Ben Stokes, the Durham allrounder, has been offered encouragement by the England management that he can win a return to international contention after being sent home from the Lions' winter tour of Australia for disciplinary reasons. In February, Stokes and Kent's Matt Coles were punished for "contravening their conduct obligations" and dismissed from the touring party, after a second offence that...
Bangladesh need six wickets to level series
Zimbabwe 282 and 138 for 4 (H Masakadza 46*) need another 263 runs to beat Bangladesh 391 and 291 for 9 dec (Mushfiqur 93, Nasir 67*, Shakib 59, S Masakadza 4-58)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details The moment Ziaur Rahman hit Brendan Taylor's pad in front of the stumps and the umpire raised his finger, Bangladesh were closer to a rare Test win. At the end of the fourth day of the second and final...
Attacking Warner brings relief to Delhi
Delhi Daredevils 164 for 5 (Warner 51*, Dinda 3-31) beat Pune Warriors 149 for 4 (Finch 37, Uthappa 37, Yadav 2-24) by 15 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details A counter-attack in the middle order from David Warner and a miserly 18th over in the chase from Umesh Yadav brought some relief for Delhi Daredevils in the form of a victory in the battle of the bottom-placed teams this season. The win...
Warwickshire last pair thwart Somerset
Warwickshire 158 (Thomas 3-29) and 427 for 9 (Chopra 108, Ambrose 65, Clarke 61*, Evans 55, Leach 5-63) drew with Somerset 406 (Petersen 136, Buttler 119*) and 266 for 4 declared (Compton 105*, Kieswetter 59*)Scorecard Dougie Brown hailed Warwickshire's "incredible strength of character" as their tenth-wicket pair survived for 21.1 overs to deny Somerset victory at Taunton. Rikki Clarke and Oliver...
Apr
28
Rubel Hossain down with chicken pox
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...
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