Zimbabwe clinch Super Over win to square T20I series in Netherlands

3:00 AM ET Zimbabwe 152 all out (Taylor 40, van der Merwe 4-35) tied with Netherlands 152 for 8 (O’Dowd 56, Williams 2-28) Zimbabwe 18 for 0 beat Netherlands (9 for 1) in the Super Over The second T20I in Rotterdam seesawed wildly into a dramatic tie and a Super Over finish in which Zimbabwe scored 18 thanks to Brendan Taylor and Elton Chigumbura, before Tendai Chatara held his nerve…

June 25, 2019
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Mitchell Starc: The Grand Old Duke of Yorker

3:00 AM ET Australia 285 for 7 (Finch 100, Warner 53, Woakes 2-46) beat England 221 (Stokes 89, Behrendorff 5-44, Starc 4-43) by 64 runs As it happened Australia played Test match cricket in miniature to get the better of England and a set of conditions at Lord’s that were not really in the blueprint for Eoin Morgan‘s side ahead of a tournament in which they now face the tightest…

June 25, 2019
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Delray Rawlins gives Sussex something to cheer on a day Durham dominated

3:00 AM ET Paul Edwards Sussex231 for 9 (Rawlins 56*, Wiese 56, Carse 4-42) trail Durham 384 (Bancroft 158, Eckersley 118, Jordan 4-58) by 153 runs Early on the second morning of this game Stiaan van Zyl dived to stop a ball on the fine leg boundary. He failed but managed to cake himself in mud, a legacy of Monday night’s heavy rain. Van Zyl’s embarrassment greatly amused Ben Brown…

June 25, 2019
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Rory Burns faces Sam Curran dilemma with Surrey needing Warwickshire wickets

3:00 AM ET Warwickshire 230 and 148 for 3 (Sibley 52*) trail Surrey 194 and 325 (Stoneman 71, Elgar 53, Curran 52, Miles 5-91) by 141 runs Tight fourth-innings chases place stressful responsibility on the fielding captain, and Rory Burns will have an extra calculation to make as he tries to perm a way to deny Warwickshire the 142 still needed to secure what would be a terrific win for…

June 25, 2019
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Finch combines forces with Behrendorff and Starc to put Australia in semi-finals

3:00 AM ET Australia 285 for 7 (Finch 100, Warner 53, Woakes 2-46) beat England 221 (Stokes 89, Behrendorff 5-44, Starc 4-43) by 64 runs As it happened Australia played Test match cricket in miniature to get the better of England and a set of conditions at Lord’s that were not really in the blueprint for Eoin Morgan‘s side ahead of a tournament in which they now face the tightest…

June 25, 2019
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David Payne leads seam attack to hand Gloucestershire narrow lead over Glamorgan

Jun 24, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 187 for 4 (Selman 73, Labuschagne 56*) trail Gloucestershire 313 (Dent 105, Hammond 61) by 126 runs Chris Dent notched his 16th first class century and Marchant de Lange his 300th wicket as Gloucestershire and Glamorgan battled for supremacy on the second day of the Specsavers County Championship match at Bristol. It ended with the visitors 187 for 4 in reply to Gloucestershire’s…

June 25, 2019
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Catches can win matches – so can a lot else for Pakistan

12:51 PM ET Pakistan have dropped 13 catches so far in this World Cup. At Edgbaston on Wednesday they continue their fight to stay in contention for a semi-final spot. New Zealand – this might surprise you if you haven’t watched them closely – have dropped 12 catches. At Edgbaston on Wednesday, New Zealand can win and guarantee themselves a semi-final spot. Pakistan dropped six catches against South Africa at…

June 25, 2019
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PCB brings down contracted women players from 17 to 10

11:29 AM ET The PCB has brought down the number of centrally contracted women cricketers from 17 to 10 in a bid to increase remuneration for the retainers. A condensed list has left only Sana Mir and Nida Dar in the ‘A’ category, while Bismah Maroof and Javeria Khan have been demoted to category ‘B’ and the fourth level, ‘D’, has been removed altogether. The three categories – A, B…

June 25, 2019
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Jamie Porter, Aaron Beard run through Somerset to keep Essex momentum going

June 25, 2019

Jamie Porter claimed a four-wicket haul © Getty Images Essex 216 (Cook 80) and 183 (Cook 47, Groenewald 5-51) beat Somerset 131 (Porter 5-51, Beard 4-23) and 117 (Porter 4-22) by 151 runs In successive weeks, the top two counties in the Championship have come to Chelmsford and been sent packing. Hampshire were dismissed for 118 and 88 which at least sounded like emergency advice lines they could ring afterwards….

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