Namibia, PNG secure ODI status after wins over HK and Oman

JJ Smit and Zane Green walk off after their 103-run unbroken stand took Namibia to their highest ever List A score  3:45 PM ET Namibia 396 for 3 (Kotze 148, Baard 122, Smit 61*) beat Hong Kong 245 (Rath 76, Kinchit 56, Scholtz 2-37) by 151 runs A record Namibian total propelled by twin centuries from Stephan Baard and JP Kotze took them to a historic win over Hong Kong…

April 26, 2019
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Billy Godleman notches third successive ton as Derbyshire snatch tie

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 224 for 3 (Godleman 107*, du Plooy 75) tied with Yorkshire 308 for 2 (Kohler-Cadmore 79, Lyth 78, Willey 72*, Brook 59*) (DLS method) Brilliant Billy Godleman hit a third successive Royal London Cup century as Derbyshire, chasing a revised target of 225 in 22 overs, tied a thriller with Yorkshire at Emerald Headingley. A near three-and-a-half-hour afternoon rain delay meant Derbyshire, needing…

April 26, 2019
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Ben Duckett, Steven Mullaney fire as Notts rack up another 400-plus total

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 433 for 7 (Duckett 86, Mullaney 81, Libby 66, Nash 56, Clarke 55, Moores 50) beat Leicestershire 259 (Dearden 74, Cosgrove 59, Fletcher 3-53) by 87 runs (DLS method) Nottinghamshire moved a step closer to qualifying for the knockout stages of the Royal London Cup with a brutal batting display against Leicestershire at Trent Bridge. For the sixth time in three years Notts…

April 26, 2019
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Alex Lees, Graham Clark help Durham to bounce back against Warwickshire

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 211 for 3 (Lees 78*, Clark 66, Harte 51*) beat Warwickshire 244 for 8 (Ambrose 66, Hain 50, Woakes 50) by seven wickets (DLS method) Durham returned to winning ways in the Royal London Cup with a comfortable seven-wicket Duckworth-Lewis-Stern victory over Warwickshire at Edgbaston. A solid all-round display saw Durham bounce back from their North Group defeat at Worcester two days earlier….

April 26, 2019
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Worcestershire ride to victory on back of another Hamish Rutherford ton

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 254 for 9 (Rutherford 126) beat Northmptonshire 234 (Parnell 3-45) by 20 runs Hamish Rutherford‘s third century of the season helped Worcestershire to a third win in the Royal London Cup as they beat Northamptonshire by 20 runs at Wantage Road. Rutherford made 126 in 134 balls, adding to his centuries at Grace Road in the County Championship and Old Trafford in the…

April 26, 2019
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James Vince sparkles with 190 as Hampshire continue winning run

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 331 for 8 (Vince 190, Dawson 73) beat Gloucestershire 246 (Crane 3-64) by 71 runs (DLS mehod) James Vince produced the highest one-day score in England for over a decade with an incredible 190 as Hampshire remained unbeaten in the Royal London Cup with victory over Gloucestershire. No player had scored as many since Ravi Bopara for Essex in 2008, but Vince crashed…

April 26, 2019
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Ollie Pope to miss most of 2019 season with shoulder injury

12:10 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England’s stock of potential batting candidates for a summer that includes the World Cup and an Ashes series has been further hit by the news that Surrey’s Ollie Pope is likely to miss most of the season after dislocating his shoulder. News that Pope will require surgery on his left shoulder follows confirmation of Sam Billings, England’s likely back-up for the World Cup, being sidelined…

April 26, 2019
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England's Alex Hales banned for recreational drug use

April 26, 2019

Alex Hales drives through the covers © Getty Images England batsman Alex Hales has failed a drugs test. Hales, who was named in England’s provisional 15-man World Cup squad last week, is understood by ESPNcricinfo to have tested positive for a recreational drug in recent weeks. The England selectors are not thought to have known about the test result at the time the squad was announced. Shortly after that announcement,…

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