Surrey 173 for 6 (Roy 64) beat Somerset 159 for 6 (Kieswetter 61) by 14 runsScorecard Jade Dernbach often feels like the most derided man in English cricket. After a winter of discontent that may have terminated his international career for good, Dernbach would have expected relief in the new NatWest Blast. Instead, he failed to defend 15 off the final four balls against Sussex during the competition's...
Mitchell just misses three in a row
Worcestershire 291 (Mitchell 97, Pardoe 45) lead Essex 52-2 by 239 runsScorecard As with the mushrooming housing estate and planned retirement home at Canterbury, so it will take some while to come to terms with a Premier Inn on the boundary at New Road. A lifetime - or more - in all probability. Still, all credit to Worcestershire for staging first-class cricket on a square that only 11 weeks...
Kent crash in final session
Kent 33 for 6 (Fuller 3-23) trail Gloucestershire 252 (Roderick 59) by 219 runsScorecard Kent lost six final-session wickets as they collapsed spectacularly on the first evening of their Division Two match against Gloucestershire. Having dismissed their hosts for 252, Kent failed woefully with the bat to slump to 33 for 6 at the close, still 219 runs behind. Not a single visiting batsman managed...
McCullum not under investigation - NZC
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is not being investigated by the ICC, NZC said in a statement today. The board also stated that McCullum had testified before the ICC's investigators and, according to reports, alleged that he had been approached to fix matches. "New Zealand Cricket is dismayed that Brendon McCullum's testimony to the International Cricket Council has been leaked to the media,"...
May
18
Middlesex endure two defeats in one day
Sussex 128 (Jordan 25, Roland-Jones 3-25) beat Middlesex 115 for 6 (Morgan 30, Piolet 2-15) by 13 runsScorecard Dawid Malan's runout sparked Sussex's dogged defense of 128 Quite what Middlesex envisaged when they agreed to open their NatWest T20 Blast campaign with back-to-back games at Lord's, it surely was not two defeats within five hours. By succumbing in such a fashion they not...
Spot fixing issue clouds T20 launch
Essex 181 for 2 (Pettini 95*, Bopara 45*) beat Middlesex 180 for 5 (Malan 86*, Morgan 77, Topley 3-26) by five wicketsScorecard It tells you everything you need to know about the current environment in which televised cricket is played that, moments after an excellent game of T20 cricket played in front of a large audience at Lord's, that Ravi Bopara should find himself fielding questions about...
Court order clears road for Zaka Ashraf return
The Islamabad High Court has dismissed the order issued by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board, on February 10 that removed Zaka Ashraf as the chairman of the board and formed an eight-member committee led by Najam Sethi. The natural consequence of the court order would be that Ashraf is back at the helm of affairs. The detailed court order, likely on Monday, will...
Lancashire claim first win
Lancashire 194 for 3 (Smith 74, Horton 71*) beat Worcestershire 182 for 5 (Munro 39, Oliver 34, Clark 2-30) by 12 runsScorecard Paul Horton and Tom Smith's 128-run stand allowed Lancashire to edge to a 12-run Twenty20 Blast victory over Worcestershire at Old Trafford. When Lancashire posted 194 for 3, Horton and Smith could have been forgiven for expecting a solid victory. The visitors had other...
May
17
England rejects power Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire 182 for 5 (Patel 56) beat Lancashire 149 (Clark 44, Mullaney 4-46) by 33 runsScorecard A trio of discarded England batsmen saw Nottinghamshire to victory in their opening match of the NatWest T20 Blast at Trent Bridge. James Taylor, Michael Lumb and Samit Patel - none of whom were included in the England limited-overs squads named earlier this week - thrashed 125 between them...
Styris still has what it takes
Leicestershire 197 for 4 (Styris 63, Cobb 38) beat Derbyshire 170 for 7 (North 90, Buck 3-26) by 27 runsScorecard Leicestershire made a winning start to their NatWest T20 Blast campaign on Friday as a half-century from Scott Styris helped them to a 27-run victory over Derbyshire at Grace Road. The three-time winners, inserted by their opponents, recovered from the early loss of Niall O'Brien to...
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