Yorkshire 198 (Plunkett 47*, Sunny 3-25) beat Bangladesh A 191 (Anamul 69, Rafiq 5-30) by 7 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Offspinner Azeem Rafiq's five-wicket haul snared a seven-run win for Yorkshire over Bangladesh A at Leeds. It was the visitors' second close defeat in as many one-day games on this tour to England, after losing to Hampshire by eight runs on Tuesday. Rafiq was brought...
Aslam century leads Pakistan to victory
Pakistan Under-19s 196-2 (Aslam 120*) beat Bangladesh Under-19s 192 (Jashimuddin 50, Zia-ul-Haq 3-27) by 8 wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Captain Sami Aslam almost single-handedly set up Pakistan Under-19s' eight-wicket win over Bangladesh Under-19s in the triangular series at Market Harborough. His unbeaten century led his side to their second win in the tournament and put them at the...
England's self-inflicted wounds
England's batsmen did not appear to know whether to stick or twist on the opening day, but should have followed the lead of their captainAfter the apocalypse, when the first few survivors emerge from their bunkers and caves, it seems safe to assume they will find only two types of creature unscathed: a certain type of hardy insect and, marking his guard and waiting for his next ball, Alastair Cook....
Australia's economy brings great value
Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle have led Australia's bowling in this series, but it was their other three team-mates who stole the show in an opening day battle of patience and disciplineThere is a Bannatyne's Health Club at the Durham cricket ground, overlooking the action from the north-west side of the oval. Had the boss and Dragon's Den entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne been watching from the balcony...
Aug
08
Bird in line if Harris not risked
Jackson Bird could play his first Test of this Ashes tour after being named in Australia's 12 for the fourth Investec Test at Chester-le-Street, starting on Friday. Given the three-day turnaround between Tests, the main issue facing the selectors surrounds their management of the injury-prone fast bowler Ryan Harris, who was rested in the West Indies last year when the team faced a similar back-to-back...
All-round Mosaddek stars for Bangladesh
Bangladesh Under-19s 286 for 4 (Mosaddek 110, Sadman 86, Barber 2-57) beat England Under-19s 248 (Hameed 67, Duckett 56, Mosaddek 3-38, Pradhan 3-59) by 38 runsScorecard Mosaddek Hossain produced a superb all-round display with a century followed by three wickets to help propel Bangladesh Under-19s to a 38-run win against England Under-19s. The home side suffered their second successive defeat after...
Carberry ton proves just enough
Hampshire 202 for 4 (Carberry 100*, Vince 60) beat Lancashire 201 for 4 (Brown 49, Moore 44, Croft 43*) by one runScorecard Michael Carberry blazed and blasted Lancashire for his first Twenty20 century but the tenacious Red Rose refused to be bullied and gave Hampshire, the defending champions, the shock of their lives before falling a run short in a remarkable chase. Carberry's 66-ball century...
Hard work, not money, drives Zimbabwe's cricketers
Zimbabwe's cricketers are idolised by their countrymen, yet they continue to feel under-valued by their bossesBy the time they arrived in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's cricketers had lost their appetite for a fight. A luckless Brendan Taylor lost both tosses and scored no runs at all across 20 deliveries in two innings. His team followed his lead in two crushing defeats. The yawning gulf between India and...
Aug
07
Dawson the difference in Hants win
Hampshire 223 (Dawson 97, Mascarenhas 35, Gazi 2-31) beat Bangladesh A 215-9 (Sunny 45*, Marshall 39, Dawson 3-11) by eight runsScorecard Liam Dawson's all-round performance made the difference between Hampshire and Bangladesh A who lost by eight runs at the Ageas Bowl. His 97 was pivotal in the 223 runs made by the home side before his left-arm spin put the screws on. The match also saw two 50-plus...
Madras High Court orders criminal case against TNCA
The Madras High Court has directed the Chennai Police to file a criminal case against the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) for allegedly suppressing facts to secure a stability certificate for the stands at the MA Chidambaram Stadium to host IPL matches. The direction was passed on a petition that submitted that the TNCA had been inconsistent with its assessment of the structure's stability....
Solanki, Davies steer Surrey to Finals Dy
Surrey 151 for 7 (Solanki 38, Davies 35) beat Somerset 148 for 6 (Kieswetter 70*) by seven wicketsScorecard Surrey became the first side to make it to Finals Day and reached the last four for the first time since 2006 as they defeated Somerset at The Oval. A 4.15pm start limited the attendance to just 10,100, with Sky unwilling to put the game on their red button service. Surrey fans have a right...
White aids Northants resurgence
Northamptonshire 183 for 4 (White 58*) beat Durham 147 for 6 (Stokes 51* Daggett 1-13) by 36 runsScorecard Had anyone suggested before the start of this season that Northamptonshire would have been among the teams lining up for Friends Life t20 Finals Day, you have been forgiven for suggesting they lie in a darkened room swathed in wet towels. Heading into this campaign, Northants had won just...
Aug
06
Warwickshire excited by Rankin's form
Yorkshire 302 and 180 (Ballance 45, Woakes 5-42) drew with Warwickshire 309 and 3 for 0Scorecard Warwickshire's frustration was greater than Yorkshire's when only an hour's play was possible on the final day, when heavy overnight rain persisted well into the morning to leave the Division One leaders less vulnerable to defeat than they might otherwise have been. Even so, had the weather been kind...
Bowlers shine in rain-abandoned match
Match abandoned Bangladesh Under-19 145 (Shanto 30, Talat 2-13, Aftab 2-30) v Pakistan Under-19 38 for 4 in 17 overs (Hasan 2-3, Pradhan 2-9)Scorecard Incessant showers put a premature end to the opening match of the Under-19 tri-nation tournament between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Haslegrave Ground in Loughborough. The teams shared a point each, after rain arrived in the afternoon after 17 overs...
Australia show their truer colours
The recent run of defeats has made people think Australia are worse than they are. Old Trafford was a fairer reflection on their standing, but they must continue to improve over the rest of this series As the supervillain Hank Scorpio sagely observed while counselling Homer Simpson in his under-siege bunker, you can't argue with the little things. "It's the little things that make up life," he says,...
Underwhelming way to secure glorious prize
Having been outplayed at Old Trafford, England retaining the Ashes was met with a subdued atmospshereThis is not what retaining the Ashes is meant to feel like. A generation of England supporters, raised on hubris and weaned on disappointment, who, until 2005, went 16 years waiting for this moment, might have found this like a sip of warm champagne. Anti-climax hung over Old Trafford as tenaciously...
Aug
05
Cricket retreats to dark ages
An arbitrary decision about when it is safe to play has endangered Australia's chances of reclaiming the urnLast year, the ICC legalised day-night Test cricket. It didn't seem to matter that a suitable ball had not been found. By the letter of the law, agreement between two countries is all that is required. If Pakistan and Bangladesh feel like playing from 6pm in Dubai with an orange ball, they can....
Warner laughs at Root repeat
David Warner saw the lighter side of his dismissal on Sunday, when he sent a delivery from Tim Bresnan to deep square leg. The man who swallowed the catch was Joe Root, the same man who Warner tried to punch in a Birmingham bar during the Champions Trophy, an incident that cost Warner his place in the side for the first two Tests. "Hooked another one to Rooty," Warner said. "Of all the people in...
Northants cruise on Sales double
Gloucestershire 358 and 31 for 0 trail Northamptonshire 369 for 3 (Sales 255*, Coetzer 122, Hall 55*) by 178 runsScorecard David Sales' magnificent double-century helped Northamptonshire to a massive total on a rain-affected third day their Championship match against Gloucestershire. Sales' sensational knock of 255 not out off 279 balls was the third-highest score of his career as Northants eventually...
Roy, Curran dismantle Scotland
Surrey 303 (Roy 113, Solanki 63) beat Scotland 203 (Coleman 53, Curran 5-34, Ansari 4-42) by 100 runsScorecard A cavalier 113 from Jason Roy was the highlight of a crushing 100-run win for Surrey in a Yorkshire Bank 40 Group B match against an outclassed Scotland at The Oval. The 23-year-old Roy completed his fourth List A hundred from just 77 balls and overall hit two sixes and 16 fours in his...
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