Ben Stokes marked his first first-class innings since being appointed England captain with a breathtaking innings of 161 from 88 balls for Durham against Worcestershire at New Road, including five sixes in an over, and 17 all told – a new record for county cricket. Here’s how ESPNcricinfo recorded his return to action. 98.6Gibbon to

Durham 580 for 6 dec (Stokes 161, Bedingham 135, Dickson 104) vs Worcestershire For my first trick, how about a county-record number of sixes? Ben Stokes marked his first appearance since his elevation to the England captaincy in extraordinary fashion with 17 of them for Durham in the LV= Championship. It was bold, it was

Mohammad Amir is back playing first-class cricket again. Two-and-a-half years after announcing the end of his Test career, the left-arm fast bowler is back in whites. Amir signed up with Gloucestershire county cricket club in England as a replacement for Naseem Shah and picked up his first wickets of the season on Thursday. Still only

Given the kind of IPL season Rovman Powell was having, Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant went to his room after their previous game and asked him where he wanted to bat. Powell, who had scored just 135 runs in eight innings at 19.28, told his captain: “Just trust me and let me bat at No.

May 6: Gujarat Titans v Mumbai Indians, 51st Match, Brabourne Stadium Safe XI: Wriddhiman Saha, Ishan Kishan, David Miller, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Tilak Varma, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Shami, Rashid Khan (vice-capt), Riley Meredith, Kumar Karthikeya Captain: Suryakumar Yadav Back to his favorite number three batting position in IPL where he has scored 1157

Chris Silverwood is no stranger to Sri Lanka’s foibles. After all, it was only a little over a year ago that he brought his England side to Lankan shores and swept the home team 2-0 in a Test series. But now, some 15 months later, he’s at the other end, charged with patching up the

Ian Bishop is “concerned” at Virat Kohli‘s repeated struggles against spin, especially offspin, as he tries to get out of a form slump. In IPL 2022, where he has managed just one fifty-plus score and a strike rate of just 111.09, which is the third lowest among batters with at least 150 runs this season.

Joe Root and Ben Stokes, England’s past and present Test captains, will both return to action for the first time this season in the latest round of LV= County Championship matches on Thursday. Root, who stood down last month during an extended break following England’s series loss in the Caribbean, has been named in a

Good planning and clarity of roles can often bring confidence and favourable results for sports teams. Nine games into their IPL 2022 campaign, Chennai Super Kings finally look like they know what they are doing – though the sample size is just one match – and it has coincided with the return of their Thala

When Mayank Agarwal lost the toss – the eighth Punjab Kings had lost in 10, making them the second-unluckiest team in the tournament – he must have felt distraught because they are pretty close to getting into must-win territory. However, seconds later, he was handed what he wanted: an opportunity to chase a total. After