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Jun

Narine's worst, and highest scores in defeats

Key numbers from the IPL 2014 final between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab200 - Kolkata Knight Riders' score, the highest by a team chasing a target in the final of any Twenty20 tournament. The previous highest was 198, by Wayamba against Ruhuna in Sri Lanka's Inter-Provincial Twenty20 tournament in 2011. Wayamba's score tied the game, which Ruhuna later won in the one-over eliminator....

Madsen made to regret toss decision

Hampshire 332 for 7 (Wheater 87, Smith 82, Palladino 4-83) v DerbyshireScorecard Hampshire openers Jimmy Adams and Will Smith took full advantage of being given first use of their own pitch as Derbyshire's miserable season continued. Visiting captain Wayne Madsen was immediately left to regret asking the Division Two leaders to bat first as Adams and Smith rattled off a century stand before Adam...

Moeen plays down Test chances after century

Worcestershire 329 for 4 (Moeen 138*, Mitchell 62) v SurreyScorecard Ultimately, it was nothing more than a perfunctory publicity deed but a short hop across the capital for the Sri Lankans, when all is said and done, may just prove to be a Sunday afternoon well spent. Their fleeting visit to The Oval for a meet-and-greet session transpired into a far more productive scouting exercise. While many...

Sunrisers chase gave us belief - Gambhir

Halfway through the league phase, Kolkata Knight Riders had only won two matches out of seven. Few would have imagined they would pick themselves up, win nine in a row and go on to lift their second IPL title in three seasons. After Knight Riders chased down 200 to win the final against Kings XI Punjab, their captain Gautam Gambhir credited his players for being able to absorb pressure and come up...

Jun

Sri Lanka's other power couple

While Kumar Sangakkara has developed into a dominating one-day batsman, Tillakaratne Dilshan has become a reformed dasher. Together they are one-day cricket's form pairing Through the course of life, people move in and out of each others' grasp. They forge alliances, break them, move together and then drift apart. Lifelong bonds are most rewarding, but rare. More often, people make temporary...

Seehwag ball, hit ball

Big game. Doesn't get bigger than this. Except when it does, on Sunday evening. But that's not going to stop Ravi Shastri from bellowing into your living rooms when it's toss time. What do you call it when the Kings take on the Kings? The league games between these two teams had all been about one man. What was it going to be about today? According to Chennai fans, it wasn't going...

Buttler not ready for Tests - Cook

Alastair Cook called Jos Buttler's record hundred "one of the best innings I've seen" as he just failed to carry England to victory at Lord's but then virtually ruled him out of having a chance of making a Test debut back at the same ground in a couple of weeks. Buttler's 74-ball 121 transformed a floundering England chase in the fourth one-day international and they were still in with a chance of...

Emburey reveals skin cancer

John Emburey, the former Middlesex and England spinner, has revealed that he is suffering from a form of skin cancer and has undergone surgery on the condition. He believes being exposed to the sun during his career contributed to the disease developing. "It's the result of playing cricket for so many years, not wearing a hat and not wearing sun cream,'' he said. "When I played, there wasn't the...

May

Raina thumps Awana for 33 in an over

Suresh Raina was single-handedly making a mockery of a 227-run target before his run-out in the seventh over paved the way for a 24-run Kings XI Punjab victory. No bowler was spared during his 25-ball 87, but Parvinder Awana came in for special treatment, conceding 33 runs off his second over. This is the excerpt from ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball commentary. 5.1 Awana to Raina, SIX, six more, everything...