Suresh Raina was single-handedly making a mockery of a 227-run target before his run-out in the seventh over paved the way for a 24-run Kings XI Punjab victory. No bowler was spared during his 25-ball 87, but Parvinder Awana came in for special treatment, conceding 33 runs off his second over. This is the excerpt from ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball commentary. 5.1 Awana to Raina, SIX, six more, everything...
Seehwag ball, hit ball
Big game. Doesn't get bigger than this. Except when it does, on Sunday evening. But that's not going to stop Ravi Shastri from bellowing into your living rooms when it's toss time. What do you call it when the Kings take on the Kings? The league games between these two teams had all been about one man. What was it going to be about today? According to Chennai fans, it wasn't going...
Dhoni criticises 'irresponsible' seniors
The second qualifier was the third occasion that Chennai Super Kings had conceded over 200 runs to Kings XI Punjab this season. They lost each time. A refreshingly familiar century from Virender Sehwag set up a target of 227, but it looked in considerable danger as Suresh Raina produced a breathtaking 25-ball 87. The highest successful chase in T20 history was in Super Kings' grasp as they became...
ECB forced to apologise to Pietersen
The ECB and its managing director, Paul Downton, have been forced to apologise to Kevin Pietersen for making comments in a radio interview last week about Pietersen's attitude during the Sydney Test that were "in breach of the settlement agreement" between the two parties drawn up after his sacking. Speaking to the BBC's Test Match Special programme during the first one-day international at The Oval,...
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Pujara looks to make one-day mark
Cheteshwar Pujara, the India batsman, already has six Test centuries but his limited-overs appearances have been limited to a couple of ODIs against Zimbabwe last year. He has been a part of one-day squads in recent series but has been confined to the bench, and he even took to working on his bowling a couple of months ago to try to increase his ODI utility. He is likely to add to those two ODI caps...
Fifth day at Derby hampered by rain
Derbyshire v Northamptonshire Match abandonedScorecard Such has been the unrelenting nature of the rain over the past 72 hours, a combination of a sharp breeze and the dogged efforts of the ground staff were inexorable in preventing Derbyshire's Natwest T20 Blast fixture against Northamptonshire from becoming the latest victim of this grim week of weather. It was the fifth consecutive day at Derby...
Pringle dash not enough for Durham
Lancashire 133 for 6 (Brown 66) beat Durham 132 for 7 (McLoed 45, Khan 3-21) by one runScorecard Ryan Pringe made a late charge but fell one short as Lancashire secured the narrowest of victories, holding on to defeat Durham by a single run at Chester-le-Street. Pringle took strike with 21 needed in 10 balls and found the boundary twice to leave four needed from the final delivery, but he could...
Cairns takes aim at accusers
Chris Cairns has taken aim at his accusers and again claimed he was innocent of match-fixing allegations made against him. Cairns was interviewed by the Metropolitan Police, the ECB and the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit in London this week, and after arriving back in Auckland on Friday he read a prepared statement to the waiting media. As part of the statement, Cairns said two former New Zealand players...
May
29
Mathews at loss to explain collapse
In his relatively young career as an international cricketer, Angelo Mathews has been party to several appalling batting collapses. Perhaps the most traumatic was Sri Lanka's second-innings capitulation in the Cardiff Test in 2011, when on a flat pitch, needing to survive less than two sessions for a draw, the team succumbed to 82 all out. Eight months later, Sri Lanka suffered their worst ODI ignominy,...
O'Brien, Buck deny Glamorgan
Leicestershire 109 (Allenby 3-20) and 204 for 8 (Robson 81, Hogan 3-21) drew with Glamorgan 350 for 8 dec. (Rudolph 88)Scorecard Leicestershire were bailed out by the rain in Cardiff as Glamorgan's victory charge was aborted. A collapse of 5 for 9 left the visitors staring at defeat but a combination of weather and some late resistance rescued a draw. Resuming on 168 for 3 - 73 runs from making...
Jordan aggression speaks louder than words
Highlights: Chris Jordan became the first England player to take five wickets in an ODI at Old Trafford Chris Jordan loves nothing more than hurling down a few bouncers, but is less bothered about hurling a few words at the batsmen along with them. He would prefer the more silent-assassin type role and it certainly worked a treat at Old Trafford as he bagged 5 for 29 to inspire England...
Trescothick pleased with progress
Warwickshire 294 for 5 (Porterfield 118, Westwood 99) drew with Somerset 411 (Hildreth 98, Compton 92, Overton 56, Trescothick 53)Scorecard It took until mid-afternoon to confirm what had been obvious to most at the crack of dawn: there would be no play at Edgbaston on the final day of the Championship match between Warwickshire and Somerset. But the desire - the desperation, even - to try to...
May
28
Ireland open door to Rankin return
A day after Boyd Rankin revealed his time on England's Ashes tour led him to contemplate giving up the game, Cricket Ireland has expressed the hope that the fast bowler could still play for them at the 2015 World Cup. Rankin retired from playing for Ireland towards the end of 2012 and made his England debut last year before playing in the last Test of the Ashes series in January. But, after enduring...
Cook needs senior support - Anderson
Alastair Cook has taken a lot of criticism for England's recent slide but he could not be blamed for their latest batting calamity, as they subsided to 99 all out in Durham. Ruled out with injury, all he could do was watch on grim-faced at the procession of batsmen. It is not yet confirmed whether Cook will take his place for the third one-day international at Old Trafford although a lengthy net...
Anderson cautious over Flintoff
James Anderson has sounded a cautious note about the potential T20 comeback of Andrew Flintoff but said even if a playing return, five years after he last appeared professionally, does not happen then Flintoff's presence around young players can have a huge impact. After subsiding in the last week or so, after he picked up an ankle injury, talk of Flintoff returning for Lancashire in the T20 Blast...
Simmons signs three-year deal with Strikers
Craig Simmons has followed up his breakout Big Bash League last summer by signing a three-year contract with the Adelaide Strikers, leaving the title-holding Perth Scorchers "shocked and disappointed" at his departure. A fringe state cricketer for most of his career, 31-year-old Simmons moved from New South Wales to Perth and rode a torrent of club runs into the Scorchers' squad, where he twice clattered...
May
27
Rudolph, Cooke build strong advantage
Leicestershire 109 and 6 for 1 trail Glamorgan 350 for 8 (Rudolph 88, Cooke 58) by 235 runsScorecard Glamorgan pressed home their advantage on day two against Leicestershire. Resuming on 56 for 1 under blue skies at the SWALEC Stadium, having dismissed the visitors for a paltry 109 on a rain-affected opening day, the hosts reached 350 for 8 before declaring. Opener Jacques Rudolph top-scored with...
Rankin considered future after Ashes experience
Boyd Rankin has admitted he thought about giving up cricket in the weeks following his chastening Test debut in Sydney. Rankin, who took three wickets on his return to county duty with Warwickshire after five months on the sidelines, conceded that "I let myself and the rest of the team down" in that final Test of the Ashes series. The 29-year-old Rankin, who retired from representing Ireland to...
Overtons hint at future, Giles at past
Warwickshire 78 for 1 trail Somerset 411 (Hildreth 98, Compton 92, Overton 56) by 333 runsScorecard With respect to the Gidmans, the Alis, the Shantrys and the Swanns, probably not since the Hollioakes has a pair of brothers emerged in the county game with the potential to achieve as much as the Overton twins. On a sluggish pitch, in an anodyne match and with rain blighting progress once more,...
Broad advised to give up T20
Durham 78 for 2 trail Nottinghamshire 377 by 299 runsScorecard Stuart Broad may have to call time on his England Twenty20 career - and with it the "kudos" that goes with being captain - to give him a better chance of staying fit for Test and one-day international cricket. The 27-year-old fast bowler is playing competitive cricket for the first time since the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh as Nottinghamshire...
May
26
Dilshan dimmed by time but grows in substance
The one-time master of a vast arsenal of strokes has smelted down his technique as age catches up with him. How he and his side have benefited Eventually we all get old, and time erodes the faculties that quickened us in youth. For athletes, the slide is more acute. By 35, age has begun to diminish most batsmen; the reflexes slacken, the power fades, the feet grow heavy. For so long, TIllakaratne...
Why Mumbai got that extra ball
In the calculation of net run rate (NRR), the final score, and not the target, is the relevant number. For Mumbai Indians, the requirement to finish the chase in 87 deliveries was only subject to their final score being 190. The chasing team, if they take a few extra deliveries to get home, can still push their NRR up to the required fraction if they manage to achieve a final score that is sufficiently...
We showed that nothing is impossible - Rohit
Mumbai Indians were the defending IPL champions, but their performance in the UAE leg of the tournament barely lent justice to that seeding. Five successive losses were how they began their campaign but since the shift to India, Mumbai knocked off seven wins, the last of which was achieved facing humongous odds and in an incredible blaze of glory. The equation before them was 190 in 14.3 overs....
Very disappointed we didn't qualify - Dravid
In the chaotic denouement of one of the most dramatic IPL matches of the season, Rahul Dravid stood up from his seat in the Rajasthan Royals dugout, pulled off his cap and flicked it into the ground. The emotional display from the Royals mentor, one of cricket's most stoic figures, perfectly encapsulated the frustration of watching his side let a game and a playoff spot slip away in improbable circumstances....
May
25
Atapattu backs Sri Lanka's fighting spirit
Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lanka's interim coach, has backed his team to come out firing in the second one-day international against England as they attempt to level the series. They lost by 81 runs in a truncated match at The Oval and the forecast suggests weather may have a say on Sunday as well, but regardless of the duration of the contest Atapattu believes the early setback could bring out the best...
Hales called up with Cook in doubt
Alex Hales, the Nottinghamshire batsman, has been added to the England squad for the second ODI against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street as cover for captain Alastair Cook. Hales, who played in Tuesday's T20 at the Oval, was left out of the initial ODI squad but could now make an appearance if Cook is not deemed fit to play. He is suffering with tightness in his right groin. There had been calls for...
Vincent has 'no deal whatsoever' with ICC - lawyer
Lou Vincent's lawyer, Chris Morris, has said Vincent had not cut any deal "whatsoever" with the ICC in return for revealing information on alleged corruption in cricket. The talk of Vincent cutting a deal with regards to being spared criminal sanctions for cooperating was untrue, Morris said, especially as the ICC does not have jurisdiction over criminal procedure. "Wrong, he has done no deal whatsoever,"...
'I have never seen this kind of innings' - Gambhir
Yusuf Pathan can be a brutal hitter capable of changing matches in a matter of minutes, as he famously showed during his two ODI centuries and a 37-ball 100 for Rajasthan Royals in 2010. Memories of those innings were fading, though, after three lean seasons in the IPL, and an international career that stalled in 2012. Those memories came flooding back when he ripped Sunrisers Hyderabad apart at...
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