Month: August 2017

Sana Mir delivers a talk in the team huddle © ICC Pakistan women’s captain Sana Mir has responded to criticism from Sabih Azhar, the team’s coach, saying she had “fought” to play a young bowler contrary to the allegations against her. She also said she did not “intend to continue” under the current circumstances. In a report, Azhar had described Mir as “self-centered, egotistical and being wrapped up in oneself”…

Legspinner Jacob Mulder is part of the squad © Peter Della Penna Ireland have called up the uncapped pair Jack Tector and Nathan Smith for their Intercontinental Cup match against Netherlands. Allrounder Simi Singh, who made his ODI debut earlier this season, and legspinner Jacob Mulder have been chosen as the spin-bowling pair ahead of George Dockrell and Andy McBrine. Paul Stirling (calf), Niall O’Brien (shoulder) and Craig Young (elbow)…

Derbyshire 184 for 5 (Godleman 67, Madsen 47, Wilson 33*, Patterson 3-37) beat Yorkshire 180 for 5 (Sarfraz 42, Lyth 34) by five wickets Derbyshire skipper Billy Godleman is closing on the last eight © Getty Images Billy Godleman‘s second half-century of this season’s NatWest T20 Blast helped Derbyshire to the top of the North Group with a five-wicket win over Yorkshire at Headingley. Godleman led the pursuit of 181…

Northants 158 for 4 (Levi 71, Wakely 35*) beat Lancashire 147 for 9 (McLaren 77, Gleeson 3-29, Kleinveldt 3-16) by 11 runs Richard Levi’s innings proved enough for Northants © Getty Images Ryan McLaren‘s T20 career-best 77 in 50 balls narrowly failed to see Lancashire home against Northamptonshire in an extraordinary NatWest T20 Blast game at Wantage Road that the home side won by 11 runs. Left to recover a…

Sussex 150 for 2 (Nash 64, van Zyl 52 ) beat Surrey 148 for 8 (Pope 34, Mills 3-20) by eight wickets Tymal Mills shook Surrey’s top order © Getty Images Sussex kept alive their slender chances of progressing in the NatWest T20 Blast with a convincing eight-wicket victory over Surrey at Hove on Thursday. Sussex had gone into the match bottom of the south table with just one victory…

Gloucestershire 150 for 9 (Mustard 57, Hogan 5-17) beat Glamorgan 32 for 2 by five runs (DLS method) Jacques Rudolph’s dismissal turned the DLS score from a tie to a Gloucestershire victory © Getty Images Gloucestershire beat Glamorgan by five runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method, despite career-best figures of 5-17 for Michael Hogan, with Jacques Rudolph’s dismissal off what became the final ball proving a match-winning moment. Only five overs…

Hampshire ( ) beat Middlesex 136 (Eskinazi 43, Abbott 3-26) by xx wickets Kyle Abbott’s three wickets helped set up Hampshire’s win © Getty Images Hampshire stifled a vociferous 20,000 crowd at Lord’s by cruising to a comfortable six wicket NatWest T20 Blast win with 15 balls to spare against weakened south group rivals Middlesex. In pursuit of a modest Middlesex total of 136 all out, Hampshire cantered to their…

West Indies 338 for 8 dec (Chase 81, Brathwaite 61, Blackwood 59) and 135 for 4 dec (Chase 50*) drew with Essex 185 for 9 dec (Walter 68*, Roach 5-43) Roston Chase completed a productive match with another half-century © Getty Images Paul Walter underlined his burgeoning reputation as an allrounder of considerable promise with starring performances from both bat and ball on the final day against the West Indians….

Jonathan Foo struck four fours and a six in his 38 © Peter Della Penna Lendl Simmons made a promising showing ahead of his inaugural season with Jamaica Tallawahs, top-scoring with 42 off 23 balls before retiring out in an eventual 60-run win over USA in their final CPL warm-up on Thursday at the Central Broward Regional Park on Thursday. Simmons, who joined Tallawahs this year from St Kitts &…