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Leicestershire win Bristol thriller to go top of Division Two
From 42 for 5 in pursuit of 143, Ben Cox's 47 proved too much for a spirited Gloucestershire attack
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27-Apr-2025
Leicestershire 262 (Hill 55, Cox 53, Holland 52, Goodman 5-54) and 146 for 8 (Cox 47, Goodman 4-33, Singh Dale 3-58) beat Gloucestershire 252 (Bracey 93*, Green 5-63) and 152 (Price 43, Bancroft 43, Holland 4-32) by two wickets
A nigh-on perfect morning's bowling from Leicestershire's in-form seamers on day three of the Rothesay County Championship Second Division match against Gloucestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol saw the visitors record an ultimately nerve-shredding win and strengthen their position at the top of the table as they stumbled over the line amid high tension in their chase of 143.
A ruinous period of play for Gloucestershire, starting on Saturday evening with the wicket of Ollie Price and continuing into Sunday morning, saw them lose seven wickets for just 31 runs, the home side's vertiginous fall starting at 87 for 1 and ending with them in dire straits at 118 for 8 after little more than an hour of day three. A mini-recovery then took them to 152 all out, leaving Leicestershire 143 to win.
Full postBouchier, McCaughan lay platform for Hampshire's first win
Surrey fail to get close in chase as Lauren Bell and Linsey Smith share five wickets
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27-Apr-2025
Hampshire 259 for 8 (McCaughan 64, Bouchier 61) beat Surrey 209 (Capsey 57, Smith 3-28) by 50 runs
Maia Bouchier put her Women's Ashes woes behind her to strike an attractive 61 to set Hampshire on their way to their first Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition victory.
England batter Bouchier only averaged 6.00 in the series defeat to Australia but was fluent in partnership with Ella McCaughan - who impressed with 64 as Hampshire reached 259 for 8.
Full postEmily Arlott's one-day best puts Warwickshire out of Essex's reach
George and Brewer star with the ball as the Bears dominate at Chelmsford
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27-Apr-2025
Warwickshire 289 (Arlott 130, Gray 5-62) beat Essex 181 (Griffith 72, Scrivens 53, Brewer 3-18, George 3-38) by 108 runs
Emily Arlott's maiden List A hundred spearheaded a stirring Warwickshire fightback as they recovered from 22 for five to overcome Essex for their first win in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition.
The 27-year-old seamer flourished with the bat, hitting 130 from 141 balls and sharing century partnerships with both Chloe Brewer (44 from 75) and Charis Pavely (31 from 40) to propel the Bears to 289 all out at Chelmsford.
Full postSomerset capitulate to hand Surrey first win of the season
The defending champions dismissed the visitors for just 119 in their second innings leaving them 36 to win
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27-Apr-2025
Surrey 367 (Burns 76, Smith 58, Lawrence 55*, Sibley 53, Gregory 3-46) and 36 for 2 (Burns 20*, Smith 12*) beat Somerset 283 (Lammonby 76, Gregory 62, Clark 5-68) and 119 (Pretorius 54, Worrall 3-16, Clark 3-24) by eight wickets
Champions Surrey recorded their first win of the season in emphatic style, beating Somerset by eight wickets at the Kia Oval.
Dan Worrall and Jordan Clark shared six wickets as Somerset were bowled out for 119, having conceded a first-innings deficit of 84. Surrey knocked off their target of 36 in 5.2 overs and moved up to second in the table. behind early leaders Nottinghamshire.
Full postAll-round Kathryn Bryce gets Blaze firing
Durham fall away after strong start as Sarah Glenn spins a web
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27-Apr-2025
The Blaze 201 for 5 (K Bryce 54, Turner 3-29) beat Durham 200 (Armitage 81, Glenn 3-45) by five wickets
Scotland allrounder Kathryn Bryce starred with two wickets and 54 to help The Blaze claim a comeback win as they put the skids under a strong Durham start in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition at the Banks Homes Riverside.
Durham, inserted, motored to 164 for 2 after 36 overs but lost eight wickets for 36 to be bowled out for 200 in the 48th, including three for impressive England legspinner Sarah Glenn. The collapse saw England fringe duo Hollie Armitage and Mady Villiers fall for 81 and 45 after they had shared a third-wicket 114.
Full postEve Jones seals Lancashire dominance as Somerset falter on home soil
Kate Cross claims two key wickets, including Heather Knight, to set up seven-wicket victory
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27-Apr-2025
Lancashire 207 for 3 (Jones 97, Lamb 52) beat Somerset 205 for 9 (Griffiths 46) by seven wickets
Lancashire produced a convincing display with bat and ball at Taunton's Cooper Associates County Ground to beat Somerset by seven wickets and extend their winning start to the Metro Bank One Day Cup women's competition.
Inserted on a green-tinged pitch, Somerset slumped to 89 for 6 in the face of incisive bowling from Kate Cross and Hannah Jones, who returned figures of 2 for 27 and 2 for 23 respectively. Alex Griffiths top-scored with 46 and added 56 for the seventh wicket with Amanda-Jade Wellington to threaten a meaningful recovery, but Emma Lamb bowled well at the death to claim 2 for 30 and help restrict the home side to 205 for 9.
Full postNottinghamshire go clear at the top as Duckett, Hameed make quick work of Sussex
John Simpson's fighting 74 couldn't rescue visitors from early woes as victory sealed in time for FA Cup semi
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27-Apr-2025
Nottinghamshire 300 (Hameed 85, Robinson 4-94, Seales 4-107) and 149 for 1 (Hameed 62*, Duckett 59*) beat Sussex 169 (Tongue 5-44, Hutton 4-53) and 278 (Simpson 74, Haines 64, Farhan 4-54) by nine wickets
Division One leaders Nottinghamshire eased to a nine-wicket win inside three days after outplaying Sussex in their Rothesay County Championship clash at Trent Bridge.
Needing 148 to win after Sussex were bowled out for 278 in their second innings, Nottinghamshire were home and dry in 25.5 overs after unbeaten half-centuries from skipper Haseeb Hameed (62) and England's Ben Duckett (59), earning 21 points from their second victory of the campaign.
Full postSuryakumar and Bumrah dazzle in MI's fifth straight win
Pant lasted only two balls amid a batting collapse from LSG that saw them slide from 110 for 3 to 161 all out
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27-Apr-2025
Mumbai Indians 215 for 7 (Rickelton 58, Suryakumar 54, Mayank 2-40, Avesh 2-42) beat Lucknow Super Giants 161 (Badoni 35, Marsh 34, Bumrah 4-22, Boult 3-20) by 54 runs
Mumbai Indians (MI) sealed their fifth consecutive win in comfortable fashion this season to climb to 12 points in ten games. It was a near-perfect day for the hosts in front of 19,000 kids as they defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for the first time in a league-stage fixture.
Half-centuries from Ryan Rickelton and Suryakumar Yadav - who also became the third-fastest to 4000 IPL runs - helped them set 215 before Jasprit Bumrah's four-for and Trent Boult's three-for sealed a 54-run win.
Full postSpinners, Rawal seal big win for India
Sri Lanka did not recover from the collapse triggered by Rana as they lost their last nine wickets for 93 runs
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27-Apr-2025
India149 for 1 (Rawal 50*, Deol 48*, Mandhana 43) beat Sri Lanka 147 (Rana 3-31, Deepti 2-22) by nine wickets
A tight Sneh Rana spell put in motion a collapse Sri Lanka did not recover from, losing their last nine wickets for 93 runs.
This match had been shortened to 39-overs-a-side due to morning rains, but even so, a target of 148 was never really going to test a strong India batting order. Their top three hunted efficiently, Pratika Rawal holding the chase together with 50 not out off 62 balls after Smriti Mandhana had provided a brisk start. India cruised home with nine wickets and 9.2 overs to spare.
Full postRaza and Mitchell take Qalandars to second spot after stunning chase against Sultans
Sultans might have felt their 185 would be enough on a tricky surface, but Mitchell and Raza finished the chase with an over to spare
Rvel Zahid
27-Apr-2025
Lahore Qalandars 186 for 5 (Mitchell 64, Raza 40*, Shafique 34, Ubaid 2-34) beat Multan Sultans 185 for 3 (Rizwan 76*, Ghulam 52*, Curran 1-24) by five wickets
Multan Sultans' disorder with the ball at the death took the game away from them as the dynamic Lahore Qalandars duo of Sikandar Raza and Daryl Mitchell put together a quick 89-run stand to take their team to victory, and the second spot on the PSL 2025 table.
After Qalandars asked Sultans to bat, their seamers didn't allow the openers Mohammad Rizwan and Yasir Khan get away in the powerplay, which ended with 39 runs on the board and Yasir's wicket. Rizwan had to graft his way through, and for the longest part, couldn't really shift gears as he needed to.
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