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Matt Henry four-for lifts Somerset but Durham still in the fight
Ollie Robinson top-scores in hosts' 277 but late wickets keep contest on an even keel
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23-May-2025
Somerset 63 for 3 trail Durham 277 (Robinson 52, Henry 4-60) by 214 runs
Matt Henry took four wickets for Somerset but 20-year-old Mitch Killeen's late strike helped Durham just shade the first day of the Rothesay County Championship match at the Banks Homes Riverside.
Despite Ollie Robinson's 52 and a half-century stand for the last wicket, the home side were dismissed for 277 in their first innings in a match between teams who possess identical records and are currently separated by a handful of bonus points in the Division One table.
Full postRain wins after Carty's hundred and Forde's record-equalling fifty
West Indies posted a mammoth 352 for 8 but rain didn't allow Ireland's chase to begin
Abhimanyu Bose
23-May-2025
No result West Indies 352 for 8 (Carty 102, Forde 58, L McCarthy 3-66) vs Ireland
West Indies marched to a mammoth total of 352 for 8 on the back of Keacy Carty's second ODI century and Matthew Forde's record-equalling fifty as they looked to level the three-match series against Ireland, but the second ODI was washed out as rain didn't allow Ireland's chase to begin.
Ireland sent West Indies in under slightly overcast conditions. The West Indies openers, Brandon King and Evin Lewis, got going with boundaries through the off side but Barry McCarthy, who took four wickets in the first game, drew the outside edge from King to give Ireland the first breakthrough.
Full postBrian Bennett blazes century but England scent three-day win after follow-on
Opener lights up Trent Bridge with 97-ball hundred but England tighten their grip by the close
Vithushan Ehantharajah
23-May-2025
Close Zimbabwe 265 (Bennett 139, Ervine 42, Bashir 3-62) and 30 for 2 (Williams 22*, Curran 4*) trail England 565 for 6 dec (Pope 171, Duckett 140, Crawley 124, Brook 58) by 270 runs
The inequality between England and Zimbabwe as Test nations has been reflected on the field over the first half of this one-off Test match at Trent Bridge. Thursday's flow of runs for the former was followed by a cascade of wickets from the latter, as Zimbabwe finished day two following on, 30 for 2, after being dismissed for 265 in their first innings, still 270 shy of England's mammoth 565 for 6 declared.
And yet, the story on Friday was not of the dominating team, but of the dominated, as a lone hand by opening batter Brian Bennett to the tune of 139 made this one-way traffic watchable. Bennett's second century in the format now ranks as Zimbabwe's fastest, clocking in at 97 deliveries, and only their third against England.
Full postShafique powers Lahore Qalandars into Qualifier 2
Karachi Kings knocked out of PSL 2025 after posting a below-par 190
Madushka Balasuriya
22-May-2025
Lahore Qalandars 191 for 4 (Shafique 65, Fakhar 47) beat Karachi Kings 190 for 8 (Warner 75, Rauf 3-35) by six wickets
Fakhar Zaman set it up and Abdullah Shafique knocked it down, as Lahore Qalandars overcame a sloppy outing in the field to overhaul a competitive but eventually below-par target of 191 to knock out Karachi Kings. Qalandars will play Islamabad United in the second Qualifier on Friday.
David Warner's 75 had earlier kept Kings in the game, but on a good batting surface supporting contributions were few and far between. Haris Rauf was the pick of the bowlers for Qalandars with figures of 3 for 35, but it was the pressure exerted by the spinners through the middle that derailed Kings' innings.
Full postMarsh ton, O'Rourke three-for headline LSG's big win against table-toppers
Shahrukh Khan and Sherfane Rutherford kept GT in the game but they eventually fell well short
Hemant Brar
22-May-2025
Lucknow Super Giants 235 for 2 (Marsh 117, Pooran 56*, Sai Kishore 1-34) beat Gujarat Titans 202 for 9 (Shahrukh 57, Rutherford 38, O'Rourke 3-27, Badoni 2-4) by 33 runs
Mitchell Marsh scored his maiden IPL hundred, and his second in all T20 cricket, to set the platform for Lucknow Super Giants' (LSG) 33-run consolation win over Gujarat Titans (GT) in Ahmedabad.
Sent into bat, LSG rode on Marsh's 117 off 64 balls and Nicholas Pooran's unbeaten 56 off 27 to post a mammoth 235 for 2 on a high-scoring black-soil surface.
Full postDuckett, Crawley, Pope tons seal England's day of dominance
Total of 498 for 3 the highest-ever made on day one of a Test in England
Firdose Moonda
22-May-2025
England 498 for 3 (Pope 169*, Duckett 140, Crawley 124) vs Zimbabwe
Ben Duckett brought up his fifth Test hundred and first at his home ground at exactly a run ball. Zak Crawley got a first Test century since July 2023, 28 innings ago. Between them, they shared in England's highest-opening stand at home since 1960. Ollie Pope added the trimmings with his third hundred in as many Tests at Trent Bridge and eighth against as many different oppositions and England scored the most runs on the first day of a Test in England. If that reads like all-out dominance, it was.
It was also a rude welcome for Zimbabwe's XI, none of whom had played a Test in England before, and many of whom will not remember the last time their team were in the country 22 years ago. The warning signs were there after Zimbabwe lost to a Professional County Club Select XI last week but the true magnitude of the gulf between them and those who play Tests more regularly was laid bare on a bruising first day.
Full postDunkley, Knight seal redemptive win as England outdo Matthews' brilliant 100*
England avenge T20 World Cup loss as Edwards-NSB era begins with eight-wicket win in Canterbury
Valkerie Baynes
21-May-2025
England 147 for 2 (Dunkley 78*, Knight 43*) beat West Indies 146 for 7 (100*, Bell 2-29) by eight wickets
England turned the page on their T20 World Cup exit at the hands of West Indies with an eight-wicket victory in the opening match of their home series in Canterbury, despite a brilliant unbeaten century by Hayley Matthews.
Of West Indies' total of 146 for 7, their captain, Matthews, scored exactly 100 off 67 balls, leading an understrength batting line-up missing Deandra Dottin and Chinelle Henry after England had won the toss. Only two of her team-mates reached double figures, with Mandy Mangru's 17 from No.8 the next-best score.
Full postFaheem's all-round show leads Gladiators into final
Usman Qadir impressed with the ball to derail Islamabad's chase
Andrew Fidel Fernando
21-May-2025
Quetta Gladiators 209 for 6 (Chandimal 48, Ashraf 45, Dwarshuis 2-31, Irshad 2-34) beat Islamabad United 179 (Farhan 52, Salman 44, Tariq 3-32, Amir 2-31, Ashraf 2-33) by 30 runs
Finn Allen, Dinesh Chandimal, Avishka Fernando, and Faheem Ashraf crashed significant scores at a strike rate of better than 150. And when these four batters had propelled Quetta Gladiators to a total of 209 for 6, their bowlers locked the game down through the middle overs, sending Islamabad United eventually to 179 all out.
Gladiators advance to the final, deservedly. Not only have they won this match by a significant margin, they had also easily topped the league ahead of the playoffs, winning seven of their ten matches. United now have to face the winner of Thursday night's eliminator - between Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars - in Qualifier 2.
Full postSuryakumar, Santner and Bumrah lead MI into playoffs
Delhi Capitals, who began the season with four wins on the trot, are now out of contention
Ekanth
21-May-2025
Mumbai Indians 180 for 5 (Suryakumar 73*, Tilak 27, Rickelton 25, Dhir 24*, Mukesh 2-48) beat Delhi Capitals 121 (Rizvi 39, Nigam 20, Santner 3-11, Bumrah 3-12) by 59 runs
Mumbai Indians (MI) secured the last remaining IPL 2025 playoffs spot thanks to a late onslaught from Suryakumar Yadav and Naman Dhir followed by crafty three-fors from Mitchell Santner and Jasprit Bumrah. Delhi Capitals, led by Faf du Plessis with regular captain Axar Patel ruled out by flu, were knocked out of contention. Having won each of their first four matches of the season, they have won just two of their next nine.
Put in to bat on a spin-friendly Wankhede Stadium pitch with rain on the cards, MI were in some trouble at 132 for 5 but Suryakumar and Dhir smacked 48 runs off the last two overs to lift them to 180.
Full postBalbirnie, McCarthy give Ireland their biggest win against a Full Member
Balbirnie scored his ninth ODI hundred and McCarthy took a four-for as Ireland beat West Indies by 124 runs
Hemant Brar
21-May-2025
Ireland 303 for 6 (Balbirnie 112, Tector 56, Stirling 54, Forde 3-68) beat West Indies 179 (Chase 55, Forde 38, B McCarthy 4-32, Dockrell 3-21) by 124 runs
Andy Balbirnie's ninth ODI hundred and Barry McCarthy's four-wicket haul handed West Indies a 124-run thrashing in the first ODI in Dublin. It was Ireland's biggest win by runs against a Full Member and their fourth-biggest victory overall.
Balbirnie, who came into this game with scores of 91, 101 and 63 in the Inter-Provincial Cup, continued his good form and accumulated 112 off 138 balls to set the platform for Ireland's eventual 303 for 6.
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