IPL 2016

Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma headlined the platinum-round picks in the second Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) overseas draft. Rodrigues reunited with Jess Jonassen after being Brisbane Heat’s first pick while Deepti was Melbourne Stars’ first pick. Rodrigues and Jonassen are already team-mates at Delhi Capitals in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) and Trinbago Knight Riders (WCPL), while Deepti played with Stars’ captain Meg Lanning for London Spirit in the…

Bangladesh 75 for 6 (Mehidy 33*, Litton 13*, Shahzad 4-15, Hamza 2-29) trail Pakistan 274 by 199 runs The new-ball bowling pair struck six times in 34 balls in the first hour to leave Bangladesh in tatters at 26 for 6. Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Litton Das then steadied the Bangladesh innings a touch and took them to 75 for 6 at lunch still trailing Pakistan by 199 runs. Both…

Eoin Morgan criticised England and Ollie Pope for a lack of killer instinct with “everything in their favour”, as their refusal to continue bowling spin from both ends brought the third day of their second Test against Sri Lanka to a premature close at Lord’s. Pope brought on Shoaib Bashir and Joe Root to bowl in tandem for three overs with Sri Lanka 24 for 1, after umpires Paul Reiffel…

Durham 336 (Carse 104*, Raine 64, Leach 5-124) and 15 for 3 need another 405 runs to beat Somerset 492 and 263 for 5 dec (Abell 56) A Brydon Carse century on his return after suspension was not enough to prevent Durham slipping towards likely defeat on the third day of the Vitality County Championship Division One match with Somerset at Taunton. The visitors began by adding 64 runs to…

Derbyshire 290 (Madsen 138, Carson 5-90) and 141 for 2 (Came 54*) trail Sussex 607 for 8 dec by 176 runs Sussex go into the final day of their Vitality County Championship match against Derbyshire as clear favourites to extend their lead at the top of Division Two with their sixth victory of the season. But some resolute batting by the Derbyshire batters second time round has given them an…

Leicestershire 251 and 144 for 3 (Rahane 47*) trail Glamorgan 550 for 9 dec (Ingram 257*, Holland 4-96) by 155 runs Rahane was 47 not out and Handscomb unbeaten on 33, Leicestershire 144 for 3, trailing by 155, when bad light stopped play with 21.2 scheduled overs remaining. Both the Indian and Australian were dropped by Glamorgan legspinner Mason Crane, two of his three dropped catches coming off his own…

Middlesex 441 for 5 (Higgins 117, Robson 108, Davies 61, Holden 51, Bess 4-168) trail Yorkshire 601 for 6 dec by 160 runs Centurion Ryan Higgins became this summer’s second batter to reach 1,000 runs in the Vitality County Championship as Middlesex batted themselves to an almost certain draw against Yorkshire on day three at Headingley. Unbeaten all-rounder Higgins, who followed Glamorgan batter Colin Ingram’s lead after he achieved the…

Worcestershire 266 and 303 for 8 (Libby 65, Hose 64, D’Oliveira 51) lead Essex 404 by 165 runs When bad light took the players off the field with 20 over remaining on day three of the Vitality County Championship match, Worcestershire had turned a 138-run first-innings deficit into a 165-run lead. Libby laid the foundations for the recovery with a 112-ball 65 at the top of the order. But it…

Hampshire 389 (Middleton 109, Dawson 104*, Gubbins 75, Wells 4-94) beat Lancashire 200 (Jennings 56, Dawson 5-47) and 152 (Wells 51, Dawson 5-52) by an innings and 37 runs Liam Dawson enjoyed a Saturday to remember at Emirates Old Trafford as Hampshire defeated Lancashire by an innings and 37 runs with a day to spare in their Vitality County Championship match. Having dismissed Lancashire for 200 in their first innings…

Surrey 525 and 13 for 1 lead Nottinghamshire 405 (McCann 154, Hameed 68, Haynes 68, Verreyne 50*, Jacks 7-129) by 133 runs A maiden century in only his third first-class innings from the 19-year old, locally raised left-hander Freddie McCann helped take Nottinghamshire’s reply to 405 at Trent Bridge despite a caree-best seven for 129 from Surrey spinner Will Jacks. Batting again, Surrey ended the third day of their Vitality…