20th Over: Pathan to bowl the last over. A dot ball. Dhoni now gets it over for a single. This has been a very good over so far. Pathan is keeping it righ in the blockhole. A single to end the innings.Chennai are 181-4
19th Over: Hopes to Dhoni. Two runs. A wide follows. SIX! Dhoni […]
Kent defied England Test stars Ryan Sidebottom and Stuart Broad to beat Notts by three wickets at Trent Bridge.
Sidebottom gave Notts early impetus by bowling Martin van Jaarsveld for 63 and then removing Geraint Jones for a duck after the home side began on 129-4.
Justin Kemp was caught off Charlie Shreck for 19, leaving Kent […]
England Lions made sedate progress on a sleepy Saturday afternoon at The Rose Bowl as Michael Carberry and Owais Shah built on a narrow first-innings lead. The New Zealanders were bowled out for 273 when Aaron Redmond fell for 146 before Carberry’s half-century pushed the advantage up to 138 at tea. Read more
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Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of a proposed recall to England’s Test squad this weekend after suffering a side strain playing for Lancashire on Friday.
The 30-year-old all-rounder was widely expected to be named in the squad for the opening Test against New Zealand, which is due to be named by national selector Geoff Miller […]
Hampshire captain Dimitri Mascarenhas is keen to return to the Indian Premier League despite a disappointing first stint in the star-studded competition.
Mascarenhas has been unable to force his way into the Rajasthan Royals side since heading out to play in the lucrative Twenty20 league a fortnight ago due to its four overseas players rule.
With skipper […]
England’s dilemma over whether to pick Andrew Flintoff for next week’s first Test has been decided for them, with the England allrounder unavailable for the first two Tests against New Zealand after picking up a side strain.
Flintoff, who has enjoyed an encouraging start to the season for Lancashire following ankle surgery in the winter, experienced […]
It has been over a year since Duncan Fletcher left as England coach, and although he has slipped quietly into the shadows, his views on English cricket remain as forthright as ever.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Guardian, Fletcher looks ahead to next year’s Ashes series - and back to the last two against Australia […]
Craig Spearman and Chris Taylor led Gloucestershire to a six-wicket win against Glamorgan in the first match at the new-look Sophia Gardens. The home side struggled with the bat until Ben Wright lifted them over 200, but the stand of 106 between Spearman and Taylor swung it back Gloucestershire’s way. Read more
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It is not only Andrew Flintoff whose lack of runs will concern England’s selectors as they prepare to name their first Test squad.
England are likely to select all-rounder Flintoff for his form with the ball as he bids to play his first Test since the final 2006-07 Ashes defeat, against New Zealand at Lord’s.
Flintoff has […]
Chris Tremlett has said New Zealand should be prepared for a short-pitched attack during the first Test after England Lions gave the batting line-up a working over on the second day at The Rose Bowl. There was one major exception for New Zealand as Aaron Redmond compiled a career-best 139, but Tremlett wasn’t overly convinced.
Redmond […]
16th Over: FOUR! Smith drives RP. Jaipur are inching in. WICKET! Smith hits it straight to mid wicket. Watson comes into the middle and is away. FOUR! Kaif hits it straight down the ground. Jaipur win by eight wickets
15th Over: Kaif to face Ojha. FOUR! Kaif placed it over mid off. FOUR! Kaif steps down […]
A neck injury forced wicket-keeper Tim Ambrose to miss Derbyshire’s second innings as Rikki Clarke helped the home side to 323-5 at stumps on day three.
The England glovesman scored 34 not out batting at eight in the visitors’ first innings of 310, but was replaced in the field by teenager Richard Johnson.
However, the 25-year-old is […]