Vithushan Ehantharajah

Associate editor, ESPNcricinfo

Franks critical of pitch after Gloucestershire escape with draw

Nottinghamshire were left frustrated by the pitch at Bristol after Gloucestershire batted out the final day for the loss of just four wickets

12-Jun-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Bristol

Patel's career-best swagger brightens drab encounter

Samit Patel has a career-best 257 to his name, moe runs than he has made all season, and a pleasure in an otherwise drab contest

11-Jun-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Bristol

Pujara and Patel lay Nottinghamshire's foundations

After a tiring first day at Bristol, Nottinghamshire's bowlers had the pleasure of putting their feet up as their top order chipped away at a Gloucestershire total of 303 that required equal parts patience and graft.

10-Jun-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Bristol

Roderick makes immediate impact on return from illness

Gareth Roderick marked his first appearance of the season for Gloucestershire with an unbeaten 88 on a hard-fought first day of the Specsavers County Championship match with Nottinghamshire at Bristol

09-Jun-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Bristol

Frenemies forever

Presenting India v Pakistan, a British rivalry. With a little more dosti than you suspect

01-Jun-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah

Sangakkara falls short of historic sixth ton

Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed for 84 on the final day of Surrey's scrap with Essex at Chelmsford to miss out on a sixth consecutive first-class hundred

29-May-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Chelmsford

Lawrence wears 'next big thing' tag easily

Dan Lawrence scored his second century of the season as Essex gained a slender first-innings lead over Surrey before rain curtailed the day

28-May-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Chelmsford

Lawrence rallies Essex after Sangakkara 200

Sometimes, the feeling in county cricket is that the moments to savour come from the same old faces. That's not necessarily a complaint when Kumar Sangakkara is the face

27-May-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Chelmsford

Sam Curran feeds off masterful Sangakkara

In the opening 50-minutes, Surrey were 31 for 5. The rest of the day? 303 for 2. What happened, you ask? Kumar Sangakkara. Again

26-May-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Chelmsford

Surrey hold on as Sangakkara prepares to sign off

Kumar Sangakkara announced that this would be his final season in the County Championship after Surrey had secured a draw at Lord's

22-May-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Lord's

Ice cool Sangakkara keeps heat off Surrey

Kumar Sangakkara's sense of occasion was evident once more in this London derby as he scored his second century of the match, while also passing 20,000 career first-class runs

21-May-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Lord's

Malan paints his own picture as Middlesex battle back

Kumar Sangakkara treated Lord's to a fine century on the first day of the London derby but it is no exaggeration to say that Dawid Malan, Middlesex's own classy left-hander, achieved the same standards in reply

20-May-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Lord's

Sangakkara celebrates the great unveiling

They unveiled a portrait of Kumar Sankakkara at Lord's and he responded by scoring a hundred for Surrey in the London derby - and did so with barely a hair out of place

19-May-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Lord's

Ballance makes Yorkshire history as Hampshire defied

For all Yorkshire's history, no Yorkshire batsman has ever made two hundreds in a Championship match. Gary Ballance has gone one better - a hundred and a double hundred - to defy Hampshire

24-Apr-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at the Ageas Bowl

Captain Ballance becomes the very stuff of Yorkshire

There is a long way to go if Gary Ballance's resistance with the bat is to spare Yorkshire a second defeat against Hampshire in three weeks, but his captaincy reputation is growing apace

23-Apr-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at the Ageas Bowl

Berg's all-round show leaves Root and Bairstow in the shade

Gareth Berg might just have played one of the finest all-round hands in Hampshire's recent history

22-Apr-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at the Ageas Bowl

Vince's hundred resumes his Yorkshire affinity

They gathered at the Ageas Bowl to watch Yorkshire and England's Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow. They left talking about Hampshire's James Vince

21-Apr-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at the Ageas Bowl

Stevens' Benjamin Button act fast-forwards Kent to victory

Darren Stevens claimed a five-wicket haul as Kent ripped Sussex apart on the final day for the second win of the season

17-Apr-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Hove

Northeast for England! But is anybody listening?

Sam Northeast for England! Kent fans will demand it once again after his unbeaten 173 at Hove, but is anyone in the England set-up listening?

16-Apr-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Hove

Philander scan concerns South Africa

Cricket South Africa are anxiously awaiting injury news on Vernon Philander - and that could spell bad news for Sussex as they attempt to build a promotion challenge

15-Apr-2017•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Hove

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