Babar Azam works one into the leg side on his way to 56 © Getty Images Somerset 225 for 6 (Babar 56) beat Essex 111 (van der Merwe 5 for 32) by 114 runs Babar Azam pumped his third fifty of the Vitality Blast as Somerset steamed back to form with a 114 run victory over Essex Eagles at Chelmsford. After scores which have included 95 not out, 83 and…
Rob Keogh celebrates a wicket © Getty Images Northamptonshire 145 for 6 (Wakely 47*, Potts 3 for 31) beat Durham 124 for 8 (Handscomb 65*, Keogh 3 for 30) by 21 runs Rob Keogh was the unlikely hero with the ball for Northamptonshire as they pulled off a tremendous defence of only 145 to beat Durham by 21 runs at Wantage Road and claim their second win in the Vitality…
4:21 PM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 131 for 5 beat Kent 125 for 8 (Bell-Drummond 62) Kent Spitfires suffered a jolt to their previously excellent Vitality Blast South Group campaign with a five-wicket defeat by Gloucestershire at the Bristol County Ground. The visitors could post only 125 for 8 after losing the toss on a slow pitch, Daniel Bell-Drummond contributing almost half the runs with 62. There were two…
3:19 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jofra Archer got through 19 overs for Sussex’s 2nd XI on Wednesday to further emphasise his readiness for a likely Test debut at Lord’s next week. With James Anderson already ruled out of that Test, Warwickshire confirmed today that Olly Stone would miss at least two weeks’ cricket with a back problem, leaving Archer and Sam Curran as the frontrunners to bolster the pace attack…
August 7, 2019 Aishwarya Kumar at Providence Jason Holder talks to his team before their last match © IDI via Getty Images Fresh energy, new ideas, renewed drive – that’s the mantra of the West Indian ODI team as they look forward to life after the World Cup. Their batting performance let them down in that tournament, so the captain Jason Holder said, their immediate focus was on making sure…
2:01 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 A player protest erupted at the Global T20 Canada on Wednesday when a second round match between Toronto Nationals and Montreal Tigers was delayed for two…
3:00 AM ET Worcestershire 31 for 3 trail Australians 266 for 5 declared (Head 109*, Khawaja 57) by 235 runs Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood made contrasting entries to the Ashes tour under the gaze of Worcester Cathedral at New Road, the former’s ability to take wickets but also go for runs neatly encapsulated in a spell reading 4-1-27-1 after the tourists had declared at 266 for 5 on the…
Don’t over-criticise, umpiring never going to be perfect – Root (1:08) England captain Joe Root defends umpires after an error-strewn show at Edgbaston, where a number of erroneous decisions were made during the first Ashes Test (1:08) 12:37 PM ET Umpires are united in their belief that neutrality should not be tampered with in the wake of calls for the best officials to be used in the Ashes series after…
12:35 PM ET Zimbabwe are set to play in a T20I tri-series in Bangladesh – with Afghanistan as the third team – next month, which will be their first assignment since the ICC suspended them last month. The series was part of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) schedule for the 2019-20 season, and they waited till Wednesday evening for confirmation from Zimbabwe Cricket. The series was meant to have given Zimbabwe…
The hefty cost of Chandika Hathurusingha’s contract could become an issue for the board 11:39 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka cricket has installed Rumesh Ratnayake as interim coach for the Test series against New Zealand, as they attempt to sever ties with head coach Chandika Hathurusingha. Hathurusingha has been under substantial pressure in 2019, with Sri Lanka’s sports minister in particular suggesting that the team is not producing…