Derbyshire 318 for 6 (Guest 88, McKiernan 72*, Reece 52) beat Essex 226 by 92 runs Brooke Guest anchored Derbyshire to Royal London Cup success against Essex with the highest 50-over score of his increasingly impressive career. Guest, who has four first-class centuries to his name this season, frustrated a sizeable, sun-drenched Chelmsford crowd with a 79-ball 88, entering stage right in the midst of a mini-collapse when three wickets…
Northern Superchargers 162 for 4 (Lyth 51, Brook 33*) beat Manchester Originals 161 for 4 (Buttler 59, Madsen 43) by six wickets England white-ball captain Jos Buttler‘s measured 59 could not stop Manchester Originals from slipping to an enthralling men’s Hundred defeat in the cross-Pennine derby with Northern Superchargers at Emirates Old Trafford. Buttler scored only his second half-century in 14 innings since replacing Eoin Morgan at the end of…
New Zealand 149 for 2 (Santner 77*, Mitchell 51*) beat Netherlands 147 for 4 (de Leede 53, Bracewell 2-20) by eight wickets New Zealand wrapped up their tour of Europe with an 11th straight victory as Mitchell Santner smashed an unbeaten 77 off 42 balls in a chase of 148. Netherlands appeared to give themselves hope of staying in the game when they picked up two early wickets, but enjoying…
Sussex 334 for 9 (Rawlins 91, Pujara 63, Ibrahim 50, van Meekeren 5-48) beat Gloucestershire 283 (Bracey 87, Gohar 53, Karvelas 3-35, Rawlins 3-50) by 51 runs A fine all-round display by Delray Rawlins, who followed a thunderous innings of 91 off just 62 balls with figures of 3 for 50, saw Sussex to victory over Gloucestershire by 51 runs in the Royal London One-Day Cup at Hove. In a…
Bangladesh’s Litton Das has been ruled out for a month after suffering a hamstring injury during the first ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare. He was on 81 when he complained of pain while completing a single and had to be stretchered out. “Litton Das hurt his hamstring while batting in the first ODI. We sent him for a scan during the match,” Muzadded Alpha Sany, Bangladesh physio, said after their…
Toss Ireland chose to bowl vs South Africa Andy Balbirnie has chosen to chase as Ireland look to level the series against South Africa. Some may call it a brave decision after South Africa scored their highest total against Ireland at the same venue two days ago but Ireland only fell 21 runs short and, after narrow defeats to India and New Zealand earlier in the summer, will want to…
Hampshire 236 (Leach 3-41) beat Worcestershire 192 (Barnard 85*, Holland 3-17, Currie 3-36) by 44 runs Ian Holland ripped through Worcestershire Rapids’ top order as Hampshire began their Royal London Cup campaign with a 44-run victory. Australian-born USA international Holland picked up 3 for 17 to leave Rapids 37 for 5 after Hampshire had scored 236 thanks to 40s from Ben Brown, Fletcha Middleton and Scott Currie. A Worcestershire List…
Allrounder Ian Holland, who has had to miss all of USA’s international commitments in 2022 because of his commitments with Hampshire, has been called up to the national team’s 14-man squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup League Two matches in Scotland later this month. Holland is one of three changes from the squad that played in May-June in Texas in the matches against Nepal, Oman, UAE and Scotland, effectively…
Kyle Abbott will spent at least two more seasons at Hampshire after signing a two-year extension to his contract with the county. Abbott re-joined Hampshire on a Kolpak deal ahead of the 2017 season – he had previously played for them in 2014 – and has been one of their overseas players since eligibility rules changed following the UK’s departure from the European Union. He has taken 278 first-class wickets…
One day out of India’s semi-final against England at the Commonwealth Games, head coach Ramesh Powar attributed the chopping and changing of player roles – and team compositions – to the side being an evolving team. In the first three games, India have used all 15 squad members en route to the knockout stage. Jemimah Rodrigues, who returned to the side on the Sri Lanka tour after missing out on…