Play 01:34 Familiarity with English conditions could aid Hastings Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood, Pattinson. Youth and speed, the pace quartet of the future, together at last. Such is the buzz surrounding the prospect of an Australian pace combination that has long promised but not yet fulfilled, that it would perhaps be easy to overlook the strong claims of John Hastings. Just last year the burly allrounder was a regular in the…
Surrey 369 (Sangakkara 200, S Curran 90, Porter 4-89) and 260 for 9 dec (Sangakkara 84, Burns 50, Porter ) drew with Essex 383 (Lawrence 107, ten Doeschate 53, Browne 52, Wagner 50)Scorecard Play 01:35 Country Championship Round-up: Sangakkara falls short of history It came down to 16 runs that weren’t. In pursuit of a record-equaling sixth first-class hundred in as many innings, Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed for 84 on…
Glamorgan 353 (Salter 75, Cooke 69, Donald 51, Coughlin 4-87) and 266 for 7 (Selman 116*, Harding 4-111) beat Durham 342 (Collingwood 127, Steel 59, Hogan 5-49) and 276 for 7 dec (Collingwood 92*, Clark 72) by three wickets runsScorecard Nick Selman’s unbeaten century led Glamorgan to victory © Getty Images Glamorgan won their first Championship game of the season with three balls remaining in an exciting finish at Swansea….
Kent 369 (Denly 119) and 298 for 2 dec (Bell-Drummond 90, Dickson 74, Denly 71*) beat Sussex 164 (Stevens 5-40) and 356 (van Zyl 78, Philander 73*, Burgess 68, Harris 4-103) by 147 runsScorecard File photo – James Harris took three wickets to finish off Sussex Sarah Ansell / © Getty Images The 55th match to have been played between these teams on this ground took its place in one…
South Africa 156 for 3 (Amla 55) beat England 153 (Bairstow 51, Roland-Jones 37*, Rabada 4-39, Maharaj 3-25, Parnell 3-43) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Man of the Match Kagiso Rabada tore through England’s top order © Getty Images South Africa will go into the Champions Trophy with confidence partially restored after inflicting a crushing seven-wicket defeat upon England at Lord’s. While England had already secured the three-match series…
Pakistan and India are set to face off on June 4 in the Champions Trophy – they continue to play each other in global tournaments © IDI/Getty Images The deadlock on bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan continues after the meeting between the two boards in Dubai on Monday. Even as the government of India reiterated earlier in the day that there cannot be any bilateral cricket given the current…
England 153 (Bairstow 51, Roland-Jones 37*, Rabada 4-39, Maharaj 3-25, Parnell 3-43) v South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kagiso Rabada tore through England’s top order © Getty Images South Africa exploited helpful conditions and some brittle batting to dismiss England for just 143 in the final ODI of the series at Lord’s. England were reduced to 20 for 6 after 30 deliveries – the first time in the history…
England’s top order, renowned for scores over 300, was blown away in five astonishing overs at Lord’s by Kagiso Rabada and Wayne Parnell. It was the quickest loss of the first six wickets in ODI history. Here’s how ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary recorded the drama This was a regular sight in the opening five overs © Getty Images 0.5 Rabada to Roy, OUT, got him, steered to slip! Amla holds on…
Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity 77 for 2 (Robiul Islam 34) beat Partex Sporting Club 73 (Sukkur 27, Tanvir 6-18, Dolar 2-22) by eight wicketsScorecard The Dhaka Premier League’s relegation battle ended early, with Partex and Victoria Sporting Club confirmed to go down © AFP Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity confirmed their stay in next season’s Dhaka Premier League with an eight-wicket win over Partex Sporting Club in the first relegation play-off…
South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl against EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Toby Roland-Jones has been handed his debut after a late call-up to the squad © Getty Images Toby Roland-Jones has been handed a maiden international cap in a much-changed England side for the final ODI of the series against South Africa at Lord’s. England have already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and…