Middlesex 247 (Robson 57, Meaker 3-55) and 15 for 0 trail Surrey 280 (Roy 79, Foakes 73, Roland-Jones 4-66) by 18 runs Jason Roy led Surrey’s response © Getty Images A young Surrey side spurned the opportunity to run rings around a Middlesex XI that creaked in the field on day two of a match that is still anyone’s when it really should be theirs. It may be putting too…
Kent 313 for 9 (Northeast 97, Stevens 46, Dexter 5-76) trail Leicestershire 350 (Hill 85*, Parkinson 75, Stevens 8-75) by 37 runs Sam Northeast kept Kent in contention © Getty Images Leicestershire all-rounder Neil Dexter returned to his former home ground to bag 5 for 76 and help restrict Kent to 313 for 9 on a fascinating second day of cut and thrust cricket in Canterbury. The hosts, who still…
West Indies 427 (Hope 147, Brathwaite 134, Anderson 5-76) and 322 for 5 (Hope 118*, Brathwaite 95) beat England 258 (Stokes 100, Gabriel 4-51, Roach 4-71) and 490 (Moeen 84, Root 72) by five wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:16 Poor fielding England’s downfall again It was one of the great Test matches. Headingley has seen some remarkable final days and West Indies created their own extraordinary tale by chasing…
Essex 159 (Browne 44, ten Doeschate 35, C Overton 4-40, van Meekeren 4-60) and 117 for 3 (Browne 66*) lead Somerset 118 for 5 (Hildreth 51, Porter 5-40) by 112 runs Nick Browne produced an innings of fortitude © Getty Images County Championship titles are not merely won by performances in glorious sunshine. Just as much, they are won by grit under sepulchral skies, fortitude under pressure and resilience after…
Nottinghamshire 213 (Wessels 69, Mullaney 58, Azharullah 5-63, Gleeson 4-38) and 317 for 8 (Wessels 107*, Patel 64) lead Northamptonshire 141 (Cobb 46*, Hutton 3-25, Wood 3-35) by 389 runs Riki Wessels celebrates his century © Getty Images A scintillating century from Riki Wessels has put Nottinghamshire in total command at the halfway stage of their Specsavers County Championship match against Northamptonshire at Trent Bridge. Fading light forced the players…
Lancashire 484 for 6 (Livingstone 215*, Chanderpaul 95) lead Warwickshire 200 (Patel 47, Jarvis 6-67) by 284 runs Liam Livingstone made his highest first-class score © Getty Images Double centurion Liam Livingstone starred to put second-placed Lancashire on course for a crucial Specsavers County Championship win over Warwickshire at Emirates Old Trafford. Lancashire have reached the halfway stage of this Division One encounter with the struggling Bears at 484 for…
Elmore Hutchinson replaces Timroy Allen as the Tallawahs-designated ICC Americas contract player © Peter Della Penna Allrounder Timroy Allen has been replaced at Jamaica Tallawahs by his USA team-mate Elmore Hutchinson for the remainder of CPL 2017. Allen had returned home to Florida last week due to a family emergency. He is not expected to be available for selection for USA’s Auty Cup tour to Canada next month either. Allen…
Play 05:20 Isam: Bangladesh off kilter after Smith reprieve It has become a routine that Bangladesh’s batting collapse on the third day against Australia didn’t even register with a lot of surprise for many. An unplayable delivery, a bad shot, a freak run-out and a batsman not taking a justifiable review piled on top of each other, as they lost seven wickets within 28 overs, adding just 86 runs. There…
Play 05:20 Isam: Bangladesh off kilter after Smith reprieve A batting collapse from Bangladesh has become so routine that when it happened on the third day against Australia in Mirpur, it didn’t surprise many. An unplayable delivery, a bad shot, a freak run-out and a batsman not taking a justifiable review piled on each other, as they lost seven wickets in the space of 27.2 overs, adding just 86 runs.The…
Tea West Indies 427 and 199 for 3 (S Hope 78*, Chase 1*) need 123 more runs to beat England 258 and 490 for 8 decLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 01:16 Poor fielding England’s downfall again Kraigg Brathwaite fell five runs short of becoming the first batsman to score two centuries in a first-class match at Headingley, after he and Shai Hope had taken their match returns to epic…