His latest knock may have been lauded by captain Ben Stokes as his best in an England shirt but, just eight innings into his Test career, England opener Alex Lees is experienced enough to know he needs to turn a series of starts into a substantial contribution. Speaking ahead of the second Test against New Zealand starting at Trent Bridge on Friday, 29-year-old left-hander Lees reflected on his score of…
Lancashire 213 for 5 (David 66) beat Yorkshire 209 for 8 (Kohler-Cadmore 77, Willey 52) by 4 runs Two Roses ties in one season would have been the stuff of dreams. As it was, the dream failed to materialise by a couple of metres. Dominic Drakes sliced away the final ball of the match from Danny Lamb with six to win for Yorkshire, four to tie. A four surely, he…
Birmingham Bears 142 for 4 (Davies 49) beat Durham 141 for 7 (Raine 51*, Miles 3-29) by six wickets Birmingham Bears eased past Durham in their Vitality Blast clash at Seat Unique Riverside by six wickets, securing their fifth win of the season to strengthen their position in the North Group. Alex Davies led the way for the visitors with a knock of 49 to provide the anchor for their…
Surrey 147 for 3 (Jacks 57, Roy 50) beat Sussex 146 for 7 (Hudson-Prentice 49*) by seven wickets Will Jacks and Jason Roy both hit sparkling half-centuries as South Group leaders Surrey stretched their unbeaten start to the Vitality Blast campaign to six matches by crushing Sussex Sharks by seven wickets at the Kia Oval. A crowd of 15,000 saw Jacks add a 37-ball 57 to an earlier wicket and…
South Africa Women 108 for 2 (Goodall 48, Bosch 44*) beat Ireland Women 104 (Kavanagh 33, Sekhukhune 3-20, Mlaba 2-15) by eight wickets On a day so windy that it was too dangerous for the broadcast cameras to be mounted on the stanchions, it was Ireland who were blown away in the series decider against South Africa. After Ireland took the lead in the opening match on Friday, the contest…
Losing one close game does not mean New Zealand are a poor side. Losing a fourth Test out of seven since becoming world Test champions, though? Two losses in one home summer, after just one loss in the previous five? A bit of a rough patch probably covers that, though two days out from the second Test with England at Trent Bridge, there is still no reason to panic according…
India T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been put in charge of the ODI squad too, taking over from Raj, with Smriti Mandhana deputising. Related Rodrigues, Bahadur, Navgire – Takeaways from the WT20 Challenge Mithali Raj retires from international cricket Raj, 39, had announced her retirement from international cricket earlier in the day, saying she was leaving “the team is in the capable hands of some very talented young players”. That…
Toss Australia won the toss and chose to field against Sri Lanka Australia have won the toss and chosen to bowl first again, with the second T20I between these teams to be played on the same pitch as that on which Australia romped to a 10-wicket victory on Tuesday. Although Mitchell Starc was excellent during that victory, he had split his index finger open during the match, and as such…
Big picture It’s T-minus 130 days to the start of the T20 World Cup but it seems only one of these two sides has seriously started the countdown, and it’s not India. They’ve chosen to rest new captain Rohit Sharma, former captain Virat Kohli, and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for the five match-series against South Africa, who have selected their strongest suit despite some suggestions they may not. Now KL…
KL Rahul has been ruled out of the five-match T20I series against South Africa with an injury. Rahul was appointed the captain after Rohit Sharma, India’s regular all-format captain, was rested for the series, and now Rishabh Pant, the designated vice-captain, is likely to take over captaincy duties. The nature of Rahul’s injury is yet to be confirmed. Source: ESPN Crickinfo