I’m just trying to do my job – Steven Smith (0:49) Steven Smith said he’s solely focused on doing his job and ignoring distractions surrounding his return to the Australia team. (0:49) 1:57 AM ET Australia have completed their warm-up matches ahead of their World Cup opener against Afghanistan on June 1, but how close are they to knowing their best XI? Here are three key questions that remain to…
3:42 PM ET Usman Khawaja staked a late claim to one of Australia’s top-order batting slots despite an injury scare during their five-wicket victory in their World Cup warm-up match against Sri Lanka in Hampshire. Khawaja hobbled off the field after a ball struck him flush on the left kneecap. He was fielding at mid-off when he dived to his left to stop a ball that had been driven firmly…
3:00 AM ET Hampshire 14 for 1 trail Yorkshire 181 (Kohler-Cadmore 45, Edwards 5-49, Fuller 3-51) by 167 runs Fidel Edwards is 37 years old. He can also be rather a taciturn fellow. But neither of these things was of much moment this afternoon as the West Indian took four wickets in 12 balls to help dismiss Yorkshire for 188 on a day which might otherwise have been remembered primarily…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Sussex 208 for 5 (Salt 103) lead Glamorgan 186 (Selman 76*) by 22 runs Opener Philip Salt scored his second successive century to put Sussex in a good position on day one of their Specsavers County Championship match against Glamorgan at Hove. Having made 122 against Northamptonshire last week, Welsh-born Salt reached the fourth hundred of his career in the final over of the…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Leicestershire 55 for 4 (Palladino 3-3) trail Derbyshire 139 (Madsen 47, Abbas 3-38, Wright 3-39) by 84 runs Tony Palladino bowled his side back into the match after Derbyshire had been dismissed for just 139 in their County Championship match against Leicestershire at the Fischer County Ground. Veteran seamer Palladino ended the day having taken three wickets and conceded only three runs from nine…
3:00 AM ET Jon Culley Warwickshire 275 for 8 (Norwell 58*) v Surrey Aston Villa are back in the Premier League, which will doubtless have raised a cheer or two in the Warwickshire dressing room. There have not been too many so far this season. As things stand, relegation may be their fate. By the time Villa reacquaint themselves with life at the top in early August, we will have…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 64 for 3 (Ferguson 37, Helm 2-14) trail Middlesex 221 (Malan 45) by 157 runs Middlesex struck back with the ball after being dismissed for 221 on the opening day of their County Championship match against Worcestershire at Blackfinch New Road. The visitors were bowled out in 66.2 overs after being put into bat with Charlie Morris and Josh Tongue continuing their impressive…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Lancashire 47 for 2 (Jennings 26*, Payne 1-4) trail Gloucestershire 205 (Hammond 82, Mahmood 4-48) by 158 runs Saqib Mahmood finished with 4 for 48 as Lancashire bowled Gloucestershire out for 205 on the opening day of the County Championship match at Cheltenham College. Mahmood, the 22-year-old England Lions seamer, claimed the first three wickets of the innings to stem a promising start by…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Essex 303 for 8 (Cook 125, Bopara 61) v Kent Alastair Cook reached three figures in a competitive match for the first time since his international retirement as Essex enjoyed a positive day against Kent. Cook bowed out of Test cricket with an emotional 147 against India at The Oval last summer but had struggled somewhat for consistency having returned to the County Championship….
Rampant Roy routs Afghanistan (3:23) Jason Roy blows Afghanistan away, as his 89 runs help to secure England’s nine-wicket win at The Oval (3:23) 12:14 PM ET It was probably fitting that victory should be achieved with a six. So overwhelming was this performance that England, having completed victory with 195 balls to spare, took to the nets to ensure they gained the workout they required from the day. It…