Month: June 2017

England Lions 269 for 1 (Malan 125*, Ducket 69, Bell-Drummond 62*) beat South Africa A 268 (Kuhn 81*, Hendricks 79) by nine wicketsScorecard Dawid Malan finished unbeaten on 125 © Getty Images Middlesex team-mates Steven Finn and Dawid Malan shared the individual honours as England Lions took the lead in their three-match series against South Africa A with a clinical team performance at Trent Bridge. Finn took three wickets in…

England 308 for 2 (Root 133*, Hales 95, Morgan 75*) beat Bangladesh 305 for 6 (Tamim 128, Mushfiqur 79) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Joe Root brought up his 10th ODI hundred as England cantered their chase © Getty Images An ankle and calf injury set aside, Joe Root put together a masterful unbeaten career-best 133 to power England to an eight-wicket win in their opening Champions Trophy match…

Amitabh Choudhary has dismissed speculation surrounding the relationship between Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli © AFP Reports of discontent in the Indian team over the coach Anil Kumble’s methods are in the “realm of imagination,” according to the BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary. “[A] question was put to me as to whether something is there or not there. I said I’m not even aware of it. These are purely speculation,”…

The Afghanistan and Pakistan cricket boards had only last week agreed to hosting friendly matches later in the summer © Getty Images Tense geo-political ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan have taken a toll on their cricketing relationship in the aftermath of a bomb attack in Kabul, which killed 90 people and injured nearly 500 more. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) reacted first on Wednesday night by announcing it had cancelled…

Match facts June 2, 2017Start time 10.30am local (0930 GMT) Will Australia’s vaunted seam attack show up on the first day? © Getty Images Big picture The 2015 World Cup proved that Australia and New Zealand were good hosts, and not in a “would you like a cup of tea and a freshly-baked biscuit?” kind of way. On the contrary, while Australia and New Zealand gorged themselves, their visitors all…

Chris Woakes left the field after bowling two overs © Getty Images Chris Woakes‘ participation in the remainder of England’s Champions Trophy campaign could be in doubt, after he picked up a side strain during the tournament opener against Bangladesh at The Oval. Woakes had come into the match nursing a tight quad that led to his omission from the final two matches of England’s recent ODI series against South…

Luke Wright has struggled for form so far this season © Getty Images Luke Wright has announced he will step down as Sussex captain with immediate effect, with Chris Nash taking charge for this week’s Specsavers County Championship clash with Worcestershire. Wright, 32, joined Sussex from Leicestershire in 2004, and was originally appointed NatWest T20 Blast captain in 2015. He took over in all three forms of the game when…