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Bairstow battles but Yorkshire facing tough final-day challenge
Surrey in sight of victory after posting 512 in first innings
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18-May-2025
Yorkshire 255 and 185 for 6 (Wharton 67, Bairstow 64*) trail Surrey 512 (Foakes 86, Patterson 85) by 72 runs
Jonny Bairstow made a belligerent 64 not out and James Wharton an excellent 67 but Yorkshire are still facing defeat against Surrey at the Kia Oval.
Surrey took three wickets late on day three to underline their complete dominance in a Rothesay County Championship match they will expect to bring them a second win of the Division One season.
Full postDurham pile up record total on back of Gay, Robinson, Clark tons
Hosts put Division One leaders under pressure after amassing 664 before late Hameed wicket
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18-May-2025
Nottinghamshire 407 and 67 for 1 trail Durham 664 (Robinson 141, Clark 121, Gay 104, Lees 82, Patterson-White 5-179) by 190 runs
Centuries from Emilio Gay, Ollie Robinson and Graham Clark put Durham in a strong position on a record-breaking day in their Rothesay County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire.
Gay and Robinson dominated the morning session as they pushed Durham beyond Nottinghamshire's total, with Gay notching up a second consecutive home century. Robinson was then joined by Clark in the afternoon and the pair took the game to the Nottinghamshire bowling attack, with Clark picking up a second consecutive century and Robinson looked back to his best as he got his first hundred of the season.
Full postGuest helps Derbyshire avoid follow on but Lancashire hold upper hand
James Anderson takes three-for, Luke Wells adds another fifty to extend lead
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18-May-2025
Lancashire 458 and 141 for 6 (Wells 50, Morley 3-32) lead Derbyshire 314 (Guest 77, Anderson 3-53, Hartley 3-68) by 285 runs
The final day of this Rothesay County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford looks set for an intriguing finish after Lancashire had ended the third evening on 141 for 6 in their second innings, giving them a lead of 285 and an opportunity to set Derbyshire a target early on the final day.
Brooke Guest's 77 had helped the visitors avoid the follow-on during an afternoon when James Anderson could add only one more wicket to the two he took on Saturday.
Full postJames Fuller five-for seals revitalising Hampshire win
Warwickshire fall short in fourth innings as visitors wrap up three-day success
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18-May-2025
Hampshire 300 (Fuller 52*, Barnard 4-56) and 203 (Middleton 76, Webster 4-57, Bamber 4-60) Warwickshire 194 (Barnard 58, Abbott 5-47) and 220 (Davies 66, Fuller 5-56) by 89 runs
Hampshire hit back from last week's thrashing by Nottinghamshire in emphatic style with an 89-run Rothesay County Championship win over Warwickshire inside three days at Edgbaston.
Set a target of 310, Warwickshire were all out for 220, unpicked by seamers James Fuller and Kyle Abbott. Alex Davies, with 66 from 106 balls, and Ethan Bamber (43) offered some resistance but the rest were blown away by a Hampshire side resurgent after their surrender at Trent Bridge.
Full postWorcestershire end their Waite with crushing win over Essex
Allrounder snaps up six-wicket haul to condemn visitors to heavy defeat
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18-May-2025
Worcestershire 358 (Waite 73, Jones 54, Snater 4-78) and 134 (Harmer 4-37) beat Essex 157 (Das 44, Taylor 3-23) and 110 (Waite 6-19) by 225 runs
Matthew Waite's career best figures propelled Worcestershire to a rampant three-day victory over Essex in the Rothesay County Championship
The home side rallied to 134 all out at Visit Worcestershire New Road, with Ethan Brookes' valuable 38 the standout knock, setting Essex 336 to win the game. They were then blown away as Waite did the bulk of the damage with 6 for 19, enabling Worcestershire to claim a 225-run win.
Full postFlying Foxes end Lord's drought to extend lead at the top
Middlesex stumble to 143 in second innings before Handscomb seals chase against old side
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18-May-2025
Leicestershire 274 (Handscomb 87, Gohar 4-34) and 102 for 3 beat Middlesex 232 (Davies 49, Holland 5-35) and 143 (van Beek 3028, Green 3-32) by seven wickets runs
Three wickets apiece for seamers Logan van Beek and Ben Green set up Leicestershire's first red-ball victory at Lord's in 45 years, flattening Middlesex to strengthen their position as Rothesay County Championship Division Two front-runners.
Van Beek took 3 for 28 - including two wickets in as many balls - while Green's 3 for 32 also played a pivotal role in ensuring the home side were dismissed for 143 in their second innings.
Full postNawaz stars for Gladiators in last-ball thriller against Sultans
The win helps Gladiators top the table while it was Sultans' ninth defeat in ten matches
Danyal Rasool
18-May-2025
Quetta Gladiators 190 for 8 (Nawaz 67*, Nafay 51, Shahid 3-29) beat Multan Sultans 185 for 7 (Yasir 45, Tayyab 36, Tariq 3-32) by 2 wickets
Quetta Gladiators beat Multan Sultans, quite literally, by the length of a fingertip. With two required off the final delivery, Hasan Nawaz, who finished with an unbeaten 67 off 38, dug out an attempted Mohammad Hasnain yorker, getting enough bottom hand power to ensure it sneaked over the top of a leaping long-on, who only got a fingertip to it, unable to prevent it sailing over for six. It took Gladiators to 190, past the 186 they needed to guarantee they finish top of the table, while the Sultans slumped to their ninth defeat in ten matches.
After inserting Gladiators in to bat on a scorching afternoon in Rawalpindi, Sultans removed the captain Mohammad Rizwan off his second delivery, Faheem Ashraf swinging one back in to clean up his stumps. Yasir Khan led the charge in the early overs, initially targeting Khurram Shahzad before signing off the powerplay by flaying spinner Abrar Ahmed for 18 runs.
Full postNehal Wadhera and Harpreet Brar take Punjab Kings closer to playoffs
RR got off to a strong start in chase thanks to Jaiswal and Suryavanshi but eventually fell to a 10-run loss
Alagappan Muthu
18-May-2025
Punjab Kings 219 for 5 (Wadhera 70, Shashank 59, Deshpande 2-37) beat Rajasthan Royals 209 for 7 (Jurel 53, Jaiswal 50, Brar 3-22) by 10 runs
The break in the IPL witnessed the departure of two huge pillars of Indian Test cricket. It resumed with a 23-year-old and a 14-year-old taking T20 batting to new heights. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi put on a 76-run opening partnership where 74 runs had come in boundaries. But even with that head start, it was heartbreak for Rajasthan Royals (RR) as they lost by 10 runs. Punjab Kings (PBKS) are now up to 17 points. They were assured of a playoffs spot after Gujarat Titans (GT) beat Delhi Capitals (DC) later on Sunday evening.
Wadhera, the unsung hero
Yorkshire get the better of Essex to march into quarter-finals
Kalis strikes a blow for Tier 2 as T20 County Cup heads towards its final rounds
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17-May-2025
Sterre Kalis drove the agenda for Yorkshire with 83 not out to beat their Tier 1 opponents Essex by 11 runs and secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Vitality County T20 Cup.
Kalis, the Netherlands international, was in imperious touch, hitting 14 fours and one leg-side six in Yorkshire's total of 188 for 4 in 20 overs.
Maddy Ward chipped in with a senior-best score of 43, as the pair shared an unbroken fifth-wicket partnership of 113 in the last 10.4 overs of the home innings.
Full postWarner and Vince power Karachi Kings into playoffs
Peshawar Zalmi fall short by 23 runs despite Babar Azam's 94 in a match where 451 runs were scored
Danyal Rasool
17-May-2025
Karachi Kings 237 for 4 (Warner 86, Vince 72, Khushdil 43, Wood 2-19) beat Peshawar Zalmi 214 for 5 (Babar 94, Ayub 47, Afridi 2-48) by 23 runs
There were fireworks during the innings break to celebrate the resumption of PSL 2025, but the pyrotechnics in each innings pushed that somewhat into the background. A high-scoring thriller of a contest saw Karachi Kings seal qualification to the playoffs, edging out Peshawar Zalmi in a game where 237 played 214. While batting seemed almost insouciantly straightforward - as it often is in Rawalpindi in T20 cricket - David Warner's 50-ball 86 had just enough support from his team-mates to outshine Babar Azam's 49-ball 94.
The first ball of the contest was a false dawn, when Luke Wood produced a ripping inswinger to clean up Ben McDermott. Warner and James Vince picked up where they had left off in the earlier part of this tournament as they flayed the Zalmi bowling. Wood, who bowled three powerplay overs to register 1 for 14, found none of his team-mates able to maintain the pressure from the other end; the other three overs in the first six went for 43.
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