Month: July 2021

Report Glamorgan edge towards first-innings parity despite no batter scoring more than David Lloyd’s 38 Glamorgan 205 for 9 (Lloyd 38, Beer 2-29) trail Sussex 226 (Ibrahim 58, van der Gugten 3-45) by 21 runs Sixteen-year-old Dan Ibrahim scored his second Championship fifty as Sussex fought back well against Glamorgan in their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Hove. The teenager followed up his 55 on debut against Yorkshire last…

Report Hampshire in total control as tail piles on runs before Keith Barker routs top order Colin de Grandhomme, pictured in New Zealand colours, made his career-best score for Hampshire   Surrey 42 for 4 (Barker 3-15) trail Hampshire 488 (de Grandhomme 174*, Organ 67) by 446 runs A magnificent 174 not out from Colin de Grandhomme put Hampshire in full control of the LV= Insurance County Championship Group Two…

News Seamer takes five-wicket haul within opening eight overs at Emirates Old Trafford to reach landmark James Anderson claimed the 1000th first-class wicket of his career during a vintage afternoon’s work on day two of Lancashire’s County Championship match against Kent at Emirates Old Trafford. Anderson, the most-prolific fast bowler in Test history, went into the game on 995 wickets in all red-ball cricket and, after the first day and…

News The Bangladesh head coach is also pleased with the “good energy and attitude” brought by the returning Shakib Al Hasan While Russell Domingo was unsure of Tamim Iqbal playing Zimbabwe, he says Shakib Al Hasan is “hungry to play Tests again”   Tamim Iqbal is doubtful for the one-off Test against Zimbabwe that starts on Wednesday. According to coach Russell Domingo, the opener yet to recover fully from a…

News Jayasundara had attempted to bribe a minister to influence selection for a Sri Lanka A tour in 2019 The anti-corruption tribunal of the ICC has banned Sanath Jayasundara, a former Sri Lanka Cricket performance analyst, from all cricket for seven years after he was found guilty of breaching the ICC anti-corruption code. ESPNcricinfo has learnt that Jayasundara had attempted to bribe a minister to influence team selection for a…

News The Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings will run till July 23, with 58 submissions to be heard The hearings were initially due to be held in May but were postponed after concerns about the process were raised by many   Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) hearings on racial discrimination in the game began on Monday and will run until July 23, with 58 submissions set…

News Rain has limited tourists’ practice time ahead of England white-ball series Pakistan’s players have had to adjust from the heat of the UAE to rain in England   Waqar Younis is confident that Pakistan’s bowlers can overcome indifferent preparations as well as a switch between extreme weather conditions as they get ready for the start of their white-ball series with England this week. Pakistan are due to play three…

News Despite the punishment, the batter has been included in the training squad ahead of the India series Sri Lanka batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa has been fined $5000 for a breach of contract and is essentially on probation for two years, having been handed a one-year ban as a suspended sentence. SLC dealt out these punishments for breaching “the obligations of Player Contract 2019-2020 while appearing in social and other media…

News Senior pair could feature in one white-ball game between them this summer Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes could play a single white-ball international between them this summer, after Eoin Morgan confirmed that their involvement in this month’s T20I series against Pakistan is in doubt. Buttler played the first T20I of England’s home summer, making 68 not out against Sri Lanka, but has missed the following five limited-overs internationals with…