Month: June 2017

Josh Hazlewood took career-best figures, but Steven Smith was unhappy with Australia’s bowling performance © Getty Images Steven Smith admitted his Australia side “got away with one” after rain forced an abandonment in their ICC Champions Trophy match against New Zealand at Edgbaston. Smith criticised his seamers for “one of the worst bowling displays that we’ve put on for a very long time,” as New Zealand amassed 254 for three…

Northants 59 for 3 trail Durham 166 (Buck 6-34) by 107 runsScorecard Nathan Buck returned career-best figures © Getty Images Nathan Buck continued his excellent start with Northamptonshire by taking a career-best 6 for 34 as wickets tumbled in the Specsavers County Championship match at Chester-le-Street. Durham, still on minus 24 points at the foot of division two, were dismissed for 166 then had Northants rocking on 28 for 3…

45 overs New Zealand 291 (Williamson 100, Ronchi 65, Hazlewood 6-52) v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson steered New Zealand after the rain break © Getty Images Looks like a good pitch to bat on, Kane Williamson said when he won the toss. We would have bowled anyway, Steven Smith said in response. For much of the innings it seemed that Williamson had made the better assessment as…

Hampshire 294 for 3 (Ervine 160*, Adams 104*) v WarwickshireScorecard Sean Ervine ensured a day of Hampshire dominance © Getty Images Jimmy Adams and Sean Ervine recorded Hampshire’s best fourth-wicket partnership against Warwickshire as the pair led a remarkable recovery for the hosts. Adams and Ervine put on 263 together, which was also an Ageas Bowl record, as they helped the hosts recuperate from 31 for 3 to end the…

Somerset 161 for 5 (Elgar 77*) vs MiddlesexScorecard Dean Elgar’s gritty resistance held up Middlesex © Getty Images Dean Elgar maintained his prolific start to the county season by leading Somerset’s recovery to 161 for 5 against Middlesex at Lord’s with a determined 77 not out. A burst of heavy rain in late afternoon, followed by bad light, meant only the first half of the Specsavers County Championship Division One…

Sussex 339 for 3 (Wells 139*, van Zyl 54) vs WorcestershireScorecard Luke Wells delighted his new skipper with a century © Getty Images Luke Wells continued his impressive start to the season with a second successive century at Hove as Sussex dominated the first day against Worcestershire. The visitors, who have won their first four games in the Specsavers County Championship, employed eight bowlers after putting Sussex in but Wells…

Match Facts June 03, 2017Start time 1030 local (0930 GMT) Against Sri Lanka, Imran Tahir has taken 20 wickets in nine matches at 17.60, his best average against any of South Africa’s Champions Trophy opponents © AFP Big Picture Well, it’s too early in the tournament for South Africa to stutter. Let’s get that out of the way, for starters. This, instead, is the portion of a global tournament in…