Yorkshire 295 for 2 (Bean 140*, J Root 92*) lead Glamorgan 221 (B Root 51, Bess 4-25, Moriarty 4-74) by 74 runs Spin duo Dom Bess and Dan Moriarty claimed four wickets apiece before pulsating knocks from centurion Fin Bean and Joe Root put Yorkshire on course for victory at the halfway stage of their Vitality County Championship clash with Glamorgan at Headingley. Glamorgan started day two on 109 for…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 152 for 6 (Du Plessis 64, Kohli 42, Little 4-45) beat Gujarat Titans 147 (Shahrukh 37, Tewatia 35, Dayal 2-21, Vyshak 2-23) by four wickets Four overs of craziness aside, Royal Challengers Bengaluru played the near-perfect game at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium to roll Gujarat Titans over for the second time in a week. Riding on the back of their seam-bowling success and a blistering opening stand…

Southern Vipers 295 for 5 (Knott 102, Adams 65) Western Storm 291 for 9 (Knight 62, Wilson 53, Luff 51, Gibson 51) by four runs Charli Knott registered a superb career-best 102 from 112 balls as Southern Vipers held their nerve to beat Western Storm by four runs in a thrilling Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy contest at Bristol’s Seat Unique Stadium. The 21-year-old Australian all-rounder dominated stands of 91 and…

Northern Diamonds 216 (Burns 49, Fackrell 2-19) beat Central Sparks 215 (E Jones 65, Freeborn 49, Armitage 3-40) by 1 run Northern Diamonds beat Central Sparks by one run in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in a thrilling match with the most sensational finish at Edgbaston. Chasing 216, Sparks entered the last over, bowled by Diamonds captain Hollie Armitage, needing just four to win with three wickets in hand, but…

Match details Lucknow Super Giants (3rd; W6 L4) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (2nd; W7 L3)Lucknow, 19.30 IST (14.00 GMT) Big picture Fifty-plus games in, no team has qualified for the playoffs yet. Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants, sitting at No. 2 and No. 3 on the table at the moment, can still miss out on qualification. Neither team will want to get caught up in the mid-table muddle,…

Sri Lanka and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana has called MS Dhoni a father figure in his cricketing career, saying the former CSK captain’s small advises have given him a lot of confidence. The 21-year-old fast bowler made his IPL debut in 2022, and has since become a vital cog in CSK’s pace attack, including their title success last season. “After my father, in my cricket life,…

Mayank Yadav, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) quick, is set to miss the remainder of IPL 2024, although there are bleak chances that he could still feature in the playoffs if LSG make it. On being asked if Mayank was completely out of the tournament, head coach Justin Langer said: “No, we’ll be praying that he can play, hopefully, in the playoffs, but I’m a realist as well. It’ll be…

Match details Punjab Kings (seventh) vs Chennai Super Kings (fifth)Dharamsala, 1530 IST (1000 GMT) Big picture – Can PBKS make it six in a row? In IPL history, only two teams have beaten CSK in five consecutive meetings. One is, predictably, Mumbai Indians. The other is PBKS, who started their streak in 2021 and equalled MI’s on Wednesday with a seven-wicket win at Chepauk. On Sunday, they will be looking…

A “mild back stiffness” forced Rohit Sharma to play as Impact Player in Mumbai Indians’ match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday. “He just had a mild back stiffness so it was just a precautionary thing,” Piyush Chawla said at the post-match press conference. Rohit made 11 off 12 balls as MI failed to chase down a target of 170 on a two-paced Wankhede pitch. It was their eighth defeat…

IPL 2024 has been a mixed bag for Mitchell Starc. He was the most expensive pick ever at an IPL auction – going for INR 24.75 crore – but was also having a tough time with the ball. In an edition that is seeing an unprecedented high-scoring rate, Starc had just seven wickets and an economy of 11.78 in his first eight outings, and had conceded more than 50 three…