Nottinghamshire 279 for 7 (Hameed 137*, Balderson 4-72) trail Lancashire 331 (Jennings 91, Bruce 73, Stone 3-56) by 52 runs Haseeb Hameed posted his first Vitality County Championship hundred since September 2022 and his first since being made captain but his Nottinghamshire side still have work to do to match Lancashire’s first innings total in their Division One match at Trent Bridge, where they trail by 52 runs on 279…
Kent 112 for 2 (Bell-Drummond 54*, Leaning 43*) trail Worcestershire 618 for 7 dec (Holder 123*, Roderick 117, Waite 100*) by 506 runs Jason Holder and Matthew Waite both hit unbeaten centuries as Worcestershire built a daunting lead against Kent on day two of their Vitality County Championship match at Canterbury. Joe Leach then took two early wickets to reduce Kent to 15 for two, before the hosts rallied to…
Durham 146 for 3 (Lees 71, Dawson 2-57) trail Hampshire 503 (Orr 126, Prest 102, Parkinson 4-176) by 357 runs Tom Prest flaunted his significant talent with his second Vitality County Championship hundred as Hampshire and Durham’s Division One clash turned into a run-fest. The 21-year-old expertly scored 102, to dovetail with Ali Orr’s day one century and Ben Brown’s 75th first-class fifty, to help Hampshire to 503. Alex Lees…
England 163 for 6 (Knight 49, Gibson 41*, Jones 37, Waheeda 2-20, Sadia 2-30) beat Pakistan 110 (Sadaf 35, Glenn 4-12, Bell 3-22) by 53 runs Jones and Knight rescued the hosts from 11 for 4 after 17 balls of the first T20I, in front of a crowd of 12, 241 at Edgbaston. A powerful 41 not out off just 21 deliveries from Dani Gibson helped lift England to 163…
Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting has lavished praise on Abishek Porel, the left-hand batter who has sparkled in multiple roles during IPL 2024, and indicated that he will don the keeping gloves against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Sunday in the absence of the suspended Rishabh Pant. Capitals signed Porel in 2023 as a replacement for Pant, who missed the entire season after sustaining multiple injuries in a car…
Match details Royal Challengers Bengaluru (7th, P12, W5, L7) vs Delhi Capitals (5th, P12, W6, L6)Bengaluru, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture: Has the surge come too late for RCB and DC? RCB have won their last four games on the bounce, and Delhi Capitals have won three of their last five. Their key players have clicked in unison more often than not over recent weeks. Unfortunately for both teams,…
Match details Chennai Super Kings (4th; W6, L6) vs Rajasthan Royals (2nd; W8, L3)Chennai, 3.30pm IST (10am GMT) Big picture: CSK in a spin Will this be MS Dhoni‘s final home game in the IPL? He played through a severe knee injury last year. He has been pushing through side strains and other discomforts this year. Even under that duress, he has produced some vintage moments, but CSK are suddenly…
James Anderson has announced he will retire after England’s first Test of the summer at Lords, against West Indies, bringing the curtain down on a legendary career where it all began 21 years ago. Anderson, who turns 42 , made his Test debut at Lord’s in 2003 against Zimbabwe. He has gone on to take 700 wickets – the most by any pace bowler in Test history. His eventual tally…
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has been suspended for one match for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct after his team maintained a slow over-rate during the match against Rajasthan Royals in Delhi on May 7. Additionally, he has also been fined INR 30 lakh while the rest of the members of the DC playing XI of that game, including the Impact Player, have also been individually fined either INR…
West Indies men will host South Africa, England and Bangladesh between May to December 2024. The home tours begin with a visit from South Africa for three T20Is starting May 23 at Sabina Park in Jamaica before the T20 World Cup in June where West Indies are the hosts. South Africa will then return to the Caribbean following the T20 World Cup and their Test tour to England in July…