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The Hindu
an hour ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Indians in County Championship: Sai Kishore picks first wicket for Surrey; Chahal goes wicketless vs Middlesex
R. Sai Kishore picked his first wicket in the County Championship for Surrey during the Division One match against Yorkshire at Scarborough on Wednesday. The left-arm spinner claimed the prized wicket of Yorkshire skipper Jonny Bairstow for 72. Yorkshire ended Day 2 on 376 for five in 110.1 overs at the end of Day 2. Sai Kishore ended the day with figures of one for 53 in 26 overs. Indian pacer Khaleel Ahmed, who picked two wickets for Essex against Sussex on Tuesday, scored a nine-ball 11 as his team eased past the opponent's first innings score of 204 all out to post 475 for nine at the end of Day 2. In the Division Two encounter between Middlesex and Northamptonshire, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal went wicketless in his marathon 43-over spell for the latter, conceding 175 runs. Tilak Varma is yet to take strike for Hampshire in its first innings, after both openers took the side to 80 for no loss at Day 2 stumps after Nottinghamshire declared at 578 for eight.
BBC News
4 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Ingram and Kellaway build Glamorgan advantage before Kent fight back
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day two)Kent 155 & 106-1: Compton 38*, Jaydn Denly 38 Glamorgan 327 (100.5 overs): Kellaway 90, Ingram 87; Agar 4-58, Parkinson 4-103Kent (3 pts) trail Glamorgan (5 pts) by 66 runs with nine second-innings wickets standing Match scorecard Kent fought back hard with ball and ball on day two against Glamorgan but still trail by 66 runs, at 106-1 in their second innings. The experienced Colin Ingram (87) and in-form young all-rounder Ben Kellaway (90) provided more than half Glamorgan's runs in a stand of 172, exactly the first-innings gap between the two leg-spinner Mat Parkinson helped to check Glamorgan's progress with 4-103 with paceman Wes Agar also adding a fourth wicket as the hosts were dismissed for 35 overs to face, Kent lost Jaydn Denly for 38 to Kellaway but the dogged Ben Compton and Chris Benjamin saw them through to stumps as they look to battle their way towards safety. Glamorgan started the day 30 behind but Ingram and Kellaway batted sensibly for the morning session to take their stand to 172, by far the best first-innings effort on either side on a slow wicket. They were happy to accumulate singles and put the odd bad ball away, with little sign of a wicket apart from a run-out chance to dismiss South African, who will be taking a coaching role in the One Day Cup, looked set for a third successive hundred but fell on the stroke of lunch, as he edged the left-arm spin of Jaydn Denly to slip after hitting nine fours and a drove Parkinson to cover just after the interval, having taken his season's Championship tally to 749 in another mature knock from the 21 year old. That encouraged Daniel Bell-Drummond to delay taking the new ball and Parkinson repaid his faith as the old Kookaburra grew ever more difficult to get away, with Timm van der Gugten clubbing him to mid-wicket and James Harris lobbing a return Ned Leonard hoisted Parkinson for a couple of straight sixes either side of the second batting point, secured in the company of a cautious Chris Kent bowled an extra 17 overs before eventually taking the new ball at 316-8, and Agar bowled Leonard for 25 with the fifth ball of his spell. Cooke was last out for 36, skying Parkinson to mid-off after trying to farm the strike, leaving time for Kent to cut the deficit by 14 runs before Denly led a mostly untroubled reply from Kent, helped by seeing key seamer Timm van der Gugten withdraw for most of the third Denly, whose uncle Joe is likely to bat low down if needed with a calf injury, lost patience and hoicked Kellaway high to mid-wicket for 38. Compton reached a placid 38 not out off 109 balls and Benjamin was unbeaten on 22 overnight after play ended on time for once, with Kent needing to bat through day three at least and hope the pitch wears in the final innings.
BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Hurst hits ton to steady Lancashire against Gloucs
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Cheltenham (day one)Lancashire 290-6: Hurst 105*, Bohannon 39; Akhter 4-64Gloucestershire: Yet to batGlos 2pts, Lancs 1ptMatch scorecard Matty Hurst registered a career-best innings of 105 not out to keep Lancashire afloat on the opening day of their Division Two match against Gloucestershire at a day when a majority of the recognised batsmen played themselves in but failed to go on, the 21-year-old right-hander from Billinge proved the exception to that rule, facing 165 balls, striking 10 fours and two sixes and sharing in an unbeaten stand of 81 with Chris Green for the seventh wicket as Lancashire reached stumps on 290-6. Hurst surpassed his previous highest score of 104 made against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in May 2024, while Green offered staunch support, reaching the close on 28 not Gloucestershire deployed spinners for 43 of the 91 overs possible on a rain-affected day, it was pace bowler Zaman Akhter who enjoyed most success, the England A international claiming 4-64 as the home side took wickets at regular intervals to maintain pressure on their opponents. Making his first appearance at the Cheltenham Festival, Australian Test spinner Todd Murphy also caught the eye in returning figures of 1-53 from 25 with the unenviable task of creating wicket-taking opportunities with the Kookaburra ball, Gloucestershire's bowlers were further inconvenienced by the tight hamstring that forced pace fulcrum Merchant de Lange out of the attack after just two overs. His replacement at the Chapel End, Akhter extracted sufficient movement to locate the thinnest of edges and have Luke Wells caught behind for 18 as an opening spell characterised by much playing and missing culminated in Lancashire losing their first wicket with 28 on the the ball already softening and becoming less responsive, Gloucestershire captain Cameron Bancroft called upon Murphy's off-breaks in the 14th over, the advent of spin serving to slow the rate of scoring as Keaton Jennings and Josh Bohannon both treated the Australian Test bowler with the utmost caution. Murphy eventually lured Jennings into a front-foot indiscretion, Miles Hammond taking a superb diving catch at slip to remove the former England opener with the score 75-2 shortly before stage then appeared set for a period of uninterrupted accumulation as Bohannon produced the shot of the day so far, pulling de Lange through mid-wicket for a thunderous boundary to raise three figures. He and Marcus Harris advanced the score to 105-2 without incident and it seemed that only rain could impede their enough, a prolonged shower forced the players off and, having finally lost de Lange to injury following a further three tentative overs from the Chapel End, Gloucestershire were glad of an opportunity to regroup. Certainly, the home side profited from a 45-minute break in play, which caused the loss of five overs, striking a crucial blow immediately following the resumption. Without having added to his score of 39, Bohannon succumbed to a loss of concentration, giving Graeme van Buuren's slow left arm the charge and being comprehensively stumped by James Bracey as Lancashire slipped to continued to be their own worst enemies thereafter, Hurst surviving a run-out chance to Joe Phillips, whose throw from extra cover narrowly missed, following a moment of confusion with Harris. The incident may well have been playing on Harris's mind when he attempted to pull the next ball, only to top-edge a return catch to Akhter and depart for 29 with the score at his first Championship appearance since September 2023, Phil Salt announced himself with a brace of off-driven fours at the expense of Akhter to suggest a change in tempo. But his stay proved short-lived, the England T20 international pursuing an Akhter delivery outside off stump and falling to a brilliant one-handed diving catch from Bracey as Lancashire further declined to 160-5. Overcoming the loss of his fast bowling spearhead, Bancroft marshalled his resources with no little skill as Gloucestershire took the session. Lancashire only had themselves to in need of a partnership of substance, Lancashire were indebted to Hurst and Balderson, who applied themselves diligently to the task of redressing the balance after tea. Balderson lifted van Buuren over the long-on boundary rope to serve notice of intention, while Hurst went to a workmanlike half century from 96 balls, with six fours and a six as the partnership began to blossom, aided and abetted by an old ball and tiring Akhter, returning at the Chapel End, located Balderson's outside edge and the dependable Bracey held onto another catch behind, it felt as though Gloucestershire had accrued a bonus. Balderson contributed 26 in a stand of 49, the biggest of the innings so far. With the new ball due in another nine overs and Lancashire occupying uncertain territory at 209-6, the home side again had a spring in their and Ajeet Singh Dale strained every sinew to make further inroads with the new ball, only to be met by obdurate resistance from Hurst and Green, these two posting a 50 partnership from 91 balls for the seventh wicket and securing a batting bonus point into the was just time remaining for Hurst to go to his hundred via 162 balls, hitting Ollie Price through long-on for four to bring an appreciative festival audience of more than 2,000 to their supplied by ECB Reporters' Network, supported by Rothesay
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
All-rounder Green extends Leicestershire loan
Somerset all-rounder Ben Green has extended his loan spell with Leicestershire for two further County Championship has been an ever-present for Leicestershire in first-class cricket this season, scoring 283 runs and taking 29 wickets for the Division Two 27-year-old is the fourth-highest wicket-taker in the second tier and registered his maiden first-class five-wicket haul during the Foxes' win over Gloucestershire in Holland also returns to the Leicestershire attack after missing the Championship draw with Glamorgan and defeat by Middlesex while on duty with Major League Cricket side Washington Foxes hold a 31-point lead in Division Two and return to four-day action on Tuesday away to Derbyshire.
Malaysiakini
4 days ago
- Health
- Malaysiakini
I don't want to die of a heart attack just yet
COMMENT | Earlier this year, we lost Ahmad Zaki Nasruddin, a basketball player who suffered a stroke and never recovered. He was in his late 40s (around my age) and still playing basketball, took part in Ironman competitions, and was quite healthy and active in all kinds of sports. His passing was the first to jolt many of us basketball players who were a part of the community. Last week, the local National Basketball Community League lost another two members of its community - Firdaus Kamilrudin and Zhahril Zaki. Firdaus tragically passed away in a motorcycle accident, while Zhahril died on the court of a heart attack during a league game. They were both in their early 40s and played in the Division Two and veteran categories. Many of us in the community were shocked to hear of their deaths, and especially Zhahril's, who collapsed only a few minutes into his team's Division Two game at night...
