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Kohli, Padikkal fifties power RCB to 205
Padikkal and Kohli put on a crucial 95-run stand to lift RCB
Shashank Kishore
24-Apr-2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 205 for 5 (Kohli 70, Padikkal 50) vs Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's luck at the toss continued to elude them--losing their fourth straight at home--but they did most other things right. Powered by half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal, and capped off by a brisk late surge from Tim David and Jitesh Sharma, they rallied to a commanding 205 for 5 against Rajasthan Royals - the highest total batting first so far at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
RR might reflect on their bowling effort through two contrasting lenses. Did they do enough to make RCB leave a few runs behind? Or will look back at the finish and wonder if they could've kept RCB below 190, especially after having picked 3 for 7, including both set batters, between overs 15-17?
Full postSomerset batters clinch victory in first-round classic at Surrey
Heather Knight, Emma Corney fifties lay foundation for Fran Wilson's final-ball magic
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23-Apr-2025
Somerset 241 for 3 (Knight 64, Corney 61) beat Surrey 243 for 7 (Davidson-Richards 57, Scholfield 48, Wellington 3-42) by seven wickets on DLS method
Women's Tier One cricket got off to the most dramatic possible start at Beckenham on Wednesday, when Somerset beat Surrey off the very last ball in a Metro Bank One Day classic.
With the scores level, Fran Wilson hit Alice Davidson-Richards for four to secure a seven-wicket win in game reduced to 33 overs a side. Somerset had seemed to be coasting thanks to an opening stand of 122 between Heather Knight, who made 64, and Emma Corney, who hit 61.
Full postRed-hot MI go third after Boult and Rohit blow SRH away
Rohit scored his second straight half-century to give MI their fourth straight win
Karthik Krishnaswamy
23-Apr-2025
Mumbai Indians 146 for 3 (Rohit 70, Suryakumar 40*, Unadkat 1-25) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 143 for 8 (Klaasen 71, Manohar 43, Boult 4-26, Chahar 2-12) by seven wickets
Last week, Mumbai Indians (MI) had straightjacketed the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batters on an atypically slow surface at the Wankhede Stadium. On Wednesday, they did the same in the reverse fixture at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, cantering to a seven-wicket win after keeping SRH to 143 for 8.
Getting to that total was an achievement for SRH after they had slumped to 35 for 5, with Heinrich Klaasen hauling them to something like respectability with a superb 71 off 44 balls. Moderately respectable as the total may have been, it was far from enough to put pressure on MI, who raced to victory with 26 balls remaining, with Rohit Sharma continuing his return to form with a second successive half-century.
Full postWarwickshire, Hampshire tie in season-opening thriller
Rhianna Southby, Abi Freeborn score 70s with Linsey Smith, Chloe Brewer in the wickets
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23-Apr-2025
Hampshire 208 (Southby 72, Brewer 3-40) tied with Warwickshire 208 (Freeborn 70, Smith 4-39)
Women's county cricket started in scintillating style in Birmingham as Warwickshire and Hampshire tied an absolute thriller in their Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition opener at Edgbaston.
On a pitch which never yielded runs easily, Hampshire chose to bat and were bowled out for 208 in 48.3 overs, as only Rhianna Southby (72 from 95 balls - her maiden 50-over half-century) and Abi Norgrove (28, 46) passed 20. Chloe Brewer took 3 for 40 and there were two wickets apiece for Emily Arlott and Georgia Davis.
Full postLamb puts England credentials on show as Edwards looks on
New England Women's head coach sees opener add unbeaten 130 to her three wickets as Lancashire crush The Blaze
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23-Apr-2025
Lancashire 235 for 2 (Lamb 130*) beat The Blaze 234 (Bryce 70, H Jones 3-38, Lamb 3-42) by 8 wickets
England allrounder Emma Lamb delivered a match-winning performance as Lancashire opened the new era of women's county cricket with an emphatic eight-wicket win over The Blaze in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup at Trent Bridge.
Watched by the national team's newly-appointed head coach, Charlotte Edwards, opening batter Lamb took three for 42 with her off-breaks as The Blaze were restricted to 234 from 50 overs after opting to bat first, before making an unbeaten 130 with the bat as Lancashire chased down their target with five overs to spare.
Full postSuzie Bates, Hollie Armitage drive Durham to big win after Phoebe Turner keeps Essex at bay
New Zealand opener Bates scores unbeaten 93, Eagles bowled out for 177
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23-Apr-2025
Durham 178 for 1 (Bates 93*, Armitage 64*) beat Essex 177 (Smale 40, Turner 4-33, Levick 3-28) by nine wickets
A four-wicket haul for fledgling seamer Phoebe Turner was followed by a brilliant a unbeaten 93 for New Zealander Suzie Bates as dominant Durham brushed aside Essex by nine wickets at the Banks Homes Riverside in their Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition opener.
Turner, 21, was the standout bowler with 4 for 33 from eight overs as Essex, inserted, were bowled out for 177 inside 48 overs. Fellow seamer Grace Thompson also impressed with two wickets on her professional debut, while experienced leg-spinner Katie Levick struck three times.
Full postZimbabwe seal Sylhet thriller to complete first away Test win since 2021
Mehidy completed ten wickets in the game but Bennett and Curran laid a strong platform to enable the visitors to go 1-0 up
Mohammad Isam
23-Apr-2025
Zimbabwe 273 (Williams 59, Bennett 57, Mehidy 5-52, Rana 3-74) and 174 for 7 (Bennett 54, Curran 44, Mehidy 5-50) beat Bangladesh 191 (Mominul 56, Shanto 40, Masakadza 3-21, Muzarabani 3-50) and 255 (Shanto 60, Jaker 58, Muzarabani 6-72) by three wickets
Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by three wickets in an exciting finish on the fourth evening of the first Test in Sylhet to go 1-0 up in the two-match series. It was Zimbabwe's fifth overseas Test victory, which came after they completed their highest successful chase in the fourth innings. It was also their first win in the last 11 Tests and each of their last three wins have come away from home.
Blessing Muzarabani was the architect of the victory with a nine-wicket match haul, but it needed Wessly Madhevere and No. 9 Richard Ngarava to push Zimbabwe over the line after they collapsed when needing less than 50 runs in their chase. Mehidy Hasan Miraz orchestrated the collapse when he picked up his second five-wicket haul in the Test. He also took his 200th Test wicket on the way to a ten-for. Madhevere reverse-swept him to the boundary to get Zimbabwe to their 174-run target.
Full postGous cuts loose to help Islamabad United maintain unbeaten PSL run
There was a heated exchange between Colin Munro and Iftikhar Ahmed over the latter's action during the chase
Rvel Zahid
23-Apr-2025
Islamabad United 171 for 3 (Gous 80*, Munro 45, Jordan 1-24) beat Multan Sultans 168 for 5 (Usman 61, Rizwan 36, Nawaz 1-13) by seven wickets
Islamabad United continued their scintillating run in PSL 2025, romping to a fifth victory on the trot after Andries Gous produced a powerful display to lead their comfortable chase of 169.
Opting to bat first, Multan Sultans were unscathed through the powerplay, amassing 48 without loss, but more runs were needed on a slow surface with the fielding restrictions in place. From there on, the United spinners applied a stranglehold with their variations.
Full postYasir Khan's blistering 87 helps Multan Sultans open their account
Sultans posted 228, and no Lahore Qalandars batter converted a start as the innings petered out for 195
Danyal Rasool
22-Apr-2025
Multan Sultans 228 for 5 (Yasir 87, Iftikhar 40*, Usman 39, Rizwan 32, Rishad 2-45) beat Lahore Qalandars 195 for 9 (Raza 50*, Billings 43, Fakhar 32, Ubaid 3-37, Bracewell 2-20, Mir 2-26) by 33 runs
Multan Sultans finally got their PSL 2025 campaign off the ground, brushing Lahore Qalandars aside by 33 runs. In the first game at home on a stiflingly hot evening in Multan, Yasir Khan's blistering 87 off 44 balls at the top gave his side an eay advantage they never relinquished. Iftikhar Ahmed's unbeaten 40 from 18 deliveries and cameos through the innings helped Sultans post 228 - the highest-ever score in Multan in the PSL.
Qalandars never batted at the tempo needed to overhaul a total of that size, and Sultans' bowlers were far more unerring in their execution. Michael Bracewell and Ubaid Shah found wickets up top as no Qalandars batter converted a start, and the innings petered out, stopping at 195 for 9.
Full postMukesh four-for sets up comfortable win as DC close the gap up top
DC restricted LSG to just 72 runs in last ten overs, before Rahul and Porel's fifties took visitors home
Deivarayan Muthu
22-Apr-2025
Delhi Capitals 161 for 2 (Rahul 57*, Porel 51, Axar 34*, Markram 2-30) beat Lucknow Super Giants 159 for 6 (Markram 52, Marsh 45, Badoni 36, Mukesh 4-33) by eight wickets
KL Rahul was unavailable when Delhi Capitals (DC) met Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) earlier in IPL 2025. Coming up against LSG for the first time since they parted ways at the end of the previous season, Rahul anchored DC's chase with a half-century on Tuesday night and guided them home along with his captain Axar Patel.
DC closed the gap with table-toppers Gujarat Titans (GT) as a result, with only net run-rate separating the two teams. DC's win was set up by Mukesh Kumar, who claimed IPL career-best figures of 4 for 33 to restrict LSG to 159 for 6 after they were 87 for 0 in the tenth over.
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