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Saini makes a stand for India B, but Rahul helps steer India A ahead
India B were propped up on Musheer Khan's magnificent 181 in the Duleep Trophy game in Bengaluru
Shashank Kishore
06-Sep-2024
India B 134 for 2 (Mayank 36, Parag 27*, Saini 2-36) trail India A 321 (Musheer 181, Saini 56, Akash Deep 4-60, Khaleel 2-54) by 187 runs
Until last week, Navdeep Saini hadn't touched a red ball for over seven months. He was hoping to ease himself into the season with a steady diet of white-ball cricket courtesy of the Delhi Premier League (DPL). But when the Duleep Trophy call-up came, as a late replacement for Mohammed Siraj, he had to hit the ground running.
Two days in, Saini has already had a bigger influence on the game than he may have imagined. A mix of stoic defence and the occasional free swing brought him an excellent half-century, his second in first-class cricket. He occupied the crease for 349 minutes, his longest vigil, during the course of a magnificent 205-run stand for the eighth wicket with Musheer Khan as India B recovered from 94 for 7 to post 321.
Full postJosh Inglis' 43-ball century gives Australia series win
He helped Australia pille up 196 before Scotland were bowled out for 126 with Stoinis and Green picking up a combined 6 for 39
Karthik Krishnaswamy
06-Sep-2024
Australia 196 for 4 (Inglis 103, Green 36, Currie 3-37) beat Scotland 126 (McMullen 59, Stoinis 4-23, Green 2-16) by 70 runs
In conditions where every other batter from both sides struggled for timing, Josh Inglis struck the ball with remarkable fluency on his way to the fastest T20I hundred by an Australia batter. He brought up the milestone in 43 balls, beating the previous record - held jointly by himself, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell - by four balls, and finished with 103 off 49.
To put the innings in context, the rest of Australia's top six scored 89 off 73 balls between them. His innings laid the foundation of Australia's 70-run win over Scotland and also helped them take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Full postSuthar, Rana star on another 14-wicket day in Anantapur
Shreyas Iyer, Padikkal and Indrajith scored fifties on a day which otherwise belonged to the bowlers
ESPNcricinfo staff
06-Sep-2024
India D 164 and 206 for 8 (Padikkal 56, Iyer 54, Suthar 5-30) lead India C 168 (Indrajith 72, Rana 4-33, Saransh 2-16) by 202 runs
Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar and fast bowler Harshit Rana stood out on the second day in Anantapur, which also belonged to the bowlers. In all, 14 wickets fell in 78.2 overs with India D closing out the day with a lead of 202.
Counterattacking fifties from Shreyas Iyer and Devdutt Padikkal led India D's progress but the five wickets they lost in the final session on day two pegged them back.
Full postPope hundred steers rain-affected day England's way
Sri Lanka manage three wickets in 44.1 overs after winning toss on gloomy morning
Valkerie Baynes
06-Sep-2024
England 221 for 3 (Pope 103*, Duckett 86) vs Sri Lanka
Ollie Pope planted his front foot, fixed his eyes on the ball, puffed out his cheeks and cut to the boundary to raise a century that mattered.
Every one matters, of course, but with England all over Sri Lanka on the opening day of this third Test and in a series already won, this was personal.
Pope's seventh Test ton, scored against as many different opposition teams in a first for the game, came amid the intense pressure of four previous failures in a series where he is standing in for injured captain Ben Stokes. That role in itself has thrust Pope under greater scrutiny but Stokes' knowing nod as he applauded the milestone from the changing-room balcony said it all, appreciating a defiant innings that was right up his street.
Full postBanton, Kohler-Cadmore make the difference as Somerset overpower Northants
Century stand for second wicket books reigning champions a return trip to Finals Day
ECB Reporters Network
05-Sep-2024
Somerset 215 for 3 (Banton 75, Kohler-Cadmore 63) beat Northamptonshire 198 for 5 (Willey 57) by 17 runs
Tom Banton smashed 75 off just 43 balls to set up a Somerset victory over Northamptonshire Steelbacks and book the reigning champions a place at Vitality Blast Finals Day.
Banton made hay against an often-wayward Northamptonshire attack, hitting five sixes and six fours as Somerset racked up an intimidating 215 for three at a sold-out Wantage Road.
Full postAxar Patel's all-round skills light up first day of Duleep Trophy
He scored a counterattacking 86 and then took two wickets in two overs to leave the game in the balance
ESPNcricinfo staff
05-Sep-2024
India C 91 for 4 (Porel 32*, Rana 2-13, Axar 2-16) trail India D 164 all out (Axar 86, Vyshak 3-19, Kamboj 2-47) by 73 runs
Axar Patel bolstered his credentials as one of the country's most important all-round players on the first day of the Duleep Trophy, scoring a remarkable half-century to carry India D out of severe trouble in Anantapur. He then came back to pick up two wickets in two overs as well to ensure a game that could have slipped away from his team now remains in the balance.
Anantapur more than lived up to its reputation of being a fast-bowler friendly venue. A wicket fell in the very first over of the game, which set the trend in the early going as India C, having opted to bowl, cut through the opposition top order, leaving them at 34 for 5. It was difficult even for players on the fringes of the Indian Test team as Shreyas Iyer and Devdutt Padikkal ended up with scores of 9 and 0. Karnataka fast bowler Vijaykumar Vyshak was responsible for much of this damage and the threat he posed continued throughout the day. He finished with figures of 12-3-19-3.
Full postMagnificent Musheer revives India B from 94 for 7
He put on an unbroken 108 with Navdeep Saini after India A's pace trio had run through the top order
Shashank Kishore
05-Sep-2024
India B 202 for 7 (Musheer 105*, Jaiswal 30, Saini 29*, Akash 2-28, Khaleel 2-39, Avesh 2-42) vs India A
From the characteristic crouch in his stance to the backlift and manner of defending, it's hard to miss Musheer Khan's uncanny resemblance to older brother Sarfaraz. And the similarities don't end there. Both have a penchant for big scores, even if their modus operandi are entirely different.
Sarfaraz is all about gung-ho aggression and there's an enterprise to his game that's hard to miss. On Thursday, the opening day of the Duleep Trophy game between India A and India B in Bengaluru, he arched back to ramp his fifth delivery over the close-in cordon off a rip-roaring Khaleel Ahmed, soon after the openers had departed in quick succession.
Full postMongolia bowled out for 10, the joint-lowest total in men's T20Is
Singapore's 17-year-old legspinner Harsha Bharadwaj picked up six wickets for three runs
ESPNcricinfo staff
05-Sep-2024
Singapore 13 for 1 beat Mongolia 10 (Bharadwaj 6-3) by nine wickets and 115 balls remaining
Mongolia collapsed for 10 all-out against Singapore, equalling the lowest score in a men's T20I, in the T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier A in Bangi. They matched the record low that Isle of Man had registered against Spain last year.
Singapore chased the 11-run target in just five balls, after losing a wicket on the first, to complete their second win in the competition. Mongolia have lost all four of their matches and are at the bottom of the table.
Full postOllie Robinson shows Sussex he's still got it, even as England turn the page
In another world, Blast matchwinner would be lining up for Oval Test; instead he's off to Finals Day
Matt Roller
04-Sep-2024
Sussex 118 for 2 (Hughes 35) beat Lancashire 114 (Livingstone 43, Jennings 37) by eight wickets
It is not hard to imagine a world in which Ollie Robinson spent Wednesday preparing to lead England's attack against Sri Lanka at The Oval. Instead, with weeks left to run on his central contract, he spearheaded Sussex's charge into T20 Blast Finals Day at a sold-out Hove - first with the ball, and then in the field with a bullseye run-out of Liam Livingstone.
It was a performance that left Sussex's captain, Tymal Mills, pushing Robinson's credentials on the franchise circuit. "Hopefully, he picks up some more T20 gigs off the back of it," Mills said. "I don't know what's going to happen with him England-wise in red-ball cricket, but he's shown he's a very skilful new-ball bowler."
Full postKira Chathli, Alice Davidson-Richards guide South East Stars to brink of semi-finals spot
Fourth-wicket partnership of 127 seals 20-run win over Central Sparks
ECB Reporters Network
04-Sep-2024
South East Stars 270 (Chathli 80, Davidson-Richards 70) beat Central Sparks 250 for 9 (Ellis 57, Brewer 54, Perrin 50) by 20 runs
South East Stars advanced to the brink of a place in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy semi-finals by beating Central Sparks by 20 runs in a fluctuating encounter at Moseley.
Put in, Stars totalled 270 all out from 49.5 overs, an imposing score built around a fourth-wicket partnership of 127 in 20 overs between Kira Chathli (80) and Alice Davidson-Richards (70). Katie George took 4 for 47 for Sparks and Charis Pavely 3 for 37.
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