Captain Williamson’s 106* leads NZ to victory over SA (1:47) Kane Williamson against proved rock-steady for New Zealand, guiding his team to a four-wicket victory over South Africa at Edgbaston (1:47) 7:14 PM ET It is the 25th over of the chase. Kane Williamson has caressed his way to 45 off 56. It is a slow pitch where every batsman has struggled because of the dual pace, but he has…
A section of the crowd during the England v Afghanistan World Cup match at Old Trafford 3:35 PM ET Organisers of the Cricket World Cup are “reviewing circumstances” after a spectator sustained a broken arm at the end of the game between England and Afghanistan in Manchester on Tuesday. The spectator ran on to the playing field at the end of the match and, as he approached players, was apprehended…
3:00 AM ET Liam Brickhill New Zealand 245 for 6 (Williamson 106*, de Grandhomme 60, Morris 3-49) beat South Africa 241 for 6 (Van der Dussen 67, Ferguson 3-59) by four wicketsAs it happened play0:54 Williamson levels the scores and reaches his hundred with a six South Africa came well and truly acropper against Kane Williamson‘s cool and Colin de Grandhomme‘s muscle, New Zealand all but knocking their opponents out…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 309 (Crawley 111, Stewart 59, Pattinson 6-73) and 277 for 3 (Denly 111*, Bell-Drummond 79) lead Nottinghamshire 267 (Nash 67, Patel 52, Milnes 5-68) by 319 runs Joe Denly scored his first century of the Specsavers County Championship campaign and moved Kent into a 319-run lead going into the final day of their Division One clash with Nottinghamshire in Tunbridge Wells. When bad…
Rasikh Salam lets rip © BCCI Rasikh Salam, the Jammu and Kashmir youngster who represented Mumbai Indians in IPL 2019, has been banned for two years “following a discrepancy – submission of faulty birth certificate to BCCI”, the Indian board announced via a press statement on Wednesday. Right-arm medium pacer Salam, born on April 5, 2001 according to official records, was a part of the India Under-19 squad for a…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 503 for 6 (Higgins 196*, Dent 176, Howell 52) lead Leicestershire 487 (Dexter 180, Azad 137, Ackermann 56*) by 16 runs A partnership of 318 between Ryan Higgins and Chris Dent for the sixth wicket saw Gloucestershire overhaul Leicestershire’s imposing first-innings score in their Specsavers County Championship match at the Fischer County Ground. It was the second partnership of more than 300 in…
Play 02:21 Mashrafe reveals how he still receives advice from mentor Andy Roberts Mashrafe Mortaza had been struggling for wickets in the first three matches of the World Cup when he got a surprise call from one of his heroes, Andy Roberts. Having been introduced in 2001, Mashrafe had subsequently met Roberts on a number of tours to the West Indies, but there had been a long gap since they…
Netherlands 209 for 3 (O’Dowd 82*) beat Zimbabwe 205 for 8 (Taylor 71, Klaassen 2-29) by seven wickets Max O’Dowd pulls over midwicket © Peter Della Penna While the cricket watching public are binging on the World Cup, Netherlands made a serious statement by totally outplaying Zimbabwe, with opening batsman Max O’Dowd batting through the innings to ensure a chase of 206 was as straightforward as possible. The 25-year old…
Rusty Theron was a key part of the Somerset (NJ) Cavaliers run to the 2018 US Open T20 Final 1:09 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 Rusty Theron, who played for Kings XI…
All 33 sixes in less than 200 seconds (3:18) Check out all 33 of England and Afghanistan’s sixes from their record-breaking Cricket World Cup match at Old Trafford, including Eoin Morgan’s 17. (3:18) 1:00 PM ET Of course the headlines were dominated by Eoin Morgan. His innings, variously described as “phenomenal”, “ridiculous” and “astounding” by his team-mates clearly stole the show in Manchester on Tuesday. This England ODI team have…