Lancashire 332 (Livingstone 70, Davies 55, Ball 4-63) and 88 for 2 beat Nottinghamshire 242 (Read 52, Wagner 6-66) and 175 (Wagner 5-45) by eight wicketsScorecard Luke Procter and Alviro Petersen celebrate the winning six © Getty Images Lancashire’s chief executive, Daniel Gidney, is clearly a most prescient fellow. When his county’s finance people decided to lower the price of adult admission on the last day of this game to…
'Must understand culture of high-performance teams' – Pienaar
Francois Pienaar emphasised that processes are key to ensuring that a team is ‘knocking on the door of a trophy’ © Getty Images Understanding the core of a winning culture could be chief on the agenda for the four-person committee tasked with reviewing South Africa’s national cricket teams. Francois Pienaar, the 1995 Rugby World Cup-winning captain who is on the panel, explained that although the scope of the review has…
Cook ton ensures Essex survive
Alastair Cook made his second hundred of the season as Essex drew a thrilling Specsavers County Championship Division Two contest with Sussex at the 1st Central County Ground. Dropped on one, the England captain anchored Essex’s pursuit of 329 in 91 overs which looked like being successful when he shared a fifth wicket stand of 103 in 29 overs with Jesse Ryder. But the ball after Ryder (35) brought up the century…
Dhawan in focus as Sunrisers run into Lions
Match facts Thursday, April 21, 2016Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT) Shikhar Dhawan has scores of 2,6,8 in his last three IPL innings © BCCI Big picture It’s a clash between the toppers and the stragglers. With three successful chases in as many matches, Gujarat Lions have established themselves as the early pace-setters. Aaron Finch has been Lions’ key man with three half-centuries and the manner in which he has…
ICC to discuss multi-format points system
File photo – The ICC board will meet on Monday, April 25, to start their second round of meetings in 2016 © ICC The ICC is set to discuss the possibility of a points-based structure for international cricket at its forthcoming board meeting in Dubai. ESPNcricinfo understands that the idea of giving points for each victory in a bilateral tour across all formats – as pioneered in the Women’s Ashes…
Leicestershire lay down early-season marker
Leicestershire 427 (O’Brien 93, Horton 67, McKay 65, White 58) and 115 for 0 (Horton 64*, Robson 49*) beat Glamorgan 348 (Wagg 64, Lloyd 59, Cooke 56, Bragg 50) and 191 (Donald 57, Raine 4-57) by 10 wicketsScorecard Angus Robson helped knock off the target with ease © Getty Images Leicestershire launched their season in style with a convincing 10-wicket victory against Glamorgan which reflected their superiority over the four…
Mumbai opt to bowl; Head, Richardson in for RCB
Toss Mumbai Indians opt to bowl v Royal Challengers BangaloreLive Scorecard and ball-by-ball details File photo: Travis Head was the fifth-highest scorer in the 2015-16 Big Bash League © Getty Images Mumbai Indians elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore, who rang in changes to the side that lost to Delhi Daredevils on Sunday, at the Wankhede Stadium. Travis Head, the Australia batsman who impressed for Adelaide Strikers in the…
Snow joke for Sowerby Bridge and Copley
“All of a sudden we were throwing snowballs at each other on the outfield.” That was the reaction of Sowerby Bridge CC second XI captain Martin Mellor and his teammates when snow stopped play during their opening game of the season against Copley last weekend. It’s fair to say that playing cricket in April on these shores often requires a couple of extra jumpers in the kitbag but the weather…
Horton leads Leicestershire to emphatic win
Leicestershire started the season in style with a comprehensive 10-wicket win against Glamorgan after a commanding display across four days in Cardiff. Victory was achieved half an hour after lunch, with Mark Cosgrove’s team gaining a healthy 23 points and demonstrating to the other teams in Specsavers County Championship Division Two that they are no longer whipping boys after spending three seasons propping up the table. The hosts began the…
Miller leaving crisis-ridden Dolphins
David Miller is leaving Dolphins to join Knights next season © AFP The crisis-ridden Dolphins franchise have been hit by another setback. International batsman David Miller is the latest to leave the outfit after he opted to move to Knights next season. Miller is the fourth player to leave Dolphins after Kyle Abbott, who is moving to Warriors, Jonathan Vandiar and Daniel Sincuba, who are both joining Titans. “It is…