Report He came to the rescue after a shaky chase to lift Knight Riders to the top of the table Kolkata Knight Riders 141 for 4 (Russell 70*, Shreyas 26, Chahar 2-13) beat Punjab Kings 137 (Rajapaksha 31, Umesh 4-23) by six wickets Zero backward steps taken. Two of the most exciting sides in this
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Preview Jayawardene v Sangakkara and Malinga, Ashwin v Ashwin, Boult v Rohit are few of the subplots Big picture Mahela Jayawardene vs Kumar Sangakkara & Lasith Malinga. Rohit Sharma vs Sanju Samson. Kieron Pollard vs Shimron Hetmyer. Jasprit Bumrah vs Trent Boult. M Ashwin vs R Ashwin. Saturday’s fixture between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals
News Coach says he is proud of how long they were able to stay in the game in conditions that actively favoured the chasing team It’s the 19th over of the chase. Lucknow Super Giants need 34. The ball was reduced to a bar of soap. Chennai Super Kings knew it was a massive gamble
Yorkshire members have delivered a massive vote in support of Lord Kamlesh Patel’s proposals to restructure the club to address the fallout from Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of mistreatment, which brought accusations that the club was institutionally racist and also risked the potential loss of international fixtures at Headingley. More than 80% of members voted in
Preview Knight Riders have Russell’s fitness to worry about, while Kings get a boost with Rabada’s availability Big picture A new-look Punjab Kings side, dripping with power and depth, hunted down 206 against Royal Challengers Bangalore to kick off their season in grand style. They now run into Kolkata Knight Riders, who play with similar
News “What that defeat brought was a form of professionalism and accountability that we didn’t have back then” Megan Schutt has harked back to Australia’s shock exit from the 2017 ODI World Cup as the “kick up the butt” the team needed to create the kind of “professionalism” that has underpinned their dominance in the
Royal Challengers Bangalore 132 for 7 (Rutherford 28, Shahbaz 27, Southee 3-20, Umesh 2-16) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 128 (Russell 25, Hasaranga 4-20, Akash 3-45, Harshal 2-11) by three wickets Having lost their opening game of the season despite scoring 205, Royal Challengers Bangalore were in danger of losing again, this time despite bowling their
Preview Both teams lost their opening games of IPL 2022 but some of their players did hit form Big picture Newbies Lucknow Super Giants and oldies Chennai Super Kings both lost their opening games of IPL 2022, but neither side would be fussed just yet. In fact, Super Giants’ captain KL Rahul went on to
Report The match has been shortened to a 45-overs-a-side contest because of a rain-delayed start in misty Wellington Toss West Indies Women chose to bowl vs Australia Women West Indies won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in a World Cup semi-final reduced to 45 overs per side because of a rain-delayed start
News “A no-ball wicket and a dropped catch [off a no-ball], and a total of six wides cost us this game” Little went right for Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening game of IPL 2022, against Rajasthan Royals, but according to their head coach Tom Moody, it was four no-balls in the first five overs that