Rubel Hossain has contracted chicken pox, becoming the latest Bangladesh seamer to suffer a physical setback. He will miss the limited-overs leg of the Zimbabwe tour, after picking up the illness on Friday. Rubel had earlier been rested for the second Test due to a shoulder niggle, and had gone down with fever on the first night of the second Test. "We cannot send him back now because the disease...
Lancs blunted by Nash hundred
Kent 244 (Nash 50, Powell 57, Anderson 4-57) and 178 for 2 (Nash 100*) drew with Lancashire 395 for 7 dec (Katich 93, Brown 87, Croft 64*, Prince 58)Scorecard On the evidence of this match, both Lancashire and Kent are going to struggle to take 20 wickets on a regular basis this season. Even if rain had not taken out two sessions a draw would still have been the likely result and Kent played out...
Magnificent Root secures stunning victory
Yorkshire 177 (Root 49, Onions 5-63) and 339 for 6 (Root 182, Rashid 50*) beat Durham 237 (Mustard 70, Bresnan 4-41) and 275 for 4 dec (Stoneman 109, Benkenstein 61*) by four wicketsScorecard Joe Root produced arguably the most substantial innings of his fledgling career to banish the pessimism that had fallen prematurely upon Yorkshire's season and leave Durham contemplating the sort of defeat...
Leach sucks life out of Warwickshire
Warwickshire 158 and 144 for 3 (Chopra 81*) require 371 more runs to beat Somerset 406 and 266 for 4 declared (Compton 105*, Kieswetter 59*)Scorecard At first glance, it may appear Warwickshire are in something of a tight spot in Taunton. At second glance, too. It is true that they would have to break a variety of records if they are to overhaul their victory target of 515 in a minimum of 143...
Apr
27
Wells double compounds Surrey struggle
Surrey 351 and 66 for 1 (Smith 43*) trail Sussex 526 (Wells 208, Joyce 98) by 109 runsScorecard Sussex haven't won at The Oval since 1994 but have a chance to break that run after building up a good lead and asking Surrey to bat out the final day for a draw. Graeme Smith, Surrey's captain, led an excellent riposte as his side faced 17 overs before the close with an unbeaten 43 in 46 balls. He...
Taylor accepts England challenge
Derbyshire 256 and 143 for 5 (Chanderpaul 57) trail Nottinghamshire 443 (Taylor 112, Cowan 59, Hales 56) by 44 runsScorecard If Derbyshire do turn out to be the whipping boys of Division One - not that anyone should wish that upon such well-managed and progressive newcomers - then James Taylor's century in this match may not be held to be of particular value. On the other hand, if Taylor's Test...
Tendulkar emphasises on 'situational awareness'
Sachin Tendulkar stressed the importance of "situational awareness" as a key factor in succeeding in the closing stages of IPL games. Tendulkar was speaking at an event in Mumbai and was asked by an audience consisting of children, amateur and aspiring cricketers, how to score ten runs off the final over to win a T20 games. He said there could be no set formula. "Basically you have got to see what...
Northants close in on victory
Gloucestershire 192 and 280 for 9 (Gidman 87, Howell 56, Dent 50) lead Northamptonshire 404 by 68 runsScorecard Northamptonshire look set to claim their second Division Two win of the season despite half-centuries from Alex Gidman, Benny Howell and Chris Dent for Gloucestershire at Bristol. The hosts, trailing by 212 on first innings, were largely indebted to Gidman (87), Howell (53) and Dent...
Apr
26
Honours 'even' after first day - Tamim
When cricket no longer pays Tamim Iqbal's bills, he should look for work as a raconteur because that was exactly how he dealt with the media after the first day's play. He could afford to because Bangladesh are in what he calls an "even," position and most of their blushes were saved by a big partnership of 123 between Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim. Better still, Tamim's comments about the...
Petersen and Buttler give Somerset initiative
Somerset 358 for 6 (Petersen 136, Compton 52, Trescothick 51, Buttler 90*) v WarwickshireScorecard If Alviro Petersen had his own tankard in the local pub and a cider named after him, he could hardly have taken to life with Somerset more comfortably. Petersen, fresh from the 258 runs he scored on debut at The Oval, followed up with a century in his first game at his new home ground to help Somerset...
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