Month: September 2017

Tea Australia 321 for 5 (Warner 123, Handscomb 82) lead Bangladesh 305 by 16 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner’s 209-ball hundred was his slowest in Test cricket © ESPNcricinfo Ltd David Warner’s second hundred in as many innings was offset by his wicket plus those of Peter Handscomb and Hilton Cartwright as Bangladesh sought to restrict Australia’s lead on day three in Chittagong. After rain washed out the…

Australia seam bowler John Hastings has pointed out that Steve O’Keefe was picked for the Bangladesh Test without any recent match practice © Associated Press John Hastings, the Victoria and Australia seam bowler, has given voice to many privately questioning how Steve O’Keefe could be playing a Test match for Australia while still being suspended by New South Wales for poor behaviour. At the same time Hastings, who is a…

Kraigg Brathwaite reached fifty for the second time in the match © Getty Images Kraigg Brathwaite will return to the scene of his recent Test heroics after signing for a two-match stint with Yorkshire. Brathwaite will be available for Yorkshire’s final home match of the season against Warwickshire at Headingley, where he scored 134 for 95 in West Indies’ victory over England, then the last County Championship match of the…

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 149 for 7 (Gayle 54*, King 30, Dwayne Bravo 4-38, Beaton 2-22) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 111 (Darren Bravo 29, Cottrell 3-17) by 38 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Gayle carried his bat for Patriots to score 54 © Randy Brooks – CPL T20 / Getty St Kitts and Nevis Patriots are one step away from completing a remarkable worst-to-first turnaround after defeating Trinbago Knight…

Liam Norwell leads Gloucestershire’s attack © Getty Images Leicestershire 90 for 4 (Cosgrove 38*, Norwell 2-16) v Gloucestershire Gloucestershire’s seamers made early inroads after the visitors chose to bowl first in bowler-friendly conditions on the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Leicestershire at the Fischer County Ground. Rain meant no play was possible during the morning session, but umpires Jeff Evans and Nigel Cowley decided play could…

Ed Barnard helped Worcestershire chip away © Getty Images Nottinghamshire 188 for 9 (Barnard 4-66) v WorcestershireScorecard Two limited-overs trophies safely gathered in, it was time for Nottinghamshire to return to the gentler rhythms of the County Championship. Ah yes, the dutiful seeing-off of the new ball, the careful perusal of each bowler until every variation had been logged, the chance for spectators to chew upon the clue for seven…

Somerset 203 for 4 v Warwickshire Eddie Byrom hung in for Somerset © Getty Images To find Warwickshire battling for Division One survival in the first week of September comes as no surprise, but that cannot be said of Somerset, who were denied a maiden County Championship title on the final afternoon of last season after Middlesex’s dramatic win over Yorkshire at Lord’s. Yet their season has been scarcely less…