Pakistan 92 for 5 in 14 overs (Ali 29, Dar 26, Maguire 2-14) beat Ireland 83 for 6 in 14 overs (Lewis 47, Stokell 19, Hassan 1-10, Sana 1-12, Dar 1-17) by 13 runs (DLS Method) An excellent combined Pakistan bowling effort through the middle overs stifled Ireland and sealed victory by 13 runs in their rain-hit T20I, which was reduced to 14 overs per side at Bready. Player of…
Sussex 328 for 4 (Pujara 115*, Alsop 135) vs Middlesex Cheteshwar Pujara and Tom Alsop posted centuries as Sussex capitalised on Middlesex’s baffling decision to bowl in 41-degree heat by reaching 328 for 4 at Lord’s. Alsop, with 135, batted sensibly alongside Pujara – the India star registering his fifth LV= Insurance County Championship hundred of the season to close on 115 not out and put the visitors firmly in…
Nottinghamshire 439 for 1 (Duckett 237*, Hameed 165*) vs Derbyshire It was the hottest day in the UK’s history, but county cricket decided to brazen it out. Old salts recalled burning throats in the dry heat of Kimberley or the privations of Colombo in April with humidity at its highest. Many were just harmlessly telling old tales. Others felt it a matter of honour: climate breakdown is here and now,…
Somerset 262 for 5 (Abell 114, Bartlett 46, Renshaw 43) vs Yorkshire Tom Abell‘s third LV= Insurance County Championship century of the season led Somerset to 262 for 5 on the opening day of the match with Yorkshire at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton. The skipper ended the day unbeaten on 114, having faced 217 balls and hit 14 fours and 2 sixes. Other important contributions came from Matt…
Warwickshire 155 for 6 (Hain 68*, Saini 3-59) trail Kent 165 (Hannon-Dalby 6-40, Brookes 3-56) by 10 runs High-class bowling from Oliver Hannon-Dalby put Warwickshire in charge before Kent hit back on a wicket-strewn opening day in the LV=Insurance County Championship at Edgbaston. In a crucial game, with both teams struggling this season, Warwickshire prepared a green wicket to expedite a result. They then won the toss and their seamers…
Surrey 24 for 1 (Burns 18*, Cook 1-6) trail Essex 271 (Rossington 100, Harmer 50, Worrall 6-56) by 247 runs Adam Rossington and Dan Worrall were the first-day heroes at the Kia Oval, with No. 7 Rossington scoring an extraordinary 100 and Worrall bowling brilliantly to take 6 for 56 as Surrey and Essex traded fierce blows in blistering conditions. Rossington rushed to his century with an exhilarating assault on…
Hampshire 203 for 2 (Organ 93*) vs Gloucestershire Hampshire’s cricketers owe a lot to James Vince. It is not three days since his chilled captaincy and brilliant run-out of Luke Wells guided them to victory in Vitality Blast. Yet rarely, perhaps, have ten cricketers felt quite so much gratitude towards their skipper as they did at 10.30 this morning when Vince won the toss and chose to bat on a…
Northamptonshire 218 for 7 (McManus 59*, Keogh 54, Sundar 4-69) vs Lancashire Rob Keogh and Lewis McManus both scored half-centuries to put the heat back on Lancashire’s bowlers after the visitors threatened to run through Northamptonshire’s batting on day one of this LV= County Championship match at Wantage Road. Some tight and disciplined bowling from Lancahire’s attack had reduced Northamptonshire to 124 for 5 in temperatures approaching 40 degrees, Will…
Ben Stokes has urged the authorities to stop considering players as “cars” and hopes his ODI retirement will be a wake-up call. The allrounder was speaking ahead of his 105th and final ODI after taking the decision to retire from the format. In a statement detailing his decision, he spoke of a desire to lighten his loads, citing playing all three international codes was “unsustainable for me now”. Having taken…
Uncapped legspinner Rashmi Silva has been named in Sri Lanka’s 15-member squad for the Commonwealth Games which is scheduled to start later this month. Silva made her ODI debut in the home series against India earlier this month and is uncapped in T20Is, which is the format for the competition to be held in Birmingham. Wicketkeeper-batter Kaushani Nuthyangana, Hansima Karunaratne, left-arm seamer Tharika Sewwandi and Sathya Sandeepani have been left…