Worcestershire 107 for 1 (Libby 56*) trail Somerset 309 for 9 declared by 202 runs Jake Libby continued his impressive start to the season for Worcestershire on a rain-shortened second day of the Vitality County Championship Division One fixture with Somerset at Kidderminster. Only 29 overs were possible – all during the afternoon session – but it was enough for Libby to move past the fifty mark for the fourth…
Hampshire 151 and 31 for 2 (Gubbins 6*, Vince 4*) trail Surrey 359 (Burns 113, Clark 106*) by 177 runs Hundreds in contrasting styles by skipper Rory Burns and Jordan Clark put champions Surrey in control against Hampshire at the Kia Oval. Burns’ seven-hour 113 – his 25th first-class century but first since July 2022 – laid strong foundations and Clark built on them with a run-a-ball unbeaten 106 as…
Four balls. Four singles. It’s this passage across two Axar Patel overs to Tilak Varma just before the halfway mark of Mumbai Indians’ mammoth chase of 258 that might have cost them two crucial points against Delhi Capitals, in Hardik Pandya‘s opinion. Axar, the left-arm spinner, came on to bowl in the eighth over with MI 72 for 3. He bowled six of his twelve deliveries to Tilak, a left-hand…
Leicestershire 97 for 2 (Kimber 47*) trail Northamptonshire 453 for 7 dec (Bartlett 126*, Gay 88, Procter 64) by 356 runs A combination of rain and bad light frustrated Northamptonshire after they had taken a solid grip on their Division Two match with Leicestershire in the Vitality County Championship at the Uptonsteel County Ground, where the home side are 356 runs behind on 97 for two in their first innings….
Warner was hit on the finger while attempting a lap shot against Lucknow Super Giants on April 12. He missed DC’s next match, against Gujarat Titans, but played against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 20, where he was out for 1. Since then, he has missed two more games, including the one against MI. Meanwhile, Ishant is recovering from back spasms. “I think Warner will take one more week [to be…
Warwickshire 71 for 3 (Mousley 26*, Barnard 18*, Pennington 2-21) trail Nottinghamshire 400 (Duckett 218, Haynes 74, Slater 65, Hannon-Dalby 5-78) by 329 runs Ben Duckett‘s dazzling double-century followed by high-class seam bowling put Nottinghamshire in control against Warwickshire on a rain-affected second day of their Vitality Championship match at Edgbaston. Duckett’s chanceless 218 from 264 balls lifted Nottinghamshire to 400 all out against an attack skilfully led by Olly…
South East Stars 268 (Scholfield 65, Farrant 54, Baker 5-45) beat Central Sparks 119 for 6 (Wong 34*, MacDonald-Gay 4-18) by 71 runs (DLS method) Ryana MacDonald-Gay‘s sensational start to the season continued as she took 4 for 18 to help bowl the South East Stars to a 71-run (D/L) win over Central Sparks in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match at Beckenham. The Maidstone-born seamer now has 12 wickets…
Western Storm 252 for 6 (Luff 76*, Ecclestone 3-16) beat Thunder 186 (Skelton 3-35, Smale 3-42) by 66 runs Western Storm clinched their first win in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy after defeating Thunder by 66 runs at Emirates Old Trafford. An unbeaten 76 by Sophie Luff capped an excellent fightback by Western Storm who made 252 for 6 from their 50 overs after a superb exhibition of spin bowling…
Southern Vipers 287 for 9 (McCaughan 83) beat Northern Diamonds 162 for 7 (Winfield-Hill 63, Dean 4-34) by 70 runs (DLS method) Ella McCaughan blasted a half-century to take her past 1,000 Southern Vipers runs and help her side win back-to-back Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy matches. Opener McCaughan was belligerent in her 97-ball 83, with Charli Knott continuing her fine start to life in the UK with 40 – as…
Sunrisers 91 for 3 (Scrivens 46*) beat The Blaze 87 (Villiers 3-18, Hancock 3-20) by seven wickets Mady Villiers‘ beguiling spin proved too much for an under-strength and out of form The Blaze as Sunrisers raced to a seven-wicket win in a rain-shortened encounter at Chelmsford. The former England white-ball international returned 3 for 18 from nine overs as the visitors, missing the likes of Tammy Beaumont, Bryce siblings Kathryn…