Play 00:49 Guptill run-out as England win on boundary-count “It was just one of those things, hey”. Kane Williamson, World Cup final press conference. Over 44.5 Jos Buttler has changed how batsmen hit the ball. His golf swing power fade shots have shown that big sixes aren’t solely about how big you are. Not that he isn’t in peak physical condition, as usual every part of him is immaculate. If…
‘Adil said we had Allah with us, I said we had rub of the green’ – Morgan (2:06) Eoin Morgan also says he hopes that UK viewers were watching the cricket rather than David Attenborough or a Sunday-evening film. (2:06) Jul 13, 2019 Andrew Miller at Lord’s Cricket’s grandest of occasions received a grandstand finale, and one that was potentially watched by a whole new audience in the UK, after…
Stokes and Buttler revive England’s chase with 110-run stand (1:49) Both Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler made fifties helping lift England in the World Cup final v New Zealand (1:49) 7:36 PM ET Andrew Miller at Lord’s Eoin Morgan hailed England’s heart-stopping victory in the World Cup final at Lord’s as the culmination of a four-year journey, and singled out Ben Stokes for particular praise after the manner in which…
7:31 PM ET Andrew Miller at Lord’s It was a contest that could not be separated by runs scored, in regulation play nor during the Super Over, but were England inadvertently awarded one run too many during the chaotic scenes of Trent Boult’s final over to Ben Stokes? In what was later pinpointed by New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson as the key “uncontrollable” of England’s run-chase, Stokes inadvertently sent a…
Jul 13, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Essex 245 (Cook 84, Lawrence 61, Rhodes 5-17) v Warwickshire Will Rhodes sliced through the Essex batting with four wickets in 26 balls either side of tea to claim career-best bowling figures of 5 for 17. Sir Alastair Cook and Dan Lawrence had put on 116 for the third wicket before Rhodes came on for his first prolonged spell and had both batsmen back…
Jul 13, 2019 ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 25 for 4 (Helm 4-8) trail Middlesex 384 (Malan 166, Sowter 57*, Roland-Jones 54) by 359 runs Dawid Malan, the Middlesex captain, again led from the front as Middlesex recovered from 131 for 6 to reach 384 in their first innings. Malan scored 166 of those runs – his fourth Championship hundred this summer, his third score over 150 and taking his season’s…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Kent 319 for 3 (138*, Bell-Drummond 94) lead Hampshire 409 for 9 dec (Stevens 5-68) by 90 runs While the likes of Sam Northeast, Dominic Sibley and Zak Crawley faced-off for England Lions for a potential Ashes place, Joe Denly brilliantly scored a century for Kent against Hampshire. Denly, who is currently the man in possession of the No. 3 position in the England…
Temba Bavuma turns one away down the leg side © Getty Images Derbyshire 34 for 1 trail Northamptonshire 342 (Bavuma 134, Critchley 4-107) by 308 runs A superb century from Temba Bavuma put Northamptonshire in a strong position on the first day of the match against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. The South African Test batsman scored 134, his second hundred in consecutive games, as the visitors recovered from 126 for 4…
Jos Buttler runs out Martin Guptill to crown England champions © Getty Images It was the first Super Over ever in ODI cricket, and it had to be – just had to be – in the 2019 World Cup final. At Lord’s, of all places. A low-scoring contest, with absolutely nothing to separate the two teams on the field or on the scoreboard. It ended 241 for 8 v 241…
Jul 13, 2019 Paul Edwards Lancashire 149 for 1 (Davies 72, Jennings 53*) lead Sussex127 (Salt 40, Parkinson 6-23, Maxwell 4-41) by 22 runs People long in thrall to cricket sometimes watch two games. The first is the one before them; the second comprises moments from past matches, fragments of idolatry, to borrow the title of David Foot’s wonderful book. As the Sussex openers began their side’s innings this high-clouded…