Amy Jones keeps form rolling as England's top order set up big win, 3-0 series sweep against West Indies

3:00 AM ET England 258 for 4 (Jones 80, Taylor 70) beat West Indies 131 (Kycia Knight 38, Cross 2-16, Ecclestone 2-27) by 135 runs (DLS method) Entertaining batting from Amy Jones and Sarah Taylor led England to a comprehensive 135-run victory over West Indies at Chelmsford and a 3-0 sweep of their ODI series. Jones’s 80 off 83 balls was her fifth half-century in six ODI innings and added…

June 13, 2019
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Billy Godleman touches new heights to drive Derbyshire into lead

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Derbyshire 504 for 4 (Godleman 211*, Lace 143) lead Glamorgan 394 (Wagg 100, Carey 62*) by 110 runs After Glamorgan’s batsmen had set new batting records yesterday, Billy Godleman followed suit in Derbyshire’s first innings as they ended the third day’s play on 504 for 4 – a lead of 110, with maximum batting points. The captain led by example, scoring a career best…

June 13, 2019
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Chris Dent, Gareth Roderick guide Gloucestershire between showers

Jun 12, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Sussex 351 for 8 (Beer 97, Wiese 67, van Zyl 54) v Gloucestershire Sussex’s Will Beer fell agonisingly short of his maiden first-class century on a rain-ruined second day of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two match against Gloucestershire at Arundel. The makeshift opener, who is playing only his 18th first-class match in his 12th season with the county, was out for 97 as…

June 13, 2019
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How Kane Richardson learned to stop worrying and love the game

1:05 PM ET Sidharth Monga Kane Richardson would have challenged Justin Langer if the Australia coach had told him to his face that he didn’t seem to have the bottle to come back and play for Australia again. Before the start of the World Cup, Langer used Richardson as an example of how far the Australia team had come in a year. Langer said he remembered a chat with Richardson…

June 13, 2019
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Morne Morkel's mayhem rouses soggy match from its torpor

June 13, 2019

Morne Morkel in action for Surrey © Getty Images Surrey 313 (Foakes 62, Stoneman 61, Smith 56; Patterson 5-81, Coad 3-71) drew with Yorkshire 148 (Morkel 4-43, Clarke 3-35) and 30 for 0 “When an hour is all thou hast, make much of that hour.” The phrase might be found on an old sampler reminding folk of the virtues of the Protestant work ethic yet it carried topical power on…

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Alec Stewart among front-runners to succeed Trevor Bayliss as England coach

11:41 AM ET Alec Stewart has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Trevor Bayliss as head coach of England. While some other high-profile candidates – notably Gary Kirsten – appear to have been put off by the decision not to split the roles of Test and limited-overs coaches, Stewart is seen as an ideal character to sustain the hard-working yet relaxed environment around the current England sides. Crucially, as…

June 13, 2019
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Somerset surge clear after Lewis Gregory inspires victory dash

June 13, 2019

Lewis Gregory claimed a five-wicket haul © Getty Images Somerset 169 (Banton 63, Podmore 3-37) and 30 for 0 beat Kent 139 (Gregory 6-32) and 59 (Gregory 5-21) by ten wickets Kent lost their last eight wickets inside 46 minutes as Specsavers Championship leaders Somerset dodged the showers to clinch a dramatic 10-wicket win on a rain-affected final day in Canterbury, opening up a 26-point gap at the top of…

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Brendan Taylor, Hamilton Masakadza back in Zimbabwe squad

10:51 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Seniors Hamilton Masakadza and Brendan Taylor, who had been sidelined from the ODI series against UAE with injuries, have returned to Zimbabwe’s squad for their limited-overs tour of Netherlands, which starts with the first ODI in Deventer on June 19. Masakadza will take back captaincy from Peter Moor, who had stood in as captain in Masakadza’s absence. ALSO READ: Netherlands recall Vivian Kingma, Bas de…

June 13, 2019
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India, New Zealand remain unbeaten as rain forces another washout

3:00 AM ET India v New Zealand Match abandoned without tossAs it happened India and New Zealand took a point each and remained the only unbeaten teams in the tournament as rain prevented even a toss from happening at Trent Bridge. As things stood before the match, a result would have either further solidified New Zealand’s position at the top, or helped India nudge ahead of Australia into second place…

June 13, 2019
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