Middlesex 161 for 9 (Dernbach 3-59, Batty 2-23) trail Surrey 338 (Murtagh 3-54, Collymore 3-72) by 177Scorecard On a day where the sun shone bright and the sky remained spotless, Middlesex produced an inept batting display to leave themselves with one first innings wicket remaining and a deficit of 177 runs. Collectively, the Surrey bowling unit operated with a determined nature that would have...
Pakistan regroup for Champions Trophy camp
Pakistan's six-day conditioning camp ahead of the Champions Trophy began on Friday in Abbottabad. On the opening day at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, the team had a two-hour session, spending most of it in physical and fielding drills. The stadium is at an altitude of 1260 metres above sea level, surrounded by hills, and the players wanted to ensure they acclimatised themselves with the conditions...
Dougie Brown berates Hove wicket
Sussex 416 for 7 (Wells 96, Brown 82*, Rankin 3-60) trail Warwickshire 453 by 37 runsScorecard This is a hard-fought game between two excellent sides. The prospect of a fourth day in glorious conditions at Hove should inspire excitement. If it does not, it is no reflection on the players. "For people who maybe don't quite understand the game, they're probably wondering why we're bleating on about...
Vince ton smashes Essex
Hampshire 254 for 1 (Vince 129*, Carberry 65) beat Essex 244 for 7 (Quiney 71, Napier 50) by 9 wicketsScorecard A magnificent century from James Vince carried Hampshire to a crushing nine wicket victory over Essex in the opening Yorkshire Bank 40 match of the new season at Chelmsford. Vince smashed an unbeaten 129 from 93 deliveries and shared in an opening partnership of 156 in only 17 overs...
May
03
Gidman and Howell set up victory chance
Gloucestershire 280 and 16 for 0 need 172 more runs to beat Leicestershire 250 and 217Scorecard Gloucestershire looked on course for their first win of the season at the end of the third day against Leicestershire at Grace Road. They bowled out the hosts for 217 in their second innings to leave a victory target of 188, and had reached 16 without loss off seven overs by the close. Will Gidman took...
Goodwin shores up Glamorgan advantage
Lancashire 123 and 104 for 4 (Hogan 3-29) trail Glamorgan 242 (Goodwin 69, Kerrigan 4-48, Anderson 3-63) by 15 runsScorecard As part of Glamorgan's community programme, schoolchildren from Ysgol Llandrillo yn Rhos and Ysgol Llangelynnin were invited to the Rhos-on-Sea ground on the second day of this match. They provided a guard of honour and played games of Kwik Cricket in the lunch interval....
Crook steals lead after Peters ton
Kent 271 and 6 for 0 trail Northamptonshire 303 (Peters 106, Crook 62, Shreck 4-80) by 26 runsScorecard Northamptonshire may not be Division Two leaders straight out of left-field, to slip into baseball parlance, but their hot streak has caught plenty by surprise. A century from their captain, Stephen Peters, and a by-now-familiar flick of the tail helped them to a slim advantage at the halfway...
McCullum, Taylor leave IPL early
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and his predecessor Ross Taylor have been released early by their IPL franchises and will join the tour of England ahead of schedule. Neither player has had much involvement in the IPL with McCullum playing one match for Kolkata Knight Riders, after recovering from the hamstring injury he picked up in the final Test against England in Auckland, and although Ross...
May
02
Ashington's Wood returns with success
Nottinghamshire 320 and 145 for 5 (Wood 3 for 36) trail Durham 471 (Smith 153, Wood 58) by six runsScorecard There was a time when a match-turning contribution from an Ashington fast bowler was commonplace at Durham. Though with Steve Harmison's decline, such days have been had been consigned to the past. But here Mark Wood, playing only his third Championship match - coincidentally, all have...
Chopra matches Trott's class
Warwickshire 276 for 4 (Chopra 87, Trott 87*) v SussexScorecard When someone next decries the worth of county cricket, it should offer this day as a snapshot of its virtues. As if sun, deckchairs and a five-day beer festival weren't enough, there was also the cricket at Hove to be enjoyed, featuring an England spinner with 164 Test wickets against two of the most reassuring sights in England's...
Waller confirmed as Zimbabwe coach
Andy Waller, the former Zimbabwe batsman, has been confirmed as the country's new head coach. He will take up his post after the Bangladesh tour. As revealed by ESPNcricinfo Waller will replace current acting national coach Stephen Mangongo with Mangongo becoming Waller's assistant. Waller, 53, played two Tests - both against England - and 39 ODIs for Zimbabwe between 1987 and 1997. He became coach...
Brewer to revisit Nursery End deal
Derek Brewer, the MCC chief executive and secretary who arrived at Lord's a year ago, will next week discuss a new offer from Rifkind Levy Partnership (RLP) for the development of the Nursery ground. RLP outbid MCC in 1999 for the head lease on the disused railway tunnels that run inside Wellington Road at the northern end of Lord's. They have been attempting over the past 14 years to build apartments...
May
01
Essex look to Cook for assistance
Hampshire 197 and 77 for 2 lead Essex 254 (Napier 74, Cook 59) by 20 runsScorecard Such is the professionalism of the England team these days that there has never been a higher expectation that when England players return to their county sides in the Championship, they will deliver. That was certainly the case for Joe Root in Yorkshire's victory at Durham and here, Essex need Alastair Cook to bring...
Harris suffers recurrence of hamstring injury
James Harris, the Middlesex seamer, has aggravated the hamstring injury he picked up during the opening Championship match of the season and has been ruled out for another two weeks starting with the local derby against Surrey this week. He picked up the original problem against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge during his first-class debut for Middlesex, but had been passed fit to return against Cambridge...
Thakor fifty helps turn day around
Gloucestershire 31 for 2 trail Leicestershire 250 (Thakor 75, Howell 5-57) by 219 runsScorecard A stand of 125 between Shiv Thakor and Matt Boyce put Leicestershire in the ascendency on day one at Grace Road. The pair made half-centuries to stage a recovery from 52 for 5 before two late wickets as Gloucestershire came out to bat for nine overs made it Leicestershire's day. Gloucestershire looked...
Mitchell Marsh to be recalled for Champions Trophy
Mitchell Marsh will return to Australian duty for the first time in more than a year when the national selector John Inverarity names his squad for the Champions Trophy ODI tournament that precedes the Ashes in England. Following a year in which he was sent home from the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane and then disciplined further for his part in the Perth Scorchers' Champions Trophy misadventures,...
Apr
29
Stokes still on England radar
Ben Stokes, the Durham allrounder, has been offered encouragement by the England management that he can win a return to international contention after being sent home from the Lions' winter tour of Australia for disciplinary reasons. In February, Stokes and Kent's Matt Coles were punished for "contravening their conduct obligations" and dismissed from the touring party, after a second offence that...
Bangladesh need six wickets to level series
Zimbabwe 282 and 138 for 4 (H Masakadza 46*) need another 263 runs to beat Bangladesh 391 and 291 for 9 dec (Mushfiqur 93, Nasir 67*, Shakib 59, S Masakadza 4-58)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details The moment Ziaur Rahman hit Brendan Taylor's pad in front of the stumps and the umpire raised his finger, Bangladesh were closer to a rare Test win. At the end of the fourth day of the second and final...
Attacking Warner brings relief to Delhi
Delhi Daredevils 164 for 5 (Warner 51*, Dinda 3-31) beat Pune Warriors 149 for 4 (Finch 37, Uthappa 37, Yadav 2-24) by 15 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details A counter-attack in the middle order from David Warner and a miserly 18th over in the chase from Umesh Yadav brought some relief for Delhi Daredevils in the form of a victory in the battle of the bottom-placed teams this season. The win...
Warwickshire last pair thwart Somerset
Warwickshire 158 (Thomas 3-29) and 427 for 9 (Chopra 108, Ambrose 65, Clarke 61*, Evans 55, Leach 5-63) drew with Somerset 406 (Petersen 136, Buttler 119*) and 266 for 4 declared (Compton 105*, Kieswetter 59*)Scorecard Dougie Brown hailed Warwickshire's "incredible strength of character" as their tenth-wicket pair survived for 21.1 overs to deny Somerset victory at Taunton. Rikki Clarke and Oliver...
Apr
28
Rubel Hossain down with chicken pox
Rubel Hossain has contracted chicken pox, becoming the latest Bangladesh seamer to suffer a physical setback. He will miss the limited-overs leg of the Zimbabwe tour, after picking up the illness on Friday. Rubel had earlier been rested for the second Test due to a shoulder niggle, and had gone down with fever on the first night of the second Test. "We cannot send him back now because the disease...
Lancs blunted by Nash hundred
Kent 244 (Nash 50, Powell 57, Anderson 4-57) and 178 for 2 (Nash 100*) drew with Lancashire 395 for 7 dec (Katich 93, Brown 87, Croft 64*, Prince 58)Scorecard On the evidence of this match, both Lancashire and Kent are going to struggle to take 20 wickets on a regular basis this season. Even if rain had not taken out two sessions a draw would still have been the likely result and Kent played out...
Magnificent Root secures stunning victory
Yorkshire 177 (Root 49, Onions 5-63) and 339 for 6 (Root 182, Rashid 50*) beat Durham 237 (Mustard 70, Bresnan 4-41) and 275 for 4 dec (Stoneman 109, Benkenstein 61*) by four wicketsScorecard Joe Root produced arguably the most substantial innings of his fledgling career to banish the pessimism that had fallen prematurely upon Yorkshire's season and leave Durham contemplating the sort of defeat...
Leach sucks life out of Warwickshire
Warwickshire 158 and 144 for 3 (Chopra 81*) require 371 more runs to beat Somerset 406 and 266 for 4 declared (Compton 105*, Kieswetter 59*)Scorecard At first glance, it may appear Warwickshire are in something of a tight spot in Taunton. At second glance, too. It is true that they would have to break a variety of records if they are to overhaul their victory target of 515 in a minimum of 143...
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