Ravi Bopara has turned down a lucrative offer to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in a bid to regain and cement a place in the England team. Bopara, who isn’t centrally contracted to the ECB and thus free to sign on with the IPL if Essex agree, said he was tempted by the […]
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indies batsman, believes the Indian Premier League (IPL), has a far superior foundation to Allen Stanford’s 2020 in the Caribbean. Chanderpaul, representing Bangalore but sitting out “after a decade”, also felt that more West Indian players needed to be brought over to foster interest back home. Read more
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Fast bowler Michael Mason put himself into the picture for the first Test at Lord’s by bowling New Zealand to victory over Essex at Chelmsford.
Essex began the final day on 45-1, chasing 293 for victory, and knowing they did not have to face the spin of injured Kiwi skipper Daniel Vettori.
England opener Alastair Cook warmed […]
The England and Wales Cricket Board has revealed the full itinerary for the 2009 Ashes series against Australia.
Having announced in April that Cardiff would stage the first Test from 8 July, dates for the seven one-dayers and two Twenty20 matches have been added.
Old Trafford gets the Twenty20 games, on 30 August and 1 September. […]
New Zealand were given a boost ahead of their match against England Lions this Thursday with a 92-run win over Essex at Chelmsford. Set 293 to win, Essex faltered to 200 all out, with Alastair Cook top-scoring with 57, while Iain O’Brien and Michael Mason shared six wickets. Read more
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Rumeli Dhar slammed a career-best 92 and the bowlers backed her up with a superb performance as India crushed Pakistan by 182 runs. This was India’s third successive win in the tournament while Pakistan have lost all three of their games. Read more
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County champions Sussex have boosted their seam attack by signing West Indies Test player Corey Collymore.
The 30-year-old has agreed a one-year deal, subject to clearance from the England and Wales Cricket Board.
He will replace Australian Ryan Harris, who left the club after one appearance in a pre-season friendly. Read more
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The Kings XI Punjab proved why they are one of the tournament’s best all-round sides by extending their winning spree to five, beating the Bangalore Royal Challengers comfortably by six wickets in a low-scoring encounter. After their bowlers used a seaming pitch to send Bangalore crashing to 126, their batsmen chased it down easily to […]
Match facts
Tuesday, May 6 2008
Start time 20.00 (local), 14.30 (GMT)
The Big Picture
Four days ago, the Chennai Super Kings were sitting on top of the points table with four wins out of four. Two defeats and a Trans-Tasman exodus later, they’ve slipped to No. 4. Chennai’s loss of form, with the bat in particular, has been […]
A good all-round bowling performance, spearheaded by a vintage spell from Darren Gough, and a dashing innings by Andrew Gale were the main features of Yorkshire’s comfortable win over Durham at Headingley.
The rain forecast did not arrive but Yorkshire nevertheless put Durham in to bat on winning the toss in hazy sunshine. Gough was quickly […]
North Division
Scotland pulled off a sensational two-run win over Lancashire at Old Trafford despite only scoring 155 for 9. The shock came a week after they had been skittled for 74 in the reverse fixture. Steven Croft took 4 for 24 as Scotland struggled for runs, and Andrew Flintoff chipped in with 2 for 13. […]
17th Over: VRV into the attack. WICKET! Patil is run out. FOUR! A hook shot brings up Dravid’s fifty. FOUR! Dravid cut that one late and the ball raced away to third man. FOUR! This time, the Bangalore skipper whips it off his pads. Ban are 115-7
16th Over: WICKET! Chawla to continue. Misbah has been […]