Patel keeps Warwickshire's season ticking

June 28, 2018

Jeetan Patel on the way to mark his run up © Getty Images Warwickshire 424 and 185 for 9 dec (Trott 53, Pringle 3-31, Salisbury 3-57) beat Durham 297 (Steel 51, Latham 50, Hannon-Dalby 4-61) and 226 ( Rimmington 61, Patel 6-83) by 82 runsScorecard Warwickshire have moved back to the top of the Specsavers County Championship Division Two table after recording a comfortable 86-run win over Durham at Emirates…

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England draw first blood against New Zealand in dress rehearsal for tri-series final

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England 130 for 3 (Taylor 51, Sciver 38*) beat New Zealand 129 (Devine 52, Shrubsole 3-16) by seven wicketsScorecard England’s women struck an early psychological blow ahead of Sunday’s tri-series final at Chelmsford, by easing to an seven-wicket victory over their fellow finalists, New Zealand, in a low-key dress rehearsal at Bristol. Much like the England-Belgium World Cup fixture taking place at the same time…

June 28, 2018
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Joe Root's T20 position safe despite Ben Stokes' return nearing

1:00 PM ET George Dobell The return of Ben Stokes will not threaten the position of Joe Root in England’s T20 team, according to stand-in head coach Paul Farbrace. Stokes will make his return from a hamstring injury in Durham’s T20 Blast match against Yorkshire at Headingley on July 5. While he will play as a specialist batsman, the England management have decided that, as long as he comes through…

June 28, 2018
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Lancashire and Hampshire brace for relegation battle

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 451 (Rossouw 120*, Vince 103, Onions 5-96) and 237 for 5 (Weatherley 126*) drew with Lancashire 411 (Vilas 134, Davies 115, Clark 82)Scorecard Division One strugglers Lancashire and Hampshire played out a high-scoring County Championship draw at Old Trafford, with both now facing the prospect of a relegation fight later this summer. The players shook hands at 4.50pm to confirm the result when…

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Topley and Dawson in trim for Hampshire's Lord's final

3:00 AM ET Jon Culley at Grace Road England Lions 163 for 1 (Kohler-Cadmore 80*, Hain 48*) beat West Indies A 162 (Dawson 4-21, Topley 4-16) by nine wicketsScorecard Hampshire’s Liam Dawson and Reece Topley readied themselves for Saturday’s Royal London One-Day Cup final at Lord’s by bowling the Lions to a comfortable victory as West Indies A slumped to a third defeat in the Tri-Series. The pair took four…

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Jahanara's historic five-for seals thrilling Bangladesh win

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Bangladesh women 135 for 6 (Sultana 46, Lewis 2-20, Richardson 2-20) beat Ireland women 134 for 8 (Joyce 41, Alam 5-28) by four wickets Jahanara Alam is overjoyed after taking a wicket ACC History was made in Dublin as Jahanara Alam became the first Bangladeshi woman to claim a five-wicket haul in international cricket. She finished with 5 for 28 from four overs, a performance that…

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Surrey's Scarborough win looks just champion

June 28, 2018

© Getty Images Surrey 267 (Pope 69, Burns 59, Coad 5-53, Bresnan 3-77) and 229 for 3 (Burns 97, Borthwick 62) beat Yorkshire 342 (Tattersall 70, Ballance 54; Dernbach 4-104) and 152 (Morkel 5-39, Dernbach 3-34) by 7 wicketsScorecard The fifth ball of the 47th over of Surrey’s second innings in this game was bowled by Tim Bresnan. It was on a good length and pitched just outside off stump….

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India focus on experiments with Ireland series on the line

3:00 AM ET Big picture There were two particular things in evidence in the first T20I. The more obvious of them was India’s complete difference in class to their opponents Ireland. At no point, other than when catches were being dropped in both innings, did the match come close to being a contest. The second visible feature was that India were definitely in the game to experiment. The inclusions of…

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New Zealand reach tri-series final as Bates, Devine make light work of South Africa

June 28, 2018

Hayley Jenson claims a wicket for New Zealand © Getty Images New Zealand 151 for 2 (Devine 68*, Bates 62) beat South Africa 148 for 6 (Tryon 35) by eight wicketsScorecard New Zealand booked their place in Sunday’s tri-series final, and brought England along with them in the process, as they eased to an eight-wicket victory over a lacklustre South Africa in the first of their T20 double-headers at Bristol….

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Prasanna's early arrival is just the job for Northants

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Northamptonshire 281 (Wakely 82, Levi 75, van der Gugten 5-45) and 406 for 9 dec (Duckett 133, Vasconcelos 79, Crook 73, Procter 70) beat Glamorgan 254 (Khawaja 103, Sanderson 3-30) and 200 (Prasanna 4-49) by 233 runsScorecard Northants took the final six Glamorgan wickets for 69 runs on the fourth morning to complete a comprehensive 233-run victory and record their second successive Championship win…

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