Middlesex 452 (Robson 231, Patel 4-80) and 306 for 6 dec (Robson 106, Voges 92) drew with Warwickshire 468 (Trott 219*, Murtagh 3-68, Finn 3-110)Scorecard Sam Robson‘s second century of the match secured a draw for Middlesex and provided another reminder of his skills for the England selectors. Robson, who followed his first innings of 231 with a second innings of 106, set a new record for the most runs…
Yorkshire 593 for 9 dec (Bairstow 246, Plunkett 126, Lyth 111) and 183 for 8 dec (Gale 46, Tomlinson 3-31) drew with Hampshire 453 for 9 dec (Ervine 123, Vince 119, Sidebottom 4-80)Scorecard Andrew Gale’s 46 steadied Yorkshire after a final-day wobble © Getty Images To concede 593 for 9 against a county with designs on a third successive Championship, be riven by an injury crisis which saw their coach…
Two chastening days for champions Yorkshire concluded in an honours-even stalemate as Hampshire consolidated their fightback at Headingley. Yorkshire appeared on course for an emphatic opening win, to kickstart their bid for a third successive title, by stumps on the second day of this Specsavers Division One match against opponents who only narrowly avoided relegation last September. But after Hampshire defied expectations to pass a follow-on target of 444, their injury-ravaged attack…
Lancashire marked their return to Specsavers County Championship Division One by cruising to an eight-wicket victory on the final day against Nottinghamshire. More than 20 months after their last top-flight win, the home side chased down the 86 runs required in exactly 17 overs at Emirates Old Trafford, with Alviro Petersen and Luke Procter easing Lancashire home after an early scare. The Red Rose bowlers had ended Nottinghamshire’s second innings…
Derbyshire 444 (Madsen 150, Hughes 96, Poynton 53, Taylor 4-61, Norwell 4-104) and 260 for 2 (Hughes 137*, Rutherford 78) drew with Gloucestershire 563 (Dent 180, Norwell 102, Marshall 72, Noema-Barnett 58)Scorecard Chesney Hughes cashed in on the final day of a bat-dominated match © Getty Images Chesney Hughes hit an unbeaten 137 as Derbyshire comfortably batted out for a draw on the final day of their match with Gloucestershire…
Sam Robson added 106 to his first-innings 231 and broke a number of Middlesex records as their Specsavers County Championship Division One match with Warwickshire drifted to an inevitable draw at Lord’s. Warwickshire’s bowlers were made to suffer on the final day as the seven-time England opener further enhanced his claims for a Test recall. A high-scoring draw had long been on the cards, with Middlesex reaching 304 for six…
A young South African cricketer has collapsed and died of suspected heart failure while training with his academy side in the Eastern Cape town of Alice. Lukhanya Tsiki, 22, was taking part in fitness tests on Monday at Fort Hare Academy when he suddenly collapsed when his group took a break from their exercises. Members of the academy staff endeavoured to revive him before he was transferred to the Alice…
Lancashire 332 (Livingstone 70, Davies 55, Ball 4-63) and 88 for 2 beat Nottinghamshire 242 (Read 52, Wagner 6-66) and 175 (Wagner 5-45) by eight wicketsScorecard Luke Procter and Alviro Petersen celebrate the winning six © Getty Images Lancashire’s chief executive, Daniel Gidney, is clearly a most prescient fellow. When his county’s finance people decided to lower the price of adult admission on the last day of this game to…
Francois Pienaar emphasised that processes are key to ensuring that a team is ‘knocking on the door of a trophy’ © Getty Images Understanding the core of a winning culture could be chief on the agenda for the four-person committee tasked with reviewing South Africa’s national cricket teams. Francois Pienaar, the 1995 Rugby World Cup-winning captain who is on the panel, explained that although the scope of the review has…
Alastair Cook made his second hundred of the season as Essex drew a thrilling Specsavers County Championship Division Two contest with Sussex at the 1st Central County Ground. Dropped on one, the England captain anchored Essex’s pursuit of 329 in 91 overs which looked like being successful when he shared a fifth wicket stand of 103 in 29 overs with Jesse Ryder. But the ball after Ryder (35) brought up the century…