Essex 177 for 3 (Westley 82*, Bopara 64) trail Gloucestershire 409 for 5 dec (Housego 150, Marshall 149) by 232 runsScorecard A recurring theme has developed at Essex with several young, talented players only flourishing after they've moved on from Chelmsford. Varun Chopra and Chris Wright left for Warwickshire and have become two of the leading young players in county cricket - Wright with...
Chopra back in the old routine
Warwickshire 90 for 0 (Chopra 48*, Weswtood 31*) trail Derbyshire 226 (Palladino 68, Patel 3-37, Wright 3-48) by 136 runsScorecard Everywhere you look at Edgbaston, there seems to be a picture of Chris Wright and Keith Barker, grinning broadly, one hand each on the LV= Championship trophy. And with good reason. With 118 wickets between them, their strike bowling partnership was the key to many...
Glamorgan slump after Middlebrook knock
Glamorgan 134 and 96 for 4 (Hall 2-16) trail Northamptonshire 292 (Peters 67, Middlebrook 70) by 62 runsScorecard James Middlebrook struck 70 as Northamptonshire moved themselves into a winning position on the third day of their Division Two match against Glamorgan. Middlebrook top-scored with Northamptonshire making 292 all out in their first innings - opening up an overall lead of 158. In their...
Yorkshire batsmen learn hard lessons
Yorkshire 96 and 228 for 8 (Jaques 57, Magoffin 4-50) trail Sussex 356 (Brown 93, Joyce 92, Nash 80) by 32 runsScorecard Division One cricket is a hard school and that is precisely as it should be. Such a state of affairs is something which Yorkshiremen of the Close and Trueman generation would applaud. Jason Gillespie and Andrew Gale have also been full of praise for the top tier of English cricket...
Apr
12
NBP seal third straight win
Mohammad Nawaz's all-round performance helped National Bank of Pakistan beat Khan Research Laboratories by 12 runs at the Lahore City Cricket Association Ground. This was KRL's third straight defeat, and NBP's third consecutive win. NBP, after being asked to bat, started poorly, with Nasir Jamshed (4) and Sami Aslam (1) back in the hut in quick time. Kamran Akmal (40) and captain Fawad Alam (57) had...
Rushworth stars as the ball rules
Durham 250 and 92 for 8 (Thomas 3-19, Trego 3-23) lead Somerset 134 (Rushworth 6-58, Onions 4-41) by 210 runsScorecard This was the kind of day that gives county cricket a good name. Strokeplay might have been in short supply, but almost every one of the 18 wickets to fall was the result of excellent seam bowling and fielding; only one player could be said to have given his wicket away and the...
Sussex dreamers cut a dash
Yorkshire 96 and 27 for 1 trail Sussex 356 (Brown 93, Joyce 92, Nash 80) by 233 runsScorecard This was a day when Sussex viewed the loss of wickets as necessary tariffs to be paid on the pathway to greater prosperity. Like TE Lawrence's dreamers of the day, they sought to make their wishes reality by bold strategem and admirable risk-taking. It worked, too. Beginning the morning on 104 for 3,...
Robson leads the way for cosmopolitan Middlesex
Middlesex 297 for 6 (Simpson 77*, Robson 76, Rogers 50) lead Nottinghamshire 278 by 19 runsScorecard It is probably only natural that a club based in the middle of one of the most ethnically diverse cities in Europe will reflect the community it serves. But, even by the standards of London, this Middlesex side is a cosmopolitan bunch. It contains two men born in Australia, three men born or brought...
Apr
11
Moeen defies workmanlike Lancs
Worcestershire 227 for 6 (Moeen 78) v LancashireScorecard Any illusions that Lancashire would find Championship promotion easy were dispelled on an attritional opening day at Old Trafford. Lancashire puffed without ever threatening to blow the house down; Worcestershire seemed more concerned with self-preservation than domination on their own return to Division Two. When these sides met at Old...
Crook four puts Northants on top
Northamptonshire 108 for 3 (Peters 60*) trail Glamorgan 134 (Crook 4-30) by 26 runsScorecard Steven Crook claimed four wickets and captain Stephen Peters cracked a half-century to put Northamptonshire in a strong position at the end of the first day in Cardiff. After being put into bat Glamorgan were bowled out for 134 in 50 overs with the last nine wickets accruing only 76. Crook took four for...
Bailey shows immediate value
Hampshire 286 for 4 (Bailey 93, Vince 77*, Ervine 57*) v LeicestershireScorecard Australian newcomer George Bailey marked his debut by making 93 as Hampshire recovered to 286 for 4 after losing both opening batsmen without a run on the board. Leicestershire captain Ramnaresh Sarwan decided to field first under overcast skies and was rewarded with the wickets of Jimmy Adams and Michael Carberry in...
Mahmood left out but Essex bowlers still toil
Gloucestershire 300 for 3 (Marshall 124*, Housego 120*) v EssexScorecard Sajid Mahmood's career remains on hold after he was left out of the first Essex squad of the new season. But his reputation may have been polished in his absence as Essex's attack were rendered impotent by an unbroken, double-century partnership for Gloucestershire's fourth wicket between Dan Housego and Hamish Marshall....
Apr
10
Ervine refuses winter contract, opts for club cricket in UK
Craig Ervine, Zimbabwe's leading run-scorer across all three formats on their recent tour of West Indies, has refused a winter contract and will not be part of the series against Bangladesh. Ervine has instead opted to play club cricket in the UK. Meanwhile, the threatened player boycott has been averted after eight players signed winter contracts. He is one of three players who decided not to take...
Nasir Hossain plays down expectations
Bangladesh batsman Nasir Hossain has said the team will have to handle the weight of expectations on them in Zimbabwe, their closest rivals in Test cricket, and played down the lack of training at home ahead of the tour. Bangladesh leave for Zimbabwe on Wednesday, about a week after returning from Sri Lanka on April 2. "When we play a team like Zimbabwe, we always have that pressure of trying not...
Rafatullah powers WAPDA to victory over UBL
A Rafatullah Mohmand century helped WAPDA pull off a 76-run victory over United Bank Limited at National Stadium in Karachi. Asked to bat first, WAPDA got off to a flying start, with opener Mohmand (107) and Saad Nasim (75) laying a solid 140-run stand. A brisk 31-ball 62 by Aamer Sajjad, along with Mohammad Ayub (33) powered WAPDA to an imposing 352 for 5. Shabbir Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers,...
Yorkshire forced to deny Rashid rift
Yorkshire have been forced to deny a rift with their legspinner Adil Rashid, with the start of the Championship season only a few hours away. Rashid was quoted in the Independent on Tuesday as saying that if his season did not go well he would insist on going to another county on loan - the same route followed by Ajmal Shahzad, whose disenchantment with Yorkshire led him to play out last season with...
Apr
09
Kaushal Silva hands SSC Premier League title
Sinhalese Sports Club 324 (Silva 171, Dilhara 4-77) and 262 for 4 (Silva 88) beat Moors Sports Club 262 (Jayasuriya 68, Gunathilaka 4-54) and 323 (de Saram 101, Madushanka 4-87)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Sinhalese Sports Club has triumphed in the Premier League Tournament final, defeating Moors Sports Club by six wickets in the four-day match at SSC. League top-scorer Kaushal Silva starred...
'I decided I'd finish the match' - Vihari
The plan Sunrisers Hyderabad team-mates Hanuma Vihari and Ashish Reddy discussed before Vinay Kumar started the final over of their match against Royal Challengers Bangalore was to play every ball and not panic. Sunrisers needed seven to register their second win in as many matches. "If we did not waste a single ball then seven runs were possible in the final over. But Ashish got out on the first...
Petersen to miss Somerset opener
Somerset are likely to be without Alviro Petersen for the first game of the Championship season. Petersen, who has signed as club's overseas player for the first part of the season, has been detained in South Africa to complete fitness tests for the national board. He will fly on Tuesday night and arrive in London on Wednesday morning, leaving little time to complete the necessary formalities and...
Saqlain back as Bangladesh spin consultant
Saqlain Mushtaq will rejoin Bangladesh as their spin bowling consultant for the side's tour of Zimbabwe. He will join the squad in Dubai on Wednesday from where the team will travel to Harare. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has a deal with the former Pakistan offspinner for 100 days of work this year, after his previous contract ended last December. This will be Saqlain's first assignment with Bangladesh...
Apr
08
Lions end trophy drought
Highveld Lions 155 for 5 (de Kock 44, Davids 1-12) beat Titans 125 (Gibbs 22, Morris 2-18) by 30 runsScorecard Lions ended a five-season trophy drought with a tense victory over their northern neighbours to cap off an outstanding season under new coach, Geoff Toyana. They finished second in the first-class competition, were joint winners of the one-day cup and have finally added a second piece...
Younis hits century in HBL win
Habib Bank Limited won a high-scoring match against Pakistan International Airlines by 27 runs in Karachi. HBL were put in to bat and started inauspiciously as Imran Farhat was dismissed first ball of the innings. Ahmed Shehzad and Younis Khan then put on a 142-run partnership for the second wicket before Shehzad fell to Shoaib Malik leg before. Younish and Asad Shafiq then combined for 118 runs for...
Sunrisers clinch Super Over victory
Royal Challengers Bangalore 130 for 8 (Kohli 46, Ishant 3-27) tied with Sunrisers Hyderabad 130 for 7 (Vihari 44*, Henriques 2-14)Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsSunrisers Hyderabad won the Super Over Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on the power of Dale Steyn's experience to pick up their second consecutive win, this one over Royal Challengers Bangalore, after the game had gone into Twenty20 cricket's...
Hartley, Coulter-Nile win state awards
The wicketkeeper Chris Hartley has been named Queensland's player of the year for 2012-13 while the fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile won Western Australia's equivalent award after a strong summer. The state awards period was wrapped up at the weekend with the Queensland titles handed out and Hartley almost swept all categories. He won the Ian Healy Trophy as the state's player of the year and also...
Apr
07
Pollard trumps Dhoni in close clash
Mumbai Indians 148 for 6 (Pollard 57*) beat Chennai Super Kings 139 for 9 (Dhoni 51) by nine runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Not many sides win a Twenty20 game from 83 for 6 in the first innings. Not many sides have Kieron Pollard, who once again showed how much damage he can cause if he gets some time in the middle. On a pitch where both line-ups crumbled, barring both No. 6 batsmen,...
Maynard quits as Titans' coach
Matthew Maynard will take charge of the Titans for the last time in the domestic Twenty20 final at the Wanderers on Sunday. He has decided not to renew his contract with the franchise and will return to the UK at the end of the season to take some time off and concentrate on running the Tom Maynard Trust, a foundation set up for his late son. The Titans are hopeful he will return to them in the future....
BCB optimistic about World Twenty20 preparation
The 2014 World Twenty20 Cup will begin on March 16, but the organisers are confident that the prevailing political tension in Bangladesh will not hamper its preparations. The final has been slated for April 6 next year, and a press conference was held in Dhaka on Saturday to mark the one-year run-up to the tournament. But the press conference was held during a general strike while the logo-launching...
Cooper last-over seals victory for Royals
Rajasthan Royals 165 for 7 (Dravid 65, Binny 40, Yadav 4-24) beat Delhi Daredevils 160 for 6 (Warner 77, Cooper 3-30) by 5 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details An electric late rally in the field, completed by a stoic over of pinpoint yorkers from Kevon Cooper, saw Rajasthan Royals begin their IPL campaign with a thrilling five-run win over Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Daredevils...
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