News Brothers Union captain said they played “a bit of mind game” with the batter, after the extraordinary finish Brothers Union 139 for 5 (Rahman 68, Ferdous 26, Islam 2-23) beat Old DOHS Sports Club 137 for 3 (Emon 64, Joy 34, Khan 1-14) by two runs You had to see it to believe it. With his team Old DOHS Sports Club needing three runs to win off the last…
News Allrounder ready for first Durham appearance since 2018 after finger injury Ben Stokes is set to play his first T20 Blast game for nearly three years next week when he makes his comeback from the finger injury he suffered in the IPL. The early stages of the Blast, which begins on Wednesday, will see a number of England players including Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow and Adil Rashid make their…
News Yorkshire spinner called in as cover with Jack Leach in line for recall England have added Dom Bess to their squad for the second LV= Insurance Test against New Zealand at Edgbaston. Bess, the offspinning allrounder, has effectively been called-up to provide cover for Jack Leach. While Leach, England’s first-choice spinner, is understood to be fully fit, current Covid protocols render it complicated and time-consuming to bring players into…
Ollie Robinson in pensive mood © AFP/Getty Images The ECB has been accused of going “over the top” in its punishment of Ollie Robinson by a UK government minister. Oliver Dowden, the secretary of state for sport, called on the ECB to think again after it suspended Robinson from international cricket pending a “disciplinary investigation” into tweets he made in 2012 and 2013. The tweets, written when Robinson was aged…
News Delays in visa process for Nepal legspinner led to Blast contract being cancelled Sandeep Lamichhane will not be playing for Worcestershire in the Vitality Blast Sandeep Lamichhane, the globetrotting Nepal legspinner, is expected to fulfil his contract to play for Oval Invincibles in the inaugural season of the Hundred despite visa delays causing Worcestershire to cancel his deal to represent them in the Vitality T20 Blast. ESPNcricinfo understands…
News Boult is out of isolation “three or four days earlier than expected,” coach Gary Stead says Trent Boult is firming as a chance to play the second Test against England at Edgbaston starting June 10, having previously only been inked in for the World Test Championship final against India. Boult joined the New Zealand squad late last week having opted to return home after the aborted IPL rather than…
Peter Handscomb has found runs difficult to come by for Middlesex © Getty Images The County Championship now takes a break for a month as the T20 Blast takes over the domestic scene, so here’s a recap of how the Australians have go so far Matches: 1; Runs: 40 | Wickets: 2Abbott had his season ended after one game when he suffered a hamstring injury against Gloucestershire on debut. The…
News The visitors made a very positive declaration on the final day but the pitch did not deteriorate as expected Neil Wagner celebrates with team-mates after claiming the wicket of Rory Burns New Zealand were left to rue a day lost to rain as their attempts to engineer victory came up short at Lord’s, but captain Kane Williamson praised the “superb cricket” played by his team after they controlled…
Joe Root pulls one away © AFP/Getty Images Joe Root has defended England’s approach on the final day of the first LV= Insurance Test against New Zealand. England were set 273 off 75 overs on the final day but, by the time hands were shaken on a draw with five scheduled overs remaining, they were still more than 100 runs from their target. Dom Sibley, who finished unbeaten on 60…
Report Frantic, unscripted, triumphant, despondent day as hosts seal innings win at Headingley Yorkshire 558 (Malan 199, Ballance 77, Duke 54, Atkins 5-98) beat Sussex 313 (Brown 127, Ibrahim 55) and 215 (Orr 67, Thomason 52, Bess 4-51, Willey 3-26) by an innings and 30 runs Another Sunday evening and another group of players lounge on the outfield of a Test Match ground drinking beer and chatting. But this time…