Report One of the world’s most boring records takes Essex closer to shot at title defence Peter Siddle appeals for one of 19 lbws in the match, as Essex close in at the Riverside Essex 182 and 301 (Wheater 81, ten Doeschate 55, Raine 5-64) beat Durham 99 (Cook 4-38, Porter 3-27, Siddle 3-29) and 189 (Lees 48, Porter 4-31, Siddle 3-47) by 195 runs As far as the…
Report Young Surrey spinners seize control as Gloucestershire follow-on at The Kia Oval Gloucestershire 158 (Hammond 77, Moriarty 6-60) and 124 for 5 trail Surrey 473 (Amla 173, Clarke 65, Patel 62, Overton 50*) by 191 runs Surrey strutted their way towards what was set to be a crushing win over Group Two leaders Gloucestershire, as 14 wickets fell on day three at the Kia Oval. Dan Moriarty, the left-arm…
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Daryl Mitchell, 0.1 ov), 2-21 (Tom Fell, 4.4 ov), 3-62 (Jake Libby, 13.5 ov), 4-115 (Ross Whiteley, 35.4 ov), 5-229 (Jack Haynes, 68.2 ov), 6-248 (Brett D’Oliveira, 76.2 ov), 7-336 (Ben Cox, 95.1 ov), 8-364 (Alzarri Joseph, 107.4 ov), 9-376 (Joe Leach, 111.3 ov), 10-421 (Ed Barnard, 121.2 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Report Michael Burgess resists after Nottinghamshire find route through middle-order Warwickshire 341 (Rhodes 91, Lamb 67, Paterson 5-90) and 201 for 6 (Rhodes 63, Burgess 61*, Chappell 3-53) lead Nottinghamshire 297 (Slater 77, Clarke 61, Norwell 4-64) by 245 runs There were eyebrows raised at the start of the 2018 season when several counties, among them some of the biggest in the game, became embroiled in something of a bidding…
Report Bowlers find visitors less compliant than in first innings after Lancs secure huge lead Yorkshire 159 and 85 for 2 trail Lancashire 509 for 9 dec (Bohannon 127*, Jennings 114, Lamb 61, Wells 60, Davies 52; Thompson 3-86) by 265 runs A one-sided Roses match pleases neither set of supporters. The victors are the happier of course; they would prefer a win of any sort to a draw or…
Report Veteran seamer stars against former team to take contest into final-day chase Leicestershire 136 (Parkinson 41, Andersson 4-27) and 75 for 1 need another 303 runs to beat Middlesex 295 (Simpson 95*) and 218 (Eskinazi 46, Wright 6-48) What would Chris Wright make, one wonders, of a conversation overheard the other day in which the participants mused on whether the veteran Leicestershire fast bowler might follow the lead of…
Southern Vipers 215 for 6 (Wyatt 53, Gordon 4-35) beat Lightning 214 for 9 (Beaumont 57, Norris 3-47) by four wickets Danni Wyatt indicated that she wouldn’t be giving up her place as England opener without a fight with a rapid half-century leading defending champions Southern Vipers to victory against Lightning in their Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy opening match. With contender Lauren Winfield-Hill sending signals of her own from Headingley…
Report Lauren Winfield-Hill’s century in vain as tables are turned in two-wicket victory Issy Wong claimed five wickets before Central Sparks pulled off an improbable run-chase Central Sparks 283 for 8 (Jones 114, Glenn 71) beat Diamonds 279 (Winfield-Hill 110, Wong 5-49) by two wickets A superb century from Amy Jones and an unbeaten 71 from Sarah Glenn helped Central Sparks pull off an incredible run-chase to beat Northern…
Report England star rescues run-chase after Emma Lamb century posts imposing target Western Storm 295 for 9 (Knight 91, Shrubsole 61*, Cross 3-35) beat Thunder 291 (Lamb 121, Cleary 79, Shrubsole 3-29) by one wicket Anya Shrubsole scored a brilliant unbeaten 61 as Western Storm opened their Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy campaign with a dramatic one-wicket victory over North West Thunder at Bristol. Chasing 292 to win in 50 overs,…
Report Tash Farrant puts seal on crushing win with five-wicket haul at Chelmsford South East Stars 324 for 7 (Dunkley 104*) beat Sunrisers 189 (Farrant 5-33) by 135 runs Sophia Dunkley earned the applause of Lisa Keightley as her century set up a crushing 135-run bonus point victory for South East Stars over Sunrisers. All-rounder Dunkley smashed an unbeaten 104 off 93 balls to send the Stars to a record…