Vusi Sibanda's fluid 217, his highest first-class score, set he base for Mid West Rhinos thrashing Matabeleland Tuskers by an innings and 299 runs. Bradley Wadlan's left-arm spin scythed through Tuskers in the second innings picking up 7 for 30 to seal the game in two days. Rhinos lost the toss but their bowlers ensured no ground was yielded by dismissing the Tuskers openers quickly and then sparking...
Carberry ton nudges selectors
Hampshire 422 (Vince 144, Wheater 82) and 215 for 2 (Carberry 100*, Vince 58*) beat Gloucestershire 304 (Tavare 139, Tomlinson 4-68, Abbot 5-67) and 332 (Marshall 94, Gidman 72) by eight wicketsScorecard Michael Carberry offered a timely reminder to the England selectors with an unbeaten century to lift Hampshire to their first win of the new Championship Division Two season at Gloucestershire....
Worcs bowlers complete big win
Worcestershire 224 (Kervezee 54) and 270 (Cox 89, Bollinger 5-43) beat Kent 229 (Bell-Drummond 61, Andrew 4-42) and 140 (Andrew 4-43) by 125 runsScorecard Kent lost seven wickets for 89 on the final morning as Worcestershire wrapped up a 125-run win in their Championship Division Two match at New Road. Charles Morris took three of the remaining wickets to fall as Kent slumped from their overnight...
Essex complete thrilling recovery
Essex94 (Cook 35, Footitt 5-29, Groenewald 5-44) and 425 (Cook 181, Foster 55*, Groenewald 3-62) beat Derbyshire 154 and 312 (Chanderpaul 52, Groenewald 52, Napier 3-49, Mills 3-49) by 53 runsScorecard With Ravi Bopara strolling out to the middle around an hour after the scheduled lunch interval to practise his bowling, the match already won, you could imagine that Essex did not have to work...
Apr
16
Collingwood faces tricky decision
Durham 452 (Mustard 91, Richardson 80) and 178 for 5 (Richardson 53*, Middlebrook 4-39) lead Northamptonshire 378 (Spriegel 97) by 252 runsScorecard Paul Collingwood is faced with picking the right moment to declare 12 months on from a decision that almost had a significant bearing on the title. He may have been unlucky in seeing his side lose to Yorkshire last April but that result with doubtless...
Ojha stifles Dhoni and another Kohli century
105 - The most runs scored by a batsman off a bowler in the tournament - Virat Kohli holds the record against Umesh Yadav, scoring 105 off 53 balls, and being dismissed once. Adam Gilchrist is the only other batsman to hit three-figures or more against a bowler - he has taken exactly 100 off Ashish Nehra, also off 53 balls. 40 - The number of dot balls Pragyan Ojha has bowled to MS Dhoni, the most...
Myburgh stiffens Somerset resistance
Somerset 530 for 9 (Myburgh 91, Jones 75, Gregory 69, Plunkett 4-108) lead Yorkshire 450 (Lyth 85, Rashid 108) by 80 runsScorecard Johann Myburgh has been around the cricketing houses. He has played in South Africa and in New Zealand, where, with Canterbury, he was coached by Dave Nosworthy, and has had stints with Hampshire and Durham. At the age of 33, he does not represent Somerset's future....
Mills finally fires for Essex
Derbyshire 154 and 167 for 5 (Chanderpaul 41*, Mills 3-29) need a further 199 runs to beat Essex 94 and 425 (Cook 181, Foster 55*)Scorecard There were no England selectors in Chelmsford but reports of Tymal Mills performance will likely have reached the interested parties. The left-arm quick, whose searing pace at times seems to frazzle his own synapses, claimed 3 for 29 to push Essex closer...
Apr
15
'A lot of distractions for CSK' - Fleming
Stephen Fleming, the Chennai Super Kings coach, has admitted his team have to cope with a lot of off-field "distractions" this IPL season. He experienced anxious moments in the lead-up to the tournament as the courts decided on whether to suspend the franchise, he said, but stressed that the nerves are steadying with the team back together. "There's a lot going on, I won't lie," Fleming said in Dubai...
Bell stages grand recovery
Warwickshire 87 and 387 for 7 (Bell 144*, Clarke 79, Jordan 3-98) lead Sussex 229 (Joyce 117) by 245 runsScorecard So, bit by bit, little by little, the shape of the new England team becomes just a little clearer. This was a day on which Sam Robson all but nailed down the role of opening batsman, the day that Moeen Ali emerged as the most credible spin option - or the least incredible, anyway...
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