It was a historic day for Bangladesh as they got their first win against an ODI team when they beat Pakistan by four wickets in Kurunegala. Salma Khatun, the Bangladesh captain, scored 53 after offspinner Tithy Sarkar restricted Pakistan to 134.
After their crushing 182-run defeat to India on Friday, Bangladesh bounced back impressively to bowl […]
10th Over: Kumble continues. Makes an excellent stop of his own bowling and the crowd cheer him on. Hyderabad are 63-2.
9th Over: Dravid brings on Kallis, Sharma to face. He’s bowling a good line and mixing them up as well.
8th Over: FOUR! Sharma pulls Praveen to the fence, the crowd is stunned. FOUR! Bang, finds […]
The Bangalore Royal Challengers’ attempt to solve the riddle of Twenty20 batting came unstuck again at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, as the Deccan Chargers restricted them to a below-par 156 for 8. They seemed on course for much more at the halfway stage, when they were cruising at 80 for 1, but then fell away in […]
Rap on the knuckles
Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne have been fined 10% of their match fees, while Pratap Kumar, the on-field umpire, has been suspended for a game following the catch controversy during Thursday’s IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. Read more
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James Marshall is determined to build on a near-perfect start as he bids to regain his Test place after almost three years out of the New Zealand side.
Marshall was the big winner on a day of coincidences, making a century in the tourists’ 348 for nine against Essex at Chelmsford - within 10 minutes of […]
Holders Durham fell by just a single run in a dramatic Friends Provident Trophy match against Derbyshire.
Graham Wagg’s one-day best 4-35 and Charl Langeveldt (3-44) reduced them to 196-9, chasing 236 in an innings twice delayed by the setting sun.
Ben Harmison (31no) and Neil Killeen needed 11 off the final over, but the latter was […]
Term it whatever you want - the law of averages, or an off day - but Chennai slumped to their lowest score after their batting order had taken a severe hit. They were shorn of three first-choice overseas players: their two highest runs-scorers, Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey, and an allrounder, Jacob Oram and the […]
Virender Sehwag condemned the Chennai Super Kings to their first defeat in the IPL as his quick 71 led the Delhi Daredevils to an eight-wicket victory on Friday.
Set a target of 170 for victory, Sehwag wasted little time and he needed only 41 balls to reach his total, smashing seven fours and four sixes as […]
James Hildreth outshone Hampshire’s Kevin Pietersen with his unbeaten 112 to seal a five-wicket win for Somerset in the Friends Provident Trophy match.
England batsman Pietersen, in his first county game of the season, made a rapid 62 from 59 balls to help Hampshire to a lofty total of 286.
Somerset’s reply got off to a shaky […]
A century from Chris Read and valuable lower-order runs from Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad boosted Nottinghamshire’s chances of forcing a win at Yorkshire.
The visitors ended day three on 356-6, 57 ahead, after a tremendous recovery.
They were struggling on 115-5 before Read (115no) and Swann (68) shared 136 to turn a parlous situation around. […]
Hamish Marshall’s century proved in vain as Glamorgan claimed their first Championship victory of the season.
The New Zealand batsman profited from five dropped catches as his team-mates crumbled, having been set 315 to win after the visitors declared on 178-1.
The hosts were 78-5 and though Stephen Snell (53) and Marshall (105) shared 114, once the […]
North Division
Derbyshire held on for a notable one-run win against defending champions Durham at Derby, although Ben Harmison and last-man Neil Killeen almost engineered a terrific fight back when Killeen was run out by Rikki Clarke off the final ball trying to level the scores. At 147 for 7, needing more than a run-a-ball, Durham […]