Middlesex 455 (Simpson 132) drew with Durham 421 for 7 dec (Jones 206, Roland-Jones 4-67) and 142 for 3 Durham and Middlesex played out a draw in their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two clash as the hosts batted out the majority of day four after Chris Rushworth claimed yet another milestone earning his 600th first-class wicket. Rushworth struck three balls into the day to dismiss John Simpson for a…
Hampshire 218 (Brown 53, Barker 52; Thompson 5-60) and 214 for 3 (Organ 72, Holland 71) beat Yorkshire 159 (Bess 67, Fraine 53; Abbott 6-36) and 272 (Tattersall 63, Lyth 59; Abbott 4-77, Abbas 3-37) by seven wickets A match that had appeared to be nip and tuck on Wednesday evening eventually proved to be neither. On a pitch that was drier and easier for batting than it had been…
Surrey 316 (Pope 65) and 252 for 4 (Amla 80*, Burns 61, Pope 52) beat Warwickshire 253 and 310 (Hain 96, Rhodes 74, Roach 5-72) by six wickets Kemar Roach produced a stunning spell of pacy swing bowling to set up a remarkable Surrey victory by six wickets against Warwickshire at the Kia Oval. Roach’s final morning six-over burst of 4 for 20 earned him overall second innings figures of…
Nottinghamshire 240 and 301 (Hameed 94, James 56, Robinson 5-60) beat Sussex 143 (Paterson 5-43, Pattinson 5-56) and 142 (Pujara 49*, Paterson 3-14, Pattinson 3-47) by 256 runs Nottinghamshire wrapped up a 256-run over Sussex with almost a day and a half to spare to consolidate their place at the top of Division Two in the LV=Insurance County Championship ahead of the September run-in. Bowled out for 301 in their…
Lancashire 145 (Henry 5-45, Saini 3-63) and 436 for 9 dec (Bohannon 134, Wells 98, Jones 65*, Henry 4-82) beat Kent 270 (Leaning 90, Stewart 64, Denly 59, Bailey 6-64) and 127 (Bell-Drummond 69*, Bailey 5-46) by 184 runs Lancashire completed an extraordinary comeback 20 minutes after tea on the final day at Emirates Old Trafford as Kent were bowled out for just 127 to hand the hosts a remarkable…
McKeon, playing just his third T20I, backed up his 61-ball 109 against Switzerland with a 101 off 53 balls against Norway at the 2024 T20 World Cup Europe Sub-Regional Qualifier Group B, in Finland, on Wednesday. His innings was laced with five fours and eight sixes, and he reached the landmark off just 51 balls with a six over deep midwicket. McKeon almost single-handedly carried France’s batting, taking his side…
Derbyshire 130 (Dal 55, Pennington 4-36) and 343 (Dal 112*, McKiernan 71, Madsen 69) beat Worcestershire 185 (Kashif 52, Aitchison 4-40) and 190 (Roderick 53*, Dal 5-40, Aitchison 3-55) by 98 runs Anuj Dal completed a superb all-round performance with a crucial intervention with the ball as Derbyshire overcame Worcestershire by 98 runs in the LV=Insurance County Championship match at New Road. Dal followed up a first-innings fifty and then…
Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, admitted it was “disappointing” to see his side fold as swiftly as it had either side of lunch on the final day in Galle and miss out on an opportunity to win their second successive series in Sri Lanka. With eight wickets still in hand half an hour before lunch and rain and poor light looming, a draw seemed like it was all but secured….
England OverviewSo how to beat Australia? As teams ponder this, they’re faced with two options: do more of the same but better, or shake things up a bit. When you’re struggling to get close, the latter eventually makes sense. England still have proven match-winners like Katherine Brunt, taking career-best figures at the age of 37, and Sophie Ecclestone, just 23 but so masterful with her left-arm spin and handy with…
A little over three weeks ago, Prabath Jayasuriya was not in the Sri Lanka squad, let alone the XI. But when Lasith Embuldeniya was dropped following a poor Test against Australia, and Praveen Jayawickrama got Covid-19, Sri Lanka needed fresh spinners in the camp, and captain Dimuth Karunaratne insisted on Jayasuriya. The two had played together at domestic level, for both the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC), and for the same…