Majority of New Zealand Test contingent arrives in UK

News All contingent members will spend the first three days in hotel room isolation in Southampton File photo: Players who had participated in the IPL and had then flown to the Maldives are expected to arrive in the UK on Monday   The majority of the New Zealand Test contingent landed in London on Sunday after flying from Auckland via Singapore, for their tour of two Tests against the hosts…

May 17, 2021
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Jofra Archer ruled out of New Zealand Tests due to elbow concerns

May 16, 2021

Jofra Archer bowled 29.2 overs for Sussex’s 2nd XI last week © Getty Images Jofra Archer has been ruled out of England’s two-Test series against New Zealand, starting at Lord’s next month, and may face surgery on his troublesome right elbow after failing to come through this week’s return to first-class action. Archer, who was withdrawn from this year’s IPL prior to its postponement earlier this month, had undergone a…

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Jack Leaning scores century, but a once-promising contest drifts out to sea

Report A whole lot of not a lot at Hove, but it’s an improvement on this time last year Sussex 256 (van Zyl 52; Quinn 4-54, Gilchrist 3-51, Stevens 3-64) drew with Kent 145 (Leaning 63, Robinson 3-29, Garton 3-65) and 387 for 4 dec (Leaning 127*, Robinson 85, Crawley 85) A match that had once seemed likely to end in a Sussex victory with Jofra Archer displaying his fitness…

May 16, 2021
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Kiran Carlson shines amid the showers as soggy draw ensues

May 16, 2021

Kiran Carlson resisted with style amid the rain delays at Cardiff © Getty Images Glamorgan 149 (Brook 3-13, Patterson 3-27) and 164 for 4 (Carlson 88*, Lloyd 40) drew with Yorkshire 230 (Root 99, Patterson 47*, Neser 5-39) Persistent rain prevented a positive result in the LV=Insurance County Championship match between Glamorgan and Yorkshire in Cardiff with only 13 overs possible on the final day, but there was enough time…

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Emotional Chris Rushworth breaks record as Durham power to victory

Report Seamer overtakes Onions as Worcestershire are overwhelmed on final day Chris Rushworth takes the applause of his team-mates after becoming Durham’s all-time leading wicket-taker   Durham 246 (Lees 99, Tongue 5-39) and 389 for 5 dec (Young 103, Burnham 102*) beat Worcestershire 213 (Fell 44, Leach 42*, Rushworth 5-56) and 164 (Mitchell 62, Rushworth 4-52) by 258 runs Chris Rushworth orchestrated a brilliant 258-run win for Durham in their…

May 16, 2021
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Essex seal vital innings victory as Derbyshire's resistance is picked off at Chelmsford

Report Champions recover from first-day washout to complete second win of campaign Essex 412 for 3 dec beat Derbyshire 146 (Guest 49, Harmer 9-80) and 251 (Guest 65, Godleman 45, Porter 3-41, Cook 3-45, Harmer 3-122) by an innings and 15 runs Simon Harmer claimed his seventh LV= Insurance County Championship 10-wicket haul as Essex returned to winning ways by cruising to an innings-and-15-run victory over Derbyshire. Harmer, who bowled…

May 16, 2021
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David Saker on Newlands controversy: 'The finger-pointing is going to go on and on and on'

News The then Australia bowling coach has likened the team’s ‘monumental mistake’ to the underarm incident of 1981 David Saker, Australia’s bowling coach at the time of the Newlands ball-tampering scandal, has said the controversy will continue to taint Australian cricket much like the underarm incident of 1981 has done. Saker’s comments came in the wake of the publication of an interview in The Guardian, where Cameron Bancroft – the…

May 16, 2021
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India Women set to tour Australia in September

News CA is yet to confirm the make-up of the postponed series, but an announcement is expected soon The two teams were to face off in January this year, but that series was postponed   India Women are set to tour Australia for a bilateral series in September. The tour, originally comprising three ODIs and slated for January this year, was officially postponed in December 2020. A report on the…

May 16, 2021
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Michael Hussey, and rest of Australia contingent in Maldives, set to fly home

News While Hussey flies commercial via Doha, the group waiting in the Maldives will take a BCCI charter flight Michael Hussey has now been cleared to return to Australia on a commercial flight via Doha   Michael Hussey will be home from India early on Monday morning, about the same time as the 38 Australian players, coaches and media land on their return from the Maldives. Following a series of…

May 16, 2021
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Keith Barker, Kyle Abbott too good for flatlining Middlesex as Hampshire surge to victory

May 15, 2021

Keith Barker added a wicket to his vital innings of 84 as Hampshire seized the contest at Lord’s © Getty Images Hampshire 208 (Barker 84, Vince 62) and 66 for 3 (Holland 22, Northeast 18*) beat Middlesex 172 (Gubbins 51, Abbott 6-44) and 101 (Abbott 5-41) by seven wickets A belligerent half-century from Keith Barker and 11 wickets for the match to Kyle Abbott sealed victory for Hampshire against Middlesex…

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