Month: July 2019

3:00 AM ET 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…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 122 for 6 (Eckersley 39*, Morris 2-23, Leach 2-38) v Worcestershire Worcestershire are narrowly on top after a rain-affected day one of their County Championship Division Two clash against Durham, although late resistance guided the home side to a total of 122 for 6 by the close at Emirates Riverside. Joe Leach and Charlie Morris were on point with the ball in the…

3:00 AM ET 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…

‘Whatever dog we are, it’s just important we focus on cricket’ – Williamson (1:31) The New Zealand captain Kane Williamson responds to his team being called the underdogs for the Sunday’s final against England at Lord’s (1:31) 1:05 PM ET Andrew Miller at Lord’s Do you ever get the sense that no-one really rates you? To judge by the line of questioning on the eve of his biggest match in…

Brendon McCullum has taught me a lot about leadership – Eoin Morgan (1:32) The England captain talks about his friendship with McCullum ahead of the final against New Zealand at Lord’s (1:32) 12:30 PM ET George Dobell at Lord’s If there is one man as nervous as the two teams on Sunday morning, it will surely be Karl McDermott. You could be forgiven for not having heard of McDermott. But…

12:27 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna Former USA head coach Pubudu Dassanayake has said his position as head coach became untenable after his decision-making authority was stripped back with the introduction of…

Brendon McCullum has taught me a lot about leadership – Eoin Morgan (1:32) The England captain talks about his friendship with McCullum ahead of the final against New Zealand at Lord’s (1:32) 12:05 PM ET Andrew Miller at Lord’s If ever there was an occasion in which to make capital of one’s home advantage, then a World Cup final at Lord’s would be right at the top of the list….