Month: August 2021

Report Pair take three wickets each to reduce Gloucestershire to 90 for 6 replying to 327 Gloucestershire 90 for 6 (Procter 3-13, Sanderson 3-22) trail Northamptonshire 327 (Rossington 94, Price 4-72) by 237 runs Ben Sanderson and Luke Procter took three wickets each to put Northamptonshire firmly on top at Bristol as Gloucestershire were reduced to 90 for 6 replying to 327. Northants captain Adam Rossington extended his overnight 66…

Report Browne, Pepper give Essex commanding lead as Glamorgan stare down heavy defeat Glamorgan 134 (Snater 6-39) and 71 for 6 (Cooke 39*, Porter 2-14, Cook 2-17) trail Essex 320 (Browne 102, Pepper 63) by 115 runs Glamorgan’s batsmen collapsed for a second time in two days as Essex turned the screw after notching a 186-run first-innings lead. Having finally dismissed Essex for 320 in 101.2 overs, the home county…

News The left-arm seamer was struck by a shot from Dwaine Pretorius while delivering throwdowns in the nets in Colombo While he cleared his concussion test, Beuran Hendricks had to get eight stitches near his eye   Beuran Hendricks has cleared a concussion test after getting hit in the head during South Africa’s training session in Colombo on Tuesday. Hendricks was delivering throwdowns when a straight hit from the allrounder…

Play 00:36 Satterthwaite delighted to see Tahuhu bowling again after skin cancer scare New Zealand have almost got their batting band back together and key member Amy Satterthwaite expects an improved performance when they take on England, starting with Wednesday night’s opening T20I at Chelmsford. Satterthwaite will likely be joined in the upper order by Sophie Devine, back after taking a break from the sport in late March, and Suzie…

News He might turn to coaching but, for now, the iconic South African quick just wants to be a “dog dad” “It’s been 20 years of training, matches, travel, wins, losses, strapped feet, jet lag, joy, and brotherhood”   There will be “no more sore toes” for Dale Steyn, who announced his retirement from all cricket with a Counting Crows song on his Twitter handle on Tuesday. He told ESPNcricinfo…

News BCCI invites bids for two new franchises; six cities in the fray Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Guwahati and Cuttack are among the cities that are in the fray to host the two new franchises   It’s now official. The IPL will be a 10-team tournament from the 2022 season, with the BCCI inviting bids for the two new franchises on Tuesday. Interested bidders will need to buy the tender document by…

News ‘Rankings don’t necessarily show the real picture,’ captain says as he hopes the team would continue to keep the momentum going against New Zealand Mahmudullah was careful not to call Bangladesh favourites even against under-strength New Zealand team   Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah believes healthy competition within the side, which has led to players being more confident, gives a fairer assessment of the team rather than the one based on…