Month: September 2021

Play 01:12 Lawrence admits he would travel to Australia ‘in a heartbeat’ Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, has made a personal intervention in a bid to ensure this winter’s Ashes tour is able to take place, after raising the issue of a travel ban on the families of England’s cricketers with his Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison. Johnson, who is currently on a diplomatic visit to Washington DC, met with…

Danny Briggs’ free-scoring from No. 9 secured a crucial fourth batting bonus point for Warwickshire   Somerset 239 for 5 (Azhar 60, Lammonby 59, Davies 48*) trail Warwickshire 367 (Hain 83, Briggs 53, Overton 5-88) by 128 runs If Warwickshire do go on to clinch the LV= Insurance County Championship title in the coming days, they will owe much to Danny Briggs. Briggs had only taken four wickets in the…

Report Sunrisers Hyderabad on the brink of elimination after losing seven from eight Delhi Capitals 139 for 2 (Iyer 47*, Dhawan 42, Pant 35*) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 134 for 9 (Samad 28, Rashid 22, Rabada 3-37, Nortje 2-12) by eight wickets The South African pace duo of Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada were too hot to handle for Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday evening in Dubai. A pair of blistering spells…

Report Removed from captaincy in midsummer, Brown strums unbeaten 150 to lead recovery Sussex 255 for 6 (Brown 150*, Cater 51) trail Derbyshire 465 (Crocombe 4-92, Atkins 4-117) by 210 runs Ben Brown scored another century for Sussex to save his side from total collapse against Derbyshire in the LV= Insurance County Championship. It was his second in as many matches, his fourth of the season and the 22nd of…

Report Hosts lead by 156 despite milestone moment for Callum Parkinson Worcestershire 378 for 6 (Libby 77, Cox 52*, Morris 50) lead Leicestershire 222 by 156 runs Leicestershire’s acting captain Callum Parkinson reached 50 first-class wickets in a season for the first time but Jake Libby’s fine 77 helped Worcestershire gain the upper hand on day two of the LV=Insurance County Championship match at New Road. Slow left armer Parkinson…

Report New signing hits second Middlesex hundred as Kent toil at Canterbury Middlesex 147 and 298 for 6 (Stoneman 109) lead Kent 138 by 307 runs A century from Mark Stoneman put Middlesex in a dominant position at the end of day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship game with Kent at Canterbury. Stoneman hit 109 from 148 balls, with 16 fours, as the visitors reached 298 for 6…

Report Glamorgan rack up their third-highest first-class total on soporific Oval surface Surrey 45 for 0 trail Glamorgan 672 for 6 declared (C Cooke 205*, Carlson 69, Douthwaite 59) by 627 runs Chris Cooke led from the front with a relentless captain’s innings of 205 not out as Glamorgan spent day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship second division match against Surrey constructing a mammoth total of 672 for…

Report Pakistan left-arm spinner returns match figures of 11 for 101 as Durham slip to heavy defeat Gloucestershire 218 (van Buuren 62, Trevaskis 5-78) and 54 for 3 beat Durham 140 (Gohar 5-50) and 131 (Gohar 6-51) by seven wickets Zafar Gohar ran through Durham for a second time in two days with 6 for 51 as Gloucestershire romped to a seven-wicket win over Durham at Bristol. After his first-innings…