Month: September 2021

Play 01:45 Ellyse Perry excited by ‘complete’ Australia attack Teenage tearaway Darcie Brown is confident Australia’s young attack will step up in coming weeks as they prepare to confront India without spearhead Megan Schutt. Schutt, who last month celebrated the birth of her first child with wife Jess, and injured spinner Jess Jonassen are missing the multi-format series that begins next week in Mackay. As a veteran of 142 matches…

News The top-order batter has been in good form on the current tour of West Indies South Africa batter Laura Wolvaardt will return to Adelaide Strikers in the WBBL for the 2021-22 season. Wolvaardt, who is renowned for her driving with some of the best off-side play in the world, was Strikers’ top-scorer last season with 347 runs at 26.69. She has been in good form on the current tour…

Report Incisive burst delivers five wickets for allrounder before Derbyshire slump in the field Kent 285 and 147 for 1 (Crawley 68, Cox 58*) lead Derbyshire 156 (Stewart 5-23) by 276 runs An incisive new-ball burst from Grant Stewart has put Kent firmly in charge of the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby. The all-rounder ripped through Derbyshire’s top order to take 4 for 6 in nine overs…

Report Fighting fifty from Hashim Amla prevents complete collapse as Essex attack shares seven wickets Surrey 107 for 7 (Amla 58*) trail Essex 439 (Cook 165) by 332 runs Hashim Amla was left fighting a lone hand as Surrey struggled to 107 for 7 on day two at the Kia Oval after Essex totalled 439 in their LV= Insurance County Championship second division match. Surrey captain Amla, who came in…

Report Unbroken third-wicket stand of 183 raises hopes of victory in final home match of campaign Leicestershire 291 for 2 (Azad 122*, Hill 109*) trail Sussex 359 (Brown 133*, Haines 71, Wright 6-94) by 68 runs Centuries from Hassan Azad and Lewis Hill raised Leicestershire’s hopes of ending their LV=Insurance County Championship home campaign on a winning note. On a day shortened by seven overs by bad light, Azad finished…

Report Record ninth-wicket stand puts visitors in total control at Wantage Road Northamptonshire 183 (Procter 76, Potts 4-42) and 10 for 0 trail Durham 400 (Potts 81, Trevaskis 77*, Borthwick 73) by 207 runs Matty Potts and Liam Trevaskis both collected half-centuries during a record-breaking ninth-wicket partnership as Durham gained complete control at Wantage Road. Tailenders Potts and Trevaskis added 149 for the penultimate wicket – a Durham record against…