Warner was hit on the finger while attempting a lap shot against Lucknow Super Giants on April 12. He missed DC’s next match, against Gujarat Titans, but played against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 20, where he was out for 1. Since then, he has missed two more games, including the one against MI. Meanwhile, Ishant is recovering from back spasms. “I think Warner will take one more week [to be…
Ben Duckett's dazzling double-century puts Notts in control
Warwickshire 71 for 3 (Mousley 26*, Barnard 18*, Pennington 2-21) trail Nottinghamshire 400 (Duckett 218, Haynes 74, Slater 65, Hannon-Dalby 5-78) by 329 runs Ben Duckett‘s dazzling double-century followed by high-class seam bowling put Nottinghamshire in control against Warwickshire on a rain-affected second day of their Vitality Championship match at Edgbaston. Duckett’s chanceless 218 from 264 balls lifted Nottinghamshire to 400 all out against an attack skilfully led by Olly…
MacDonald-Gay Stars again as Sparks falter
South East Stars 268 (Scholfield 65, Farrant 54, Baker 5-45) beat Central Sparks 119 for 6 (Wong 34*, MacDonald-Gay 4-18) by 71 runs (DLS method) Ryana MacDonald-Gay‘s sensational start to the season continued as she took 4 for 18 to help bowl the South East Stars to a 71-run (D/L) win over Central Sparks in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match at Beckenham. The Maidstone-born seamer now has 12 wickets…
Sophie Luff caps excellent fightback to lead Storm victory
Western Storm 252 for 6 (Luff 76*, Ecclestone 3-16) beat Thunder 186 (Skelton 3-35, Smale 3-42) by 66 runs Western Storm clinched their first win in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy after defeating Thunder by 66 runs at Emirates Old Trafford. An unbeaten 76 by Sophie Luff capped an excellent fightback by Western Storm who made 252 for 6 from their 50 overs after a superb exhibition of spin bowling…
McCaughan blasts fifty to hand Vipers back-to-back wins
Southern Vipers 287 for 9 (McCaughan 83) beat Northern Diamonds 162 for 7 (Winfield-Hill 63, Dean 4-34) by 70 runs (DLS method) Ella McCaughan blasted a half-century to take her past 1,000 Southern Vipers runs and help her side win back-to-back Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy matches. Opener McCaughan was belligerent in her 97-ball 83, with Charli Knott continuing her fine start to life in the UK with 40 – as…
Villiers spins Sunrisers to resounding win over The Blaze
Sunrisers 91 for 3 (Scrivens 46*) beat The Blaze 87 (Villiers 3-18, Hancock 3-20) by seven wickets Mady Villiers‘ beguiling spin proved too much for an under-strength and out of form The Blaze as Sunrisers raced to a seven-wicket win in a rain-shortened encounter at Chelmsford. The former England white-ball international returned 3 for 18 from nine overs as the visitors, missing the likes of Tammy Beaumont, Bryce siblings Kathryn…
Bruised CSK look to regroup against Sunrisers' heavy hitters
Match details Chennai Super Kings (Fifth – P8, W4, L4) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Third – P8, W5, L3) Chennai, 7.30pm (2pm GMT) Big picture Chennai Super Kings started a run of three home games on the trot with a defeat against Lucknow Super Giants, and having lost the reverse fixture in Lucknow just prior to that, they are suddenly looking at the prospect of slipping down the table. They are…
Fraser-McGurk's 27-ball 84 and Rasikh Salam's 3 for 34 lift Capitals to fifth place
Delhi Capitals 257 for 4 (Fraser-McGurk 84, Stubbs 48*, Hope 41, Nabi 1-20) beat Mumbai Indians 247 for 9 (Tilak 63, Hardik 46, Rasikh 3-34, Mukesh 3-59, Khaleel 2-45) by ten runs In another run fest in IPL 2024, Jake Fraser-McGurk‘s 84 off 27 balls proved to be the difference as Delhi Capitals (DC) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by ten runs in Delhi. Apart from Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope and Tristan…
Shaheen Afridi back for Pakistan, NZ make three changes and bowl
Toss New Zealand chose to bowl against Pakistan New Zealand have won the toss and elected to field first. With the visitors looking to seal a 3-1 series win with victory at the Gaddafi Stadium today, Michael Bracewell’s side make three changes to their side – two of them enforced. Tim Robinson, Dean Foxcroft and Jacob Duffy sit out. Robinson sustained a groin injury, with Foxcroft was ruled out with…
India travel to Bangladesh with focus on the T20 World Cup
It was rather ill-tempered the last time these two sides met in Bangladesh, with Harmanpreet Kaur smashing the stumps and slamming umpires for “pathetic decisions”, and the home captain Nigar Sultana criticising her “manners”. Nine months later, the bigger picture is the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh this September-October, as India and Bangladesh begin their preparations with a five-T20I series in Sylhet, starting Sunday. Building towards T20 World Cup Bangladesh…