cricket and ireland have lost their one off test against bangladesh by seven wickets in dhaka. the tourists resumed their second innings on 286 8 but could only add six runs on the morning of day 4. that left bangladesh needing 138 for victory which they reached with ease. ireland now head to sri lanka for a two test series. it s the second day of the county championship, much better weather today, there s play in all five matches. champions surrey have made a really strong start at old trafford against lancashire. cameron steel reached his century early on day two, the aussie was unbeaten on mi as they posted a42 in theirfirst innings. lancashire s response has seen luke wells and captain keatonjennings reach 28 without loss before lunch. jennings survived two lbw appeals in successive balls before lancashire had even put a run on the board.
from mushfiqur rahim setting the tone for bangladesh. in the indian premier league, lucknow super giants frustrated sunrisers hyderabad in theirfirst innings with bowler krunal pandya taking three of eight wickets hyderabad ending 121 for eight. lucknow then went into bat and have just concluded their innings in style with this six from nicholas pooran to reach 127 and win by five wickets. closer to home, day two of the county championship saw surrey build on yesterday s performance against lancashire and extend their run count to 442, inclduing a brilliant 1a1 not out from cameron steel. lancashire lost four wickets in just 15 runs in response, and at close of play they trail surrey by 209 runs with two wickets remaining. to super league now and two matches today featuring traditional rivalries on good friday. it s a sixth defeat in a row for hull fc, who had a derby with hull kr to forget this afternoon .
The county champions, Surrey, and their nearest challengers last year, Lancashire, have so much strength in depth that both are able to put out a strikingly com