Warwickshire 292 for 5 (Barnard 89, Rhodes 64, Mousley 56*) Worcestershire 360 by 68 runs Ed Barnard shone against his former county as Warwickshire built a strong position in reply to Worcestershire on the second day of their Vitality County Championship tussle at Edgbaston. Barnard struck a fluent 89 from 124 balls as Warwickshire responded to the visitors’ 360 all out by closing the second day on 292 for 5….
Rajasthan Royals 189 for 4 (Buttler 100*, Samson 69) beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru 183 for 3 (Kohli 113*, du Plessis 44, Chahal 2-34) by six wickets Jos Buttler celebrated his 100th IPL match with a 58-ball century to return to form and lead Rajasthan Royals to their fourth win in four games in IPL 2024. Buttler got to the mark in style by hitting the winning runs – a six…
Middlesex 138 for 1 (Stoneman 62*, Holden 24*) trail Glamorgan 620 for 3 dec (Northeast 335*, Ingram 132*, Carlson 77, Root 67) by 482 runs Greed is good, as Sam Northeast proved on the second day of the English season at Lord’s. After ransacking Middlesex’s bowlers to the tune of 186 not out on day one, Glamorgan’s captain had insisted that was just the base-camp of his ambitions. For 412…
Kent 284 (Evison 85) vs Somerset Kent were bowled out for 284 by Somerset on a fluctuating second day in the Vitality County Championship at Canterbury. Joey Evison hit 85 and Harry Finch 54 as the hosts recovered from 114 for 5. Somerset captain Lewis Gregory‘s first over went for 20, but he rallied to take 4 for 66, including the key wicket of Evison, but bad light stopped play…
Match details Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Gujarat Titans (GT)Lucknow, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture – Can LSG end their losing streak against Titans? LSG have the most exciting player of this IPL season in their ranks: Mayank Yadav, the 21 year old tearaway who bowls thunderbolts in excess of 150 kph with unwavering accuracy. He stopped Punjab Kings in their tracks, blew RCB away, bowled the fastest ball…
Northamptonshire 292 for 7 (Procter 92, Nair 57, Seales 3-64) vs Sussex Sussex and Northants finished the second day of their Vitality County Championship Division Two game with honours even at Hove. Northants were 292 for 7 at the close and with more time lost to rain and bad light a draw is the favourite result. Northants resumed on 95 for 2 with both Luke Procter and Karun Nair looking…
Virat Kohli is scoring at a strike rate of 146 in this year’s IPL. Only once has he ever scored quicker and that was in 2016 when he was the kind of form where he was threatening the 1000-run mark. Is this a conscious effort? Is he trying to bat differently, more aggressively? “Look I’m not coming with any premeditation,” Kohli said after making the first century of the 2024…
Key takeaways Abahani Limited romped to nine successive victories in the Dhaka Premier League after trouncing old rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club and Legends of Rupganj to top the points table after week three. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Mohammedan remain second with seven wins each, while Gazi Tyres Cricket Academy suffered two massive losses. Bowling dominated play this week as only two teams crossed the 250-run mark while there were…
Match Details Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Delhi Capitals (DC)Mumbai, 3.30pm IST (10am GMT) Big picture – Suryakumar’s potential return, and Bumrah vs Pant Sunday’s double-header will be kicked off by a bottom-of-the-table clash as Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals look to turn their fortunes around. Mumbai are still without a win, while Capitals have won just one of their four games. And both teams are coming into the game on…
Sri Lanka allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of IPL 2024. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Sri Lanka Cricket informed BCCI about Hasaranga’s unavailability, which the Indian board on Saturday relayed to Sunrisers Hyderabad, who had bought him at the IPL auction last December. It is learned that SLC had told BCCI that Hasaranga has not recovered from the chronic heel pain in his left foot which had delayed his…