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Nottinghamshire go clear at the top as Duckett, Hameed make quick work of Sussex
John Simpson's fighting 74 couldn't rescue visitors from early woes as victory sealed in time for FA Cup semi
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27-Apr-2025
Nottinghamshire 300 (Hameed 85, Robinson 4-94, Seales 4-107) and 149 for 1 (Hameed 62*, Duckett 59*) beat Sussex 169 (Tongue 5-44, Hutton 4-53) and 278 (Simpson 74, Haines 64, Farhan 4-54) by nine wickets
Division One leaders Nottinghamshire eased to a nine-wicket win inside three days after outplaying Sussex in their Rothesay County Championship clash at Trent Bridge.
Needing 148 to win after Sussex were bowled out for 278 in their second innings, Nottinghamshire were home and dry in 25.5 overs after unbeaten half-centuries from skipper Haseeb Hameed (62) and England's Ben Duckett (59), earning 21 points from their second victory of the campaign.
Full postSuryakumar and Bumrah dazzle in MI's fifth straight win
Pant lasted only two balls amid a batting collapse from LSG that saw them slide from 110 for 3 to 161 all out
Ekanth
27-Apr-2025
Mumbai Indians 215 for 7 (Rickelton 58, Suryakumar 54, Mayank 2-40, Avesh 2-42) beat Lucknow Super Giants 161 (Badoni 35, Marsh 34, Bumrah 4-22, Boult 3-20) by 54 runs
Mumbai Indians (MI) sealed their fifth consecutive win in comfortable fashion this season to climb to 12 points in ten games. It was a near-perfect day for the hosts in front of 19,000 kids as they defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for the first time in a league-stage fixture.
Half-centuries from Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav - who also became the third-fastest to 4000 IPL runs - helped them set 215 before Jasprit Bumrah's four-for and Trent Boult's three-for sealed a 54-run win.
Full postSpinners, Rawal seal big win for India
Sri Lanka did not recover from the collapse triggered by Rana as they lost their last nine wickets for 93 runs
Andrew Fidel Fernando
27-Apr-2025
India149 for 1 (Rawal 50*, Deol 48*, Mandhana 43) beat Sri Lanka 147 (Rana 3-31, Deepti 2-22) by nine wickets
A tight Sneh Rana spell put in motion a collapse Sri Lanka did not recover from, losing their last nine wickets for 93 runs.
This match had been shortened to 39-overs-a-side due to morning rains, but even so, a target of 148 was never really going to test a strong India batting order. Their top three hunted efficiently, Pratika Rawal holding the chase together with 50 not out off 62 balls after Smriti Mandhana had provided a brisk start. India cruised home with nine wickets and 9.2 overs to spare.
Full postRaza and Mitchell take Qalandars to second spot after stunning chase against Sultans
Sultans might have felt their 185 would be enough on a tricky surface, but Mitchell and Raza finished the chase with an over to spare
Rvel Zahid
27-Apr-2025
Lahore Qalandars 186 for 5 (Mitchell 64, Raza 40*, Shafique 34, Ubaid 2-34) beat Multan Sultans 185 for 3 (Rizwan 76*, Ghulam 52*, Curran 1-24) by five wickets
Multan Sultans' disorder with the ball at the death took the game away from them as the dynamic Lahore Qalandars duo of Sikandar Raza and Daryl Mitchell put together a quick 89-run stand to take their team to victory, and the second spot on the PSL 2025 table.
After Qalandars asked Sultans to bat, their seamers didn't allow the openers Mohammad Rizwan and Yasir Khan get away in the powerplay, which ended with 39 runs on the board and Yasir's wicket. Rizwan had to graft his way through, and for the longest part, couldn't really shift gears as he needed to.
Full postFarhan Ahmed - a generational talent keeping it real for Notts
His impact was huge, his efforts far more than lovable
Vithushan Ehantharajah
26-Apr-2025
Sussex 169 and 195 for 7 (Haines 64, Simpson 35*, O'Neill 3-60, Ahmed 2-48) lead Nottinghamshire 300 (Hameed 85, Robinson 4-94, Seales 4-107) by 64 runs
It was 10 overs into Sussex's second innings that Farhan Ahmed took the ball from the Stuart Broad End. Glint of opportunity in his eyes, dark mop of hair bouncing as he marked his run-up, he looked every bit a cartoon fish embarking on a grand adventure.
You cannot get further from animated japery than an early season County Championship match, even if it is between the two surprising and flawed main protagonists of Division One so far. The cloud cover means the colours don't pop, and, here, the white sheets covering the Trent Bridge pavilion during its renovations dull any whimsy to riff upon.
Full postDom Goodman's five-wicket haul inspires Gloucestershire fightback
Leicestershire will hope late wicket swings momentum but with Cameron Bancroft 36* contest remains in the balance
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26-Apr-2025
Gloucestershire 252 and 88 for 2 (Price 43, Bancroft 36*, Holland 2-21) lead Leicestershire 262 (Hill 55, Cox 53, Holland 52, Goodman 5-54) by 78 runs
Dom Goodman's maiden first-class five-wicket haul inspired a Gloucestershire fightback on a fluctuating day two of the Rothesay County Championship Second Division match with Leicestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol.
Shortly after lunch, Division Two's early season pace-setters Leicestershire looked well placed to post a sizeable first-innings lead. Having reached 200 for 5 in response to the hosts' first-innings total of 252, the visitors looked well in command if perhaps not fully in control.
Full postAndersson reminds former team-mates of his qualities
His 107 and sixth-wicket stand of 148 with Luis Reece puts Derbyshire firmily in control against Middlesex
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26-Apr-2025
Middlesex 101 for 3 (Higgins 22*, Cullen 8*, Tickner 2-23) trail Derbyshire 472 (Andersson 107, Lloyd 93, Came 73, Reece 60*) by 371 runs
Martin Andersson gave his former team-mates a big reminder of his qualities with a career-best century to put Derbyshire firmly in control of the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match against Middlesex at Derby.
The ex-Middlesex allrounder scored 107 and shared a county record sixth-wicket stand of 148 with Luis Reece, who made 60, to lift Derbyshire to 472 all out.
Full postArya and Prabhsimran sparkle before rain dashes PBKS' hopes
PBKS moved to No. 4 on the points table while KKR rose to No. 7 with seven points from nine matches
Sidharth Monga
26-Apr-2025
Match abandoned Punjab Kings 201 for 4 (Prabhsimran 83, Arya 69, Arora 2-34) vs Kolkata Knight Riders 7 for 0 in 1 over
Punjab Kings (PBKS) had to settle for just one point despite scoring 201 on a slow pitch, as late-evening thundershowers washed out the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) chase in Kolkata. PBKS would be disappointed for they had done the hard work on a pitch whose consensus reading was "very, very slow". The one point moved PBKS to No. 4 on the IPL 2025 points table while the lagging KKR rose to No. 7 with seven points from nine matches.
Outside of the frustration of not getting the win, PBKS must be pleased with their openers, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, whose half-centuries took them to the daunting total. Especially how they scored the runs. They were almost obsessed with not over-hitting, holding their shape, and relying more on their timing, adding 120 for the first wicket, PBKS' only century stand this IPL. Arya scored 69 off 35, Prabhsimran 83 off 49, and even though the last six overs produced only 42, PBKS were confident they had scored an above-par total.
Full postBurns, Smith, Sibley push Surrey into first-innings lead
Trio of half-centuries from England batters put hosts in strong position
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26-Apr-2025
Surrey 321 for 7 (Burns 76, Smith 58, Sibley 53) lead Somerset 283 (Lammonby 76, Gregory 62, Clark 5-68) by 38 runs
Rory Burns was one of three Surrey half-centurions as the defending champions took a first-innings lead against visitors Somerset on day two at the Kia Oval.
The Brown Caps skipper struck 10 boundaries in a fluent 76, sharing a first-wicket stand of 129 with fellow former England opener Dom Sibley (53), who passed 50 for the fifth time in six innings this season.
Full postBen Raine, Codi Yusuf condemn Worcestershire to two-day defeat
McKinney proves vital in low-scoring contest as Durham win by six wickets
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26-Apr-2025
Durham 136 (Drissell 31, Allison 3-26, Taylor 3-36) and 108 for 4 (McKinney 34) beat Worcestershire 162 (Nicholls 42, Ball 5-47) and 81 (Nicholls 25, Raine 4-20, Yusuf 4-26) by six wickets
Durham beat Worcestershire by six wickets inside two days in a bowler-dominated Rothesay County Championship match at Visit Worcestershire New Road.
After 16 wickets fell on the first day, 14 fell in the first two sessions of the second on a pitch which the seamers would like to carry round in their kit bag.
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