Month: July 2017

Northants 162 for 4 (Duckett 72) beat Durham 161 for 7 (Burnham 53*, Collingwood 38) by six wicketsScorecard Ben Duckett had a major bearing on Northants’ victory © Getty Images Ben Duckett‘s 72 helped champions Northamptonshire home by six wickets with four balls to spare in the repeat of last year’s NatWest T20 Blast final against Durham at Chester-le-Street. There was also a vital contribution for Northants from South African…

England women 259 for 8 (Beaumont 49, Brunt 45*, Villani 3-42, Beams 2-44) beat Australia women 256 for 8 (Perry 70, Lanning 40, Hartley 2-31, Brunt 2-42) by 3 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Katherine Brunt followed up an unbeaten 43-ball 49 with figures of 2 for 42 in nine overs © Getty Images On July 24, 1993, England beat Australia by 43 runs in a Women’s World Cup match in…

England 458 (Root 190, Moeen 87, Broad 57*, Stokes 56, Morkel 4-115) and 233 (Cook 69, Bairstow 51, Maharaj 4-85) beat South Africa 361 (Bavuma 59, Elgar 54, Philander 52, de Kock 51, Moeen 4-59) and 119 (Moeen 6-53) by 211 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Moeen Ali celebrates his five-wicket haul as South Africa are rolled aside at Lord’s © Getty Images England swept South Africa aside to begin the…

West Indies women 229 for 9 (Aguilleira 46*, Dottin 38, Sripali Weerakkoddy 3-38, Kanchana 2-50) beat Sri Lanka women 182 (Siriwardene 33, Anisa 3-39, Daley 2-30) by 47 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Anisa Mohammed swung the match West Indies’ way with three wickets in nine balls © Getty Images Sri Lanka paid a hefty price for letting West Indies off the hook from a vulnerable position as their quest for…

Hardik Pandya has previously been a part of India’s Test squads for home series against England and Australia in the 2016-17 season © Getty Images Allrounder Hardik Pandya has been selected for the three-Test series in Sri Lanka, which begins on July 26 in Galle. KL Rahul, who hasn’t played any competitive cricket since India’s Test series against Australia in March because of injury, was back in the squad. M…

Toss West Indies chose to bowl v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Gayle returned to an otherwise expected West Indies XI which included other T20 specialists © AFP Virat Kohli capped off the West Indies tour with a sixth straight loss at the toss. He had half an hour to pad up and go out to open the innings with Shikhar Dhawan as West Indies did what teams do…

Lunch England 458 and 182 for 8 (Bairstow 28*, Wood 0*) lead South Africa 361 (Bavuma 59, Elgar 54, Philander 52, de Kock 51, Moeen 4-59) by 279 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kagiso Rabada walks past Ben Stokes nonchalantly after dismissing him © Getty Images South Africa’s bowlers enjoyed a devastating morning’s work on day four of the first Test, taking seven wickets and limiting England’s attempts to build…

Kagiso Rabada was careful not to stray during his wicket celebrations © PA Photos After being suspended from the second Test for using an expletive to send off Ben Stokes in the first innings at Lord’s, Kagiso Rabada has learnt his lesson about saying too much. After dismissing Stokes for the second time, Rabada made it apparent he would not be saying anything when he put his finger to his…