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Kishan, SRH quicks dent RCB's chances of a top-two finish
RCB lost 7 for 16 in the last 25 balls to go down by 42 runs and see their NRR slip below Punjab Kings'
Sidharth Monga
23-May-2025
Sunrisers Hyderabad 231 for 6 (Kishan 94*, Abhishek 34, Shepherd 2-14, Krunal 1-38) beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru 189 (Salt 62, Kohli 43, Jitesh 24, Cummins 3-28, Malinga 2-37) by 42 runs
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) proved to be the banana peel they were feared to be for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), who still remained one point behind the table-leaders Gujarat Titans with Punjab Kings (PBKS) now breathing down their necks with one game in hand.
Ishan Kishan, who had fizzled out after his century in the first match with just 125 runs off 117 in ten innings since then, anchored a hyper-aggressive SRH to 231. He was as efficient an anchor could be: scoring an unbeaten 94 off 48, including 54 out of the last 86 runs SRH made as he ran out of hitting partners.
Full postCrocombe, Turner trade blows on day for fast bowling in Southampton
Hampshire blown away first up before knocking over Sussex's top order in reply
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23-May-2025
Sussex 110 for 5 (Turner 3-24) trail Hampshire 154 (Brown 53*, Crocombe 4-27) by 44 runs
Henry Crocombe and John Turner demonstrated their winter work with Dale Steyn with whirlwind spells as 15 wickets fell on the first day at Utilita Bowl in the Rothesay County Championship.
Fast bowlers Crocombe and Turner were part of the England Lions squad mentored by South Africa legend Steyn, and coached by England great Andrew Flintoff, over the winter.
Full postTom Taylor four-for keeps Worcestershire revival on track
Jake Libby makes inroads with bat after Midlands rivals are bowled out for 227
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23-May-2025
Worcestershire 53 for 0 (Libby 39*) trail Warwickshire 226 (Hain 86, Latham 59, Taylor 4-37) by 173 runs
Tom Taylor continued his excellent form with another four wickets as Worcestershire bowled Warwickshire out for 227 on the opening day of their Rothesay County Championship match at Visit Worcestershire New Road
Taylor took four for 37 as Warwickshire, having been strongly placed at 161 for two thanks to Sam Hain (86 from 152 balls) and Tom Latham (59, 153), lost their last eight wickets fell for 66 runs.
Full postSmith takes charge for Surrey despite Pepper defiance
New Zealander takes three-for before Patterson leads hosts' reply with half-century
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23-May-2025
Surrey 94 for 3 (Patterson 51) trail Essex 217 (Pepper 75, Smith 3-53) by 123 runs
Surrey dismissed Essex for 217 as events on day one at the Kia Oval followed a familiar pattern.
Having won the toss, the champions fielded first on a well-grassed surface and despite Michael Pepper's 75 they bowled Essex out in two sessions.
Full postJewell sparkles with first Derbyshire hundred on dominant day
David Lloyd, Harry Came both add fifties as Kent bowlers made to toil
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23-May-2025
Derbyshire 352 for 2 (Jewell 152*, Came 89, Lloyd 50) vs Kent
Caleb Jewell celebrated his maiden century for Derbyshire who dominated the opening day of the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match against Kent at Derby.
The Tasmanian left-hander made an unbeaten 152 and shared a second wicket stand of 196 from 333 balls with Harry Came who was run out for 89.
Full postZaib offers Saif passage as Northamptonshire rally after collapse
Gloucestershire had their opponents 57 for 4 before left-hander countered with a special 141*
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23-May-2025
Northamptonshire 327 for 6 (Zaib 141*, Sales 81, Charlesworth 2 for 41) vs Gloucestershire
Saif Zaib hit a superbly paced unbeaten 141, his highest first-class score and third century of the season, as Northamptonshire staged a sterling fightback on day one of this Rothesay County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Wantage Road.
Zaib combined with James Sales who made 81 in a fifth-wicket stand worth 148 in 44.2 overs after Northamptonshire's top order slumped to 57 for four before lunch.
Full postLancashire stumble again as van Beek, Hull lead Foxes rally
Visitors go from 74 for 0 to 206 all to give Division Two leaders upper hand on day one
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23-May-2025
Leicestershire 59 for 2 trail Lancashire 206 (van Beek 3-38, Hull 3-43) by 147 runs
Winless Lancashire squandered a promising start to be bowled out for 206 on the opening day of their visit to runaway Division Two leaders Leicestershire in the Rothesay County Championship.
Logan van Beek and Josh Hull took three wickets each as Lancashire, who had been 74 without loss in the 28th over, were subsequently dismissed by an hour after tea as Leicestershire added three more points to the impressive 115 banked from four wins and two draws so far.
Full postMatt Henry four-for lifts Somerset but Durham still in the fight
Ollie Robinson top-scores in hosts' 277 but late wickets keep contest on an even keel
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23-May-2025
Somerset 63 for 3 trail Durham 277 (Robinson 52, Henry 4-60) by 214 runs
Matt Henry took four wickets for Somerset but 20-year-old Mitch Killeen's late strike helped Durham just shade the first day of the Rothesay County Championship match at the Banks Homes Riverside.
Despite Ollie Robinson's 52 and a half-century stand for the last wicket, the home side were dismissed for 277 in their first innings in a match between teams who possess identical records and are currently separated by a handful of bonus points in the Division One table.
Full postRain wins after Carty's hundred and Forde's record-equalling fifty
West Indies posted a mammoth 352 for 8 but rain didn't allow Ireland's chase to begin
Abhimanyu Bose
23-May-2025
No result West Indies 352 for 8 (Carty 102, Forde 58, L McCarthy 3-66) vs Ireland
West Indies marched to a mammoth total of 352 for 8 on the back of Keacy Carty's second ODI century and Matthew Forde's record-equalling fifty as they looked to level the three-match series against Ireland, but the second ODI was washed out as rain didn't allow Ireland's chase to begin.
Ireland sent West Indies in under slightly overcast conditions. The West Indies openers, Brandon King and Evin Lewis, got going with boundaries through the off side but Barry McCarthy, who took four wickets in the first game, drew the outside edge from King to give Ireland the first breakthrough.
Full postBrian Bennett blazes century but England scent three-day win after follow-on
Opener lights up Trent Bridge with 97-ball hundred but England tighten their grip by the close
Vithushan Ehantharajah
23-May-2025
Close Zimbabwe 265 (Bennett 139, Ervine 42, Bashir 3-62) and 30 for 2 (Williams 22*, Curran 4*) trail England 565 for 6 dec (Pope 171, Duckett 140, Crawley 124, Brook 58) by 270 runs
The inequality between England and Zimbabwe as Test nations has been reflected on the field over the first half of this one-off Test match at Trent Bridge. Thursday's flow of runs for the former was followed by a cascade of wickets from the latter, as Zimbabwe finished day two following on, 30 for 2, after being dismissed for 265 in their first innings, still 270 shy of England's mammoth 565 for 6 declared.
And yet, the story on Friday was not of the dominating team, but of the dominated, as a lone hand by opening batter Brian Bennett to the tune of 139 made this one-way traffic watchable. Bennett's second century in the format now ranks as Zimbabwe's fastest, clocking in at 97 deliveries, and only their third against England.
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