Essex opened their Specsavers County Championship campaign with an easy 10-wicket victory over Division Two rivals Gloucestershire at the Essex County Ground. They entered the final day just 59 short of their 93-run target and needed just under an hour to claim success. Alastair Cook and Nick Browne suffered a few anxious moments before Essex completed the task. The visitors thought they had Browne taken at slip by Chris Dent…
Mumbai bowl, Knight Riders leave Narine out
Toss Mumbai Indians chose to bowl v Kolkata Knight RidersLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kuldeep Yadav is playing his first T20 since taking a matchwinning 2 for 12 as Uttar Pradesh won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in January © BCCI Mumbai Indians defence of their IPL title did not go according to plan in their opening game at the Wankhede stadium. They also have to make do without home…
Rain ends Duckett's quest for triple century
Ben Duckett was left stranded 18 runs short of a triple century after a wet outfield on the final morning saw Northamptonshire’s Specsavers County Championship Division Two clash with Sussex at Wantage Road abandoned as a draw. Duckett had advanced to 282 not out in a Northants total of 481 for seven until rain washed out the final session on day two and the whole of day three. And the…
Delany named Ireland Women captain
Ireland Women’s coach Aaron Hamilton believes Laura Delany is an astute cricketer with a shrewd cricketing brain © IDI/Getty Images Laura Delany, the 23-year allrounder, has been named captain of the Ireland Women’s team, Cricket Ireland confirmed through a release. Kim Garth, the 19-year old allrounder from Pembroke, will serve as her deputy. Delany will take over from Isobel Joyce, who stepped down last month after the Women’s World T20….
IPL's new franchises brace for spin test
Ravindra Jadeja’s experience at Rajkot could be an influential factor for Gujarat Lions © BCCI Match facts Thursday, April 14, 2016Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT) Big picture Both new franchises had an easy start to their IPL lives but one team will suffer its first loss as Gujarat Lions face off against Rising Pune Supergiants in Rajkot. On Monday, Aaron Finch and Dwayne Bravo used their wealth of T20…
Complete washout at New Road
Worcestershire’s opening Specsavers County Championship Division Two fixture of the season against Kent at New Road was abandoned without a ball being bowled in four days. When the umpires, Ian Gould and Richard Illingworth, made the inevitable decision at midday, the ground was bathed in sunshine but the outfield was still soggy in key areas. Both teams are awarded five points. It is the first time New Road has seen…
Rogers rues 'unforgivable' bowling as Somerset escape with a draw
Durham 256 (Jennings 116, Gregory 4-58, Groenewald 3-54) and 223 for 4 (Jennings 105*) drew with Somerset 179 (Onions 4-62, Rushworth 3-70)Scorecard Chris Rushworth could have been a threat to Somerset had there been any play on the final day © Getty Images The point about fire alarms is that they go off while the fire can still be put out. Somerset’s players skedaddled away from the Riverside before lunch…
Sunrisers Hyderabad dealt Nehra blow
Brad Hogg on his feelings towards cricket: ‘I just love it, I still have the passion of a five-year-old kid’ © Getty Images Chinaman bowler Brad Hogg has said he regrets having given up international cricket in 2008, just when it looked like he might have a good run in Test cricket given Shane Warne’s first-class career was at an end then. Hogg gave up ODIs and Tests in February…
Ten Doeschate delighted with winning start
Essex 385 (Westley 121, Cook 105, Shaw 4-118) and 94 for 0 (Browne 55*) beat Gloucestershire 262 (Roderick 88*, Marshall 51, Porter 4-59) and 215 (Taylor 74, Roderick 58) by ten wicketsScorecard Nick Browne scored an unbeaten half-century as Essex wrapped up a ten-wicket win © Getty Images Essex opened their County Championship campaign with an easy 10-wicket victory over Division Two rivals Gloucestershire at Chelmsford. They entered the final…
Bairstow and Stokes linked by remarkable 2015
When Ben Stokes arrived in Bloemfontein in mid-January 2015, to link up with an England Lions squad that already included Jonny Bairstow, the prospect of both being recognised among Wisden’s five Cricketers for the Year had to be considered remote. Stokes had been overlooked for England’s squad for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, a decision that provoked plenty of criticism, but with which he had few quibbles…