Report Opener’s 82 guides Hampshire but visitors hit back between showers Hampshire 223 for 7 (Holland 82) vs Leicestershire Ed Barnes grabbed three wickets as Leicestershire kept Hampshire’s powerful batting line-up in check on a day punctuated by rain delays at the Ageas Bowl. After only 26.2 overs were possible on the opening day, 56 were lost on day two following a three-and-a-half hour break after lunch – the second…
Report Nottinghamshire 51 for 3 as rain restricts play to 15.5 overs at Trent Bridge Nottinghamshire 51 for 3 (Duckett 11*, Pennington 2-12) vs Worcestershire Spectators returned to Trent Bridge for the first time in 608 days but witnessed only 15.5 overs of cricket on a fragmented opening day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match with Worcestershire as Nottinghamshire closed on 51 for 3. Dillon Pennington, returning to the Pears…
‘We have to be very focused when the key moment comes. We don’t want to miss those chances’ – Tamim Iqbal © BCB Tamim Iqbal wants Bangladesh to keep their eyes on the ball, both literally and figuratively, in their bid to turn a corner halfway through a dismal year. His biggest worry is the side’s fielding ahead of their ODI series against Sri Lanka, which is viewed as a…
Report Martin Andersson nips out three as home side lose six wickets for seven runs Surrey 146 for 6 (Burns 64, Stoneman 63, Andersson 3-17) vs Middlesex Angus Fraser, Middlesex’s managing director, said this week that there was “no vaccination” that could cure his side’s early-season struggles in the Championship, but his seamers provided a shot in the arm in a frenetic 42 minutes before the tea interval on the…
Report Somerset 45 for 1 on rain-hit opening day at Gloucestershire Somerset 45 for 1 (Byrom 22*, Abell 19*) vs Gloucestershire Of all the sweet sounds we shall hear this season few will be recalled more fondly in autumn than the rich applause that greeted the fall of Somerset’s first wicket at Bristol today. This will be hard on Tom Lammonby, whose incautious skitter down the pitch led to his…
Report Scotland overcome mini-collapse as Munsey-Budge stand sees them home Scotland 172 for 4 (Munsey 79, Kingma 2-23) beat Netherlands 171 all out (Edwards 56, Evans 5-43) by six wickets A century stand between George Munsey and Dylan Budge saw off early jitters in a low scoring chase for Scotland, helping them ease to a six-wicket win over Netherlands. Munsey top scored with an unbeaten 79, the No. 6 batter…
Report Mark Wood denied as Billy Godleman and Brooke Guest dig in Derbyshire 48 for 0 vs Durham Derbyshire’s openers denied Durham’s bowlers on a rain-shortened opening day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match at Derby. Billy Godleman and Brooke Guest negotiated 17 overs in difficult conditions to reach 48 without loss before play was called off at 4.30pm. England fast bowler Mark Wood was unlucky not to take a…
News BCCI wants all Tests to be preponed by a week, with the series finishing September 7 Desperate to stage the remainder of the 2021 IPL, the BCCI has put in a late request to the ECB to prepone the start of the five-Test series by a week. ESPNcricinfo understands the request was put in this week and the ECB is yet to respond. As things stand, the first Test…
The series opener is set to be played from August 4 as things stand © Getty Images Desperate to stage the remainder of the 2021 IPL, the BCCI has put in a late request to the ECB to prepone the start of the five-Test series by a week. ESPNcricinfo understands the request was put in this week and the ECB is yet to respond. As things stand, the first Test…
Report Alex Davies and Keaton Jennings put on fifty opening stand after Lancs put in Lancashire 59 for 0 vs Northamptonshire Lancashire openers Keaton Jennings and Alex Davies posted their fourth 50 partnership of the season as day one of their LV= County Championship clash with Northamptonshire was cut short by heavy rain. Just 70 minutes play was possible as Northamptonshire welcomed back crowds to Wantage Road to watch Lancashire…