3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards Worcestershire39 for 0 trail Yorkshire 216 (Williamson 80, Pennington 4-53, Barnard 3-32) by 177 runsScorecard Not for a few summers have batsmen hurried to Scarborough slavering at the prospect of boosting their averages on a bland pitch. The pace and bounce at North Marine Road have embarrassed the best and their troubles have been worsened when sea-fret rolls across from the North Bay like smithy-smoke….
3:00 AM ET India 329 (Kohli 97, Rahane 81, Anderson 3-64) and 124 for 2 (Pujara 33*, Kohli 8*) lead England 161 (Buttler 39, Pandya 5-28) by 292 runs “Is he a batsman who bowls?” “Is he a bowler who bats?” “What is Hardik Pandya?” In the lead-up to the third Test, it seemed Pandya was the man responsible for the 0-2 scoreline for India. Pandya seemed to be paying…
3:00 AM ET Sussex 400 for 7 (Brown 116, Wiese 89, Finch 82) v DerbyshireScorecard Sussex have a Twenty20 quarter-final on Friday, but such is the nature of the English season that their immediate task is to blank it out. T20? Never heard of it. The emphasis is back on their promotion challenge in the Championship and 400 in a day against Derbyshire represented a job well done for a…
Chris Wright has remained a valuable part of Warwickshire’s Championship attack 3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Warwickshire 170 for 2 (Rhodes 101*, Sibley 65)) lead Gloucestershire 127 (Wright 5-32) by 43 runsScorecard Warwickshire totally dominated the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Edgbaston, closing on 171 for 2 after bowling the visitors out for 127. On their first Championship visit to Birmingham for ten…
2:12 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna North Carolina will host international cricket for the first time when the 2020 World T20 sub-regional Americas qualifier is held at the new USD5.2 million cricket-specific…
3:00 AM ET Matt Roller Somerset 308 for 7 (Trescothick 95, Abell 70, Siddle 3-71) v EssexScorecard Captains past and present combined as Marcus Trescothick and Tom Abell’s fifties put Somerset on top against Essex on day one of a clash that both sides must win to keep their title ambitions alive. After 68 days without a day of Championship cricket at Taunton, the fans were treated to a vintage…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Northamptonshire 332 for 8 (Vasconcelos 140, Harris 5-81) v MiddlesexScorecard Ricardo Vasconcelos made his maiden century in county cricket to give Northamptonshire an excellent opening day against Middlesex on the return of the Specsavers County Championship to Wantage Road. Vasconcelos equalled his career-best 140, occupying the crease for 210 balls, as Northants made 332 for 8 having been sent in on a green-tinged pitch…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 53 for 3 trailLeicestershire 220 (Horton 49, Thomas 4-35) by 167 runsScorecard Overcast conditions and a lively pitch ensured the bowlers were very much on top as the first day of the Specsavers County Championship match between Leicestershire and Kent ended with honours approximately even. Heavy cloud over the ground at the start of play ensured Kent skipper Sam Billings exercised the away…
Russell unhappy with pro-Guyana crowd at Tallawahs’ home game (3:01) Jamaica Tallawahs captain Andre Russell had plenty to say after seeing his side beaten in front of a crowd hugely in favour of Guyana Amazon Warriors (3:01) 11:47 AM ET Jamaica Tallawahs captain Andre Russell voiced his displeasure with the decision to shift more home games away from Sabina Park, after his side’s first loss of the season to Guyana…
11:42 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Before the third Test, Hardik Pandya‘s position in the India team came up for debate but, on the second day at Trent Bridge, he produced a spell to remember. He tore England apart with his maiden five-wicket haul, in the space of 29 deliveries. Here’s how he did it. 24.1 – Root c Rahul b Pandya 16 (86 for 4) Pandya to Root, OUT, has…