players with “love and care”, along with the belief that they could bounce back, helped Mumbai Indians end their run of three successive losses in IPL 2024. After beating Delhi Capitals by 29 runs at the Wankhede Stadium, Hardik Pandya and the Mumbai squad gave the crowd, a majority of them schoolchildren, a lap of honor to acknowledge their support. “It was a lot…
Mitchell Marsh has been sidelined with a hamstring injury, which Delhi Capitals (DC) assistant coach Pravin Amre called a “worrying sign” for the team. “A few of our players are injured, and the worrying sign is Mitch Marsh,” Amre said after DC’s 29-run loss away to Mumbai Indians (MI) on Sunday. “He has gone for a scan and the physios will give us a report in a week’s time. Then…
Mumbai Indians 234 for 5 (Rohit 49, David 45*, Kishan 42, Axar 2-35) beat Delhi Capitals 205 for 8 (Stubbs 71*, Shaw 66, Coetzee 4-34) by 29 runs Having lost the first three games, Mumbai Indians finally opened their account in IPL 2024 as they beat Delhi Capitals by 29 runs at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai. After being sent in, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gave Mumbai a start…
Match details Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)Chennai, 7.30pm IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – A changing Chepauk The focus at CSK seems to have shifted this year. A team that had relied on their spinners and the way their former captain used them to suffocate oppositions has, so far, played its home games in conditions where the ball isn’t even stopping on the pitch, let alone…
Romario Shepherd, remember the name. The Mumbai Indians allrounder blasted Anrich Nortje for 32 runs to close out their innings against Delhi Capitals on Sunday. His 10-ball 39 lifted Mumbai to 234 for 5, their highest total at the Wankhede Stadium. Here’s how ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary recorded the 20th-over carnage. 19.1 Nortje to Shepherd, FOUR runs Shepherd gets going now. Slower back of a length ball off, he flat bats…
Sophie Devine has described New Zealand’s victory in the final match of England’s tour as validation for the work her team has done behind the scenes to improve their position in world cricket. Devine led New Zealand to a seven-wicket win in the third and final ODI in Hamilton on Sunday after missing the fifth T20I and first two ODIs with a quad strain. Her unbeaten century, sealed with two…
New Zealand 195 for 3 (Devine 100*, Green 38*) beat England 194 (Jones 50, J. Kerr 3-39, Rowe 3-42) by seven wickets Twelve runs needed for victory, 12 runs needed to reach a century, all the time in the world, but why wait? In the space of three balls, Sophie Devine twice hauled Charlie Dean over the fence at deep midwicket to seal a breath-taking ton and an emphatic consolation…
Surrey 11 for 0 trailLancashire 202 (Bohannon 84, Steel 5-25, Lawrence 4-91) by 191 runs The emergence of Tom Hartley on the Test tour of India months after the acquisition of Nathan Lyon gave us a new slant on a timeless conversation about the domestic game’s duty to English spin. As everyone had their go – while Hartley and Lyon maintained sensibility – all eyes were fixed on Lancashire’s teamsheet…
Yorkshire 72 for 2 trail Leicestershire 354 (Mike 90, Scriven 56, Milnes 4-73) by 282 runs Ben Mike returned to haunt his former county Yorkshire with a brilliant, counterattacking 90 as Leicestershire’s lower order carried their side to a first-innings 354 on day two at Headingley. This was another weather-shortened day in the Vitality County Championship opener, play only starting at 1.40pm due to a wet outfield – two hours…
Essex 253 and 65 for 1 lead Nottinghamshire 293 (Clarke 104, Haynes 77, Cook 4-59) by 25 runs A Joe Clarke century was the highlight as Nottinghamshire secured a 40-run first-innings lead on day two of their Vitality County Championship match against Essex, although they may regret not building a bigger advantage after a late collapse saw them lose their last six wickets for 34, which included a Sam Cook…