Mohammad Nawaz's all-round performance helped National Bank of Pakistan beat Khan Research Laboratories by 12 runs at the Lahore City Cricket Association Ground. This was KRL's third straight defeat, and NBP's third consecutive win. NBP, after being asked to bat, started poorly, with Nasir Jamshed (4) and Sami Aslam (1) back in the hut in quick time. Kamran Akmal (40) and captain Fawad Alam (57) had...
Rushworth stars as the ball rules
Durham 250 and 92 for 8 (Thomas 3-19, Trego 3-23) lead Somerset 134 (Rushworth 6-58, Onions 4-41) by 210 runsScorecard This was the kind of day that gives county cricket a good name. Strokeplay might have been in short supply, but almost every one of the 18 wickets to fall was the result of excellent seam bowling and fielding; only one player could be said to have given his wicket away and the...
Sussex dreamers cut a dash
Yorkshire 96 and 27 for 1 trail Sussex 356 (Brown 93, Joyce 92, Nash 80) by 233 runsScorecard This was a day when Sussex viewed the loss of wickets as necessary tariffs to be paid on the pathway to greater prosperity. Like TE Lawrence's dreamers of the day, they sought to make their wishes reality by bold strategem and admirable risk-taking. It worked, too. Beginning the morning on 104 for 3,...
Robson leads the way for cosmopolitan Middlesex
Middlesex 297 for 6 (Simpson 77*, Robson 76, Rogers 50) lead Nottinghamshire 278 by 19 runsScorecard It is probably only natural that a club based in the middle of one of the most ethnically diverse cities in Europe will reflect the community it serves. But, even by the standards of London, this Middlesex side is a cosmopolitan bunch. It contains two men born in Australia, three men born or brought...
Apr
11
Moeen defies workmanlike Lancs
Worcestershire 227 for 6 (Moeen 78) v LancashireScorecard Any illusions that Lancashire would find Championship promotion easy were dispelled on an attritional opening day at Old Trafford. Lancashire puffed without ever threatening to blow the house down; Worcestershire seemed more concerned with self-preservation than domination on their own return to Division Two. When these sides met at Old...
Crook four puts Northants on top
Northamptonshire 108 for 3 (Peters 60*) trail Glamorgan 134 (Crook 4-30) by 26 runsScorecard Steven Crook claimed four wickets and captain Stephen Peters cracked a half-century to put Northamptonshire in a strong position at the end of the first day in Cardiff. After being put into bat Glamorgan were bowled out for 134 in 50 overs with the last nine wickets accruing only 76. Crook took four for...
Bailey shows immediate value
Hampshire 286 for 4 (Bailey 93, Vince 77*, Ervine 57*) v LeicestershireScorecard Australian newcomer George Bailey marked his debut by making 93 as Hampshire recovered to 286 for 4 after losing both opening batsmen without a run on the board. Leicestershire captain Ramnaresh Sarwan decided to field first under overcast skies and was rewarded with the wickets of Jimmy Adams and Michael Carberry in...
Mahmood left out but Essex bowlers still toil
Gloucestershire 300 for 3 (Marshall 124*, Housego 120*) v EssexScorecard Sajid Mahmood's career remains on hold after he was left out of the first Essex squad of the new season. But his reputation may have been polished in his absence as Essex's attack were rendered impotent by an unbroken, double-century partnership for Gloucestershire's fourth wicket between Dan Housego and Hamish Marshall....
Apr
10
Ervine refuses winter contract, opts for club cricket in UK
Craig Ervine, Zimbabwe's leading run-scorer across all three formats on their recent tour of West Indies, has refused a winter contract and will not be part of the series against Bangladesh. Ervine has instead opted to play club cricket in the UK. Meanwhile, the threatened player boycott has been averted after eight players signed winter contracts. He is one of three players who decided not to take...
Nasir Hossain plays down expectations
Bangladesh batsman Nasir Hossain has said the team will have to handle the weight of expectations on them in Zimbabwe, their closest rivals in Test cricket, and played down the lack of training at home ahead of the tour. Bangladesh leave for Zimbabwe on Wednesday, about a week after returning from Sri Lanka on April 2. "When we play a team like Zimbabwe, we always have that pressure of trying not...
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