Rob Key scored nearly 20,000 first-class runs © Getty Images Rob Key, the former England batsman, has announced his retirement from professional cricket. Key, 36, played 15 times for England from 2002 to 2005 with a top score of 221 against West Indies at Lord’s in 2004. Overall in first-class cricket he scored 19,419 runs, alongside 6469 in List A and more than 2000 in T20s In a statement, Key…
Tom Westley continued his productive start to the season with an important 86 as he held Essex’s reply together on the second day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Sussex at the 1st Central County Ground, Hove. After England Test captain Alastair Cook had gone for one, Westley fell just 14 runs short of making his third first-class hundred of the season following 110 against Cambridge MCCU and 121…
The cricket world has united behind James Taylor after the news last week that the England batsmen has been forced into early retirement with a serious heart condition. The 26 year-old, who was diagnosed with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) while preparing for the start of the County Championship season with Nottinghamshire, has been overwhelmed by the response he has received. Here’s a flavour of the outpouring of emotion from…
Salman Butt was prolific during the recent National One-Day Cup © AFP Pakistan’s hopes of offering a controversial recall to Salman Butt for their forthcoming tour of England, six years after his involvement in the spot-fixing controversy at Lord’s in 2010, could be stopped in their tracks by the UK Home Office, in spite of the willingness of Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, to consider him. Butt, who was then Pakistan…
Wayne Madsen stole the show with his 19th first class century in Derbyshire colours to leave the visitors in a commanding position against Gloucestershire at the Brightside Ground. Madsen, unbeaten on 58 after the opening day at the Brightside Ground, joined former Derbyshire batsmen Peter Bowler, Michael Di Venuto and Arnold Hamer in having struck 19 hundreds, for the county, in the first class game. It was also Madsen’s third…
Niall O’Brien fell seven runs short of a century as he helped Leicestershire recover from 99 for three to 297 for six by the close on day two of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two match with Glamorgan at the SSE SWALEC. Replying to Glamorgan’s first-innings total of 348, Leicestershire were in trouble after losing three wickets for 10 runs shortly before lunch. Ireland wicketkeeper-batsman O’Brien had made two centuries…
Toss Sunrisers Hyderabad chose to bowl v Mumbai IndiansLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Martin Guptill came into Mumbai Indians’ line-up in place of Kieron Pollard © Getty Images David Warner, the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain, chose to bowl against Mumbai Indians, hoping to exploit any early help available from a grassy surface at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai captain, said he would have bowled too. Mumbai made…
Nepal 240 for 7 (Khadka 103, Vesawkar 74*, Burger 3-38) beat Namibia 239 for 9 (Baard 51, Green 47, Lamichhane 2-39) by three wicketsScorecard File photo: Paras Khadka struck seven sixes in his 103 off 94 balls © ICC/Barry Chambers Captain Paras Khadka‘s highest score for Nepal led them to a tense three-wicket victory in their WCL Championship match against Namibia on Monday. Khadka’s 103 off 94 balls, and his…
Mark Wood could be sidelined for three to six months if he undergoes more ankle surgery © Getty Images Mark Wood, the Durham and England bowler, has been told that he requires a second operation on his troublesome left ankle that is expected to rule him out for up to eight weeks of the 2016 season*. Wood, who flew home early from England’s tour of the UAE in November to…
Kevin Pietersen was a marquee signing in last year’s Ram Slam and Cricket South Africa want more such names © Getty Images A committee tasked with undertaking a comprehensive review of South Africa’s domestic cricket structures will not look into the Ram Slam T20 competition, which will undergo a separate analysis in the hope of increasing its commercial appeal. The committee’s focus, therefore, will be more intensely trained on the…