Sarfraz proud of Pakistan after Lord’s win (1:11) Sarfraz Ahmed praises the efforts of his Pakistan team after they toppled England in four days at Lord’s (1:11) 3:01 PM ET Five uncapped players before the tour began; four bowlers with less than ten Tests between them before the tour; 16 Tests between three of the top four before this Test and just four of the XI that won at Lord’s…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 256 for 7 (Latham 86) beat Northamptonshire 251 for 9 (Wakely 79, Rossington 66, Dixon 3-42) beat by five runsScorecard Durham’s bowlers produced a fine comeback in the field to keep their Royal London One Day Cup hopes alive with a five-run win over Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. Tom Latham made 86 in 93 balls to steer Durham to 256 for 7 on…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 295 for 1 (Lyth 132*, Pujara 75*, Kohler-Cadmore 74) beat Leicestershire 293 for 9 (Cosgrove 84, Dexter 50, Eckersley 50, Fisher 3-40) by nine wicketsScorecard A fine unbeaten century from Adam Lyth saw Yorkshire through to a supremely comfortable nine-wicket victory over Leicestershire at the Fischer County Ground. The left-handed opener played with real fluency and timing, albeit against some distinctly average seam…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 296 for 4 (Bell-Drummond 82, Dickson 68) beat Hampshire 295 for 5(Weatherley 105*, Taylor 56) by one runScorecard Kent bowler Matt Henry kept his cool in the final over to stun Hampshire and hand Kent a sensational one-run victory at the Ageas Bowl. Henry only conceded two runs in the final over to deny Hampshire – who only needed four off the final…
1:36 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Reactions from the Chennai Super Kings players to Star Sports soon after they won their third IPL title, with a thumping victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad. Contrasting emotions were on show after CSK sealed their third IPL title BCCI Dwayne Bravo: “It’s been good, a special moment because the team hadn’t played together for two years. For most of the guys, this was the first time with…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Somerset 283 (Trego 65, Gregory 56, van der Merwe 52, Finn 4-65, Patel 3-48) beat Middlesex 230 (Simpson 77, van Meekeren 3-32) by 53 runsScorecard Somerset returned to winning ways in the Royal London Cup thanks to outstanding all-round performances from Peter Trego, Lewis Gregory and Roelof van der Merwe. After back-to-back defeats against Sussex and Essex, Somerset proved too strong for a Middlesex…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 255 for 7 (Mitchell 102*, Mennie 3-56) beat Lancashire 254 for 9 (Livingstone 67) by three wicketsScorecard Moeen Ali returned to county cricket with Worcestershire but was upstaged by centurion Daryl Mitchell as his side won a last ball thriller against Lancashire by three wickets. Mitchell rescued Worcestershire from 93 for 6 in pursuit of a 255 target in 48 overs as he…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Warwickshire 295 for 9 (Hain 72, Pollock 56, Hose 51, Carter 4-40) beat Nottinghamshire 187 (Taylor 56, Thomason 4-46) by 108 runsScorecard A strong all-round performance from Warwickshire toppled Nottinghamshire by 108 runs in their Royal London Cup meeting at Trent Bridge. Warwickshire hadn’t beaten Notts in any of their last six one-day meetings and hadn’t won at Trent Bridge since 2008 but had…
Mohammad Amir claimed two wickets in an over © Getty Images Mark Wood punched the ball down the field for an off drive, and Mohammad Amir was at mid-on, but made quick ground to catch up to the ball. He came from the left of the ball, but he kept running until he was on the ball’s right. Then he squatted as he ran and tried to flick the ball…
10:24 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando The person identified in an Al Jazeera investigation into corruption in cricket as a “groundsman” who curated Test pitches in Galle to suit bettors on two occasions, is not a curator, according to SLC. As such, he did not have powers to alter the state of the pitch, board officials said. In the investigative documentary, “Cricket’s match-fixers,” the person Al Jazeera says is Tharanga…