Sep
21

Surrey relegated by Javid and Woakes

Warwickshire 120 for 0 dec (Chopra 69*) and 281 for 4 (Javid 119*, Woakes 79*) beat Surrey 400 for 5 dec (Solanki 162, Davies 103, Amla 77) and forfeit by six wicketsScorecard Surrey went down tamely in the end, their optimistic plan to take 10 Warwickshire wickets in less time that it took to concede 281 runs falling a long way short as Ateeq Javid and Chris Woakes built a magnificent partnership...
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Loubser, Lee power South Africa home

South Africa Women 153 for 4 (Lee 77, Tul Kubra 3-43) beat Bangladesh Women 149 for 8 (Hoque 63, Loubser 3-28) by six wicketsScorecard An incisive spell of 3 for 28 from offspinner Sunette Loubser, followed by a patient fifty from opener Lizelle Lee powered South Africa Women to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh Women in Benoni. Loubser took the middle-order wickets of Salma Khatun, Nuzhat Tasnia...
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Rogers removal confirms Yorks in second

Yorkshire 210 (Gale 66, Williamson 52) and 194 (Ballance 90) beat Middlesex 128 (Sidebottom 4-27) and 196 (Rogers 65, Brooks 4-33) by 80 runsScorecard The last Australia Test player to leave these shores departed in high dudgeon. Chris Rogers left the field with a look of consternation and hands outstretched as he was adjudged to be caught at the wicket. With Rogers went Middlesex's improbable...
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Lancashire secure Division Two title

Lancashire 310 for 8 dec (Procter 106, Smith 88, Gidman 5-61) and 195 for 2 (Reece 97, Horton 55) drew with Gloucestershire 209 (Smith 4-49, Newby 4-71)Scorecard Lancashire will have to wait for the coup de grace of their season after a tame draw at Bristol but the champagne moment arrived in a literal sense as they lifted the Division Two title. It was also a sunny September day in the west country...
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Sep
20

BCCI floats tender for series-title sponsor

The BCCI has retained a base price of Rs 2 crore (approx. $320,000) per international match while inviting bids for a series-title sponsor for all the major matches played in India, in place of Bharti Airtel, the telecommunication company that decided not to renew its contract for the same. The board decided to float a tender for the period beginning October 1 to March 31, 2014, which includes at...
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I'm standing for elections - Srinivasan

N Srinivasan has said he will stand for re-election as BCCI president at the Indian board's annual general meeting, to be held in Chennai on September 29. The announcement is not a surprise but his success, a foregone conclusion a few months ago, is now hostage to several legal and judicial issues that are beyond his control and may crystallise formal opposition to him. Under BCCI rules, any presidential...
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'Please don't make this about me' - Cook

What the key figures in Durham's success said about their season: On Geoff Cook's heart attack midway through the season: "Please don't go making this all about me, will you?" - Geoff Cook, head coach "There were about 10 of us went into the hospital and saw Geoff. We all came out and the surgeons told us that it was looking ominous: because that was the kind of language they were using. It was...
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Former BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele dies

Jaywant Lele, the former BCCI secretary, has died of a heart attack in Baroda on Thursday. Lele was the board secretary when the match-fixing scandal broke out in 2000. Lele was gearing up for a return to cricket administration in the forthcoming Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) elections. Lele lost his post as BCCI secretary to Niranjan Shah during the 2001 elections. A former engineer with Sarabhai...
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Sep
19

Solanki's masterclass comes too late

Surrey 400 for 5 (Solanki 162, Davies 103, Amla 77) v WarwickshireScorecard Days like these have been rare for Surrey this season, which goes a long way, of course, to explaining why they are on the brink of relegation. Vikram Solanki's second hundred for Surrey is the first in the Championship by any of the county's batsmen since Ricky Ponting's 169 against Nottinghamshire at The Oval in July....
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Durham prove upstoppable

Durham 256 (Collingwood 88*, Mustard 77, Adams 4-69) and 7 for 0 need 62 more runs to beat Nottinghamshire 78 and 246 (Mullaney 72, Hussey 57, Onions 3-50, Stokes 3-55)Scorecard A potent bowling attack and a strong team spirit developed through shared goals and experiences has taken Durham to the brink of a third County Championship title. When the weather allows, Durham will resume on the third...
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