Sussex 150 (Hill 4-22) and 227 (Alsop 86, Hill 3-44, Coad 3-46) beat Yorkshire 195 (Root 67, Hunt 4-64) and 161 (Lyth 73, Robinson 4-42) by 21 runs Sussex, inspired by Ollie Robinson, continued their fine start to the second division season with their third victory in six matches, beating Yorkshire by 21 runs runs in a most dramatic encounter at Hove. They took 19 points to Yorkshire’s three. Yorkshire,…
Heinrich Klaasen will go into the IPL 2024 playoffs feeling like he is back at his best, having worked his way through a slight drop off in form. He hit 42 off 26 against Punjab Kings on Saturday evening in Hyderabad to help his team chase down 215 with relative ease, hitting a couple of shots along the way that “put a smile” on his face. “I haven’t hit it…
Thunder 112 for 2 (Lamb 44*, Smale 30*) beat Northern Diamonds 109 for 5 (Marlow 47, Gaur 1-11) by 8 wickets Lancashire Thunder began their Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign with a comprehensive eight-wicket win over ‘Roses’ rivals Northern Diamonds at a sun-soaked Emirates Old Trafford. Excellent bowling figures from Mahika Gaur, Fi Morris and Kate Cross ensured the visitors stuttered their way to 109 for 5 from their 20 overs…
And still it wasn’t enough. Not nearly enough to halt the batting juggernaut that SRH have been this season. They lost their best batter Travis Head first ball, but raced through the powerplay thanks to Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi, who hit 66 off 28 and 33 off 18 respectively, propelling the team to 84 for 3 at the end of their first six overs. From then, the scoring didn’t…
Toss England chose to bat vs Pakistan Heather Knight won the toss and challenged her players to “put on a show” with the bat in the third T20I at Headingley. England, who have already won the series after going 2-0 up on Friday, made one change, bringing in the extra pace of Lauren Filer for Lauren Bell. Knight suggested there might some softness to the pitch but anticipated it drying…
Pat Cummins‘ key role in the controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow at Lord’s which ignited last year’s Ashes series has been revealed while team-mates have admitted they were concerned for Alex Carey‘s well-being in the aftermath. The incident, on the fourth day of the second Test, is a major theme in season three of The Test, the documentary series following the Australia men’s team, which premiers on Prime Video on…
Two balls remaining, 10 runs to get. This was Chennai Super Kings’ equation, on Saturday night at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, to get into the IPL 2024 playoffs by keeping their net run rate above that of Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Ten off two had been CSK’s equation during last year’s final too, and Ravindra Jadeja had pulled it off to lead them to their fifth IPL title. Jadeja was on…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 218 for 5 (Du Plessis 54, Kohli 47, Patidar 41, Green 38, Thakur 2-61) beat Chennai Super Kings 191 for 7 (Ravindra 61, Jadeja 42*, Dayal 4-42) by 27 runs Virat Kohli looked nearly in tears. Faf du Plessis could not contain his joy. MS Dhoni was nowhere to be seen after the game. All of it summed up the crazy night in Bengaluru, as Royal Challengers…
Lancashire 357 (Jennings 115, Bruce 46, Raine 3-67, Stokes 2-70) and 91 for 2 (Jennings 38*, Raine 1-10) lead Durham 236 (Bedingham 101, Aspinwall 5-41, Lyon 4-59) by 212 runs Make no mistake, Saturday’s heavyweight clash underwhelmed. And though you did not have to pay £24.99 to watch it, the neutrals would be right to feel short-changed by just 10 minutes of Ben Stokes versus Nathan Lyon. The eight balls…
Sussex 150 (Hill 4-22) and 194 for 7 (Alsop 77*) lead Yorkshire 195 (Root 67, Hunt 4-64) by 149 runs Second division championship favourites Yorkshire are within sight of their first win of the season after having marginally the better of the second day of their match against Sussex at Hove. After 17 wickets had fallen on the first day, matters were a little less frenetic in a tightly fought…