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* Railways v Rajasthan at DelhiRailways left-arm spinner Murali Kartik gave his side a definitive edge on Day Two of their tie against Rajasthan at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi. Railways, teetering overnight on 271/8, were bowled out for 292, Sanjeev Sharma picking up the final two wickets.Rajasthan got a fine start from in-form openers Gagan Khoda and Vineet Saxena, who put up a 92-run opening partnership. Khoda was the first to go, out for 60. The next eight wickets fell for 75 runs, with Kartik dismissing six of the batsmen. The spinner’s figures at the end of the day read: 34-13-57-6.* Madhya Pradesh v Uttar Pradesh at IndoreIn Indore, Madhya Pradesh, resuming from 246/5, were bowled out for 315. Nikhil Patwardhan, unbeaten overnight, added only one run to his personal score, but his partner, captain Sulakshan Kulkarni, made 60, adding bulk to his team’s total and ensuring it crossed the 300-run mark. For Uttar Pradesh, Nikhil Chopra picked up four wickets.Uttar Pradesh benefited from a solid opening stand of 78, but wickets fell after that and, at the close of play, five wickets had fallen for 164. Rizwan Shamshad, not out on a patient 35, and Nikhil Chopra, making an even more patient six off 41 balls, were at the crease at stumps.

Richmond Mutumbami played the anchor role in Zimbabwe’s six-wicket win, with a career-best 74, against Afghanistan in the third ODI for a 2-1 lead. The fifty and the win didn’t come easy for Zimbabwe. Mutumbami was dropped twice – on 36 and 68 – and the hosts’ middle order stuttered fleetingly before captain Elton Chigumbura steered them home in the last over.”Maybe they can say it was my day, it was my lucky day,” Mutumbami said cheerfully about the drops. “I just kept telling myself that I should keep going on and see where I get to. Every win is important for the team, I actually feel great about it.”

Our aim was to score 250 – Noor Ali

Afghanistan opener Noor Ali Zadran, who top-scored with 56 and gave his team a steady start, rued the loss of quick wickets in the middler order and said they were looking to score much more than their score of 223 for 8.
“[Our] target was to score 250 on this wicket and get them out,” he said. “[In] our first session we were 124 for 1, after second wicket fell we lost five wickets for only 17 runs (25 runs). We didn’t achieve the target [we wanted to set].
However, Noor Ali was not completely disheartened about trailing 2-1 in the series and said they were known to bounce back.
“We are very good in bouncing back because first match we lost, after that we bounced back. we will bounce back and win the series 3-2.”

Mutumbami came back to the Zimbabwe squad only recently, in place of Regis Chakabva, after he was dropped for the home series against New Zealand in August. A poor run of scores from Chakabva helped him back into the side, and Mutumbami started the series with scores of 30 and 35, before bringing up his third ODI fifty today.When asked if one could expect more match-winning performances from him, Mutumbami said: “Yes, I’m sure they are coming. I’m sure more such performances are on their way.”We had to bounce back and today the guys showed good character and I thought we played good cricket. The guys were calm out there and they executed their skills better than the last game, so hopefully we can do the same thing on Thursday. There’s one or two things that we can improve as well like in any game there’s always one or two mistakes that you do.”When Mutumbami was dismissed in the 29th over, Zimbabwe were still 107 runs away from their target. Chigumbura took them over the line with an unbeaten 49, and he was not unhappy about not reaching a fifty.”Obviously the team comes first,” Chigumbura said. “It’s good to have a win under our belt, at the end of the day that’s what you’d be looking for. Obviously, personal achievements can come after [that].”The way the foundation was set by Richmond and Sean [Williams] out there, it was good. Hopefully we can carry on with the good things that were done today and do the same thing on Thursday.”Chigumbura has not won a toss even once in the series and said he would rather focus on the things he can control, such as his team’s performance on the field.”I’m not really worried about the toss, it’s about how we go out there and execute our skills,” he said. “Obviously it’s one game at a time, it’s going to be important to win the series on Thursday and obviously finish well.”

Three-time finalists Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) completed a hat-trick of away teams winning after round one of the group stage of SA20 2025-26. All six teams have been in action over the last 24 hours and there’s a clear trend from the first three games. Not only have the visitors won on each occasion, but the team batting first has too.SEC claimed their opening win over Paarl Royals, who went unbeaten at Boland Park last season, but whose lack of bowling firepower was exposed. SEC’s innings was bookended by big partnerships as Jonny Bairstow and Quinton de Kock posted 66 for the first wicket and Matthew Breetzke and Jordan Hermann put on 73 for the fifth wicket as SEC totalled 186 for 4. That was the third-highest SA20 total at this venue.Royals used six bowlers, and mystifyingly gave Jersey international Asa Tribe only one over which cost one run. Everyone else conceded eight runs an over or above. In response, Royals were in early trouble at 7 for 2 after two overs and collapsed to the lowest score in the SA20 of 49 to suffer the second-biggest tournament defeat. SEC, with a bonus point, are now top of the table. An experimental No.3 De Kock and Bairstow raced to 51 from the first five overs and shared a first-wicket stand of 66. They were relatively untroubled before some David Miller brilliance separated them. Bairstow tried to hit Ottneil Baartman over mid-off but chipped the ball to the left of Miller, who took a diving catch to give Royals their first wicket.In an XI that includes Breetzke and Tristan Stubbs, SEC opted to promote Marco Jansen to No.3 but the plan didn’t work. Jansen scored four off the first nine balls he faced before he timed a cover drive off Bjorn Fortuin to get going.Fortuin then delivered the ball as slowly as he could, Jansen was through his slog sweep almost before the ball had even reached him. He could do nothing as it spun away and bowled him. This was the first time Jansen had batted at No.3 in T20 cricket. SEC went from 66 without loss to 89 for 3 in 21 deliveries.Breetzke and Hermann take down Baartman and finish strong With four overs left to go, SEC were looking for a big finish and it was up to Breetzke and Hermann to provide it. Royals turned to former SEC superstar Baartman and he started with a short ball that Breetzke latched onto immediately to start the 17th over with a four. Baartman adjusted to fuller lengths once Hermann was on strike and he went over extra cover for four. Baartman went short again and Hermann pulled over square leg for the fifth six of the innings.Jordan Hermann helped SEC finish strongly•SA20

That was the over that got Breetzke and Hermann going as their partnership grew to 73 off 41 balls. Baartman had the last laugh when he bowled Breetzke with his penultimate ball to dismiss him for the fifth time in 13 innings. Hermann continued on regardless and brought up a 26-ball fifty. SEC scored 57 in their last four overs.Jansen strikes early; remains tournaments most successful bowler Jansen is the most successful bowler in the SA20 tournament history, and it took him only three balls to make an impression on this edition. He pitched the ball up and found Lhuan-dre Pretorius’ inside edge.Pretorius, who was last season’s leading run-scorer wasn’t sure if he made contact, he reviewed and UltraEdge confirmed the contact. He was dismissed for a duck and Jansen’s haul across 36 matches at the SA20 extended to 48, five more than Baartman.Nortje’s puts his name in lights With Kagiso Rabada racing against the clock to prove his fitness for the T20 World Cup squad, Anrich Nortje made sure he cannot be ignored with a statement performance of pace and bounce on an otherwise benign surface to claim 4 for 13.Nortje was brought on in the last over of the Powerplay and had an enterprising Tribe caught off a top edge as he tried to pull a cross seam delivery. Nortje was brought back on in the 11th over and bowled Delano Potgieter with a brutish ball, full and shaping away to destroy the stumps.In the same over, Fortuin was rushed by another short ball and caught by de Kock behind the stumps. Then Nortje iced the cake when he bounced Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who fended the ball to de Kock. With three wickets in his third over Nortje left Paarl Royals 48 for 8. Five balls later, their opening game was done, with 49 balls remaining in the innings.

Essex’s Darren Thomas has announced his decision to retire from first-class cricket due to injury with immediate effect.Thomas, 32, picked up an injury to his shoulder at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai in February that never recovered sufficiently to allow him to bowl for the county. The fast-medium bowler, who joined Essex from Glamorgan on a one-year contract last December, was able to play for the 2nd XI as a batsman and, latterly, as captain.”Darren developed a tear to the cartilage in his right shoulder prior to the start of this season,” Essex physio Mark Thomas explained. “Vigorous rehab along with therapeutic injections has failed to resolve this issue, preventing him from bowling. It is expected he will have surgery at the end of the season.””I had massive ambitions to continue playing for another three to four years when I arrived but injury has unfortunately put an end to my career,” Thomas admitted. “My time with the 2nd XI has been really enjoyable and I hope I have been able to pass on my experience to the youngsters. Essex has a great crop of young players coming through and I wish the club every success in the future.”

Canada’s selectors have named a 13-man squad for the trip to visit South Africa which gets underway next month. After a warm-up game, Canada play ODIs with The Netherlands and Bermuda, and then meet the Netherlands in a four-day Intercontinental Cup match starting on December 5.Eleven of the squad are from Ontario, including George Codrington, named captain. Quaiser Ali (Quebec) is vice-captain. A number of players were not available for various reasons, including the overseas-based John Davison, Geoff Barnett and Ian Billcliff. This will put extra pressure on the remaining batsmen. Codrington, Ali, Sandeep Jyoti, Ashih Bagai and Abdool Samad each made promising scores during some of this summer’s matches.The regular opening bowling duo of Umar Bhatti and Henry Osinde, rated the best bowlers among the Associate Members, are supported by veteran seamer Sanjay Thuraisingham. Codrington, Kevin Sandher and Sunil Dhaniram head the spin attack.Sandher, Dhaniram, Samad and Bagai are currently in South Africa attending the ICC High Performance Winter Training Camp.Canada squad Qaiser Ali, Ashish Bagai, Umar Bhatti, George Codrington, Desmond Chumney, Sunil Dhaniram, Sandeep Jyoti, Don Maxwell, Asif Mulla, Henry Osinde, Abdool Samad, Kevin Sandher, Sanjay Thuraissingham.

Northamptonshire’s Kolpak player, Johann Louw, has been given permission to play for the Eagles franchise this season.Gerald Majola, the chief executive of Cricket South Africa, said that permission was granted in terms of the regulations that govern overseas players competing in South African domestic professional cricket.”This means that Johann will not seek to qualify to play for England,” explained Majola. “He must also declare his intention to fully comply with contractual obligations to the Eagles ahead of any obligations to any county in England. The SA Cricketers’ Association has endorsed the CSA decision on Johann.”The chief executive of the Eagles, Seppie Lusardi, added that Louw intended to settle in Bloemfontein where his wife-to-be is studying. “Johann intends returning to South Africa permanently,” said Lusardi, “and he will bolster the pool of quality fast bowlers eligible for national duty going forward to the World Cup in 2007.”Louw played for Griqualand West and Eastern Province before joining Northants two seasons ago.

Zaheer Khan is a doubtful starter for India’s next Asia Cup match, against Bangladesh, after picking up a leg injury in India’s 12-run loss to Sri Lanka. Zaheer bowled nine lacklustre overs during India’s defeat on Sunday, and injured his hamstring while sliding to stop the ball in the field.Zaheer has been troubled by hamstring injuries for some time now, with a tear forcing him to miss two Tests against Australia in December last year, and the one-day VB Series that followed the Tests. He recovered in time to play in the one-day series against Pakistan in March, but limped out of the Test series in Multan. Recently, he had to cut a brief stint at Surrey short with further problems.”Zaheer is a concern, especially for the next match,” Sourav Ganguly said after Sunday’s defeat. Ashish Nehra is the only other fast bowler in India’s 14-man squad. After the match against Bangladesh, India play Pakistan and then Sri Lanka again in the second round of the tournament.

Chairman Robert Appleyard and his hard-working band of helpers at the Bath Cricket Festival are receiving an unexpected helping hand, from the non-cricketing nation of Spain.Maria Mediavilla, a 30 year old economics graduate from Palacios de la Sierra, near Burgos in northern Spain, was on a language course in Bath when she decided to fill in her spare time doing something “typically English”.She went to the Volunteer Bureau and saw notice inviting volunteers to get involved with the Bath Cricket Festival.Maria said: “I knew nothing about cricket, but I wanted to do something useful and to work with English people, so I thought that looks interesting, why not? I’ll try it.”She contacted Michael Davis, a member of the festival organising committee, and within a few weeks she had been co-opted onto the committee and was using her Spanish flair and business skills to organise a mailing shot and help with a number of festival fringe events.Among Maria’s projects has been the eve of festival reception on Tuesday evening, June 3, at the Hot Bath Gallery with tours of the Thermae Bath Spa complex.The festival itself begins the following day, Wednesday, June 4 on the Bath Recreation Ground when Somerset takes on Worcestershire in a four-day championship match and this will be followed by a one-day match between Somerset and Northamptonshire on Sunday June 8th.During the festival one of Maria’s tasks will be to ensure that corporate hospitality clients are happy with the facilities and services they have ordered.Maria said: “Hopefully, I will also see more of the cricket.”Until she came to Bath Maria had never seen the game. Committee members took her to Taunton to see Somerset play one of the season’s opening fixtures.Michael Davis said: “We did our best to explain what was happening and why there were no goal posts. She had a great time, and so did we. I think the social side of the game was something she had never expected.”Maria said: “It is a very complicated game, with many rules, and we have nothing like this in Spain. The game stops for tea and lunch and goes on for days and is very relaxing.”Another aspect of English life that surprised Maria was the existence of so many voluntary organisations, all doing good works.She said: “You can volunteer and take part, it’s open to all. It’s not like that in Spain. Here you can do something useful and have an experience and work with other people. You can get involved in marketing, fund-raising and many other things — even cricket!”Maria’s language course ends in June, but she hopes to stay a little longer. She has already worked abroad, at Constance in Germany, after graduating and the experience fed her wanderlust. She heard so much about England that she made that her next destination and came to Bath because she heard it was a good centre for language courses.

The Sri Lanka cricket team is likely to be sponsored by a reputed local tea company with a big international market.WSG Nimbus who have the commercial rights to negotiate sponsorships on behalf of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board, is expected to finalise the deal by the end of the week.Dilmah which belongs to MJF Exports Ltd are on the verge of being signed up by WSG Nimbus as the new sponsors for the next three years.Cricket Board sources said the sponsorship figure is more than twice of what Singer (Sri Lanka) Ltd, the former sponsors, put up. Singer, sponsored the national team for two three-year terms since 1995 for a figure of US$1.6 million. The present sponsorship is expected to exceed US$3.0 million.Dilmah tea has a very big market in Australia and New Zealand and last month they moved into the UK. They also have sales in India.They are Sri Lanka’s biggest exporters of tea bags and concentrate more on the overseas market than at home.The company was founded in 1974 by Merril J. Fernando, a pioneer in the tea industry in this country and has been exporting tea for the past 15 years.”We made a strong bid for the sponsorship and we have been told by WSG that we are a very strong contender,” said Dilmah’s chief operations officer Imendra Ranaweera.Singer’s sponsorship with the national team terminated at the end of last month ending a six-year run during which period the country’s international stocks rose sky high with the highlight being the World Cup win in 1996.It was Singer who set the trend of team sponsorship for the national side six years ago. To a large extent they are responsible for boosting the morale of the side to attain the position it holds in world cricket today.

England allrounder Ben Stokes has insisted there was no wilful intent when he gloved away Mitchell Starc’s throw at the stumps at Lord’s and that he was purely thinking of protecting himself.Stokes’ reaction, as he spun away from the throw, came when he was out of his ground and led to him becoming the first England batsman – and sixth overall – to be given out obstructing the field in a one-day international.Law 37, which governs obstructing the field, states: Either batsman is out obstructing the field if he wilfully attempts to obstruct or distract the fielding side by word or action.”A guy was standing there five feet away from me and it was just a complete reaction,” Stokes told ESPNcricinfo. “I didn’t put my hand there wilfully, it was purely out of human reaction to protect myself. But the decision was made, there’s nothing I can do but it wasn’t wilful whatsoever.”Former England captains Michael Vaughan, Alec Stewart and Paul Collingwood were among those to criticise the decision. Collingwood, who was involved in controversy against New Zealand in 2008 when he refused to recall Grant Elliott after he was run out following a collision with Ryan Sidebottom and later admitted he had made an error, tweeted that Steven Smith “will regret that decision in the future.”There were heated scenes in the middle as the decision was made by third umpire Joel Wilson after the on-field officials, Kumar Dharmasena and Tim Robinson, had indicated to England captain Eoin Morgan, who was at the crease alongside Stokes, that their initial reaction was that it was not out.Morgan later said he would have withdrawn the appeal in the same situation, but Smith was adamant the correct decision had been reached. It led to the remainder of the match being played out to the sound of significant booing around Lord’s and during the post-match presentation. Stokes, speaking at a Chance to Shine Street Cricket event in Birmingham, said the reaction may have got a little out of perspective.”The crowd maybe got a bit out of control, there was a lot of booing going on with the incident. It’s one of those decisions where you can’t look back and have any regrets because it’s been made, you can’t change what’s happened it’s just a shame it came to the uproar it has.”It probably took away from the fact that we haven’t actually played very good cricket in the first couple of games which is the biggest thing for us so we just have to put it behind us.”Fast bowler Steven Finn had earlier said it was important that England do not dwell on the dismissal as the series heads to Old Trafford for the third match on Tuesday with them needing a win to stay in the contest.”I think we’d be foolish to let the Stokes dismissal nag away at us,” Finn said. “We have a young side – we have some quite emotional guys in that team. If we let that emotion come into our cricket, I don’t think that it will serve us well.”If we stick with the mantra of going out there and enjoying it, trying to show off and deliver our skills as best we can with a smile on our face, that will serve us far better than getting fired up and angry.”Ben Stokes took part in the Chance to Shine Street cricket programme in Birmingham, which is supported by Lycamobile.