Glamorgan 330 (van der Gugten 85*, Hogan 54) and 68 for 4 lead Yorkshire 193 (Lyth 52, Taylor 2-16) by 205 runs Joe Root must have spent the past couple of months feeling like the little boy who tried to stave off disaster by sticking his finger in the dike. England in India one moment, Yorkshire at Headingley the next. All around him has been calamity. Yorkshire’s belief that they…
Report Nottinghamshire slip to 85 for 6 in response to 330 before Tom Moores steadies innings Nottinghamshire 165 for 7 (Salisbury 3-54) trail Durham 330 (Raine 59*) by 165 runs Durham seized the initiative at a cold and damp Trent Bridge, where a familiar Nottinghamshire collapse with the bat was compounded by an injury to their England fast bowler, Jake Ball. The 30-year-old, whose return to wicket-taking form last season…
Report Hosts lead by 91 with two wickets standing after fifties from Dent, Bracey and Lace Gloucestershire 311 for 8 (Dent 78, Lace 65, Bracey 54, Topley 4-64) lead Surrey 220 by 91 runs Chris Dent has, at times, carried Gloucestershire’s batting in the past years and it was the captain who again led his side’s effort as they built a solid response to Surrey’s 220 at Bristol, though it…
Report Stevens becomes oldest Championship centurion since 1986 Northamptonshire 91 for 1 (Vasconcelos 54*) trail Kent 455 (Stevens 116*) by 364 runs Veteran allrounder Darren Stevens starred with an unbeaten century to put Kent in the driving seat on a rain-affected second day of their LV= County Championship clash against Northamptonshire. Stevens, who will celebrate his 45th birthday later this month, struck 116 not out – his 35th first-class hundred…
With 24 hours to go before the first T20I, Klaasen admitted he didn’t really know what his XI might be © AFP/Getty Images It was just two months ago that Heinrich Klaasen, freshly recovered from a debilitating bout of Covid-19 at the time, was leading a second-string T20I side out in Pakistan. He is in the same position again. Then, in February this year, South Africa were without then-captain Quinton…
Big picture Given there is a certain other tournament that happens to coincide with this four-match series, South Africa against Pakistan at the Wanderers is unlikely to have global eyeballs fixed firmly upon it. One of the few T20I series longer than three games, it must have appeared, on paper, as the perfect appetizer ahead of the T20 World Cup later this year. These are two evenly-matched sides who have…
News Ben Stokes has suggested associating women’s sides with that of the men in franchise leagues, especially in the IPL Heather Knight has echoed recent comments from Ben Stokes and Smriti Mandhana, calling for the formation of a women’s IPL, saying it “would be amazing for the women’s game”. Knight lifted the WBBL title with the Sydney Thunder in November and was twice a Kia Super League winner before the…
News Surrey are currently in talks with BCCI and IPL authorities, who have not yet indicated any desire in favour of the move Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, wants to use the IPL to push sport forward in the UK Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, wants to bring the IPL to the city, with Surrey said to be in preliminary talks with authorities in India to explore…
Buckle up, it’s time for the IPL 2021 to begin! To get us started, we have Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians, the defending champions, taking on Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore. Tonight we’ll see Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard and Jasprit Bumrah facing off against AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell and Yuzvendra Chahal. If this blog doesn’t load for you, click here. You can also follow our ball-by-ball commentary here. Click here…
News The ECB is not in a position to provide venues for the games keeping in mind Covid-19 restrictions Ireland have T20Is lined up against South Africa in July and against Zimbabwe in August Ireland’s planned two-match T20I series against Pakistan in England in June has been postponed, with scheduling issues the main reason for the decision. The series was initially pencilled in for 2020, but was postponed because…