Month: September 2021

Mohammad Abbas overcame an ankle injury to bowl with poise on the final day © Getty Images Hampshire 89 (Rhodes 5-23) and 322 (Barker 75, Norwell 4-72) beat Warwickshire 116 (Abbas 5-29, Norwell 5-43) and 235 (Yates 77, Dawson 3-42) by 60 runs Three days after being dismissed for 89, Hampshire pulled off a notable victory when they overcame Warwickshire’s steadfast batting resistance by 60 runs on another stifling day…

A view of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s signage © PA Photos/Getty Images Pressure on Yorkshire to publish its report into allegations of racism at the club has increased significantly after the invention of the government’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS). Julian Knight MP, the chair of the DCMS committee, has written to Yorkshire’s chief executive, Mark Arthur, and urged him to make “the report and its full…

News Rohit Sharma remains India’s highest-ranked Test batter at fifth after his 127 at The Oval Bumrah, however is not the top-ranked Test bowler for India; R Ashwin remains at second  Getty Images India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has consolidated his position in the top ten for Test bowlers in the latest ICC rankings update. He moved from tenth to ninth after playing a key role in the second innings of…

Jos Buttler missed the fourth Test to be at the birth of his second child © AFP/Getty Images Joe Root has confirmed that Jos Buttler will reclaim the gloves for the final Test of the LV= Insurance series against India at Emirates Old Trafford. Root also indicated that Moeen Ali is seen as England’s first-choice spinner and that Jack Leach will only play if conditions suggest two spinners are required….

Paul Coughlin claimed five wickets to seal Durham’s win © Getty Images Durham 503 for 8 dec beat Glamorgan 97 and 364 (Douthwaite 96, Salter 90, Rutherford 71, Coughlin 5-64) by an innings and 42 runs Durham wrapped up a convincing innings-and-42-run victory over Glamorgan in their LV= Insurance County Championship clash, requiring only 10 overs to take the final three wickets on the final day at Emirates Riverside. The…