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Suzie Bates, Hollie Armitage drive Durham to big win after Phoebe Turner keeps Essex at bay
New Zealand opener Bates scores unbeaten 93, Eagles bowled out for 177
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23-Apr-2025
Durham 178 for 1 (Bates 93*, Armitage 64*) beat Essex 177 (Smale 40, Turner 4-33, Levick 3-28) by nine wickets
A four-wicket haul for fledgling seamer Phoebe Turner was followed by a brilliant a unbeaten 93 for New Zealander Suzie Bates as dominant Durham brushed aside Essex by nine wickets at the Banks Homes Riverside in their Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition opener.
Turner, 21, was the standout bowler with 4 for 33 from eight overs as Essex, inserted, were bowled out for 177 inside 48 overs. Fellow seamer Grace Thompson also impressed with two wickets on her professional debut, while experienced leg-spinner Katie Levick struck three times.
Full postZimbabwe seal Sylhet thriller to complete first away Test win since 2021
Mehidy completed ten wickets in the game but Bennett and Curran laid a strong platform to enable the visitors to go 1-0 up
Mohammad Isam
23-Apr-2025
Zimbabwe 273 (Williams 59, Bennett 57, Mehidy 5-52, Rana 3-74) and 174 for 7 (Bennett 54, Curran 44, Mehidy 5-50) beat Bangladesh 191 (Mominul 56, Shanto 40, Masakadza 3-21, Muzarabani 3-50) and 255 (Shanto 60, Jaker 58, Muzarabani 6-72) by three wickets
Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by three wickets in an exciting finish on the fourth evening of the first Test in Sylhet to go 1-0 up in the two-match series. It was Zimbabwe's fifth overseas Test victory, which came after they completed their highest successful chase in the fourth innings. It was also their first win in the last 11 Tests and each of their last three wins have come away from home.
Blessing Muzarabani was the architect of the victory with a nine-wicket match haul, but it needed Wessly Madhevere and No. 9 Richard Ngarava to push Zimbabwe over the line after they collapsed when needing less than 50 runs in their chase. Mehidy Hasan Miraz orchestrated the collapse when he picked up his second five-wicket haul in the Test. He also took his 200th Test wicket on the way to a ten-for. Madhevere reverse-swept him to the boundary to get Zimbabwe to their 174-run target.
Full postGous cuts loose to help Islamabad United maintain unbeaten PSL run
There was a heated exchange between Colin Munro and Iftikhar Ahmed over the latter's action during the chase
Rvel Zahid
23-Apr-2025
Islamabad United 171 for 3 (Gous 80*, Munro 45, Jordan 1-24) beat Multan Sultans 168 for 5 (Usman 61, Rizwan 36, Nawaz 1-13) by seven wickets
Islamabad United continued their scintillating run in PSL 2025, romping to a fifth victory on the trot after Andries Gous produced a powerful display to lead their comfortable chase of 169.
Opting to bat first, Multan Sultans were unscathed through the powerplay, amassing 48 without loss, but more runs were needed on a slow surface with the fielding restrictions in place. From there on, the United spinners applied a stranglehold with their variations.
Full postYasir Khan's blistering 87 helps Multan Sultans open their account
Sultans posted 228, and no Lahore Qalandars batter converted a start as the innings petered out for 195
Danyal Rasool
22-Apr-2025
Multan Sultans 228 for 5 (Yasir 87, Iftikhar 40*, Usman 39, Rizwan 32, Rishad 2-45) beat Lahore Qalandars 195 for 9 (Raza 50*, Billings 43, Fakhar 32, Ubaid 3-37, Bracewell 2-20, Mir 2-26) by 33 runs
Multan Sultans finally got their PSL 2025 campaign off the ground, brushing Lahore Qalandars aside by 33 runs. In the first game at home on a stiflingly hot evening in Multan, Yasir Khan's blistering 87 off 44 balls at the top gave his side an eay advantage they never relinquished. Iftikhar Ahmed's unbeaten 40 from 18 deliveries and cameos through the innings helped Sultans post 228 - the highest-ever score in Multan in the PSL.
Qalandars never batted at the tempo needed to overhaul a total of that size, and Sultans' bowlers were far more unerring in their execution. Michael Bracewell and Ubaid Shah found wickets up top as no Qalandars batter converted a start, and the innings petered out, stopping at 195 for 9.
Full postMukesh four-for sets up comfortable win as DC close the gap up top
DC restricted LSG to just 72 runs in last ten overs, before Rahul and Porel's fifties took visitors home
Deivarayan Muthu
22-Apr-2025
Delhi Capitals 161 for 2 (Rahul 57*, Porel 51, Axar 34*, Markram 2-30) beat Lucknow Super Giants 159 for 6 (Markram 52, Marsh 45, Badoni 36, Mukesh 4-33) by eight wickets
KL Rahul was unavailable when Delhi Capitals (DC) met Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) earlier in IPL 2025. Coming up against LSG for the first time since they parted ways at the end of the previous season, Rahul anchored DC's chase with a half-century on Tuesday night and guided them home along with his captain Axar Patel.
DC closed the gap with table-toppers Gujarat Titans (GT) as a result, with only net run-rate separating the two teams. DC's win was set up by Mukesh Kumar, who claimed IPL career-best figures of 4 for 33 to restrict LSG to 159 for 6 after they were 87 for 0 in the tenth over.
Full postShanto's unbeaten half-century stretches Bangladesh's lead on rain-hit day
He made use of the life he got on 26 to put Bangladesh 112 ahead despite Muzarabani's three strikes on 44-over day
Mohammad Isam
22-Apr-2025
Bangladesh 191 and 194 for 4 (Shanto 60*, Jaker 21*, Muzarabani 3-51) lead Zimbabwe 273 (Williams 59, Bennett 57, Mehidy 5-52) by 112 runs
Rain had a major say on the third day's play of the Sylhet Test. Bangladesh moved to 194 for 4 before play was called off at 5pm local time due to bad light, although play could be extended up to 6pm after rain had washed out the first three hours of the day.
The hosts could bat for only 44 overs. They lost three wickets, and added 137 runs. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, who went unbeaten on 60, reached his half-century during a rearguard fifth-wicket partnership with Jaker Ali.
Full postKhushdil, Warner help Kings seal last-over thriller
Warner top-scored with 60 while Khushdil chipped in both bat and ball for Kings
Danyal Rasool
21-Apr-2025
Karachi Kings 148 for 8 (Warner 60, Khushdil 23*, Wood 3-28) beat Peshawar Zalmi 147 for 8 (Babar 46, Khushdil 3-20, Afridi 3-30) by two wickets
Karachi Kings sealed a thrilling final-over two-wicket victory over Peshawar Zalmi in the last game at their home venue this tournament. A half-century from David Warner held the innings together through a chase of 149, but a stumble towards the end threatened to see them fall at the final hurdle. However,Khushdil Shah and Hasan Ali held their nerve at the death as a pair of boundaries in the final over sealed a morale-boosting win over Babar Azam's side.
Zalmi's best bowler Luke Wood set the tone in defence of the target when he cleaned Tim Seifert up first ball, following it up with the removal of James Vince in his second over. Teenage quick Ali Raza picked up the baton, knocking back fellow emerging player Saad Baig's leg stump when he tried to scoop him over fine leg. But untidiness from the bowling and a gritty innings from Warner kept Kings' asking rate on track in the powerplay.
Full postKent survive Gloucestershire scare thanks to Zak Crawley's unbeaten fifty
Visitors rue delayed declaration after Tom Price triggers dramatic collapse on final afternoon
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21-Apr-2025
Kent 393 (Compton 178, Stewart 51) and 124 for 6 (Crawley 54*, T Price 4-33) Gloucestershire 472 (Bracey 151*, Green 112, de Lange 51) and 333 for 5 dec (Hammond 89, Charlesworth 58, O Price 56, van Buuren 56*)
Gloucestershire were left to rue an overcautious declaration when their Rothesay County Championship with Kent ended at Canterbury in a draw.
Tom Price almost single-handedly injected life into what was becoming a tedious final day by reducing Kent to 49 for 4 with 22 overs remaining, but despite some middle-order tremors the hosts dug in to reach 124 for 6. England's Zak Crawley anchored the defence with an unbeaten 54 from 112 balls and Grant Stewart finished on 16 not out, keeping his head during a tense finale that went to the final over.
Full postEd Barnard parks the bus as rain leaves Notts too much to do
Warwickshire wriggle out with a draw after dogged rearguard on final day
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21-Apr-2025
Warwickshire 93 and 181 for 6 (Barnard 40*, O'Neil 2-34, Tongue 2-49) drew with Nottinghamshire 367 (Hameed 138*, O'Neil 50, Booth 5-90)
Dominant Nottinghamshire ran out of time and had to settle for a draw against Warwickshire after rain took out much of the final day of their Rothesay County Championship Division One match at Edgbaston.
Warwickshire, trailing by 274 on first innings, entered the final day on 163 for six second time around, with the visitors four wickets away from the win their command of the match deserved. But rain prevented play until 3.45pm, leaving Nottinghamshire's bowlers just 36 overs at their disposal on a flattening pitch.
Full postMiddlesex beat stubborn resistance and rain to land nine-wicket win
Du Plooy wins contest with a six as weather permits teams to play to a finish at Lord's
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21-Apr-2025
Middlesex 470 for 9 dec (Holden 107, du Plooy 89, Geddes 83, Kellaway 4-61) and 59 for 1 beat Glamorgan 199 (Zain 65, Roland-Jones 3-44) and 329 (Cooke 69, Carlson 54, Roland-Jones 3-68) by nine wickets
Middlesex overcame stubborn Glamorgan resistance and the rain to beat the visitors by nine wickets on the final day of their Rothesay County Championship Division Two clash at Lord's.
Chris Cooke's stoic 213-minute 69 and Ned Leonard's career-best 47 led the Welsh rearguard the pair sharing a heroic stand of 88 for the eighth wicket - this after Sunday's half-centurion Kiran Carlson had fallen without adding to his overnight score.
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