Barbados Tridents 130 for 9 (Carter 35, Brathwaite 2-17) beat Antigua Hawksbills 129 for 8 (Samuels 66, Rampaul 4-15) by one wicketScorecard and ball-by-ball details Antigua Hawksbills' luckless 2014 Caribbean Premier League campaign continued with a one-wicket defeat at the hands of Barbados Tridents Friday night at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Akeal Hosein shook off a kamikaze run-out...
Wright makes record 153 in huge chase
Sussex 226 for 3 (Wright 153*) beat Essex 225 for 3 (Westley 109*, Ryder 75) by seven wicketsScorecard Luke Wright produced an incredible innings as he smashed an unbeaten 153 from 66 balls to lead Sussex to a seven-wicket triumph over a shell-shocked Essex side at Chelmsford. It represented the highest score in English domestic Twenty20 cricket, eclipsing the unbeaten 152 by Graham Napier when...
Hales, Taylor dump Yorkshire out
Nottinghamshire 201 for 4 (Hales 67, Taylor 35*) beat Yorkshire 200 for 5 (Finch 89, Bairstow 60) by six wicketsScorecard On a hot Friday evening suitable for a Meatloaf lyric or a William Faulkner novel the hopes of fervid home supporters at Headingley were dashed when Yorkshire lost to Nottinghamshire by six wickets in their final North Group match in the NatWest T20 Blast. Their defeat means...
Dungarpur a guiding force - Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar acknowledged the "instrumental role" Raj Singh Dungarpur had played "in making me the cricketer I am" by terming the former cricketer-turned-administrator as a guiding force. Tendulkar was speaking at the release of the the book Raj Singh Dungarpur - A Tribute, compiled and edited by Samar Singh and Harsh Vardhan, at the Cricket Club of India, Dungarpur's home in Mumbai ever since...
Jul
25
Cook's lonely battle to survive
West End, a village to the north-east of Southampton and home to the Ageas Bowl, is a bit of a ghost town nowadays. Southampton is a university town, full of students. The students have all gone back home for the summer break. For those left behind it has simply been too hot to venture out. It has not been raining yet, it has been humid because of the proximity to the sea, and temperatures have been...
Khawaja makes immediate impact
Lancashire 164 for 8 (Khawaja 44, Prince 43, Breese 3-19) beat Durham 137 for 7 (Mustard 49, Ali 3-19) by 27 runsScorecard Lancashire sealed top spot in the NatWest T20 Blast North Division with a routine victory by 27 runs over out of contention Durham at Old Trafford. The home side won their sixth match in succession and their 10th of out of 14 in all as they completed their group campaign...
Last-ball finish for record crowd
Surrey 138 for 8 beat Middlesex 137 for 8 (Morgan 43, Meaker 4-30) by two wicketsScorecard Highlights: Surrey prevail in last-ball finish at Lord's When the ECB's top table formulated their plans for the recast T20 Blast, it was doubtlessly evenings such as this that headed their blueprint. A crowd of 28,500 was expected and although pockets of seats suggested it was a little less...
Nicol, Broom and Nethula switch teams
Former New Zealand internationals Rob Nicol, Neil Broom, Dean Brownlie and Tarun Nethula have all switched domestic teams for next summer, while spinner Bruce Martin has missed out on a first-round contract for 2014-15. The six major associations have named their initial contract lists for next summer, although further contracts can be awarded in the second round on August 8. Nicol has returned to...
Jul
23
Chopra, Trott keep contest even
Warwickshire 163 for 3 (Chopra 81, Trott 62*) trail Sussex 413 by 250 runsScorecard With pitches such a talking point over the last two weeks, it is only right to commend the one here at Horsham. Offering bounce for the seamers and turn for the spinners, while also rewarding patience from the batsmen, the surface puts those of some full-time county grounds to shame. After a flurry of wickets on...
Red Steel franchise name issue resolved
The issue regarding the name of the Caribbean Premier League franchise Red Steel has been resolved and the team will once again be called "Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel", the CPL has said. The CPL had earlier agreed to omit the words "Trinidad & Tobago" from the name, based on a request from the Minister of Sport Anil Roberts. According to Roberts, the use of the country name infringed "on...
SLC, South Africa raise funds for Sri Lanka visually impaired team
Sri Lanka's visually impaired cricket team has had its bid to attend the World Cup for the Blind in South Africa bolstered, thanks to funds raised by Sri Lanka Cricket and the visiting South Africa team. SLC and Standard Chartered had organised three fundraisers for the Sri Lanka Visually Handicapped XI. Angelo Mathews presented the Sri Lanka Visually Handicapped XI a cheque for the 925,000 Sri Lankan...
Gloucestershire wilt after Mitchell exhibition
Gloucestershire 156 (Leach 2-17, McClenaghan 2-21) and 10 for 1 trail Worcestershire 395 (Mitchell 167, Miles 5-90, Smith 4-77) by 229 runsScorecard "Have we reversed the batting order?" It is one of the most scornful questions a side's top order can hear. Yet as Craig Miles and Tom Smith added 54 runs for Gloucestershire's ninth wicket in relatively untroubled fashion after tea on the second day...
Jul
21
Ageless Sidebottom warms to his task
Yorkshire 253 (Lyth 117, Finn 4-81) and 29 for 1 lead Middlesex 232 (Simpson 110, Malan 78, Sidebottom 7-44) by 50 runsScorecard Ryan Sidebottom may be 36 and by the end of a steamy second day at North Marine Road he was feeling all of those years after bowling 17 overs in strength-sapping conditions, but he had also demonstrated his enduring class with a masterful display of left-arm swing bowling...
Farbrace defends senior players
Have to show the fight of Headingley - Farbrace Paul Farbrace insisted England's senior players could not be praised highly enough despite recent results at the close of play on the fourth day of the second Investec Test at Lord's. Farbrace, the England assistant coach, pledged full support for beleaguered captain, Alastair Cook, and said the "contribution" of other senior players had...
O'Brien, Red Steel pile on to Hawksbills misery
Red Steel 152 for 1 (O'Brien 90*, Taylor 51*) beat Antigua Hawksbills 151 for 8 (Thomas 38, Cooper 3-34)) by nine wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Irishman Kevin O'Brien became the latest batsman to mete out a healthy dose of punishment to the Antigua Hawksbills as his unbeaten 90 off 49 balls ensured a thumping nine-wicket win for the Red Steel at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Sunday...
Scars of the old era haunt England
It will take something remarkable for England to chase down their target and the more evidence that is displayed suggests more fresh faces need to brought into the team in place of mentally scarred seniors Chappell: Bell has a few things to sort out The new era is only four Tests old, but already it is fighting for its life. To see Alastair Cook trudging back to the pavilion after...
Jul
20
Younis plays down ODI return
Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has played down talks of him scoring plenty of runs in the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. "Yes, it is true Sri Lanka has been a good team for me. I scored a hundred against them on my Test debut and also a triple-hundred," he said. "But this is a new series and this is going to be a much tougher series as they have been doing well in recent times. "I will just try to give...
India encouraged by variable bounce
'We need at least 300' - Pujara Since India lost at Cape Town in 2006-07 by five wickets, India have batted first 14 times in Tests outside Asia; this is the 15th. They have lost five of those, either by an innings or by 10 wickets. Others have either been drawn or won. This has been a young trend, but if India compete in these challenging Tests, they do not end up losing. India have competed...
Bhuvneshwar - Meerut's scissors
The small town in Uttar Pradesh is known for its assembly line of scissors and now, swing bowlers. While Praveen Kumar has fallen off the radar, the relatively humble Bhuvneshwar Kumar is made of sturdier metal Highlights: Bhuvneshwar claims career-best 6 for 82 Things Meerut is known for - SG cricket balls and other sports-goods manufacturing. Generation after generation of workers...
Could England nab Lyth too?
Yorkshire 211 for 6 (Lyth 117) v MiddlesexScorecard In the interests of their title challenge, the last thing Yorkshire want is to have the England selectors asking too many questions about Adam Lyth but it may be difficult to keep them off the scent given his consistent excellence this season. Five first-class hundreds, four in the Championship; 1,134 first-class runs, 1,004 in the Championship...
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