Jun 3, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Surrey 0 for 0 trail Somerset 344 (Bartlett 137) by 344 runs George Bartlett made the most of being dropped first ball to score a career-best 137 as Somerset fought back against Surrey at Guildford. Bartlett was put down by Rikki Clarke at slip off Matt Dunn and made Surrey pay as Somerset, who will return to the top of the first division if…
3:00 AM ET Warwickshire 311 for 7 (Sibley 87, Hose 84*) v Nottinghamshire Plan B for Bouncer sounds like it might be the title of an Alfred Hitchcock thriller, but there was not a lot of mystery or intrigue about the storyline as conjured by Stuart Broad on a day heavily punctuated by bad light and heavy rain. As the hardiest spectators filed out, puddles were still swelling on the…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 138 and 61 for 4 (Robinson 4-23) trail Sussex 481 for 9 dec (Van Zyl 173, Brown 107, Salt 50, Beer 50) by 282 runs Sussex pace bowler Ollie Robinson left Middlesex facing the prospect of their heaviest County Championship defeat of the modern era after a rain-affected third day at Lord’s The right-arm seamer tore out the heart out of the home…
Jun 3, 2019 Yorkshire 289 for 6 (Lyth 95, Kohler-Cadmore 83) v Essex This is where it’s at, baby: Yorkshire and Essex duking it for supremacy. Not quite how Sir Neville Cardus would have put it, admittedly, but when the World Cup is in full flow, and England are involved in a troubled run chase, the Championship needs to go full-on Iggy Pop, the grandfather of punk, to grab even…
Jun 3, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Durham 254 for 8 (Burnham 67, Lees 63) v Derbyshire Alex Lees and Jack Burnham scored half-centuries to lead a solid effort with the bat for Durham on day one of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two clash against Derbyshire at Emirates Riverside. The home side were put under pressure by fine bowling from Ravi Rampaul, who claimed figures of 4 for 56 for…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Northamptonshire 209 and 68 for 0 (Curran 48*) trail Glamorgan 547 (Root 229, Cullen 63) by 270 runs Glamorgan’s push for a second win in this season’s Specsavers County Championship was held up by bad weather on the third afternoon at Wantage Road, preventing any play after lunch with Northamptonshire closing on 68 without loss, trailing by 270 runs. Having taken a first-innings lead…
12:47 PM ET “There are a lot of things haunting me at the moment,” laughs Faf du Plessis, on the eve of an important match against India. “The position that I’m in is, I’m the captain of the team right now and players are looking for someone to lead them. So all I can do is try my absolute best to try and do that.” Less than a week into…
Josh Bohannon in batting action © Getty Images Lancashire449 (Livingstone 114, Bohannon 98*, Bailey 57, Croft 51) v Leicestershire This has been a fine week for officials at Liverpool CC. While they could do nothing about the rain that allowed only one session’s play on this second day, they have proved themselves perfectly capable of hosting first-class cricket, a claim some had doubted in the very recent past. However, when…
12:28 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India are the last team to start their World Cup 2019 campaign, opening against South Africa on Wednesday, with every other team having played at least one game in the past week. Virat Kohli felt starting late gave his side an advantage in sussing out conditions and strategies. Speaking on the eve of the match, the India captain also said he welcomed the expectations people…
Tamim Iqbal (L) and Soumya Sarkar (C) run between the wickets as Kagiso Rabada (R) looks on 12:24 PM ET How Bangladesh began their World Cup opener against South Africa had a lot to do with the result. Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal put together 60 runs for the opening stand and although both fell within 11.4 overs, they had done more than enough to alleviate any nerves in the…