dil Rashid hits 180 as Yorkshire stage a remarkable recovery from 75-4 with a ton from Ballance and the tail.Somerset struggle in reply and Rashid takes two wickets.somerset follow onand hang on to draw despite Brooks 4 wkts:At Headingley Div 1 Yorkshire 505-9 dec(Rashid 180,Ballance 107,Pyrah 55) drew with Somerset 252,96 overs (Petersen 54,Trescothick 53)& 61-6,22.3 overs Scorecard Sam Robson takes double ton off Warwickshire attack on curtailed second day despite Mutagh fifer Warwickshire make effective reply:At Edgbaston Middlesex 428-5,112.4 overs(Robson 215*) drew with Warwickshire 374-8,114 overs(Clarke 66*,Trott 65,Bell 62,Murtagh 5-85) Scorecard At the Oval Surrey 237,82.2 overs(Buckley 5-86) & 229,86.5 overs(Borthwick 6-70) lost to Durham 279-9,98 overs(Benkenstein 70*) & 181-5,48.2 overs by 5 wickets Scorecard
* Zimbabwe wins third ODI as Vusi sibanda carries his bat with aton so Zim take series 2-1:At Bulawayo 3rd ODI Bangladesh 247-9,50 overs(Mahmadullah 75*,Nasir Hossain 63) lost to Zimbabwe 251-3,47.1(sibanda 103*,Williams 55*) by 7 wickets Scorecard Series
* New Zealanders defeat Derbyshire by 107 runs in tour opener:At Derby Scorecard
* Uganda's bowlers run out of steam and Nepal stage thrilling recovery to gain promotion with Uganda and beat them in the final:At Hamilton ICC World Cricket League 50/50 Div 3 Final Uganda 151-8,50 overs lost to Nepal 153-3,39.2 overs(Airee 60, Vesawkar 50*) by 7 wickets Scorecard Competition Table
* Two unbeaten countries, Uganda and USA clash Thursday in ICC World Cricket League 50/50 in Bermuda and Uganda win decisively by 93 runs as US star batsman Steve Taylor falls for a duck Scorecard Eurocricket roundup Competition Table
* Three young batsmen flourish at Headingley.Anguilan Chester Hughes now qualified for England was left stranded on a massive 270 a few short of the record for a Derbyshire batsmen then Root hit 235 and Bairstow fell short of a double ton hitting 186 for Yorkshire.Yorkshire post record score and then Derbyshire fall apart in "nd innings as young Jack Brooks takes fifer:At Headingley Div 1 Derbyshire 476,141 overs(Hughes 270*,Marsden 93) & 163,54.4 overs lost to Yorkshire 677-7 dec,151(Root 236,Bairstow 186) by an inning & 39 runs Scorecard Chester Hughes has hit the highest unbeaten score made in a 1st innings but finishing on the losing side in 123 years of the County Championship Durham beat Notts by six wickets Scorecard
* Australia name squad for 'Ashes' Tour. Chris Rogers get call up. More Details
* Chris Gayle hits 175 not out in Royal Challengers defeat of Pune Warriors by 136 runs:IPL Match 31 Scorecard Chris Gayle hit the fastest century in 30 balls.
* Windward Islands beat Combined Universities by 9 wickets D/L Method in Windies Super 50 Final at Barbados Scorecard
* Watson hits ton but Rajasthan Royals lose again with one ball to go to chenai Super Kings:IPL Match 30 Scorecard IPL Match 27 Royal Challengers Bangalore easily defeat Rajasthan Royals Scorecard
* Kenya beat Netherlands in t20 with one over to spare in Windhoek Scorecard Quadrangular Tournament Results
* Mike Denness has died at 72. A Scot he captained England and was President of Kent CCC More Notably he dropped himself when captain of England in Australia More
* Netherlands scrape second win by fine margin to consolidate second position in table:At Windhoek Match 40 ICC World Cricket Championship Namibia 236-5,50 overs(van Schoor 93,Scholtz 51*) lost to Netherlands 240-9,48 overs(van Bunge 60,Baressi 55) Scorecard Points Table
* Rajasthan Royals continue their winning ways by thrashing Mumbai Indians as Tendulkar & Ponting fail Match 23 Scorecard Points Table Royals & Challengers lead table
* Finn takes four while ex Middx Godleman digs in,Only Robson fires as Middx all out behind but Derby fall over for 60 leaving Chanderpaul 18* and lose by 9 wickets:At Lord's Derbyshire 231,104.5 overs(Godleman 55,Finn 4-51) & 60,14 overs(Murtagh 5-12) lost to Middx 215,71.5 overs & 80-1,21.4 overs by 9 wickets Scorecard At Edgbaston Troughton top scores for hosts.Collingwood & Borthwick restore Durham's innings Warwickshire 345,108.2 overs(Troughton 84) & 351-8dec,90.2 overs (Ambrose 105,Clarke 92) beat Durham 284,77.2 overs(Borthwick 101,Collingwood 70) & 94,55 overs(Wright 6-31) by 318 runs Scorecard At the Oval Compton falls for a duck but SA's Petersen hits big ton, Burns replies in kind and likewise Davies Somerset 384,108.4 overs(Petersen 167) & 251-9dec,74.5 overs(Buttler 94,Petersen 91,Meaker 5-60) drew with Surrey 366-9 dec,82.1 overs(Davies 147,Burns 115) Scorecard Division 2 At Cardiff Worcs collapse Worcestershire 123,63.1 overs & 207,84.1 overs(Samaraweera 79) lost to Glamorgan 295,108.5 overs & 36-0,9.1 overs by 10 wickets Scorecard At Leicester Kent 406,93.5 overs v Leics 452-7,156.5 overs(Boyce 135,Thakor 105*) Scorecard.At Northampton N'hants tail doubles score and Essex collapse again Essex 183,52.1 & 1207,83.2 overs lost to N/hants 399,89.4 overs(Crook (no 10) 88*,Willy(no 8) 76,Copeland(no 11) 70) by an innings and 8 runs Scorecard Samit Patel smashes double ton off Durham Students Notts 396-3 dec,73.2 overs(SR Patel 256,Lumb 83) & 408-9dec,80.5 overs overs(Mullaney 103,Read 80, Franks 66) v Durham MCCU 142,53.2 overs & 77-5,36.3 overs Scorecard At Southampton Hants score a lot of runs off the students' bowling Hants 377-4dec(Vince 114,Wheater 102, Adams 96) & 189-1,44 overs(Carbery 118) beat Loughborough MCCU 163,54.4 overs(Griffiths 5-68)& 248,98.2 overs(Baker 52,Vince 5-41) overs Scorecard
* BRM Taylor hits ton on opening day in Harare and tails wags to give Zim decent total.Bangladesh make solid start but then fall apart giving Zim lead of 255 then Zim lose 4-27 but Taylor forges on to complete two tons in the match.Bangladesh collapse again:At Harare Sports Club 1st Test Zimbabwe 389,153.2 overs(BRM Taylor 172,Waller 55) & 227-7dec,56 overs(BRM Taylor 102*,Robiul Islam 6-71) beat Bangladesh 134,54.1 overs & 147,49.2 overs(Cremer 4-4) by 335 runs Scorecard
* Royal Challengers win another exciting match as Ravi Rampaul clean bowls Rohrer with 5 needed off the last ball of the super over Match 21 Scorecard Points Table
* Netherlands gain revenge ODI win despite Williams ton:At Windhoek ICC World Cricket Championship Match 39 Netherlands 268-9.50 overs beat Namibia 237,48.5 overs(Williams 116) by 31 runs Scorecard
* Nigeria's skipper Adegbola with Olatinji stage dramatic recovery from19-4 to win in rain reduced match ICC World Cricket League Div 7 2013 by 6 wickets by 6 wickets with 12.5 overs to go:At Gabarone Final 45/45 Vanuatu 133,38.4 overs lost to Nigeria 134-6,32.1 overs(Olatunji 76*,Adegbola 51*) by 6 wickets Scorecard
* Sunrisers Hyderabad in another close finish beating Delhi Daredevils by 3 wickets with 4 balls to spare Match 13 Scorecard Points Table
* Vanuatu make clean sweep with win over Ghana by 8 wickets and a place in the final Scorecard. Nigeria smash 300 off Germany's mature expat side to reach final with massive win of 160 runs Scorecard and Botswana beat Fiji by 22 runs so these two play again for 3rd place Scorecard Germany and Ghana play in wooden spoon play off. ICC World Cricket League Div 7 2013
* Chris Gayle on fire as RC Bangalore beat KKR by 8 wickets Match 12 Scorecard Rajasthan Royals lose to Pune Warriers by 7 wickets Match 13 Scorecard Points Table
* County Championship starts April 10th Brrrh! Division 1 Durham 250,93.2 overs & 116,47.4 overs beat Somerset 132,37.5 overs & 186-2,63.5 overs by 48 runs Scorecard, Notts 278,91.1 overs & 182,47.1 overs(Dexter 5-27) lost to Middx 353,110 overs(Simpson 97*,Robson 76, Rogers 50) & 110-0,25 overs by 10 wickets Scorecard, Derby 226,87.1 overs drew with Warwickshire 201-5,59 overs No play rain day 2 more day 3 & 4 Scorecard, Yorks 96,46.2 overs(Jordan 6-48) & 248,82.1 overs(Magoffin 5-51) lost to Sussex 356 overs(Joyce 93,Nash 80) by an innings & 12 runs, Scorecard Divsion 2 Glos 409-5,124 overs(Housego 150,HJH Marshall 149) v Essex 30-2,7.1 overs Scorecard , Glam 134,50 overs v N'hants 145-5,40.4 overs(Peters 67) Scorecard, Both openers fall for ducks but George Bailey flourishes before being stumped bizare fashion! Hants 454-7 dec,110.1 overs(Vince 148,GJ Bailey 93,Ervine 69,Wheater 56*) v Leics 143,48.4 overs & f/o 0-0,2 overs Scorecard, Worcs 324-7,128 overs v Lancs Scorecard
* Sunrisers Hyderabad sneak win with eliminating over after tieing with Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 7th Scorecard only to suffer defeat against same side on April 9th Scorecard Mumbai Indians lead table after three matches just! Points Table
* Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar ,India Women's skipper scores ton in 2nd win over Bangladesh Women for whom Rumana Ahmed hit 75 in a spirited run chase:At Ahmedabad 2nd ODI India Women 256-6,50 overs(H Kaur 103,PG Raut 80) beat Bangladesh Women 210-9,50 overs(R Ahmed 75) by 46 runs Scorecard India lead 3 match series 2-0.
* Vanuatu are making a strong run in ICC World Cricket League Div 7 2013 having won first three matches.Today they batted first and posted a decent score with three middle order batsmen scoring 50s and Nigeria failed the challenge so 4 in a row.:At Lobatase Botswana Match 12 Vanuatu 238-5,50 overs beat Nigeria 164-9,50 overs by 74 runs Scorecard Points Table
* Royal Challengers Bangalore win thriller with Mumbai Indians by just 2 runs,Chris Gayle hit 92 not out IPL Match 2 Scorecard
* IPL begins with comfortable win for Kolkata Knight Riders over Delhi Daredevils for whom Mahela Jayawardene hits 66 Scorecard
* Afghanistan beat Nepal by 7 wickets to take Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup 2012/13 title Scorecard UAE beat Hong Kong by 22 runs for third place Scorecard
* Afghanistan beat Hong Kong by 7 wickets in 1st semi final Scorecard and Nepal beat UAE in 2nd semi final by 6 wickets Scorecard Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup 2012/13
* Afghanistan beat Kuwait by 4 wickets(4 balls left) Scorecard UAE beat Bahrain by 114 runs Scorecard Group B: Group A Malaysia beat Maldives by 8 wickets Scorecard and Nepal beat Singapore by 121 runs Scorecard Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup 2012/13
* Paine & Faulkner hit 161 for 7th wicket to restore Tasmania's 2nd innings and take lead to formidable 434:At Hobart Sheffield Shield Final Tasmania 419,173.4 overs(Silk 108) & 251,96.5 overs(Paine 87,Faulkner 83*) drew with Queensland 225,87.2 overs & 183-6,87 overs Scorecard
* MCC labour in the field as Chopra and Porterfield hit tons.MCC collapse in 1st innings but improve on following on and Denly hits ton:At Abu Dhabi Champion County Match Warwickshire 561-6,150.4 overs(Chopra 163,Porterfield 162) beat MCC 130,56.4 overs(Wright 5-35) & 402,102.5 overs(Denly 146, Northeast 89,Trego 87) by an innings and 29 runs Scorecard
* Tamin Iqbal hits ton before being run out as Bangladesh post decent total:At Hambantota 1st ODI Bangladesh 259-8,50 overs(Tamin Iqbal 116,Nasir Hossain 73*) lost to Sri Lanka 238-3,35.4 overs(Dilshan 113*) by 8 wickets D/L Method(Target 238/41 overs) Scorecard
* England insert NZ but take only one wicket all day.Two Meter Peter hits maiden test ton.NZ go into slow mode until Southee smashes 44 at close,Finn takes sixfer.Boult removes Cook and Trott before stumps and England fold until Prior & Root add 101.NZ do not enforce follow on and lose three quick wickets by stumps.Fulton 2nd ton & McCullum restore innings and set England 481.NZ take 4 wickets by close and root by lunch.Bell & Prior resst NZ for most of the day and Prior hits ton and Engl;and save the day with Monty facing 5 balls :At Eden Park Auckland New Zealand 443,143.1 overs(Fulton 124*,Williamson 91,Southee 44,Finn 6-125) & 241-6 dec,57.2 overs(Fulton 110,McCullum 67*) drew with England 204,86.5 overs(Prior 73,Boult 6-68) & 315-9,143 overs(Prior 110*,Bell 75,Williamson 4-44) Scorecard Pietersen with knee injury drops out and Bairstow comes in More
* Australia win toss and bat without distinction though tail shows resistance,Siddle & Pattinson add 54 for 9th wicket.India open with 100 1st wicket stand but the wickets fall steadily with Lyons taking sevenfer.India edge ahead but Oz collapse again except for Siddle who hits second fity.India chase low target quickly to take series 4-0:At Delhi 4th Test Australia 262,98 overs(Siddle 51,Ashwin 5-57) & 162,46.3 overs(Siddle 50,Jadeja 5-58) lost to India 272,70.2 overs(Lyons 7-94) & 158-4,31.2 overs(Pujara 82*) by 6 wickets Scorecard Clarke is injured so Watson skippers and fellow form filling failures,Pattinson & Johnson, also play. India win series 4-0
* Kenya chase down modest target after Nehemiah Odhiambo fifer. Osinde removes Karim first ball but despite a Patel fifer Kenya win by 4 wickets:At Dubai ICC Intercontinental Cup 1st Class Canada 358,129.2 overs & 175,77.5 overs( NN Odhiambo 5-43) lost to Kenya 406,116 overs(RR Patel 136) & 129-6,31.5 overs(H Patel 4-41) by 4 wickets Scorecard Points Table
* Ireland field first and restrict UAE to modest total which they chase succesfully with 7 balls to spare in t20 international at Sharjah Scorecard
* Shillingford and Samuels baffle Zim who won toss and collapsed.Gayle hits ton and Chanderpaul grinds on to another whereupon Zim collapse once again to Shillingford and Samuels:At Rosseau Dominica 2dn test Zimbabwe 175,60.4 overs(Shillingford 5-59,Samuels 3-13) & 141, 42.2 overs(Shillingford 5-34,Samuels 3-35) lost to West Indies 381-8,117 overs(Gayle 101,Chanderpaul 108,Ramdin 80) by an innings and 65 runs Scorecard
* Pakistan stutter to 3 wicket win to square series. Mohamed Hafeez is given out obstructing the firld for duck:At Durban 4th ODI South Africa 234-9,50 overs(de Villiers 75,Miller 67) lost to Pakistan 235-7,48.4 overs(Imran Farhat 93,Misbah 80) by 3 wickets Scorecard
* McCullum wins toss and inserts England who lose Cook early but centuries from Compton & Trott set up big England total.Broad taskes sixfer as NZ failto save follow on.Bad weather thwarts England and match is left drawn:At Wellington 2nd Test England 465,146.5 overs(Trott 121,Compton 100,Prior 81,Pietersen 73,Martin 4-130) drew with New Zealand 254,89.2 overs(McCullum 69,Watling 60,Broad 6-51) & f/o 162-2,68overs(Williamson 55*) Scorecard
* Kenya chase down a decent total by Canada who won the toss with two overs to spare,Karim hit a century:At Dubai ICC World Cricket League Championship 2011-2013 Canada 253-9,50 overs(R Cheema 55,Raza-ur-Rehman 51) lost to Kenya 254-4,48 overs(Karim 112,Obuyu 57) by 6 wickets Scorecard Points Table
* Zim win and bat first, Mawoyo hits fifty but rest fail to stay long.Jarvis removes opener Powell and night watchman Roach with successive balls and then Bravo next morning.Gayle falls for 40,Samuels strokes fifty but he and Chanderpaul get out,Sammy to the rescue with 4 sixes so Windies lead by 94 then Zim lose three by close of play and collapse next morning:At Barbados 1st Test Zimbabwe 211,76.4 overs(Samuels 4-13) & 107,46.4 overs(Shillingford 6-49) lost to West Indies 307,84.2 overs(Sammy 73,Ramdin62,Samuels 50,Jarvis 4-34) & 12-1,5 overs by 9 wickets Scorecard