Perhaps India should have swept the ball more. Or at least employed the sweep more effectively (given several batters were out playing that shot throughout the series). India captain Rohit Sharma thinks that this is what the Sri Lanka batters did better than their counterparts through the course of this 2-0 result. They were better at stretching the India field square of the wicket. In the third ODI, for example,…
Trent Rockets 166 for 4 (Hales 68, Banton 36, Root 32) beat London Spirit 144 (Critchley 37, Jennings 31, Rashid 4-24) by 22 runs Alex Hales wound back the clock to fire Trent Rockets back into the top three of the Hundred men’s competition with a 22-run win over London Spirit at Trent Bridge. The 35-year-old T20 World Cup winner cleared the ropes five times in a typically powerful innings…
Sri Lanka’s top-order batters were good, and their spinners were even better. This was captain Charith Asalanka‘s take on what had enabled his team to overcome India, a side which they had lost to 16 times since 2015, but beaten only on three occasions in ODIs. In this series, played on raging turners, Sri Lanka tied the first match, won the second game comfortably, and then trounced India in the…
Worcestershire 260 for 7 (Libby 75, Jones 57) beat Kent 259 (Stewart 78, Stobo 72, Singh 3-51, Home 3-62) by three wickets (DLS method) Captain Jake Libby continued his superb form in the Metro Bank One Day Cup to inspire Worcestershire Rapids to a three-wicket win over Kent Spitfires at Visit Worcestershire New Road. Libby struck his fourth half-century in five knocks in this summer’s 50 over tournament to lead…
Hampshire 295 for 8 (Weatherley 93, Gubbins 62) beat Derbyshire 152 (Guest 44, Kelly 5-19) by 143 runs Dominic Kelly took Hampshire’s first List A hat-trick since 1981 and his first professional five-wicket haul to set up a crushing 143-run victory over Derbyshire in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. Kelly, the 18-year-old quick, dismissed Zak Chappell, Harry Moore and Daryl Dupavillon to become just the third treble taker for…
Trent Rockets 158 for 5 (Scrivens 55) beat London Spirit 127 for 7 (Deepti 30*, Gardner 3-23, King 3-23) by 31 runs Gardner and King combined for six wickets as a star-studded Spirit line-up never threatened to chase down 158 for 5. Young gun Grace Scrivens struck 55 from 43 balls for the hosts, although she had to walk off the field in the second innings when she was struck…
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has started the search for a new chief executive, with incumbent Guy Lavender standing down to take up the same role at Cheltenham Racecourse. Related Mark Nicholas: Five IPL franchises show ‘soft’ interest in Lord’s Hundred stake MCC members to be given vote on closer ties with the Hundred Mervyn King to replace Mark Nicholas as MCC president Rob Lynch stepping down as PCA chief to…
“We need to talk about it.” That was India captain Rohit Sharma when asked if being spun out on dry Colombo surfaces to lose the ODI series against Sri Lanka 2-0 was a result of their lack of application. India lost 27 wickets to spin, the most by any team against this variety of bowling in a three-match series. “I don’t think it’s a concern,” Rohit said after India’s first…
Gloucestershire 133 for 2 (Bancroft 49*, Hammond 46) beat Sussex 132 for 9 (Ibrahim 30, Singh Dale 4-15, Akhter 3-25) by eight wickets (DLS method) Ajeet Singh Dale summoned a blistering career-best performance with the ball to propel Gloucestershire to a eight-wicket win over Sussex Sharks in a one-sided Metro Bank One Day Cup contest at Bristol’s Seat Unique Stadium. Bowling with real venom, the 24-year-old pace bowler claimed 4…
Somerset 156 for 3 (Umeed 63) beat Northamptonshire 155 (Zaib 57) by seven wickets Andy Umeed struck a commanding, clinical 63 as Somerset made short work of Northamptonshire Steelbacks, chasing down 156 to win this Metro Bank One Day Cup clash at Wantage Road with 148 balls to spare. Umeed faced 66 balls, blasting six fours and two sixes and combined with George Thomas (28) to get Somerset’s run chase…