Month: June 2017

Lancashire 123 (Coad 6-25, Sidebottom 3-30) and 141 for 4 (Chanderpaul 43*) trail Yorkshire 273 ( Lyth 100, Clark 3-44, Mahmood 3-62) by nine runsScorecard Adam Lyth’s season came to life with a century that might win a Roses match © Getty Images Last August Yorkshire took the immensely far-sighted step of opening a dedicated multi-faith room at Headingley. Let us hope on the second evening of this match that…

Nottinghamshire 229 (Mullaney 76, Palladino 4-44) and 67 for 2 trail Derbyshire 363 (Godleman 121, Madsen 56) by 67 runsScorecard Billy Godleman added his third hundred of the season to set up a healthy first-innings lead © Getty Images So highly was he rated as a schoolboy cricketer, Billy Godleman was awarded a contract by Middlesex when he was 17, having made his first-class bow the year before in the…

Worcestershire 139 for 0 trail Sussex 579 for 8 dec (Wells 155, Wright 87, Wiese 66, van Zyl 54, Leach 3-101, Barnard 3-120) by 440 runsScorecard Luke Wright’s captaincy resignation paid dividends with the bat © Getty Images Worcestershire produced an excellent response after conceding their second-highest total in matches against Sussex. Luke Wells followed his 258 in his last appearance at Hove with 155, Luke Wright made 87, his…

Durham 166 and 78 for 1 trail Northants 338 (Holden 124, Cobb 96, Rossington 65, Coughlin 5-49) by 94 runsScorecard Max Holden scored his maiden first-class hundred Andrew Miller / © Getty Images Max Holden‘s maiden century in only his sixth first-class game left Durham kicking themselves for dropping him twice early on the second day of their Specsavers County Championship match at Chester-le-Street. Once the England Under-19 captain, on…

Warwickshire 49 for 6 trail Hampshire 515 (Ervine 203, Adams 166, Singh 6-144) by 466 runsWarwickshireScorecard These are worrying times for Warwickshire skipper Ian Bell © Getty Images Sean Ervine collected a double century and joined Jimmy Adams, another century maker, in the highest stand in the Championship this season before inflicting more misery on Warwickshire as they collapsed in the final session. Ervine moved from 140 overnight to a…

England Lions 349 for 7 (Livingstone 129, Malan 84, Markram 4-45) beat South Africa A 205 (Markram 50, Dawson 4-41) by 144 runsScorecard Liam Livingstone smashed 129 off 83 © Getty Images England Lions took a decisive 2-0 lead over South Africa A in their three-match Royal London One-Day Series after recording their second emphatic victory in three days – this time by 144 runs at Northampton. James Vince’s side…

Match facts June 4, 2017Start time 10.30am local (0930 GMT) Expect the crowd to create an electric atmosphere at Edgbaston © AFP Big picture Somewhere between what many see as a war and players say is just another game, somewhere between a classic and a dud, somewhere between a non-international becoming massive organically and the ICC planning draws to make sure this cash cow is flogged at every world event, lies…

Virat Kohli vehemently denied that there was a problem within the Indian camp © AFP “There are no issues whatsoever.” That is the no-nonsense verdict of the India captain Virat Kohli to reports that he is at the centre of a rift with coach Anil Kumble. “See, there has been a lot of speculation, and a lot of things being written by people without actually being a part of the…