Month: July 2022

West Indies have lost their last eight ODIs, but their captain Nicholas Pooran believes that they aren’t far away from identifying their strengths and putting wins on the board. Pooran drew confidence from West Indies’ first two ODIs against India where they put up 300-plus totals. “We’re just starting to obviously put performances together,” Pooran said on the eve of the third ODI. “I don’t want to come to a…

Liam Livingstone looks likely to be a Platinum pick in the upcoming BBL overseas draft as the headline act of 70 Englishmen who have nominated, but availability will be a key consideration for teams with a number of players likely to head to other leagues halfway through the tournament. Livingstone is set to be the most sought-after English player among a group that includes Alex Hales, James Vince, Tymal Mills,…

Yorkshire159 (Bess 67, Fraine 53; Abbott 6-36, Abbas 3-25) and 23 for 1 (Kohler-Cadmore 13*, Lyth 10*) trail Hampshire 218 (Brown 53, Barker 52, Thompson 5-60) by 36 runs For all that the attendances at Scarborough are lower this year you should never doubt the atmosphere a couple of thousand folk can create in the great old ground when cloud builds around this famous bowl and the home side are…

Middlesex 43 for 0 trail Durham 421 for 7 dec (Jones 206, Bedingham 62, Borthwick 55, Roland-Jones 4-67) by 378 runs Michael Jones scored a career-best 206 to anchor Durham’s innings of 421 for seven declared on day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship Division Two clash against Middlesex at Seat Unique Riverside. Resuming on an overnight score of 78, the Durham opener played a perfect knock to play…

Somerset 99 for 1 trail Essex 505 for 9 dec (Browne 234*, Walter 86) by 406 runs Comparisons are odious, and they have been since John Lydgate, a 15th century monk and poet once based in these parts, first uttered something approaching the phrase nearly 700 years ago. But odious or not, with the South Africa Test series approaching it was hard to ignore the match-up between Jack Leach and…

Lancashire 145 (Henry 5-45, Saini 3-63) and 2 for 0 trail Kent 270 (Leaning 90, Stewart 64, Denly 59, Bailey 6-64) by 123 runs Kent finished the happier of the two sides at the end of a captivating second day of this LV=Insurance Division One clash with Lancashire after building a substantial first-innings lead over their hosts. Lancashire had been honest about their intentions to play on a pitch used…

Derbyshire 130 (Dal 55, Pennington 4-36) and 286 for 6 (Dal 85*, Madsen 69, McKiernan 58*) lead Worcestershire 185 (Kashif 52, Aitchison 4-40) by 231 runs Veteran Wayne Madsen completed 1,000 first-class runs as he and Anuj Dal helped manoeuvre Derbyshire back into strong contention on day two of the LV=Insurance County Championship match with Worcestershire at New Road. Madsen reached four figures in a campaign for the sixth time…

Sussex 94 for 5 (Pattinson 3-27) trail Nottinghamshire 240 (Mullaney 70, Slater 55, Robinson 4-44) by 146 runs England fast bowler Ollie Robinson took four wickets on his return to competitive action as Sussex bowled out Division Two leaders Nottinghamshire for 240. In reply, however, they sunk to 49 for five before closing on 94 for five on an eventful opening day of their latest LV= Insurance County Championship match….

Warwickshire 253 (McAndrew 44, Sibley 43, Lawes 3-38, McKerr 3-39) and 1 for 0 trail Surrey 316 (Pope 65) by 62 runs Ollie Pope‘s sparkling 65, and a determined ninth-wicket stand of 72 between Conor McKerr and Jamie Overton, edged Surrey ahead of Warwickshire at the midway point of a hard-fought LV= Insurance County Championship contest at the Kia Oval. Pope, who faced only 73 balls and hit two sixes…

Northamptonshire 353 for 7 (Rickelton 95, Procter 78, Young 61) lead Gloucestershire 317 (Bracey 79, Dent 54, Higgins 50) by 36 runs Ryan Rickelton fell five short of a century as Northamptonshire built a first-innings lead over Gloucestershire on the second day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match at Cheltenham College. The 26-year-old member of South Africa’s Test squad, already with two Championship hundreds under his belt in his…