Leicestershire 289 (Cobb 107, O'Brien 104, Payne 3-45) beat Gloucestershire 174 (Cobb 3-34, Williams 3-34) by 115 runsScorecard Niall O'Brien and Josh Cobb both hit centuries as Leicestershire launched their Yorkshire Bank 40 campaign in style with a resounding victory against Gloucestershire at Grace Road. Cobb smashed 107 and O'Brien hit 104 in an opening partnership of 193 that was the cornerstone...
Record-breaking Middlesex move ahead
Middlesex 166 and 283 for 2 (Rogers 131*, Robson 129) lead Surrey 338 by 111 runsScorecard Chris Rogers and Sam Robson set a new record for the highest ever first-wicket stand for Middlesex against Surrey on a day that saw the home side wrestle back the initiative from their south of the river rivals. It was in the 69th over that the record set by Pelham Warner and Johnny Douglas in 1907 at The...
Nepal pip USA to WC Qualifiers
Nepal have leapfrogged USA to earn a place in the World Cup Qualifiers after a dramatic day at the World Cricket League Division 3 tournament in Bermuda. It was a plausible, but unlikely, scenario at the start of the day with Nepal needing to thrash Italy then hope that Bermuda overcame USA. In the end, that is exactly what happened. Nepal raced to victory with a massive 211 deliveries to spare...
Dwayne Bravo replaces Sammy as ODI captain
Dwayne Bravo has replaced Darren Sammy as the West Indies ODI captain for the Champions Trophy. Sammy will continue to lead them in Tests and Twenty20 internationals. Under Sammy, West Indies won the World Twenty20, but have won only three ODI series over the last three years, two of them against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. "Our results in Tests and T20s have been showing consistent improvement, and...
May
04
Substance over style works for Dernbach
Middlesex 161 for 9 (Dernbach 3-59, Batty 2-23) trail Surrey 338 (Murtagh 3-54, Collymore 3-72) by 177Scorecard On a day where the sun shone bright and the sky remained spotless, Middlesex produced an inept batting display to leave themselves with one first innings wicket remaining and a deficit of 177 runs. Collectively, the Surrey bowling unit operated with a determined nature that would have...
Pakistan regroup for Champions Trophy camp
Pakistan's six-day conditioning camp ahead of the Champions Trophy began on Friday in Abbottabad. On the opening day at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, the team had a two-hour session, spending most of it in physical and fielding drills. The stadium is at an altitude of 1260 metres above sea level, surrounded by hills, and the players wanted to ensure they acclimatised themselves with the conditions...
Dougie Brown berates Hove wicket
Sussex 416 for 7 (Wells 96, Brown 82*, Rankin 3-60) trail Warwickshire 453 by 37 runsScorecard This is a hard-fought game between two excellent sides. The prospect of a fourth day in glorious conditions at Hove should inspire excitement. If it does not, it is no reflection on the players. "For people who maybe don't quite understand the game, they're probably wondering why we're bleating on about...
Vince ton smashes Essex
Hampshire 254 for 1 (Vince 129*, Carberry 65) beat Essex 244 for 7 (Quiney 71, Napier 50) by 9 wicketsScorecard A magnificent century from James Vince carried Hampshire to a crushing nine wicket victory over Essex in the opening Yorkshire Bank 40 match of the new season at Chelmsford. Vince smashed an unbeaten 129 from 93 deliveries and shared in an opening partnership of 156 in only 17 overs...
May
03
Gidman and Howell set up victory chance
Gloucestershire 280 and 16 for 0 need 172 more runs to beat Leicestershire 250 and 217Scorecard Gloucestershire looked on course for their first win of the season at the end of the third day against Leicestershire at Grace Road. They bowled out the hosts for 217 in their second innings to leave a victory target of 188, and had reached 16 without loss off seven overs by the close. Will Gidman took...
Goodwin shores up Glamorgan advantage
Lancashire 123 and 104 for 4 (Hogan 3-29) trail Glamorgan 242 (Goodwin 69, Kerrigan 4-48, Anderson 3-63) by 15 runsScorecard As part of Glamorgan's community programme, schoolchildren from Ysgol Llandrillo yn Rhos and Ysgol Llangelynnin were invited to the Rhos-on-Sea ground on the second day of this match. They provided a guard of honour and played games of Kwik Cricket in the lunch interval....
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