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Twenty wickets tumble at Trent Bridge
A round-up from the latest County Championship matches where 20 wickets fall in the day at Trent Bridge
Cricinfo staff
14-May-2008
First Division
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Chris Tremlett continued the promising form he showed for England Lions last week with five wickets as Hampshire had a productive first day against Surrey at The Rose Bowl. He removed Jon Batty for a duck and returned to have Scott Newman bowled via an inside edge when he appeared set. Mark Ramprakash, searching for his 100th hundred, was caught behind for 17 as plenty of Surrey batsmen made starts without capitalising. Mark Butcher, well caught by Sean Ervine at midwicket, and Usman Afzaal fell in the forties despite being dropped three times between them. Matthew Nicholson's 40 gave the total some respectability and the day ended on a positive note for Surrey when Jimmy Ormond removed Michael Carberry in his first over.
The Somerset top order enjoyed the conditions at Taunton
and Sussex endured a tough day in the field. James Hildreth scored his first Championship century of the season as the visitors were made to toil in typically batsman-friendly conditions. Chris Adams put Somerset in, perhaps swayed by last week's match when Somerset were 23 for 6 against Hampshire. Neil Edwards was within touching distance of his own century but, having advanced out of the crease against Ollie Rayner, was run out for 99 by some swift work from Chris Adams at slip. Marcus Trescothick hit 74 with 11 boundaries before becoming Corey Collymore's first Championship wicket.
Full postDi Venuto dominates Yorkshire
Michael Di Venuto, for once avoiding the fate of being run out, held together Durham's fragile first innings against Yorkshire
John Ward at Chester-le-Street
14-May-2008
Durham 337 for 6 (Di Venuto 184*) v Yorkshire
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Michael Di Venuto, for once avoiding the fate of being run out, held together Durham's fragile first innings against Yorkshire. He had little support from his partners, none of whom reached 30, and was still there with 184 to his account at the close, made from a total of 337 for 6. This was his day, and he still has tomorrow ahead of him.
Yet he could have departed to the first ball of the match. Bowled by Darren
Gough, it went right through him to the keeper and might so easily have taken the edge of the bat. Gough defied suggestions that he was at the end of the line after a bad match at home against Nottinghamshire two weeks ago, and put in a fine but luckless spell with the new ball. At the other end Dion Kruis swung the ball considerably, but too often down the leg side to the two Durham left-handers.
Both Di Venuto and Mark Stoneman had some near misses, but to their credit they hung in and made sure of giving Durham a sound start. The seamer Ben Sanderson was making his first-class debut for Yorkshire, with Matthew Hoggard being kept as security in the England team until making his way north during the afternoon, after some excellent second-team performances, and moved the ball a little without really looking threatening. The opening stand reached 96 until, not long before lunch, Stoneman (27) edged Tim Bresnan to third slip.
Full postSizzling Jayasuriya pounds Chennai
Sachin Tendulkar's return dominated most of the pre-match buzz but it was the eruption from Sanath Jayasuriya that Mumbai toasted at the end of a comfortable nine-wicket win, their fourth in a row, at the Wankhede Stadium
The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
14-May-2008
Mumbai Indians 158 for 1 (Jayasuriya 114*) beat Chennai Super Kings 156 for 6 (Badrinath 53) by nine wickets
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Sachin Tendulkar's return dominated most of the pre-match buzz but it was the eruption from Sanath Jayasuriya that Mumbai toasted at the end of a comfortable nine-wicket win, their fourth in a row, at the Wankhede Stadium. Chennai appeared to have cobbled together a fighting total, in conditions that assisted swing bowling, but Jayasuriya's sizzler, the second-fastest IPL hundred that was punctuated with 11 sixes, put an emphatic end to the contest.
Mumbai's bowlers set-up this win with a fine new-ball exhibition that knocked off the top order. Shaun Pollock wasn't leading Mumbai today but his immaculate early spell (4-1-9-1) led an impressive effort that justified their decision to field first. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and S Badrinath stitched together a 95-run stand but 156 was never going to be challenging if even one batsman got going.
Full postSouth Africans put Leicestershire on top
It was a like a United Nations conference at Grace Road, with no fewer than 13 overseas-born players representing Leicestershire and Northamptonshire
Cricinfo staff
13-May-2008
Leicestershire 288 for 4 (Dippenaar 80, Allenby 63*, Ackerman 62) v Northamptonshire
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It was a like a United Nations conference at Grace Road, with no fewer than 13 overseas-born players representing Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. The home side's foreign stars took the honours, with Boeta Dippenaar - the official overseas player, and one of nine South Africans in the match - leading the way with 80.
Dippenaar added 109 for the third wicket with HD Ackerman - four Tests and a long-term Kolpak - as Leicestershire built solidly throughout the day. However, both Ackerman and Dippenaar missed out on centuries that were there for the taking and Ackerman's dismissal was a truly South African affair: caught Andrew Hall, bowled Nicky Boje.
Dippenaar got closer to his hundred, striking 14 boundaries, before he was bowled off an inside edge by Lance Klusener but Northamptonshire couldn't take wickets in clusters.
Full postShoaib leads Delhi drubbing
Shoaib Akhtar made a dramatic IPL debut taking four wickets in a blistering new-ball spell to consign the Delhi Daredevils to their fourth straight defeat
The Bulletin by Siddarth Ravindran
13-May-2008
Kolkata Knight Riders 133 for 6 (Butt 48, Maharoof 2-25) beat Delhi Daredevils 110 (Shoaib 4-11, Shukla 3-6) by 23 runs
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Shoaib Akhtar made a dramatic IPL debut, taking four wickets in a blistering new-ball spell to consign the Delhi Daredevils to their fourth straight defeat. In a match crucial to the scramble for a semi-final place, the Kolkata Knight Riders overcame a batting failure, posting only 133, thanks to Shoaib and an inspired fielding effort. They eventually vindicated captain Sourav Ganguly's decision to bat first, pulling off a 23-run win for their third successive triumph.
Kolkata went in to field defending a small total and needing a huge performance from their debutant. Shoaib had played only one match in the last five months but showed no sign of rust as he removed the dangerous Virender Sehwag for a golden duck in the first over. There was a hint of outswing and Sehwag's footwork-free waft edged the ball behind to Wriddhiman Saha.
Full postMarsh leads nine-wicket mauling
A nine-wicket mauling in Mohali leaves the Bangalore Royal Challengers all but out of the semi-finals
The Bulletin by Mathew Varghese
12-May-2008
Kings XI Punjab 144 for 1 (Marsh 74*, Pomersbach 34*) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 143 for 8 (Boucher 39, Sreesanth 3-29) by nine wickets
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The troubles don't seem to abate for the Bangalore Royal Challengers; off-field controversies plagued the bottom-placed side going into the match against Kings XI Punjab, and a nine-wicket mauling in Mohali leaves the second-most expensive franchise in the IPL all but out of the semi-finals.
On a hard deck suited for strokeplay, Bangalore's batsmen once again failed to fire, and after they were restricted to 143, the chase was a mere formality. Shaun Marsh, though, didn't show any mercy on a hapless opposition, and his unbeaten 74 completed an emphatic nine-wicket win, pushing his team to second place .
Full postJones five sparks Worcestershire
A round-up from the latest Friends Provident Trophy matches as Simon Jones takes a five-wicket haul, and Essex amass 391 against Surrey
Cricinfo staff
11-May-2008
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South West Division
Simon Jones claimed 5 for 32 as Worcestershire crushed Hampshire by nine wickets at New Road, his best figures in any cricket since the 6 for 53 he took in the third Test against Australia in August 2005, and by far the best of his one-day career. He has barely been on a cricket field since and this was his most convincing performance for his new county in a season that has already been disrupted by a neck injury. He was chiefly responsible for Hampshire's last five wickets falling for 20 and removed top-scorer Greg Lamb for 84. Vikram Solanki (81) and Steven Davies (76 not out) then made mincemeat of a weak bowling attack with an opening stand of 160 in 19 overs. Moeen Ali added his own range of powerful blows in a 35-ball 42 as the rout was completed with more than 22 overs to spare.
If Craig Spearman's career had panned out differently he could still be lining up to play for New Zealand against England, but that part of his life is a long way behind him now. He again showed his one-day pedigree with an unbeaten 140 off 119 balls to carry Gloucestershire through an impressive run chase against Somerset in Bristol. Set a stiff 291, they were in trouble at 159 for 6 but Spearman found support from Stephen Adshead as the pair added a match-winning 135. Such was the quality of their partnership that the win came with a comfortable 10 balls to spare. Justin Langer scored a fine hundred himself, 112 off 118 deliveries, and formed his own important lower-order stand of 113 with Peter Trego (56 off 38 balls). However, he was trumped by another special from Spearman.
