Month: July 2021

News Clubs can start building their lists for the tournament which will begin on December 5 The finals series will be held while the school holidays are still on which is hoped will lift crowds   The proposed BBL draft for overseas players has been postponed for another year due to the ongoing uncertainties created by the pandemic. Initially pushed back from the 2020-21 season, it had been hoped to…

Play 01:45 ‘We’ve probably let the bowlers down’ – Henriques Big Picture West Indies have hit their stride in the last few days to give Australia some harsh lessons. They had a helping hand in the opening game as the visitors’ batting lost the plot, but the following matches have been superb all-round displays where the batting line-up has started to click in a manner they hadn’t done consistently of…

News The captain, who scored a hundred, called Harry Tector’s knock “probably the innings of the day” Ireland will celebrate their first home ODI win over a team ranked in the top eight with a “few beers,” but captain Andy Balbirnie wants their focus to be on overturning big teams more often in their own backyard. Their 43-run victory in Dublin is the first time Ireland have beaten South Africa…

Report Young Yorkshire bowler lost footing on damp ground while fielding, slid into concrete base of Western Terrace Lancashire 411 for 2 (Jennings 102, Wells 97*, Davies 84, Bohannon 74*) vs Yorkshire Nobody who has lived through the past 18 months needs to be reminded that there are times when cricket doesn’t matter a damn. All the same, anyone at Headingley on the third afternoon of this Roses Match were…

Report Jamie Atkins five-for helps bowl Kent out for 165 before Sussex take 293-run lead Sussex 181 and 277 for 3 (Orr 119, Haines 94) lead Kent 165 (Podmore 37, Atkins 5-51) by 293 runs Ali Orr‘s maiden first-class century gave Sussex a commanding, but not conclusive, lead on day three of their LV= Insurance County Championship match with Kent at Canterbury. Orr hit 119, including 19 fours, as Sussex…

Report Flat track at New Road means final-day shock seems out of the question for visitors Worcestershire 415 for 8 (Mitchell 113, Barnard 98*, Haynes 65) lead Warwickshire 395 (Malan 141, Sibley 80, Rhodes 60, Sodhi 6-89) by 20 runs Warwickshire are on the brink of sealing a top two spot in Group 1 of the LV= Insurance County Championship despite encountering prolonged Worcestershire resistance in the New Road derby….

Report Batter returns from injury to rescue team with half-century after familiar top-order slump Stevie Eskinazi battled to an important half-century after suffering an injury   Middlesex 324 (Robson 154, Davis 5-66) and 176 for 7 (Eskinazi 53*) lead Leicestershire 228 (Ackermann 82, Inglis 49) by 272 runs Stevie Eskinazi made an unexpected return from injury to score a vital half-century and strengthen Middlesex’s hopes of forcing a rare LV=…

Report Gloucestershire face prospect of missing out on Division One cut after setting early pace Nick Gubbins, newly moved from Middlesex, made a fine century for his new club   Gloucestershire 229 (Phillips 47, de Grandhomme 4-31) and 107 for 3 trail Hampshire 486 for 7 dec (Gubbins 137*, Weatherley 78, Holland 74) by 150 runs Nick Gubbins‘ unbeaten 137 set Hampshire up to press for victory at Cheltenham as…