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Rain 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.
Full postGubbins digs in again after Wheal, Fuller roll Somerset
Liam Dawson adds unbeaten fifty to put home side in front at halfway stage
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19-Apr-2025
Hampshire 194 for 3 (Gubbins 58*, Dawson 50*) lead Somerset 184 (Pretorius 47*, Fuller 2-42, Wheal 4-46) by 10 runs
Nick Gubbins continued where he left off at the Kia Oval as his unbeaten 58 put Hampshire in the box seat of their Rothesay County Championship clash with Somerset.
Top-order batter Gubbins struck a century against Surrey in the previous round to save a draw, having scored 43 in the first innings. He played the anchor in stands of 80 and an unbeaten 76 with Tom Prest (42) and Liam Dawson (50 not out) as Hampshire wiped out Somerset's 184 to take their lead to 10 by close.
Full postLuke Procter marshals Northamptonshire fightback
Skipper's unbeaten 97 followed Derbyshire losing their last six wickets for 80
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19-Apr-2025
Northamptonshire 236 for 3 (Procter 97*, Vasconcelos 82) trail Derbyshire 307 (Guest 91, Madsen 89, Broad 4-60) by 71 runs
Northamptonshire skipper Luke Procter led from the front as his team fought back on the second day of the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at Derby.
Procter made an unbeaten 97 and shared an opening stand of 143 with Ricardo Vasconcelos who passed 50 for the first time this season, scoring 82 off 117 balls, as the visitors closed on 236 for 3 in reply to Derbyshire's 307.
Full postIce-man Avesh holds his nerve as LSG edge past RR in last-over classic
Needing to defend eight off the final over, Avesh nailed yorker after yorker to concede only six runs in the 20th over
Shashank Kishore
19-Apr-2025
Lucknow Super Giants 180 for 5 (Markram 66, Badoni 50, Hasaranga 2-31) beat Rajasthan Royals 178 for 5 (Jaiswal 74, Parag 39, Avesh 3-37) by two runs
For the second game in a row, Rajasthan Royals (RR) stumbled in a seemingly straightforward chase, unable to score nine off the final over. In Jaipur on Saturday night, Avesh Khan's ice-cool death bowling turned a cruise into chaos, as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) snatched victory from under RR's nose.
Up until 17 overs of their chase, RR seemed set to break their three-match losing streak. But with 25 needed off 18, Avesh got his execution dead right in a double-wicket over that went for just five. He first dismissed a well-set Yashasvi Jaiswal for 74 when he backed away to scythe a yorker-length delivery behind point. Then, four balls later, Riyan Parag's attempt to play a cheeky scoop to a full ball that reversed in to strike his toe caught him plumb in front.
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