Pakistan 253 for 2 (Ameen 123, Muneeba 56, Maroof 36*, Dilhari 1-43) beat Sri Lanka 180 for 9 (Madavi 41, Dilhari 32, Sana 4-26, Sohail 2-35) by 73 runs An imperious top-order batting performance from Sidra Ameen and Muneeba Ali, backed up by a four-wicket haul by Fatima Sana, helped Pakistan to another rout of Sri Lanka by 73 runs, and a wrap of the ODI series with a game…
Innings break England 141 (Crawley 43, Southee 4-55) lead New Zealand 132 by nine runs New Zealand continued their resurgence in the first Test of the series at Lord’s, ensuring that England’s lower order could not do much damage as they wrapped up the innings for a nine-run deficit. The last three wickets fell in just over half an hour’s play, Tim Southee taking two of them to finish with…
Australia legspinner Alana King has added her voice to those hoping that a women’s IPL is launched in the very near future having recently seen firsthand the “scary” depth of Indian domestic cricket. King was part of the Supernovas team that won the Women’s T20 Challenge in Pune late last month, taking 3 for 32 in the final against Velocity. It was her first experience playing cricket in the country…
Brandon King had originally started as a middle-order batter for Jamaica and after having two productive first-class seasons, he was picked for a similar middle-order role in the West Indies A side in August 2019. King had also begun his CPL career in the middle order for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, but in 2019, Johan Botha, the then head coach of Guyana Amazon Warriors, bumped him up to the…
Australia quick Jhye Richardson is fully fit as he heads to Sri Lanka and is raring to bounce back from the disappointment of losing his Cricket Australia contract, according to his Western Australia coach Adam Voges. Richardson was arguably the unluckiest player to lose his Cricket Australia contract for the coming 12 months having taken five wickets in his last Test match innings against England in Adelaide, and having played…
Glamorgan 114 for 4 (Northeast 44) beat Essex Eagles 113 for 9 (Critchley 38, Neser 3-13, Hogan 3-21) by six wickets Glamorgan eased to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Essex in their first home game of the Vitality Blast in front of a lively Cardiff crowd. An excellent bowling display saw them restrict Essex to less than a run a ball in their 20 overs with Michael Hogan and Michael…
Surrey 228 for 4 (Curran 69, Jacks 64, Narine 52) beat Hampshire Hawks 156 (Curran 5-30) by 72 runs Sam Curran produced an outstanding performance with bat and ball as Surrey thrashed Hampshire by 72 runs to move to the top of the South Group and maintain their 100 per cent record in this year’s Vitality Blast. The 23-year-old made 69 off 38 balls as Surrey piled up 228 for…
As Kyle Jamieson hooked a short ball from James Anderson down the throat of Matthew Potts at deep fine leg five balls after the lunch break on the opening day of the English Test summer, with New Zealand in dire straits at 45 for 7, it appeared out of the question that the World Test champions would be ahead at stumps. But it was Jamieson’s efforts with the ball after…
After a staggering first day of punch and counter-punch at Lord’s, Durham’s debutant Matthew Potts promised there would be no let-up in England’s pedal-to-the-metal approach in the first LV= Insurance Test against New Zealand, after warming to the theme of a chaotic day with the standout figures of 4 for 13 in 9.2 overs. If it was a rollercoaster for England as a whole – as they somehow managed to…
Leicestershire 152 for 9 (Steel 72, Mike 34, Lintott 4-27) beat Birmingham Bears 147 for 9 (Davies 43, Mike 3-30, Ahmed 3-36) by five runs Leicestershire Foxes ended Birmingham Bears’ 100% start to the Vitality Blast season with a five-run victory at Edgbaston. The Foxes mustered only a moderate 152 for 9 but then bowled and fielded excellently to restrict the home side to 147 for 9. After the Foxes…