Report The medium pace death bowling heroics of Naveen, Shepherd and Smith also stood out as Warriors snatched victory from jaws of defeat Brandon King may have top-scored in the first innings with 77 and Gudakesh Motie may have walked away with Player-of-the-Match honours for his new ball spell of 2 for 12 in four overs to begin the chase, but it was truly the medium pace death bowling heroics…
News On Wednesday, the Taliban indicated that women would not be able to take part It appears increasingly unlikely that Australia will play Afghanistan in November Cricket Australia will cancel the Test match against Afghanistan in November if women are not allowed to play the sport under the Taliban regime. The updated stance from CA follows the developments on Wednesday where the Taliban indicated that women would not be…
Luke Hollman claimed his maiden first-class five-wicket haul © Getty Images Sussex 319 (Haines 156, Brown 80, Hollman 5-65) and 88 for 3 trail Middlesex 676 for 5 dec by 269 runs An astonishing collapse by Sussex, who lost nine wickets for 97 runs, with their last six crashing down for just 12, allowed Middlesex to glimpse victory in their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Hove. Middlesex legspinner Luke…
News Oman have retained much of the squad that featured in their maiden T20 WC five years ago Barring two uncapped players in Nestor Dhamba and Ayan Khan, Oman will be fielding an experienced squad at the T20 World Cup starting October 18 in Al Amerat. Veteran allrounder Zeeshan Maqsood will lead the side. With Oman playing at home for the first stage of the tournament, they have named no…
Report Ninth-wicket pair summon 118-run resistance to give Lancashire belief on gripping afternoon Nottinghamshire 272 (Northeast 65, Duckett 59, Clarke 54; Bailey 4-48, Lamb 4-60) and 339 for 8 declared (Moores 97, James 91, Bailey 3-84) beat Lancashire 168 (Hutton 5-62, Paterson 3-39) and 341 (Balderson 77, Lamb 68*, Wells 59, Bailey 52; Paterson 4-78, Fletcher 3-103) by 102 runs When he was looking forward to this day with a…
Rovman Powell struck four sixes in 37 from 19 © Getty Images Jamaica Tallawahs 169 for 8 (Brooks 43, Ahmed 2-14) beat Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots 147 for 8 (Thomas 35, Pretorius 3-26) by 22 runs Jamaica Tallawahs kept their hopes of involvement in the knockout stages of the CPL alive with a 22-run win over Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the early game at Warner Park. Shamarh…
News Opener relishing chance to play Test on ground where he first came through as a teenager Haseeb Hameed has admitted there were times he wondered if he would ever play a Test in front of his “boyhood crowd” at Emirates Old Trafford. Haseeb developed through the Lancashire system and, after a bright start to his career, made his Test debut as a 19-year-old on the India tour of 2016….
Nasum Ahmed‘s pivotal blows in two important phases of New Zealand’s innings amounted to a four-wicket haul, his second in as many T20I series in the last four weeks. It doesn’t necessarily make him an overnight star in the Bangladeshi audience, but it suggests that a few factors are going well within the team. Nasum removed Rachin Ravindra and Finn Allen in his first two overs. Allen’s wicket deprived New…
Report Derbyshire captain cashes in in the follow-on to prevent against last-day dramas Derbyshire 340 (Guest 116, Dal 106) and 203 for 3 (Godleman 100*) drew with Leicestershire 528 Derbyshire captain Billy Godleman ended his red-ball drought to guide his team to safety on the final day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Leicestershire at Derby. The opener scored his first century in the Championship this season to shut…
Report Surrey’s quest thwarted as they come up two wickets short despite five for Clark Northamptonshire 171 and 322 for 8 (Keogh 99, Procter 57, Gay 50, Clark 5-76) beat Surrey 252 and 238 (Jacks 50, Virdi 47, Atkinson 41*, Kerrigan 4-36) by two wickets Northamptonshire’s Rob Keogh hit 99 to lay the foundation for a thrilling two-wicket win against Surrey in this LV= Insurance County Championship clash at Wantage…