Report Match destined for a draw despite efforts of Warwickshire seamer Durham 173 for 5 (Bedingham 37*, Miles 4-42) trail Warwickshire 237 (Yates 102, Raine 3-51, Stokes 3-55) by 64 runs It’s probably wise, given the unpredictable charm of our great game, not to make too many assumptions ahead of the final day of any match. But it does seem safe to suspect this encounter between Warwickshire and Durham will…
Keith Barker belts out an appeal © Getty Images Surrey 72 (Barker 4-24) and 6 for 2 trail Hampshire 488 by 410 runs Hampshire will hope rain can stay away from the Ageas Bowl on day four of the LV = County Championship clash as they push for a crucial victory over Surrey. Showers over Southampton kept the players off the field until 5pm, but Surrey, who resumed on 42…
Report Kent go into final day of rain-affected match trailing by 185 runs after hosts close on 259 for 9 Lancashire 259 for 9 (Wood 63*, Jones 47, Davies 47) lead Kent 74 (Anderson 7-19) by 185 runs A precious unbeaten half century from Lancashire all-rounder Luke Wood set up a potentially match-winning total at Emirates Old Trafford with Kent going into the final day of a rain-affected match trailing…
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Aaron Thomason, 1.6 ov), 2-13 (Stiaan van Zyl, 6.5 ov), 3-23 (Ali Orr, 11.6 ov), 4-34 (Oliver Carter, 14.4 ov), 5-75 (Ben Brown, 23.2 ov), 6-96 (Travis Head, 31.3 ov), 7-161 (Will Beer, 54.6 ov), 8-163 (Jack Carson, 56.6 ov), 9-194 (Stuart Meaker, 69.2 ov), 10-226 (Danial Ibrahim, 75.3 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
The experience of getting a full first-class match for R Ashwin will be welcomed from India’s point of view © Getty Images R Ashwin will play a county championship match for Surrey – provided he gets the required work visa on time – before he re-joins the Indian team. While Ashwin is in England already for the Test series that will start in August, he will need a work visa…
News Health concerns in England camp will have no immediate effect on touring party The Indian squad on tour in the UK will be receiving their second round of the Covid-19 vaccine on July 7 and 9. While this is in accordance with long-planned BCCI countermeasures to keep their players safe, it assumes greater significance given the developments in the England team. Three of England’s players and four of their…
Report Keeper’s makes career-best score as group leaders, missing Overton and Davey, made to toil Leicestershire 390 for 7 (Swindells 119*, Ackermann 67, Barnes 54*) trail Somerset 461 for 9 declared by 71 runs Harry Swindells hit a career-best 119 not out as Leicestershire frustrated a depleted Somerset bowling attack on the third day of the LV=County Championship match at Taunton. Setting out on 95 for 3 in their first…
Yorkshire 158 (Hill 71) and 217 (Brook 113, Kerrigan 5-39) beat Northamptonshire 170 (Vasconcelos 55, Bess 7-43) and 152 (Procter 42*, Olivier 3-34) by 53 runs Yorkshire secured their place in the second phase of the County Championship with a 54-run defeat of Northamptonshire at Northampton. Lancashire will join them if they avoid defeat against Kent at Old Trafford. Next week’s Roses match will simply be a private feud which…
Luke Fletcher took his season tally to 46 wickets © Getty Images Nottinghamshire 307 (Duckett 69*, Hameed 57, Hudson-Prentice 5-68) beat Derbyshire 149 (Fletcher 3-36) and 122 (Fletcher 5-28) by an innings and 36 runs Nottinghamshire thrashed neighbours Derbyshire by an innings and 36 runs to go top of Group One in the LV=Insurance County Championship with one match remaining of the group stage as they bid to clinch a…
Ashley Giles insists there has been no breach of Covid protocols from the England squad despite an outbreak of positive cases. England were forced to pick an entirely new squad of players and support staff for the ODI series against Pakistan after seven members of the party originally selected (four from the management unit and three players) tested positive for the virus. But while Giles, the managing director of England’s…