Month: June 2021

Ben Curran takes down Ben Stokes to inspire Northants win as Sam and Tom watch on from afar

June 30, 2021
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Report Middle brother’s T20 best galvanises strugglers before Graeme White spins Durham out Northamptonshire173 for 5 (Curran 62, Vasconcelos 60) beat Durham 143 (Potts 40*, Dickson 40, White 4-26) At an England squad hotel in London, ahead of Thursday’s day-night affair against Sri Lanka, Tom and Sam Curran committed their evening to watching the Blast, iPad perched on the bed and their less celebrated brother, Ben, the subject of their…

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Jamie Smith, Gus Atkinson put Surrey top as home comforts can't change Hampshire fortunes

June 30, 2021
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Report Jamie Overton’s miserly spell stifles run chase to keep Hampshire rock bottom of South Group Surrey 146 for 7 (Smith 59, Currie 3-21) beat Hampshire 126 for 8 (Atkinson 3-21) Surrey moved to the top of the Vitality Blast South Group after their bowlers successfully defended a target of 147 and kept Hampshire Hawks rooted to the foot of the table. In the first Blast match to be played…

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James Anderson hopes Hundred encourages 'positivity' for England's Test players

News Fast bowler confirms his role will be promotional-only as he saves energies for red-ball While the rest of the country were glued to TV screens on Tuesday night, watching England’s 2-0 win against Germany at Euro 2020, James Anderson was bowling in the middle with Jon Lewis and Marcus Trescothick – England’s bowling and batting coaches – at Chester-le-Street following commentary duties with the BBC on the first ODI…

June 30, 2021
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Birmingham Bears boost top-four hopes as Carlos Brathwaite leads way in Yorkshire mauling

June 30, 2021
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Report Adam Hose and Ed Pollock seal chase with 69 balls to spare as Blast records tumble Birmingham Bears 86 for 0 (Hose 46*) beat Yorkshire 81 (Brathwaite 3-7, Miles 3-19) by 10 wickets Birmingham Bears inflicted a crushing defeat on Yorkshire to move back into the top four of the North Group of the Vitality Blast. After bowling out Yorkshire for the lowest score in their T20 history –…

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Shubman Gill injures lower leg, in doubt for first England Test

News Opener has hurt his lower leg, team management to take final call based on severity of injury About a month before they begin the England Test series India have been dealt with a jolt with opening batter Shubman Gill in doubt for the first Test, which starts at Trent Bridge from August 4. ESPNcricinfo has learned Gill has injured his lower leg. Further details of Gill’s injury, including which…

June 30, 2021
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Lord's to host full-capacity ODI against Pakistan

News Second ODI in July included in UK government’s Event Research Programme Lord’s will host a full-capacity ODI for the first time since the 2019 World Cup final   England will play a home international in front of a full-capacity crowd for the first time since September 2019 next Saturday, after the second ODI against Pakistan at Lord’s was included in the UK government’s Event Research Programme (ERP). Fans have…

June 30, 2021
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Joe Root hopes England rest-and-rotation is 'behind us' as India and Ashes Tests loom

June 30, 2021
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News Test captain hasn’t given up hope of T20 World Cup involvement after starring role in ODI Joe Root hopes England’s controversial rest-and-rotation policy can be “put behind us” ahead of the Test series against India and in the Ashes that follows. While England have selected their strongest available T20I squad for two successive series (in India and against Sri Lanka), they did not have a full-strength Test squad available…

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South Africa chase elusive T20I silverware against the world champions

June 30, 2021
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Preview West Indies believe they aren’t too far away from putting a winning performance together Temba Bavuma is one win away from collecting his first T20I trophy as South Africa captain   Big picture If you’d given South Africa a 2-0 Test series sweep and an opportunity to win the T20I rubber with a game to spare before they’d set off for West Indies, they would have taken it in…

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Campher returns to Ireland squad for South Africa ODIs

News William Porterfield part of ODI squad to add experience, following Kevin O’Brien’s retirement Ireland will welcome Curtis Campher back into their squad for next month’s World Cup Super League series against South Africa following ankle surgery, and have handed a maiden international call-up to middle-order batter William McClintock for the T20I series that follows. Ireland have opted to stick with the majority of the squad that slipped to a…

June 30, 2021
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Hamish Rutherford joins Glamorgan as Marnus Labuschagne leaves early

News Australia batter returns home for family reasons, as New Zealand opener replaces him Marnus Labuschagne will return to Australia after the T20 Blast group stages to spend time with his family before a busy home summer, with Glamorgan signing Hamish Rutherford, the New Zealand batter, as a replacement overseas player for the final two months of the county season. Labuschagne has not had the same impact in this season’s…

June 30, 2021
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