Cricket

May 22, 2013

Brief Scorecard: Rajasthan Royals 135 for 6 (Hodge 54*) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 132 for 7 (Dhawan 33, Malik 2-14) by four wickets

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Royals will face Mumbai Indians in IPL Qualifier 2 after Brad Hodge's onslaught helped them beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 4-wickets in their Eliminator match at Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi.

Brad Hodge (54* off 29) completely destroyed the Hyderabad bowling attack with the help of 2 boundaries and 5 stunning sixes.

May 20, 2013

Brief Scorecard: England 232 (Bairstow 41, Southee 4-58) and 213 (Root 71, Trott 56, Southee 6-50) beat New Zealand 207 (Taylor 66, Williamson 60, Anderson 5-47) and 68 (Broad 7-44) by 170 runs

In a destructive spell of pace bowling, Stuart Broad blew away New Zealand with career-best figures of 7 for 44 as England surged to a 170-run victory at Lord’s. A Test that had begun at a cautious pace hurtled to a conclusion less than hour after lunch on the fourth day with New Zealand dismantled for 68.

May 19, 2013

Brief Scorecard: Pune Warriors 172 for 5 (Finch 52, Wright 44, Kaul 2-27) beat Delhi Daredevils 134 for 9 (Gautam 30, Mathews 3-14, Murtaza 3-15)

NEW DELHI: Delhi Daredevils' woeful season ended with yet another disappointing loss, this time by 38 runs to Pune Warriors, to finish at the bottom of the nine-team table in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.