Month: July 2017

Tammy Beaumont and Sarah Taylor added 275 off 209 balls in a thrilling stand against South Africa © Getty Images/ICC England, according to their slogan, are striving to ‘go boldly’ in this World Cup campaign. It isn’t hard to see that disposition reflected in their words as well as their play: expansive and forthright. Liberated of major host-nation expectations, a process that was actually helped along their opening-round loss to…

Out of the 71 head-to-head contests between the two sides, Australia command a 47-20 lead over England © AFP The two teams with the most World Cup titles and tournament favourites in this edition – defending champions Australia and hosts England – will face off in Bristol as the race for a place in the semi-finals nears a tight finish. Australia have a chance to secure a semi-final berth with…

Derbyshire 165 for 8 (Madsen 42) beat Yorkshire 162 for 7 (Lyth 68, Willey 42) by three runsScorecard Imran Tahir tied Yorkshire in knots [file picture] © AFP Derbyshire Falcons celebrated a second win in 24 hours when they beat Yorkshire Vikings by three runs in a thrilling NatWest Blast T20 match at Chesterfield. The Vikings were chasing 166 but came up short at 162 for 7 needing 18 from…

South Africa Women 273 for 9 (Lee 92, van Niekerk 57, Pandey 3-40) beat India Women 158 (Deepti 60, van Niekerk 4-22)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Dane van Niekerk has eight wickets from two matches in Leicester this tournament © ICC Dane van Niekerk returned to the venue of her history-making spell against West Indies to produce a performance par excellence, with bat and ball, to demolish India in Leicester. On…

Niranjan Shah was an invitee on the panel that discussed which Lodha recommendations should be put before the Supreme Court for reconsideration © PTI The BCCI has successfully narrowed down to three its list of Lodha Committee recommendations that it wants reviewed by the Supreme Court. The points that the special panel which discussed the recommendations in Mumbai on Saturday wants the court to reconsider are: the three-year cooling off…

Sussex 262 (McKay 4-59) and 443 for 6 dec (van Zyl 166*, Brown 67, Wright 60) beat Leicestershire 281 (Jordan 3-66, Archer 3-51 ) and 193 (Archer 4-30 ) by 231 runsScorecard Arundel has boosted Sussex’s promotion hopes © Getty Images Sussex will go into the break from Championship action still in the hunt for promotion from Division Two after completing a 231-run win over bottom of the table Leicestershire…

Vernon Philander was struck on the hand during his battling half-century © Getty Images Vernon Philander has sustained “bruising but no fracture” after being taken for an x-ray on his right hand on the third day of the Lord’s Test. He is unlikely to bowl again today, but will be assessed as the match progresses. Philander sustained the injury after being hit by James Anderson while batting. He did not…

Vernon Philander was struck on the hand during his battling half-century © Getty Images Vernon Philander has been taken for x-ray on his right hand after being hit by James Anderson while batting. Philander did not take the field for the England second innings, leaving South Africa with only two frontline quicks. Philander had not scored a run when he was struck by a short ball from Anderson – the…

Roston Chase had his hands full by the end of the night © WICB Media Roston Chase walked away from the West Indies Players’ Association/Cricket West Indies’ annual awards ceremony with two of the biggest prizes: the Cricketer of the Year Award, and the Test Cricketer of the Year Award. In addition, the offspin-bowling allrounder from Barbados was also named Emerging Cricketer of the Year and Regional Four-Day Cricketer of…