Month: April 2024

Nottinghamshire 367 for 8 (Duckett 197*, Haynes 74, Slater 65, Hannon-Dalby 4-58) vs Warwickshire A mature and composed century from Ben Duckett held Nottinghamshire’s batting together on the opening day of their Vitality Championship Division One match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. England batter Duckett constructed a superb unbeaten 197 off 230 balls as his side made erratic but highly entertaining progress to 367 for 8. It was a patchy display…

Gloucestershire 82 for 3 trail Middlesex 203 (de Lange 6-49) by 121 runs Gloucestershire fast bowler Marchant de Lange notched his 350th first class wicket in claiming 6 for 49 to skittle Middlesex for 203 on the opening day of the Vitality County Championship Second Division match at Bristol. The 33-year-old South African only took six Championship wickets in the whole of last summer, his first with Gloucestershire, which saw…

Northamptonshire 337 for 6 (Gay 88, Bartlett 71*, Procter 64) vs Leicestershire Half-centuries from Emilio Gay, George Bartlett and skipper Luke Procter enabled Northamptonshire to shade the opening day of their Vitality County Championship match against Leicestershire, where they finished on 337 for 6. Gay’s 88 from 110 balls was the day’s most eye-catching batting performance but Bartlett’s unbeaten 71 and Procter’s 64 from 164 had much to commend them…

Essex 5 for 0 trail Durham 358 (Ackermann 112, Robinson 90, Bedingham 52, Porter 3-57, Cook 3-60) Colin Ackermann made his first century for Durham as the home side shared the spoils with Essex on the first day of their Vitality County Championship match at the Seat Unique Riverside. The former Leicestershire skipper showed exemplary patience in making 112, a 294-minute innings that formed the bedrock of his side’s 358…

Yorkshire 276 for 3 (Lyth 97, Root 65*, Brook 44*, Masood 40) vs Derbyshire England duo Joe Root and Harry Brook shared an entertaining and unbroken fourth-wicket partnership of 71 as Yorkshire dominated Derbyshire on day one of the Vitality County Championship clash at Headingley. Root and Brook came together during the afternoon with the score at 205 for 3 after Yorkshire had been inserted at the start of this…

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Kolkata Knight Riders replaced Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc with Sri Lanka seamer Dushmantha Chameera for the game against Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens on Friday. KKR captain Shreyas Iyer said at the toss that Starc cut his finger during their previous match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Coming into the season, having been bought at the auction for a record sum of INR 24.75 crore (USD 2.98 million approx.),…

Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Mayank Yadav has resumed bowling in the nets and is “pretty close” to returning to action after having been sidelined by injury, according to LSG’s assistant coach S Sriram. “He’s bowling today in the nets,” Sriram said on the eve of LSG’s match against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday. “So we’ll find out how he pulls up after today, he’s pretty close, so ya hopefully, fingers…

Match details Delhi Capitals (DC; 6th place) vs Mumbai Indians (MI; 8th place)Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, 7:30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture – Pant vs Bumrah With 342 runs in nine outings, Pant has already crossed his run-tally from the last time he played in the IPL in 2022. He is comfortably DC’s highest run-getter this season and boasts a strike rate of 161.32. That strike rate goes further up…

Faf du Plessis will “sleep easier” after the bottom-placed Royal Challengers Bangalore ended their six-match losing streak by beating the in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs, in Hyderabad. After Rajat Patidar’s 50 off 20 took RCB to 206 for 7, they restricted the home side to 171 for 8, thanks to spinners Karn Sharma and Swapnil Singh, who combined to take four wickets early in the game. With this win,…