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Rohit, Suryakumar fifties seal NRR-boosting win for MI
MI mowed down 177 with nine wickets and 26 balls to spare
Sidharth Monga
20-Apr-2025
Mumbai Indians177 for 1 (Rohit 76*, Suryakumar 68*, Jadeja 1-28) beat Chennai Super Kings 176 for 5 (Jadeja 53*, Dube 50, Mhatre 32, Bumrah 2-25) by nine wickets
Mumbai Indians (MI) put up a third straight win in IPL 2025 as they outgunned a Chennai Super Kings (CSK) side shorn of hitting power. The lack of batting showed in how they played a highly cagey brand of cricket, only targeting certain pockets and conceding match-ups without protest. It took them three overs to hit a boundary, then they went 27 balls in the middle overs without even attempting one, only to cap it off with no boundary in the 17th and 18th overs, bowled by MI's best bowlers on the night: Jasprit Bumrah and Mitchell Santner.
Not only did MI manage a run-rate boost with the win that takes them to eight points in eight matches, they also welcomed Rohit Sharma back to runs. Rohit scored his first fifty this IPL - his previous highest was 26 - and put up MI's first half-century opening stand this IPL with Ryan Rickelton, and Suryakumar Yadav got the better of CSK's spin threat with his various sweeps.
Full postToby Roland-Jones puts Middlesex on the brink of innings victory
Captain's double-strike puts hosts on the cusp of their first win of the season after posting 470
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20-Apr-2025
Glamorgan 199 and 186 for 5 (Carlson 54*, Roland-Jones 2-50) trail Middlesex 470 for 9 dec (Holden 107, du Plooy 89, Geddes 83, Kellaway 4-61) by 85 runs
Toby Roland-Jones struck twice in as many deliveries to boost Middlesex's push for a first Rothesay County Championship victory of the season against Glamorgan at Lord's.
Trailing by 271, the visitors responded with an opening stand of 93 between Zain ul Hassan and Eddie Byrom, but were pegged back to 148 for 5 when Roland-Jones bowled Colin Ingram and Ben Kellaway with successive balls.
Full postPope, Lawrence blitz centuries as Surrey sprint for parity
England duo thrive in batting friendly conditions to give Sussex a taste of their own medicine
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20-Apr-2025
Surrey 390 for 3 (Lawrence 117*, Pope 103, Sibley 82) trail Sussex 435 (Haines 174, Alsop 63, Atkinson 4-120) by 45 runs
Dan Lawrence and Ollie Pope both made attacking hundreds before bad light halted Surrey's rapid progress on day three against Sussex at Hove.
When the players came off ten minutes after tea Surrey were 390 for three, only 45 runs behind with Lawrence unbeaten on 117 after Pope had made his first Championship century for two years.
Full postRain halts Gloucestershire's progress after Ben Compton's defiance
Opener's 298-ball innings and the loss of 36 overs could see Kent escape with a draw
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20-Apr-2025
Gloucestershire 472 and 112 for 2 (Charlesworth 58, Leaning 1-18) lead Kent 393 (Compton 178, Stewart 51, van Buuren 2-14) by 191 runs
Gloucestershire have reached 112 for 2 in the second innings of their Rothesay County Championship game with Kent on Sunday, a lead of 191.
Ben Charlesworth was their top scorer with 58, but bad light halted play with 36 overs remaining and the forecast for tomorrow suggests a draw is probable.
Full postKohli, Padikkal fifties fire RCB to fifth away win
Kohli stayed unbeaten on 73 to register his 67th fifty-plus score, the most by any batter in IPL history
Ashish Pant
20-Apr-2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 159 for 3 (Kohli 73*, Padikkal 61) beat Punjab Kings 157 for 6 (Prabhsimran 33, Shashank 31*, Krunal 2-25, Suyash 2-26) by seven wickets
Another away game, another Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) win in IPL 2025; it was their fifth in five matches and this one has taken them to ten points and third on the points table. Less than 48 hours after going down at home, RCB went up north to Mullanpur and exacted revenge from Punjab Kings (PBKS) in comprehensive fashion.
The RCB bowlers hardly gave away anything as PBKS were restricted to 156 for 7. In reply, the chasemaster Virat Kohli was at it again as he recorded his 67th fifty-plus score in the IPL, the most for any batter. Devdutt Padikkal also recorded his first IPL fifty of the season as RCB romped home with seven balls to spare and by seven wickets.
Full postMuzarabani, Masakadza lead Zimbabwe's dominant opening day
Bangladesh have bowled out for under 200 for the sixth time in the last ten Test innings
Mohammad Isam
20-Apr-2025
Zimbabwe 67 for no loss (Bennett 40*, Curran 17*) trail Bangladesh 191 (Mominul 56, Shanto 40, Masakadza 3-21, Muzarabani 3-50) by 124 runs
Zimbabwe dealt an early blow on Bangladesh, after they bowled out the home side for 191 runs on the first day of the Sylhet Test. Wellington Masakadza and Blessing Muzarabani led the charge with three wickets each while Victor Nyauchi and Wessly Madhevere provided impressive support with their two wickets apiece.
The visitors finished the day on a good note too, as their openers Ben Curran and Brian Bennett saw off the 14.1 overs unscathed, with 67 runs on the board. Zimbabwe couldn't have asked for a better start in a venue where they also beat Bangladesh seven years ago. Bangladesh's batting woes continued despite a five-month break from Test cricket. They have now been bowled out for under 200 for the sixth time in their last ten Test innings.
Full postYoung Ali Raza makes a mark as Zalmi demolish Sultans by 120 runs
The win was set up by solid hands from Kohler-Cadmore, Haris, Talat, Owen and Samad, who took Zalmi to 227 for 7
Rvel Zahid
20-Apr-2025
Peshawar Zalmi 227 for 7 (Kohler-Cadmore 52, Haris 45, Samad 40; Willey 2-36, Bracewell 2-37, Ubaid 2-40) beat Multan Sultans 107 (Usman 44, Ali Raza 4-21, Yaqoob 3-20, Owen 2-2) by 120 runs
Peshawar Zalmi are finally on the board at PSL 2025, that too with the biggest margin of victory by runs in the tournament's history - 120, over Multan Sultans.
Babar Azam did not hesitate to bat first after winning the toss. The decision could have gone wrong after both Saim Ayub and he fell early, leaving the team tottering at 5 for 2 in 2.1 overs. However, a relentless counter-attack from Mohammad Haris and Tom Kohler-Cadmore revved up their innings, and they didn't slip from there.
Full postTom Scriven's maiden five-wicket haul gives Leicestershire the edge
Lancashire dismissed for 264 before Rehan Ahmed and Sol Budinger race to 102 opening stand
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19-Apr-2025
Leicestershire 120 for 1 (Rehan 61*, Budinger 41) trail Lancashire 264 (Harris 77, Scriven 5-46) by 143 runs
Tom Scriven collected his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket as Leicestershire dominated the second day of their Rothesay County Championship match against Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford.
Bowling accurately and at good pace, the Leicestershire seamer finished with 5 for 46 from 20 overs as the home side were dismissed for 263, Marcus Harris making 77 against his former team mates, his fourth score over 50 in five innings for his new county.
Full postO'Neill, Hutton bulldoze Bears before Hameed beds in
Notts seamers each bag five-fors as Warwickshire shot out for 93 in first innings
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19-Apr-2025
Nottinghamshire 204 for 5 (Hameed 75*) lead Warwickshire 93 (O'Neill 5-19, Hutton 5-38) by 111 runs
Top-drawer seam bowling by Fergus O'Neill and Brett Hutton put Nottinghamshire in command against Warwickshire on the second day of their Rothesay County Championship at Edgbaston.
Aussie import O'Neill took 5 for 19 and Hutton 5 for 38 as the home side floundered to 93 all out. Only Sam Hain, with 43 in 81 balls, offered sustained resistance as the visitors rapaciously made up for time lost on the first day when just 56 balls were bowled.
Full postTom Haines ticks off another Division One century to prove his worth
Opener scores second consecutive hundred as Surrey toil before making solid start to their first innings
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19-Apr-2025
Surrey 90 for 1 trail Sussex 435 (Haines 174, Alsop 63, Atkinson 4-120) by 345 runs
Tom Haines, one of the better opening batsmen in the country for many years, has been unable to prove himself in Division One of the County Championship. Now he has done so most emphatically.
Haines batted for seven and a half hours against the best seam attack in the land, scoring 174 runs to anchor the Sussex first innings of 435 against Surrey. This followed 141 in his side's resounding victory over Somerset last week.
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