Jul 15, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 171 and 171 for 6 (Hemphrey 52*, Labuschagne 51) need a further 383 runs to beat Middlesex 384 and 342 (Robson 140*) Middlesex set Glamorgan a mammoth target of 556 to win and, after losing six wickets in their second innings, the hosts sill trailed by 383 runs and faced their first defeat of the Championship season going into the final day in…
9:45 AM ET Raf Nicholson Close Raf Nicholson spends her days (and nights) researching the history of women’s cricket. Her thesis may or may not end up being titled “Cricket without the balls”. She is an England supporter, a feminist, and fanatical about women’s cricket, but will admit that Michael Clarke is hot stuff. She has been known to bowl entire overs of wides and to bat like Phil Tufnell,…
Megan Schutt of Australia © Getty Images Megan Schutt is relishing the thought of getting her hands on the red ball in England when Australia set out to seal the Women’s Ashes during this week’s Test match. With Australia leading the points-based series 6-0 and four points up for grabs in the Test starting on Thursday, it is the four-day fixture in Taunton where the the series can be won…
7:12 AM ET Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is a freelance cricket journalist. @mroller98 Lord’s will transform from a smattering of egg-and-bacon into a sea of red on the second day of the second Ashes Test – on August 15 – in a show of support for the Ruth Strauss Foundation, set up this year as a tribute to former England captain Andrew Strauss‘ late wife, who died after a…
6:44 AM ET Anamul Haque and Taijul Islam have been recalled into Bangladesh’s 14-member squad for the three-match ODI series in Sri Lanka, which begins on July 26. They have come in as replacements for Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das, who have been granted leave by the BCB. Shakib will reportedly be travelling for the Hajj pilgrimage, while Liton is getting married. Abu Jayed, who was part of Bangladesh’s…
Will there be major changes in the India team’s backroom staff? © Getty Images The BCCI has called for applications for the entire roster of support staff for the India senior men’s cricket team, which ended its World Cup 2019 campaign with a semi-final defeat to New Zealand. The contracts of the coaching staff, led by head coach Ravi Shastri, run up to the end of the World Cup. The…
9:10 PM ET “Did I sleep at all? Hmm. I did sleep. I did.” Kane Williamson talks in the dry, wry, inimitable tone of his. We are standing at arm’s length. I am trying hard to find an emotion in the man’s face. This is no ordinary man. This man, this leader of men, lost the World Cup in the cruelest way possible. No, wait. This man saw the World…
6:08 PM ET Whaddabout that Final eh? How about those England boys and all those big moments? The Stokes heroics, Buttler being Buttler, the Archer cool at the death of the death? That throw from Roy and the sharply calm captaincy of Eoin Morgan? Amid the kaleidoscopic madness of that chaotic ending, it was easy to lose sight of what had gone earlier and the incredible performance of one player…
Jul 14, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Durham 212 (Raine 78*, Eckersley 50, Barnard 4-42) and 26 for 0 lead Worcestershire 151 (Rushworth 4-28) by 87 runs Durham are in a strong position after day two of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two clash against Worcestershire, holding an 87-run lead over the visitors at the Riverside. The home side added 90 runs to their overnight total courtesy of an unbeaten innings…
Jul 14, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Middlesex 384 and 189 for 5 (Robson 73*, SImpson 56) lead Glamorgan 171 (Helm 5-53, Roland-Jones 4-45) by 402 runs Two weeks ago, Middlesex were bottom of Division Two and Toby Roland-Jones had taken only five wickets at an average of almost three figures. But after beating Gloucestershire last week, they are currently well placed to defeat Glamorgan over the next two days move…