Worcestershire County Cricket Club has confirmed they will explore a permanent move away from New Road in the coming months in a bid to preserve the long-term future of the county. New Road, which has been Worcestershire’s home ground since 1899, is built on a floodplain which relieves the River Severn, causing floods which have consistently affected their season. The ground flooded seven times over the 2023-24 winter, resulting in…
Head, Klaasen play decisive hands in Chinnaswamy big bash
Sunrisers Hyderabad 287 for 3 (Head 102, Klaasen 67, Ferguson 2-52) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 262 for 7 (Karthik 83, du Plessis 62, Cummins 3-43) by 25 runs Sunrisers Hyderabad showed how merciless modern T20 batting can look, obliterating the record they had themselves set earlier this season to post 287 for 3, the highest total in the IPL. Travis Head, who has won Australia the World Test Championship and…
Price, Bracey centuries help Gloucestershire to unlikely draw
Gloucestershire 263 (Bancroft 70, Charlesworth 52*) and 405 for 6 (Price 147, Bracey 102, van Buuren 51*) drew with Yorkshire 326 (Masood 140, Akhter 5-89) and 434 for 6 dec (Lyth 113, Bean 73, Brook 68, Hill 58, Root 51) Ollie Price‘s career-best 147 and a century from James Bracey helped Gloucestershire to an unlikely draw on the final day of the Vitality County Championship match with Yorkshire at the…
Reece, Guest steer Derbyshire to safety
Derbyshire 198 (Madsen 68, Lloyd 60, Crane 4-60) and 225 for 3 (Reece 91*, Guest 72*) drew with Glamorgan 237 (Carlson 74, Thomson 7-65) and 361 for 7 dec (Cooke 126*, Harris 61*, Ingram 51, Thomson 5-136) The Vitality County Championship match between Glamorgan and Derbyshire finished as a draw as a superb stand between Luis Reece and Brooke Guest guided their team to safety. Derbyshire had an improbable target…
Head says 300 the next target after Sunrisers' record blitz against RCB
After helping Sunrisers Hyderabad amass 287 for 3 with a 39-ball century and break the IPL record for highest total for the second time this season, opener Travis Head said his side would fancy targeting a 300 score as their next challenge. He also credited the captain Pat Cummins and head coach Daniel Vettori for pushing the openers to keep being aggressive in the first six overs. “Our scores need…
Potts leads Durham resistance with maiden century
Durham 517 (Lees 145, Raine 93, Clark 76, Ollie Robinson 60, Yates 4-137) and 293 for 6 (Potts 149*, Robinson 52) drew with Warwickshire 698 for 3 dec (Davies 256, Yates 191, Rhodes 178*, Mousley 55*) Durham’s resilience was rewarded with a draw on their return to Vitality County Championship Division One after their game against Warwickshire drifted to stalemate at Edgbaston. Warwickshire began the final day scenting victory as…
Gubbins frustrates Lancashire as Hampshire hold out for draw
Hampshire 367 (Dawson 86, Prest 85, Vince 56, Gubbins 50) and 179 for 4 (Gubbins 69*, Prest 45*) drew with Lancashire 484 (Jennings 172, Bell 99, Dawson 4-156) Nick Gubbins batted out the final day to make sure Hampshire and Lancashire drew their Vitality County Championship fixture at the Utilita Bowl – and maintained the visitors’ unbeaten record on the ground. Gubbins added an unbeaten 69 to his first-innings 50…
Mustafizur available for CSK till May 1
The BCB has extended Mustafizur Rahman‘s NOC for Chennai Super Kings by one day. Instead of returning to Bangladesh on April 30, he is now available for the team’s May 1 match against Punjab Kings as well. Mustafizur is now available for CSK’s back-to-back matches against Lucknow Super Giants on April 19 and 23, Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 28 and the Kings on May 1. Thereafter, he will be available…
Asha, Sajana earn maiden call-ups for Bangladesh series
S Sajana and S Asha have earned maiden India call-ups for the five-match T20I series in Bangladesh later this month, while Jemimah Rodrigues misses out due to a niggle. Rodrigues is understood to have a back niggle for which she’s currently being treated at the NCA in Bengaluru. The move to rest her from the Bangladesh tour is precautionary keeping in mind the upcoming T20 World Cup. Hemalatha, 29, last…
Johnson, Sadler question Kookaburra trial after high-scoring draw
Middlesex 553 for 2 (Holden 211, du Plooy 196, Fernandes 103) drew with Northamptonshire 552 for 6 declared (Gay 261, Sales 113*, Procter 73) Heavy rain and blustery winds ruled out any play on the final day of this Vitality County Championship match between Northamptonshire and Middlesex at Wantage Road, both teams taking away eight points for a high-scoring draw. The players took an early lunch but with winds buffeting…