Warwickshire 455 (Dawson 5-146) and 205 for 4 (Yates 84*, Dawson 2-72) drew with Hampshire 365 (Gubbins 119, Middleton 116) Rob Yates made sure all of Warwickshire’s top three average over 100 after the first three Vitality County Championship fixtures – but his unbeaten 84 couldn’t prevent an inevitable draw with Hampshire. Yates, opening partner Alex Davies and No.3 Will Rhodes are three of the top four run scorers in…
Sussex 479 (Pujara 86, Alsop 84, Lamb 83, Simpson 78, Clark 53) and 144 for 6 (Pujara 44*, Gohar 5-58) beat Gloucestershire 417 (Bracey 69, Charlesworth 62, Gohar 60, Hammond 56) and 205 (Hammond 77, Gohar 52, Seales 4-18) by four wickets In the end, it was a scrap for victory. Having played the Tricky Third Innings card to leave Gloucestershire deep in a hole the previous evening, Sussex were…
Northamptonshire 605 for 6 dec (Nair 202*, Vasconcelos 182, Zaib 100*) drew with Glamorgan 271 (Ingram 82, Crane 61, Sanderson 5-92) and 104 for 3 Northamptonshire’s hopes of pressing home their sizeable advantage to complete victory against Glamorgan were dashed by the weather on the final day of this Vitality County Championship match at Wantage Road. Northamptonshire needed to take seven wickets on Monday after reducing Glamorgan to 104 for…
Delhi capitals allrounder Axar Patel believes that his batting position has been affected by Impact Player rule, while his team-mate Mukesh Kumar wants it abolished if there isn’t some meaningful alternate help for the bowlers. Axar and Mukesh are the latest Indian cricketers to speak out against the Impact Player rule, after India’s captain Rohit Sharma had said that he felt the rule was hampering the growth of allrounders in…
Rajasthan Royals legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal has become the first bowler in the history of IPL to reach the mark of 200 wickets. Chahal got to the milestone when he dismissed Mohammad Nabi of Mumbai Indians (MI) in Jaipur on Monday. After Mumbai elected to bat, Chahal was introduced into the attack in the eighth over of the innings and struck with his third ball. It was a gently floated legbreak…
Surrey 543 for 7 dec (Sibley 150, Lawrence 112, Burns 69, Smith 58, Parkinson 5-177) beat Kent 244 and 262 (Evison 53, Worrall 4-31, Steel 3-38) by an innings and 37 runs Surrey have beaten Kent by an innings and 37 runs in the Vitality County Championship at Canterbury. The reigning champions dismissed the hosts for 262 in their second innings, with Dan Worrall taking 4 for 31 and Cameron…
Match details Chennai Super Kings (P 7 W4 L3; 4th) vs Lucknow Super Giants (P 7 W4 L3; 5th;)Chennai, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – CSK vs LSG, round 2 A big reason behind CSK’s stellar record over the years has been their dominance at home. Continuing that trend, they have won their all three home games so far in IPL 2024. However, they have had just one win…
Derbyshire 167 (Lloyd 54) and 224 for 6 (Madsen 59*) drew with Leicestershire 574 for 7 declared (Harris 214, Cox 69, Handscomb 68) Leicestershire head coach Alfonso Thomas defended the timing of his team’s declaration after forecast rain wiped out the final day of their County Championship match at Derby, denying them the chance to push for victory. The visitors were favourites with Derbyshire still 183 runs short of avoiding…
“Yes, I think so, Pant should be part of the World Cup squad,” Ganguly said at a media round table in New Delhi on Monday. “He should bat in the middle-order. Where exactly is difficult to say because of match-ups, right-left combinations depending on who bowls. It also depends on the situation.” Ponting believes Pant had been a little apprehensive early in the season on what he could do, especially…
Durham have signed Peter Siddle for their next six County Championship matches after fellow Australian seamer Scott Boland was ruled out of his stint at the club with plantar fasciitis. Boland had originally signed until the end of July, on a multi-format deal that would have seen him feature in Durham’s T20 Blast campaign. However the foot injury caused him to arrive too late for their opening Division One fixture…