Lunch Bangladesh 149 for 5 (Shakib 52*, Litton 48, Rajitha 2-40) and 365 lead Sri Lanka 506 (Mathews 145*, Chandimal 125, Shakib 5-96) by eight runsAn unbeaten 96-run sixth-wicket stand between Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das rescued Bangladesh from the peril they had found themselves overnight, and secured

Birmingham 207 for 3 (Stirling 119, Hain 66*) beat Northamptonshire 81 (Lintott 3-19, Briggs 3-21) by 125 runs (DLS method)Paul Stirling smashed a scintillating debut century as Birmingham Bears launched their Vitality Blast campaign with a 125-run thrashing of Northants Steelbacks at Edgbaston.Ireland batter Stirling blazed his career

May 27: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Qualifier 2, Narendra Modi StadiumSafe XI: 1 Faf du Plessis (capt), 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal (vice-capt), 3 Jos Buttler, 4 Sanju Samson, 5 Rajat Patidar, 6 Devdutt Padikkal, 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Yuzvendra Chahal, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 Wanindu Hasaranga, 11 Obed

0.2 to Mahmudul Hasan Joy, bowled 'em! Length ball around off, Mahmudul was rooted to the crease as it was angled in from wide on the crease, it pitched and straightened and found the gap between bat and pad to crash into the stumps. Dream start for Sri

Somerset 166 for 2 (Rossouw 81*, Abell 48*) beat Kent 162 for 6 (Leaning 72*, Gregory 3-25)Somerset's decision to recruit an extra overseas batter for the Vitality Blast paid instant dividends on the competition's opening night at Canterbury, as Rilee Rossouw's 81 not out helped them exact revenge on

Gul, who replaced Abdur Razzaq as the bowling coach of Quetta Gladiators in the PSL last year to kickstart his post-playing career, was employed by the Afghanistan Cricket Board as its bowling consultant during a training and preparation camp in the UAE in April. At the camp, former Pakistan

"We needed another team. Now it's all on us," Glenn Maxwell said as Royal Challengers Bangalore celebrated making it to the playoffs. It is a sentiment that would have really resonated with his team-mates. Everybody appreciates a second chance but players of the quality of Virat Kohli, Faf du

David Miller has always performed an unenviable role in T20 cricket: that of a finisher without an added bowling skill. It is by its nature a job where you fail more often than succeed. You don't get to chalk up the big runs to seduce the decision makers with

Velocity 151 for 3 (Verma 51, Wolvaardt 51*, Dottin 2-21) beat Supernovas 150 for 5 (Kaur 71, Taniya 36, Cross 2-24) by seven wicketsIn the contest between arguably India's two best power-hitters, Harmanpreet Kaur's 51-ball 71 won the individual battle, but Shafali Verma, with 51 off 33 balls, finished

And it's over to Eden Gardens in Kolkata for Qualifier 1. Two teams with similar approaches will want to give themselves a few extra days of rest ahead of the grand finale. For Gujarat Titans, it's the opportunity to play in front of a capacity home crowd in Ahmedabad.