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Eskinazi, Geddes bat Middlesex into commanding position
Kent were all out for 218, handing the visitors a four-run first-innings lead
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12-Apr-2025
Middlesex 222 and 222 for 6 (Geddes 73*, Eskinazi 57) lead Kent 218 (Stewart 56, Finch 52, Cullen 4-60) by 226 runs
Middlesex have batted themselves into a commanding position at the end of day two of their Rothesay County Championship match with Kent at Canterbury, reaching 222 for 6 at stumps, a lead of 226.
Stephen Eskinazi gave them a platform with 57 before Ben Geddes cashed in after being dropped twice to make 73 not out.
Full postAndersson hundred lifts Derbyshire against old boy van Beek
Allrounders go head to head as Leicestershire look to cement advantage
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12-Apr-2025
Derbyshire 346 for 8 (Andersson 101*, Jewell 83, van Beek 3-87) trail Leicestershire 484 (van Beek 82*, Budinger 81, Holland 74, Handscomb 63) by 138 runs
Martin Andersson's maiden first-class century led a Derbyshire fightback after Netherlands allrounder Logan van Beek looked to have given his new side the platform to push for a handsome victory on his Leicestershire debut in the Rothesay County Championship.
Ex-Middlesex allrounder Andersson finished unbeaten on 101 as Derbyshire recovered from 139 for 6 in reply to Leicestershire's 484 to close on 346 for 8, still 138 behind but having confounded expectations of avoiding the follow-on.
Full postAbhishek Sharma's whirlwind 141 leads SRH to second-highest IPL chase
Travishek finally clicked this season and effortlessly chased down 246 in Hyderabad
Shashank Kishore
12-Apr-2025
Sunrisers Hyderabad 247 for 2 (Abhishek 141, Head 66) beat Punjab Kings 245 for 6 (Shreyas 82, Prabhsimran 42, Arya 36, Stoinis 34* Harshal 4-42, Malinga 2-45) by eight wickets
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ended a four-match losing streak in style by pulling off the second-highest run chase in IPL history, roaring past the 245 of Punjab Kings (PBKS), the team that holds the record. The win was made possible by Travishek, the opening duo finally clicking this season.
On a Hyderabad pitch back to its batting-friendly best after last week's turner against Gujarat Titans (GT), Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head capitalised, punishing PBKS with the season's highest partnership - 171 in just 12.2 overs - after Abhishek rode his luck, surviving two missed chances.
Full postYorkshire claim eight Worcestershire wickets during rampant second afternoon
Worcestershire lose eight for 46 in 25 overs to concede big first-innings lead after Jordan Thompson's 70
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12-Apr-2025
Yorkshire 456 (Malan 98, Thompson 70, Lyth 67, Hill 63) and 61 for 1 (Lyth 32*, Bess 10*, Allison 1-13) lead Worcestershire 162 (Libby 53, Coad 4-39) by 355 runs
Yorkshire claimed eight Worcestershire wickets during a rampant second-afternoon performance as their seamers helped gain a stranglehold on this Rothesay County Championship match at Headingley.
Jordan Thompson was Yorkshire's standout player, but he wasn't head and shoulders above the rest having completed a swashbuckling 70 at the start of day two before returning 3 for 27 with his seamers. There were a number of impressive performances.
Full postDurham bowlers cement their status as Warwickshire fight to stay in touch
Half-centuries for Smith and Booth reduce deficit after McKinney makes 153 in first innings
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12-Apr-2025
Warwickshire 287 for 8 (Smith 79, Booth 50*, Yates 42, Hogg 3-60) trail Durham 387 (McKinney 153, Potts 70, Bedingham 58) by 100 runs
A brilliant bowling performance from Durham put them in a controlling position in their Rothesay County Championship clash with Warwickshire despite excellent half-centuries from Kai Smith and Michael Booth.
Durham were bowled out for 387, adding 44 to their overnight total, with Warwickshire spinner Taz Ali mopping up the tail, picking up two wickets to give him figures of four for 66.
Full postMcManus 95 helps Northants to landmark total at Old Trafford
Visitors post 496 all out - their highest at Old Trafford - then take four wickets to consolidate advantage over Lancashire
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12-Apr-2025
Lancashire 139 for 4 (Jennings 60*, Harris 43, Broad 2-31) trail Northamptonshire 496 (Zaib 116, McManus 95, Sales 92, Procter 64, Harrison 56) by 357 runs
Lewis McManus made 95 as Northamptonshire posted 496 all out - their highest-ever total at Old Trafford - and then took four wickets to consolidate their advantage on the second day of this Rothesay County Championship match.
Justin Broad took two wickets to have Lancashire in early difficulties before Keaton Jennings and Marcus Harris steadied matters with a partnership of 84 before the latter fell just before the close followed by nightwatcher Anderson Phillip in the final over to leave Lancashire 139 for 4, trailing by 357 runs.
Full postGloucestershire pile up 546 to put pressure on Glamorgan
Hosts on top despite Northeast fifty as bowlers made to toil at Bristol
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Glamorgan 146 for 3 (Northeast 50) trail Gloucestershire 546 (Bancroft 163, O Price 101, Hammond 54) by 400 runs
Bowlers on both sides were made to strive hard for wickets on the second day of Gloucestershire's Rothesay County Championship Second Division match with Glamorgan at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol.
The hosts began by extending their overnight first innings score of 368 for 3 to a mammoth 546 all out, claiming four bonus points to Glamorgan's two. Miles Hammond contributed 54 and Graeme van Buuren 48, while Zain-ul-Hassan was the pick of the Glamorgan attack with 2 for 66 from 24 overs.
Full postHunt five-for, Haines hundred lead pursuit of rare Sussex top-flight win
Somerset indebted to Rew for slim resistance as tough fourth-innings challenge beckons
Alan Gardner
12-Apr-2025
Sussex 294 and 246 for 1 (Haines 117*, Hughes 91) lead Somerset 201 (Rew 80*, Hudson-Prentice 4-31) by 339 runs
You have to go back to September 2015 for the last time Sussex won a game in Division One of the County Championship - or May of the same summer for victory at Hove. And while it would be premature to say that decade-long wait is about to come to an end, they could hardly want for a more advantageous position after two days of this encounter with Somerset.
Only two members of the 2015 squad are still involved at Sussex: Ollie Robinson, currently hors de combat with a foot injury, and Fynn Hudson-Prentice, in his second spell at the club after being released (Tymal Mills, now in his benefit year, is another survivor but no longer involved in red-ball). As many as four are still playing for other counties - bonus point if you can name them* - which tells you something about Sussex's tribulations in the intervening period.
Full postFinn Allen, Saud Shakeel, Abrar Ahmed give Quetta Gladiators massive win
Allen and Shakeel set the platform with flying fifties before Abrar's four-for sealed the deal
Danyal Rasool
12-Apr-2025
Quetta Gladiators 216 for 3 (Shakeel 59, Allen 53, Raza 1-31) beat Peshawar Zalmi 139 (Ayub 50, Talat 35, Abrar 4-42, Amir 2-11) by 80 runs
Quetta Gladiators swept Peshawar Zalmi aside, railroading them by 80 runs to get off the perfect start in the tenth edition of the PSL.
The win was set up by an imperious batting performance, with Finn Allen's whirlwind 25-ball 53 setting the tone for the rest of the innings. Saud Shakeel's own brisk half-century in Allen's slipstream got Gladiators off to a flyer in the powerplay. Hasan Nawaz, Rilee Rossouw and Kusal Mendis ensured there was no let-up as they set Zalmi 217 to win.
Full postMarkram and Pooran end Gujarat Titans' winning streak
A target of 181 was too little against the might of the Lucknow Super Giants batting line-up
Deivarayan Muthu
12-Apr-2025
Lucknow Super Giants 186 for 4 (Pooran 61, Markram 58, Prasidh 2-26) beat Gujarat Titans180 for 6 (Gill 60, Sai Sudharsan 56, Thakur 2-24, Bishnoi 2-36) by six wickets
Despite the absence of Mitchell Marsh, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) bested Gujarat Titans (GT) in the battle of top orders and moved up to third on the IPL 2025 points table.
After Shubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan forged a 120-run opening stand, GT managed only 60 off their last eight overs while losing six wickets. The variations of Ravi Bishnoi and Digvesh Rathi (8-0-66-3) helped LSG regain lost ground on a black-soil pitch at Ekana Stadium.
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