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Harshal, Kamindu lead SRH to their first win against CSK in Chennai
Brevis, Mhatre's contributions were not enough for CSK to avoid their fourth loss at home this season
Sidharth Monga
25-Apr-2025
Sunrisers Hyderabad 155 for 5 (Kishan 44, Kamindu 32*, Noor 2-42) beat Chennai Super Kings 154 (Brevis 42, Mhatre 30, Harshal 4-28, Cummins 2-21, Unadkat 2-21) by five wickets
A three-pronged performance from Kamindu Mendis and Harshal Patel's use of the middle of the pitch led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to win their first-ever match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Chennai, a win SRH will hope revives a faltering campaign.
Dewald Brevis, on his CSK debut, and Ayush Mhatre, the youngest CSK player ever in only his second innings, threatened to inject some freshness into a stale CSK campaign, but the 154 they took CSK to was not enough to avoid their fourth loss at home in IPL 2025 even though they did give SRH a scare on the dry pitch.
Full postJake Ball five-for gives Durham early honours
But Worcestershire's bowlers strike back on first day yielding 14 wickets
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25-Apr-2025
Durham 55 for 4 (Rhodes 17*, Blatherwick 2*, Waite 2-3) trail Worcestershire 162 (Nicholls 42, Ball 5-47) by 107 runs
Somerset loanee Jake Ball took five wickets on his Durham debut to help his new team take the early honours in their Rothesay County Championship match at Visit Worcestershire New Road. But Brett D'Oliveira's bowlers struck back on a day when 14 wickets fell in the Division One clash.
Ball took 5 for 47 as Worcestershire were dismissed for 162, thereby failing to collect a batting bonus point for the fourth successive match this season.
Full postDavid Lloyd finds form as Derbyshire stand firm
Harry Came adds half-century to go with opener's 93 after hosts put in to bat
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25-Apr-2025
Derbyshire 267 for 5 (Lloyd 93, Came 73) vs Middlesex
Derbyshire opener David Lloyd emerged from a poor start to the season before Middlesex fought back on the opening day of the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match at Derby.
Lloyd made 93 from 197 balls, his highest innings since September 2022, and shared a second-wicket stand of 156 with Harry Came who scored 73 after the hosts had been put in to bat.
Full postJoseph, Babar and Talat lead Zalmi to serene win
Joseph's three-for helped bowl Qalandars out for 129 before Babar and Talat led Zalmi home with unbeaten fifties
Danyal Rasool
24-Apr-2025
Peshawar Zalmi 133 for 3 (Babar 56*, Talat 51*, Shaheen 2-22) beat Lahore Qalandars 129 (Raza 52, Joseph 3-15, Talat 2-18, Wood 2-25) by seven wickets
Lahore Qalandars fell flat in their first game at home as a half-century from Babar Azam helped Peshawar Zalmi sweep to victory at the Gaddafi Stadium. Alzarri Joseph and Luke Wood cut the Qalandars top and middle order to ribbons, reducing them to 21 for 4. It was only a rearguard half-century from Sikandar Raza that got the Qalandars to a somewhat competitive total, his 37-ball 52 alongside stodgy resistance from the lower order carrying Shaheen Afridi's men to 129.
It was just enough to give Zalmi a brief scare in the powerplay against an on-song Shaheen and Haris Rauf, who reduced the visitors to 40 for 3. But an unbroken 93-run partnership between Babar and Hussain Talat allayed any fears of a collapse. With run rate never an issue, Zalmi eased to their target with 20 balls to spare.
Full postKohli and Hazlewood break RCB's home duck as RR botch another chase
An unhittable 19th over from Hazlewood yanked a third successive match away from RR's grasp
Shashank Kishore
24-Apr-2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 205 for 5 (Kohli 70, Padikkal 50, Sandeep 2-45) beat Rajasthan Royals 194 for 9 (Jaiswal 49, Jurel 47, Hazlewood 4-33, Krunal 2-31) by 11 runs
At some point, you'd think the toss gods would show Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) a little mercy at home. But once again, the coin turned its back on Rajat Patidar. This time, though, the bad luck ended right there as they posted 205 for 5, their highest total at home this season. For all that, another heartbreak loomed, but RCB turned it around sensationally to clinch their first home win - and perhaps their most dramatic win at any venue - of IPL 2025.
The losing side were Rajasthan Royals (RR), who came into this contest having let back-to-back games slip out of their control in the final over. Their tension seemed to have defused when Dhruv Jurel, having scratched his way to 18 off 23, found his hitting range, and when he and Shubham Dubey ransacked 22 off Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the 18th over, the equation came down to 18 off 12.
Full postKohli, Padikkal fifties power RCB to 205
Padikkal and Kohli put on a crucial 95-run stand to lift RCB
Shashank Kishore
24-Apr-2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 205 for 5 (Kohli 70, Padikkal 50) vs Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's luck at the toss continued to elude them--losing their fourth straight at home--but they did most other things right. Powered by half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal, and capped off by a brisk late surge from Tim David and Jitesh Sharma, they rallied to a commanding 205 for 5 against Rajasthan Royals - the highest total batting first so far at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
RR might reflect on their bowling effort through two contrasting lenses. Did they do enough to make RCB leave a few runs behind? Or will look back at the finish and wonder if they could've kept RCB below 190, especially after having picked 3 for 7, including both set batters, between overs 15-17?
Full postSomerset batters clinch victory in first-round classic at Surrey
Heather Knight, Emma Corney fifties lay foundation for Fran Wilson's final-ball magic
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23-Apr-2025
Somerset 241 for 3 (Knight 64, Corney 61) beat Surrey 243 for 7 (Davidson-Richards 57, Scholfield 48, Wellington 3-42) by seven wickets on DLS method
Women's Tier One cricket got off to the most dramatic possible start at Beckenham on Wednesday, when Somerset beat Surrey off the very last ball in a Metro Bank One Day classic.
With the scores level, Fran Wilson hit Alice Davidson-Richards for four to secure a seven-wicket win in game reduced to 33 overs a side. Somerset had seemed to be coasting thanks to an opening stand of 122 between Heather Knight, who made 64, and Emma Corney, who hit 61.
Full postRed-hot MI go third after Boult and Rohit blow SRH away
Rohit scored his second straight half-century to give MI their fourth straight win
Karthik Krishnaswamy
23-Apr-2025
Mumbai Indians 146 for 3 (Rohit 70, Suryakumar 40*, Unadkat 1-25) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 143 for 8 (Klaasen 71, Manohar 43, Boult 4-26, Chahar 2-12) by seven wickets
Last week, Mumbai Indians (MI) had straightjacketed the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batters on an atypically slow surface at the Wankhede Stadium. On Wednesday, they did the same in the reverse fixture at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, cantering to a seven-wicket win after keeping SRH to 143 for 8.
Getting to that total was an achievement for SRH after they had slumped to 35 for 5, with Heinrich Klaasen hauling them to something like respectability with a superb 71 off 44 balls. Moderately respectable as the total may have been, it was far from enough to put pressure on MI, who raced to victory with 26 balls remaining, with Rohit Sharma continuing his return to form with a second successive half-century.
Full postWarwickshire, Hampshire tie in season-opening thriller
Rhianna Southby, Abi Freeborn score 70s with Linsey Smith, Chloe Brewer in the wickets
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23-Apr-2025
Hampshire 208 (Southby 72, Brewer 3-40) tied with Warwickshire 208 (Freeborn 70, Smith 4-39)
Women's county cricket started in scintillating style in Birmingham as Warwickshire and Hampshire tied an absolute thriller in their Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition opener at Edgbaston.
On a pitch which never yielded runs easily, Hampshire chose to bat and were bowled out for 208 in 48.3 overs, as only Rhianna Southby (72 from 95 balls - her maiden 50-over half-century) and Abi Norgrove (28, 46) passed 20. Chloe Brewer took 3 for 40 and there were two wickets apiece for Emily Arlott and Georgia Davis.
Full postLamb puts England credentials on show as Edwards looks on
New England Women's head coach sees opener add unbeaten 130 to her three wickets as Lancashire crush The Blaze
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23-Apr-2025
Lancashire 235 for 2 (Lamb 130*) beat The Blaze 234 (Bryce 70, H Jones 3-38, Lamb 3-42) by 8 wickets
England allrounder Emma Lamb delivered a match-winning performance as Lancashire opened the new era of women's county cricket with an emphatic eight-wicket win over The Blaze in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup at Trent Bridge.
Watched by the national team's newly-appointed head coach, Charlotte Edwards, opening batter Lamb took three for 42 with her off-breaks as The Blaze were restricted to 234 from 50 overs after opting to bat first, before making an unbeaten 130 with the bat as Lancashire chased down their target with five overs to spare.
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