Moments before Mushfiqur Rahim announced his resignation as captain, he and his deputy Mahmudullah had blamed the Bangladesh top order for the 1-2 defeat to Zimbabwe. Mushfiqur was among the top five batsmen who hadn't scored a half-century in the series. Bangladesh had also lost all three tosses, but Mushfiqur said it was a matter of handling the conditions rather than relying on luck. They had...
Mullaney best sets up Notts win
Nottinghamshire 140 for 3 (Taylor 50*) beat Kent 220 for 6 (Key 62, Mullaney 4-29) by seven wickets D/LScoreboard Steven Mullaney returned career-best figures of 4 for 29 as Nottinghamshire collected their second Yorkshire Bank 40 victory of the season, defeating Kent by seven wickets in a rain-interrupted match at Trent Bridge. An unbeaten 50 from James Taylor, who will represent England Lions...
South Australia fined over Muirhead talks
South Australia's interest in the Victorian legspinner James Muirhead has cost them a $15,000 fine after they were found to have breached Cricket Australia's rules on player movements. Muirhead, 19, was given a rookie contract by Cricket Victoria in July last year and made his Sheffield Shield debut against the Redbacks in Adelaide in January. But a Cricket Australia grievance tribunal has found...
Injured Steven Smith returns from IPL
Steven Smith is expected to be fit for the upcoming Australia A series in England despite suffering a back injury that has forced his withdrawal from the remainder of the IPL. Cricket Australia on Thursday confirmed that Smith was returning home from India due to the issue with his lower back, which was likely to make him unavailable for any more matches with Pune Warriors. However, his role as vice-captain...
May
08
Farhat looking to cement place
Imran Farhat, the Pakistan batsman, has been around international cricket since 2001 but has never been a regular in the side for too long. In the last 12 years, he has only managed to play 53 ODIs at 32.45 and given the number of his matches he has opened with as many as nine partners. Farhat's career has often been overshadowed by the fact that his father-in-law is Mohammad Ilyas, a key figure...
Dwayne Smith back at Sussex for T20
Dwayne Smith, the West Indies allrounder, has been re-signed by Sussex as an overseas player for the Friends Life t20. Smith previously played in all formats for the county on a Kolpak agreement in 2008 and 2009, then as an overseas T20 signing the following year. Smith hit 59 from 26 balls to help Sussex to victory in the 2009 Twenty20 Cup final, part of a limited-overs double with the Pro40 league,...
Responsible Napier rallies Essex
Lancashire 7 for 1 trail Essex 226 (Napier 102*, Procter 4-66) by 219 runsScorecard There are few more thrilling sights in domestic cricket than Graham Napier in full flow, demonstrating an ability for clean hitting that has been matched by few. It once earned him a lucrative contract in the IPL and, briefly, a place in England's Twenty20 World Cup squad back in 2009. Now 33, and in the autumn...
Rashid proves agreeable for Yorkshire
Yorkshire 332 for 5 (Rashid 120*, Ballance 107) v SomersetScorecard According to Adil Rashid, he and Yorkshire have "come to an agreement". That was something Ajmal Shahzad could never claim. Shahzad was packed off for what was perceived as a headstrong insistence on his right to be a free spirit. There is reason to anticipate that Rashid can write a happier ending. To keep faith with their talented...
May
07
Holders Hampshire downed by Davies
Surrey 229 for 1 (Davies 127*, Smith 74) beat Hampshire 228 (Ansari 4-46) by nine wicketsScorecard Steven Davies fired a career-best 127 not out as Surrey claimed a convincing nine-wicket win over reigning champions Hampshire at The Oval. It was Davies' sixth one-day hundred, coming in 81 balls. He and opening partner Graeme Smith, who scored a quick-fire 74 from 75 balls, shared an opening stand...
Nash proves just enough for Kent
Kent 239 for 8 (Nash 98) beat Warwickshire 238 (Chopra 65, Patel 50) by one runScorecard Brendan Nash's best one-day performance for Kent proved decisive as they squeezed past Warwickshire with a frantic one-run victory at Edgbaston. Nash, the former West Indies batsman, made an unbeaten 98 that lifted his side to 239 for 9. Warwickshire slumped to 185 for 8 in reply with 55 wanted from six overs...
North hundred too much for Middlesex
Glamorgan 280 for 3 (North 137) beat Middlesex 254 for 9 (Berg 75, Owen 3-48, Hogan 3-57) by 26 runsScorecard Marcus North hit a brilliant 137 not out as Glamorgan made it two wins from two matches in this season's Yorkshire Bank 40 by overpowering a below-par Middlesex by 26 runs at Lord's. Glamorgan skipper and former Australia batsman North led from the front. He hit 16 fours and three sixes...
Alice Springs to host Ashes tour match
Alice Springs will host an international cricket team for the first time in 13 years after Cricket Australia announced England would play a tour match there during the 2013-14 Ashes. Traeger Park is set to host a two-day game between England and the Cricket Australia's Chairman's XI on November 29 and 30 after the original venue, Manuka Oval in Canberra, had to withdraw due to scheduled resurfacing...
May
06
Trescothick blitz sees Somerset cruise home
Somerset 184 for 2 (Trescothick 87, Trego 75*) beat Unicorns 183 for 8 (Elstone 75*, Meschede 2-15) by 8 wicketsScorecard Marcus Trescothick blasted eight sixes in a whirlwind 87 to lead Somerset to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Unicorns in a one-sided game at Taunton. The hosts needed only 15.3 overs to chase down a target of 184, with Trescothick making his runs off just 49 balls and opening...
Taylor ton hands Notts opening win
Nottinghamshire 287 for 4 (Taylor 108) beat Northamptonshire 204 for 8 (Patel 3-30) by 83 runsScorecard James Taylor hit a fine century as Nottinghamshire opened their Yorkshire Bank 40 campaign in some style with an 83-run win over Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. The difference in quality was marked as the visitors, fielding six internationals, batted with real purpose, Taylor scoring 108...
Essex bounce back but Bopara fails again
Essex 212 for 6 (Westley 71, Quiney 50) beat Durham 209 for 5 (Stokes 51) by four wicketsScorecard Essex recovered from their mauling at home to Yorkshire Bank 40 holders Hampshire on Friday with a four-wicket victory over Durham at Chester-le-Street. Chasing Durham's 209 for 5, Essex turned a stroll into a scramble before getting home with an over to spare. Openers Tom Westley and Rob Quiney...
Career-best added bonus for Williams
Sean Williams said his personal career-best score was the last thing on his mind after his match-winning unbeaten 78 that finished the six-wicket win for Zimbabwe and levelled the three-match ODI series in Bulawayo. He guided the chase from the moment he walked into the crease. It was 94 for 3 in the 18th over and Zimbabwe had just lost Vusimuzi Sibanda and Sikandar Raza in the space of five balls,...
May
05
Cobb and O'Brien embarrass Gloucestershire
Leicestershire 289 (Cobb 107, O'Brien 104, Payne 3-45) beat Gloucestershire 174 (Cobb 3-34, Williams 3-34) by 115 runsScorecard Niall O'Brien and Josh Cobb both hit centuries as Leicestershire launched their Yorkshire Bank 40 campaign in style with a resounding victory against Gloucestershire at Grace Road. Cobb smashed 107 and O'Brien hit 104 in an opening partnership of 193 that was the cornerstone...
Record-breaking Middlesex move ahead
Middlesex 166 and 283 for 2 (Rogers 131*, Robson 129) lead Surrey 338 by 111 runsScorecard Chris Rogers and Sam Robson set a new record for the highest ever first-wicket stand for Middlesex against Surrey on a day that saw the home side wrestle back the initiative from their south of the river rivals. It was in the 69th over that the record set by Pelham Warner and Johnny Douglas in 1907 at The...
Nepal pip USA to WC Qualifiers
Nepal have leapfrogged USA to earn a place in the World Cup Qualifiers after a dramatic day at the World Cricket League Division 3 tournament in Bermuda. It was a plausible, but unlikely, scenario at the start of the day with Nepal needing to thrash Italy then hope that Bermuda overcame USA. In the end, that is exactly what happened. Nepal raced to victory with a massive 211 deliveries to spare...
Dwayne Bravo replaces Sammy as ODI captain
Dwayne Bravo has replaced Darren Sammy as the West Indies ODI captain for the Champions Trophy. Sammy will continue to lead them in Tests and Twenty20 internationals. Under Sammy, West Indies won the World Twenty20, but have won only three ODI series over the last three years, two of them against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. "Our results in Tests and T20s have been showing consistent improvement, and...
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