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Rain knocks SRH out and hands DC a reprieve
SRH captain Pat Cummins struck thrice and that helped restrict DC to just 133
Karthik Krishnaswamy
05-May-2025
No Result Delhi Capitals 133 for 7 (Stubbs 41*, Ashutosh 41, Cummins 3-19) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rain put an official end to Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) IPL 2025 playoffs hopes and gave Delhi Capitals (DC) what could be a valuable point in their bid to finish in the top four. It certainly looked like a point gained for DC rather than one lost, after Pat Cummins took three new-ball wickets to put SRH in the driver's seat at the innings break.
Rain arrived soon after DC, sent in to bat, finished their innings at 133 for 7. By the time the weather cleared, the outfield was too sodden for the ground staff to clear by 11.42pm, the official cut-off time for a five-over chase.
Full postLuke Hollman's maiden hundred guides Middlesex in thriller
Key ninth-wicket stand hauls hosts over line in classic contest at Lord's
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05-May-2025
Middlesex 238 (Higgins 54) and 366 for 8 (Hollman 103, Davies 59) beat Kent 129 and 473 (Bell-Drummond 223, Crawley 68) by two wickets
Luke Hollman's maiden century paved the way for Middlesex to snatch a dramatic victory as they edged past Kent in a see-saw Rothesay County Championship classic at Lord's.
Bowled out for 129 on the opening day, Kent looked favourites after setting a stiff target of 365 and reducing their hosts to 81 for three overnight - but Hollman's diligent knock of 103 anchored a remarkable fightback.
Full postWinfield-Hill hits 88 off 52 in crushing Yorkshire T20 Cup win
Derbyshire blown away in pursuit of Yorkshire's mammoth 205 for 3
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05-May-2025
Yorkshire 205 for 3 (Winfield-Hill 88, Campbell 41*) beat Derbyshire 83 (Couser 35, Hall 3-11, Cooper 3-22) by 122 runs
Yorkshire eased into the second round of the inaugural Vitality T20 County Cup competition with a resounding 122-run win over Derbyshire in Harrogate this afternoon.
Lauren Winfield-Hill made a brilliant 88 and Ami Campbell added a quickfire unbeaten 41 as Yorkshire, who won the toss, posted 205 for 3 from their 20 overs.
Full postTom Hartley, Luke Wells dig deep to salvage Lancashire draw
Gloucestershire make all the running but are thwarted by seventh-wicket stand
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05-May-2025
Lancashire 450 (Harris 167, Hurst 78, Bohannon 56) and 255 for 8 (Hartley 37, Wells
36) drew with Gloucestershire 589 for 8 dec (Price 253*, Hammond 97)
Resolute batting by Lancashire's Luke Wells and Tom Hartley frustrated Gloucestershire's bowlers and helped ensure that the Rothesay County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford ended in a draw.
The visitors declared on their overnight score of 589 for eight, giving them a lead of 139, and when they reduced the home side to 160 for six half an hour before tea, they looked well placed to beat Lancashire for the first time since 2015.
Full postRain brings early end at Utilita Bowl after Ben Brown's 162
Durham finish with no loss in second innings as bat dominates contest
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05-May-2025
Durham 511 (Clark 160, Robinson 76, Drissell 69, Dawson 5-158) and 61 for 0 drew with Hampshire 470 (Brown 162, Gubbins 77, Organ 70, Stoneman 57, Potts 4-84)
Ben Brown reached his third-highest Rothesay County Championship score as Hampshire and Durham's clash inevitably ended in a draw.
Brown ended up on 162, three shy of his first-class best, as Matthew Potts and Codi Yusuf shared seven wickets to bowl Hampshire out with a deficit of 41.
Full postRew hundred, Overton grit help Somerset to first win of season
James Rew savours his "best innings" as hosts pull off remarkable fourth-innings chase
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05-May-2025
Somerset 145 (Harmer 4-43) and 325 for 7 (Rew 116, Gregory 57, Overton 53*, Harmer 4-120) beat Essex 206 (Pretorius 3-24, Leach 3-25) and 259 (Cox 103, Pretorius 3-36)
James Rew's tenth first-class century guided Somerset to an unlikely first Rothesay County Championship victory of the season, a three-wicket success against Essex at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.
Having been 78 for 5 at one stage in their second innings, chasing 321 to win, the home side began the final day on 216 for 6, still needing 105. But Rew took his score from 65 to a superb 116, off 189 balls, with 18 fours, sharing a seventh-wicket stand of 133 with Craig Overton, who contributed 53 not out, to complete a remarkable fightback.
Full postIrfan the hero as Kings ace tense 15-over chase
The loss left Qalandars vulnerable to yet another round robin knockout
Danyal Rasool
05-May-2025
Karachi Kings 168 for 6 (Irfan 48*, Mitchell 2-9, Rauf 2-40) beat Lahore Qalandars 160 for 8 (Naeem 65, Fakhar 51, Abbas 4-27) by 4 wickets
Karachi Kings clinched a thrilling final-over victory in a dramatic finish at the Gaddafi Stadium against arch-rivals Lahore Qalandars in their PSL 2025 game on Sunday. In a game that finished past midnight after a 90-minute rain delay, Kings, who had been behind in the chase almost throughout, scored the last 48 runs in 16 balls after a clutch onslaught at the death from Irfan Khan. In doing so, they leapfrogged Islamabad United to go up to second on the table, leaving Qalandars vulnerable to yet another round-robin knockout.
Much of the chase was an exercise in improbability, though Kings did all the right things. Needing 168 in 15 overs with one fewer powerplay over thanks to the unexpected rain that descended upon the Lahore evening, David Warner took down the normally miserly Asif Afridi's second over, plundering 20 off it. Significantly, he would end up bowling just one more, a sequence of events that ended up with medium pacer Daryl Mitchell needing to send down the final over.
Full postPerrin, Wraith, Ellis lead Warwickshire home in record chase
Sophia Dunkley hundred in vain as Surrey lose for the third time in four games
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04-May-2025
Warwickshire 314 for 7 (Perrin 69, Ellis 63*, Wraith 54) beat Surrey 313 for 7 (Dunkley 102*, Smith 78) by three wickets
Warwickshire inflicted a third Metro Bank One-Day Cup defeat of the season on Surrey at a bracing and blustery Beckenham. Surrey's 313 for 7, adorned by a century from Sophia Dunkley, never quite looked enough on a cracking batting surface and positive batting from Davina Perrin and Nat Wraith broke the back of the chase before Beth Ellis played an assured finishing role.
Warwickshire's chase was the second-highest ever in women's List A cricket (Bengal hauled in Haryana's 389 for 5 in Rajkot in December 2024) and the highest ever in England.
Full postWilson, Odgers set up Somerset for narrow win in rain-affected game
Hollie Armitage 89 underpins Durham effort but Chloe Skelton's three-for proves key
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04-May-2025
Somerset 215 for 6 (Wilson 68, Odgers 60) beat Durham 216 (Armitage 89, Skelton 3-16, Anderson 3-49) by four wickets
Somerset Women held their nerve in a tight chase to defeat Durham Women by four wickets via the DLS method in their Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition clash at Banks Homes Riverside.
Debutant Rebecca Odgers and Fran Wilson scored half-centuries for the visitors in a rain-affected contest reduced to 39 overs per side. The pair set the foundation before Amanda-Jade Wellington and Alex Griffiths saw their team over the line with nine balls to spare
Full postBlair Tickner, Luis Reece turn the tables as Derbyshire fight back
Chance of an interesting fourth-innings chase as Glamorgan lose grip on match
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04-May-2025
Glamorgan 431 (Ingram 81, van der Gugten 62) and 132 for 5 lead Derbyshire 350 (Reece 73*, Thomson 60, Gorvin 5-85) by 213 runs
Derbyshire fought back with bat and ball to set up tantalising fourth day despite Glamorgan's favourable position at Sophia Gardens.
New Zealand seamer Blair Tickner spearheaded a Derbyshire attack that reduced hosts Glamorgan to 15 for 3 after scoring 28 in an invaluable 62-run partnership with Luis Reece who finished 73 not out to reach 350.
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