“We want to play that style of cricket – RCB talks about playing bold,” du Plessis said, “and just proud that we can actually do that now, putting our performance together.” RCB came into the game with the knowledge that a loss would knock them out of the tournament. They even lost their du Plessis and Virat Kohli cheaply after being sent in. But that didn’t stop Will Jacks and…
With just eight more games to go in the league stage of IPL 2024, only Kolkata Knight Riders have qualified for the playoffs and three spots are still available. Here’s how the teams in contention stack up. Royal Challengers Bengaluru Played: 13, points: 12, NRR: 0.387Remaining match: CSK (h) RCB’s fifth win in a row – against DC – has propelled them to fifth place on the points table, a…
Lancashire 331 and 100 for 6 (Pennington 3-25) trail Nottinghamshire 503 (Hameed 247*, Stone 90, Balderson 4-102) by 72 runs Haseeb Hameed struck a record-breaking career-best 247 not out as Nottinghamshire took control of their Division One match against Lancashire in the Vitality County Championship at Trent Bridge. The sometime England opener scored almost half his side’s runs as Nottinghamshire, all out for 503, turned an overnight deficit of 52…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 187 for 9 (Patidar 52, Jacks 41, Salam 2-23, Khaleel 2-31) beat Delhi Capitals 140 (Axar 57, Dayal 3-20, Ferguson 2-23) by 47 runs A fifth successive win not only kept Royal Challengers Bengaluru in contention for a playoffs spot but also lifted them to fifth spot on the points table, just above Delhi Capitals who have the same points as RCB but an inferior net run…
Surrey 464 (Smith 155, Abbott 50, Miles 5-43) and 31 for 0 need a further 58 to beat Warwickshire 343 and 209 (Yates 52, Roach 6-46) County champions Surrey are on the cusp of a third successive Division One victory, with Kemar Roach taking a superlative 6 for 46 to reduce Warwickshire to 209 all out in their second innings after a brilliant 155 from Jamie Smith had guided them…
49.2 to Kashif Ali, A wicket out of the blue. Tossed up again from Parkinson, on a wide line outside off, and turning away just enough to graze the edge of a flashing drive. Kashif’s fine knock is over. 167/2 61.5 to BL D’Oliveira, decent turn from Parkinson, drawing D’Oliveira forward outside off, and after one edge earlier in the over fell short of slip, this one is stabbed straight…
Northamptonshire 171 and 144 for 2 (Gay 74) need a further 414 to beat Gloucestershire 409 and 319 for 5 dec (Bancroft 130*, van Buuren 67) Cameron Bancroft compiled an unbeaten century, his first since rejoining Gloucestershire, to steer the visitors into position for a final-day victory push against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. The Australian opener, now in his second stint with the West Country side, hit 130 not out…
Glamorgan 411 (Ingram 170, Carlson 148, Seales 5-101) and 58 for 1 (Root 36*) beat Sussex 278 and 188 (Hudson-Prentice 70, Coles 61*, Gorvin 5-40) by nine wickets Glamorgan secured a nine-wicket victory over Sussex in the Vitality County Championship with Andy Gorvin starring on his way to career-best figures of five for 40. Glamorgan were dismissed for 411 in the opening overs of day three to lead Sussex by…
Durham 410 for 8 (Bedingham 144, Dawson ) trail Hampshire 503 by 93 runs David Bedingham cruised to his second Vitality County Championship century of the season to keep pace with Division One’s leading run-scorers. Durham batter Bedingham has 490 runs so far this season – sitting just behind Alex Davies, Joe Clarke and Daniel Bell-Drummond – and boasts an average of 81.66 after a serene 144 against Hampshire. Liam…
Rajasthan Royals (RR), the early pace-setters in IPL 2024, have now slumped to their third defeat in a row, but their captain Sanju Samson is focussed on the positives. After the latest reversal, against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), he said a poor run of results can make it difficult to “control the controllables”, but felt the team had been playing good cricket. “I think, at this stage of the tournament,…