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Narine's all-round show sets up tense win for KKR
Narine and Chakravarthy played a key role in hitting back at DC, who slid from 136 for 3 to 190 for 9
Sidharth Monga
29-Apr-2025
Kolkata Knight Riders 204 for 9 (Raghuvanshi 44, Starc 3-43, Axar 2-27) beat Delhi Capitals 190 for 9 (Du Plessis 62, Axar 43, Narine 3-29) by 14 runs
Sunil Narine's figures at one point: 2.1-0-25-0. Varun Chakravarthy at another: 3-0-31-0. In a chase of 205, having restricted a rampant Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Delhi Capitals (DC) were in the ascendence, having punished the two main KKR weapons. And then the two of them came back with a vengeance: combined, they bowled their last 17 balls for five wickets and 12 runs to get KKR's title defence back on track.
DC's captain Axar Patel topped up his figures of 4-0-27-2 with three sixes off Narine despite an injured bottom hand. Narine found himself captaining KKR after Ajinkya Rahane split his finger open and vice-captain Venkatesh Iyer had been substituted out. Captaining was not the only rare thing he did: he also ran KL Rahul out with a direct hit from short fine leg. His real blows came with the ball: wickets of Axar, Tristan Stubbs and top-scorer Faf du Plessis as DC went from 136 for 3 to 190 for 9.
Full postShahzad, Shakeel and Allen lead Gladiators' demolition of Sultans
Having bowled the Sultans out for 89, the Gladiators wrapped up victory with a record 79 balls remaining
Danyal Rasool
29-Apr-2025
Quetta Gladiators 90 for 0 (Allen 45*, Shakeel 42*) beat Multan Sultans 89 (Rizwan 44*, Shahzad 4-23, Faheem 2-18, Ashraf 2-21) by 10 wickets
Quetta Gladiators pushed Multan Sultans to the brink of elimination after running away to a record-breaking 10-wicket victory in Lahore. After bowling the Sultans out for 89, the Gladiators took just 6.5 overs to gun it down, with openers Finn Allen and Saud Shakeel making it - by 3.1 overs - the largest margin of victory by balls remaining in PSL history. The last 82 runs of the chase came off just 29 balls, leaving Multan nursing their sixth defeat in seven matches as well as a net run rate of -2.355. With this result, the 2021 champions' fate looks all but sealed.
Mohammad Rizwan carried his bat, but he wasn't really going anywhere with it for all the carnage happening at the other end. Khurram Shahzad ripped through the top order, taking four new-ball wickets in his first 11 balls, leaving the Sultans reeling at 20 for 4. He made full use of the early swing, combining it with consistent high-pace bowling. The full delivery got rid of Yasir Khan and Curtis Campher, who saw the ball nip back into him sharply to leave him plumb in front. In between, Usman Khan holed out playing a low-percentage heave, while Kamran Ghulam was squared up by an away-swinger that he nicked to slip.
Full postShadman Islam century puts Bangladesh narrowly ahead
Zimbabwe picked up 4 for 20 before stumps to limit Bangladesh's lead to 64 with three wickets in hand
Mohammad Isam
29-Apr-2025
Bangladesh 291 for 7 (Shadman 120, Mushfiqur 40, Masekesa 3-44) lead Zimbabwe 227 (Williams 67, Welch 54, Taijul 6-60) by 64 runs
Shadman Islam's second Test century set a strong platform as Bangladesh went into a 64-run lead over Zimbabwe, with three wickets in hand, on the second day of the Chattogram Test. A flurry of late wickets, however, helped Zimbabwe stay in the hunt. Bangladesh headed into stumps with Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam batting on 16 and 5 respectively.
Debutant Zimbabwe legspinner Vincent Masekesa took three wickets, while Blessing Muzarabani, Wellington Masakadza and Brian Bennett took one each.
Full postBrits ton in vain as Rana five-for scripts India's thrilling win
South Africa lost eight wickets for 80 runs, including three in an over to Rana as India defended 276
Firdose Moonda
29-Apr-2025
India 276 for 6 (Rawal78, Rodrigues 41, Harmanpreet 41*, Mlaba 2-55) beat South Africa 261 (Brits 109, Wolvaardt 43, Rana 5-43) by 15 runs
India defended 276 - their third highest-score against South Africa - in dramatic fashion to record successive wins in the Sri Lanka tri-series. South Africa were fairly comfortable on 170 for 2 after 33 overs chasing 277 and Tazmin Brits had scored her third ODI hundred and was anchoring their effort. With the required run-rate a touch above six an over, Brits retired hurt with cramp and that sent South Africa into freefall. They lost eight wickets for 80 runs, including three in an over to Sneh Rana, who finished with career-best figures of 5 for 43, and fell short by 15 runs.
Brits' need to leave the field to seek medical assessment was one reason South Africa lost their tri-series opener but there were several others. Pratika Rawal's 78 - her fifth successive fifty-plus score in the format which also made her the fastest to 500 runs in ODIs - set India up well and twin 41s from Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues and a 14-ball 24 from Richa Ghosh helped India score 82 runs in the last ten overs. Their total was helped to balloon beyond South Africa's reach thanks to 13 wides they sent down. India, for comparison, only bowled two wides and a no-ball.
Full postSuryavanshi, 14, shatters records to keep RR alive
He smashed the second-fastest century in IPL history as RR chased down 210 in 15.5 overs
Sidharth Monga
28-Apr-2025
Rajasthan Royals 212 for 2 (Suryavanshi 101, Jaiswal 70*, Parag 32*, Rashid 1-24) beat Gujarat Titans 209 for 4 (Gill 84, Buttler 50*, Theekshana 2-35) by eight wickets
In his third IPL match, the 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi brought down to their knees seasoned pros from the best bowling unit in IPL 2025, some of whom have been playing for longer than he has lived.
The youngest T20 centurion, among the youngest handful of centurions in all representative cricket, the second-quickest century in the IPL in 35 balls, joint-most sixes - 11 - for an Indian in an IPL innings, highest boundary percentage in a T20 ton, with 94 of his runs coming in boundaries, Suryavanshi knocked off plenty of records. Oh, did we mention that it sealed the chase of 210 in 15.5 overs, the fastest successful chase of 200-plus in an IPL match, after Rajasthan Royals (RR) had lost three straight chases despite bossing 35 overs of those matches?
Full postMax Holden leads Middlesex resistance to keep Derbyshire at bay
Honors even in Derby as four visiting batters register half-centuries in follow-on innings
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28-Apr-2025
Middlesex 315 (Geddes 59, Davies 54, du Plooy 52, Chappell 4-55) and 307 for 7 (Holden 94, Eskinazi 61, Higgins 56) drew with Derbyshire 472 (Andersson 107, Lloyd 93, Came 73, Reece 60*)
Ryan Higgins found his form at just the right time to save Middlesex from defeat on the final day of the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at Derby.
Higgins scored 56, his first fifty of the season, sharing a seventh wicket stand of 75 from 155 balls with Zafar Gohar who was unbeaten on 52 off 108 balls to take Middlesex to 307 for 7, 150 ahead, when the teams shook hands on a draw.
Full postTaijul takes five as Zimbabwe collapse after bright start to second Test
Williams and Welch scored half-centuries for the visitors, but they lost their last five wickets for 27 runs
Mohammad Isam
28-Apr-2025
Zimbabwe 227 for 9 (Williams 67, Welch 54, Taijul 5-60) vs Bangladesh
Taijul Islam sparked Zimbabwe's batting collapse on the first day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, in Chattogram. He took the 16th five-wicket haul of his career, finishing the day with 5 for 60. The visitors were steadily batting at 200 for 4 at one stage, before Taijul got into the act with three quick wickets and a run-out. Zimbabwe eventually finished day one on 227 for 9, a far cry from how positively they had started their innings.
Sean Williams top-scored with 67, while Nick Welch got 54, before cramps on his hands forced him off the field shortly after tea. Welch was Taijul's fifth wicket. Meanwhile, Nayeem Hasan picked up two wickets, and debutant Tanzim Hasan took one.
Full postFaheem Ashraf five-for leads Gladiators' demolition job of Zalmi
Chasing a target of 179, Zalmi could only make 114
Danyal Rasool
27-Apr-2025
Quetta Gladiators 178 for 7 (Chapman 33, Kusal 32, Shakeel 32, Joseph 3-33) beat Peshawar Zalmi 114 (Talat 39, Faheem 5-33) by 64 runs
Quetta Gladiators continued their resurgence with a comfortable win over Peshawar Zalmi, with Faheem Ashraf's five-wicket haul helping skittle Zalmi out for 114 and sealing a 64-run win.
Gladiators started brightly after being sent in to bat, with Finn Allen taking charge in the first four overs, and Rilee Rossouw picking up after Allen was dismissed for a breezy 16-ball 31. Four boundaries in the final over of the powerplay off Ali Raza saw Gladiators surge to 67 in six overs, before a tidy eight-over spell of spin bowling saw Zalmi drag them back.
Full postRCB go No. 1 after Krunal's all-round heroics
The left-arm spin-bowling allrounder made his second IPL fifty after helping restrict DC to 162 for 8
Karthik Krishnaswamy
27-Apr-2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 165 for 4 (Krunal 73*, Kohli 51, Axar 2-19) beat Delhi Capitals 162 for 8 (Rahul 41, Stubbs 34, Bhuvneshwar 3-33, Hazlewood 2-36) by six wickets
A sensational all-round display from Krunal Pandya led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to the top of the IPL 2025 table as they outbowled and outbatted Delhi Capitals in a tense clash on a tricky, two-paced surface at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
A strong display with the ball set things up, as RCB sent DC in and restricted them to 162 for 8, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood picking up five wickets between them, and Suyash Sharma and Krunal strangling with spin through the middle overs. The chase was never going to be straightforward, though, given the conditions and DC's attack, and RCB duly slipped to 26 for 3 after four overs.
Full postMiddlesex made to follow on as Chappell tightens Derbyshire's grip
Visitors trail by 97 with nine second-innings wickets still standing going into final day at Derby
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27-Apr-2025
Middlesex 315 (Geddes 59, Davies 54, du Plooy 52, Chappell 4-55) and 60 for 1 trail Derbyshire 472 (Andersson 107, Lloyd 93, Came 73, Reece 60*) by 97 runs
Zak Chappell tightened Derbyshire's grip on the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match as Middlesex were forced to follow on at Derby.
The fast bowler took 4 for 55 with the visitors bowled out for 315, eight short of the follow-on target, despite half-centuries from Leus du Plooy, Ben Geddes and Jack Davies.
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