Lancashire 155 for 8 (David 42, Neesham 4-26) Northamptonshire 153 for 6 (Zaib 57*) by two wickets Lancashire’s batters held their nerve to secure a tense two-wicket defeat of Northants Steelbacks off the final ball of their Vitality Blast match at Emirates Old Trafford. Needing six to win off the final over, the home side’s chances appeared to have gone when Jimmy Neeshamdismissed both Danny Lamb and Tim David but…
Nottinghamshire 182 for 3 (Hales 91) beat Derbyshire 178 (du Plooy 51, Ball 4-40) by seven wickets A stunning display of muscular hitting from Alex Hales powered Notts Outlaws to a seven-wicket Vitality Blast win over Derbyshire Falcons at Derby. Hales demolished the bowling, smashing 12 fours and five sixes in a superb 91 which came off only 33 balls. He dominated an opening stand of 119 from 51 balls…
Somerset 174 for 1 (Smeed 94*, Banton 45) beat Glamorgan 173 for 7 (Green 5-29) by nine wickets Will Smeed gave another reminder of his precocious talent with a scintillating 94 not out from just 41 balls as Somerset returned to winning ways in the Vitality Blast with a nine-wicket trouncing of Glamorgan at Taunton. The visitors posted 173 for seven after losing the toss, former Somerset player Eddie Byrom…
Yorkshire 210 for 4 (Lyth 77, Willey 75) beat Durham 207 for 8 (Clark 65, Robinson 56, Thompson 4-32) by six wickets Yorkshire raced to a record 208 target to beat Durham in a mesmerising Vitality Blast clash at Headingley as Adam Lyth and David Willey starred with brilliant innings of 77 and 75 not out. Vikings were rocked by Durham’s 207 for 8, including 65 off 37 balls for…
Ireland 143 for 7 (Lewis 52, Paul 47, Sekhukhune 3-32) beat South Africa 133 for 7 (Bosch 29, Kelly 2-25) by 10 runs Ireland, led by the youngest captain in their history, Gaby Lewis, beat South Africa for only the second time in 11 T20I meetings to stun the fifth-ranked side and take a lead in the three-match series. Ireland are ranked 12th in T20s and their only previous victory…
Worcestershire 217 for 5 (D’Oliveira 71, Haynes 53) beat Birmingham 202 for 8 (Hain 45, Pennington 3-30) by 15 runs Worcestershire Rapids celebrated their first victory of the season in the Vitality Blast after Brett D’Oliveira hit a competition-best 71 in a 15 run success over local rivals Birmingham Bears at New Road. The opener struck three sixes and six fours from just 38 balls as Rapids amassed 217 for…
Thunder 104 for 5 (Lamb 42) beat Lightning 103 (Ecclestone 5-15) by five wickets England slow left-armer Sophie Ecclestone collected 5 for 15, her maiden five-wicket haul in T20 cricket, as Thunder ended their Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign with a five-wicket victory over Lightning at Emirates Old Trafford. The victory was completed with 28 balls to spare and ensures that Thunder do not finish bottom of their group, that unwanted…
The World Test Championship (WTC) could get the showpiece final it has wanted in the summer of 2023, as the ICC works to have it staged at Lord’s. Lord’s had been informally earmarked as the venue for the first WTC final last summer but because of Covid-19 the game was instead played in Southampton at the Ageas Bowl. At the time, the UK was still moving out of restrictions put…
Kyle Coetzer‘s storied time as Scotland captain came to an end on Friday, when the 38-year-old announced that he would be stepping down after his team’s World Cup Super League Division Two game against UAE. Coetzer was in charge of Scotland in 110 of his 214 appearances. He made their first ever-century in the ODI World Cup – 156 against Bangladesh in 2015 – and in 2021, he led them…
Rovman Powell and Romario Shepherd will miss the ongoing three-match ODI series in the Netherlands because of visa delays, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said in a statement on Friday. Both Powell and Shepherd immediately travelled to London from India after their participation in the IPL, as their visa interviews could not have taken place in India due to the IPL bio-secure protocols. The CWI statement said that “despite having the…