Month: August 2022

London Spirit 171 for 6 (Morgan 47) beat Oval Invincibles 168 for 7 (Cartwright 42, Ellis 3-28) by four wickets Nathan Ellis and Jordan Thompson’s powerplay heroics helped London Spirit seal a three-run win over city rival Oval Invincibles in a magnificent derby clash. Australian quick Ellis and Thompson wrecked the Invincibles top order to the tune of 12 for 4. Hilton Cartwright and Jordan Cox revived the home side…

Ryan Higgins, the Gloucestershire allrounder, has agreed a return to Middlesex at the end of the season. Higgins, 27, has signed a four-year contract. Having left Middlesex in 2017, frustrated by the lack of first-team opportunities, Higgins has developed into one of the country’s most-highly rated cricketers while at Gloucestershire. Over the course of five seasons, he has averaged 32.33 with the bat in first-class cricket – with six hundreds…

England 72 for 3 (Capsey 23, Dunkley 19, Jones 18*) beat New Zealand 71 for 9 (Green 19, Brunt 2-4, Wong 2-10, Glenn 2-13) by seven wickets England will play India in the Commonwealth Games semi-finals after a fiery start from Katherine Brunt spurred them to a thumping win over New Zealand in their final group stage match at Edgbaston. New Zealand will face gold-medal favourites Australia in Saturday’s other…

Glamorgan 308 for 7 (Ingram 155, Cullen 80*) beat Kent 304 for 8 (Evison 109, Blake 66, Robinson 50) by three wickets Career best one-day scores for Colin Ingram and Tom Cullen, in a record sixth-wicket stand for Glamorgan of 186, sparked a remarkable recovery which took the defending champions to their second win in the Royal London Cup. South African Ingram scored 155 off 148 balls, the joint fifth-highest…

Leicestershire 359 for 8 (Mulder 116*, Kimber 68, Bowley 50) Middlesex 344 for 9 (Eskinazi 56, Malan 50, Mulder 4-47) by 15 runs Leicestershire’s Wiaan Mulder produced career-best performances with bat and ball as his side beat Middlesex by 15 runs at Radlett to maintain a winning start to their Royal London Cup campaign. The South African allrounder struck an undefeated 116 from 100 balls as he and 21-year-old Nat…

Lancashire 228 for 3 (Wells 88, Bohannon 51) beat Yorkshire 224 (Fraine 41, Lamb 3-32) by wickets Perhaps it was the eight White Rose pennants that fluttered atop a mighty corporate hospitality marquee that itself bore a passing resemblance to a medieval pavilion. Maybe it was Clifton Park’s semi-rural location with the busy road at our backs and little on the horizon beyond the cricket ground except 33 acres of…

After more than 17 months of delays, USA Cricket’s 2020 general elections finally concluded this week with Atul Rai and Kuljit-Singh Nijjar prevailing in a stacked field for the club director and individual director positions respectively. Nadia Gruny was also reelected for the female elite-athlete director position in a candidacy that was unopposed. Rai, the southern California administrator who also served as president of the since-expelled USA Cricket Association (USACA)…

Big picture Zimbabwe have enjoyed a month of rare success. After dominating the T20 World Cup qualification tournament, they registered a maiden T20I series win over Bangladesh. There was a lot of fun and partying at the Harare Sports Club. The focus though now has to quickly shift to the ODIs, a format in which there’s a massive gap between the two teams this year. Bangladesh also come in with…

Wicketkeeper-batter Regis Chakabva has been named Zimbabwe captain for the upcoming ODI series against Bangladesh with regular captain Craig Ervineruled out with hamstring and knee injuries. Allrounder Sean Williams will also miss the series, with Zimbabwe Cricket saying he had been granted leave to “attend to some personal matters”. Blessing Muzarabani, who missed the T20I series against Bangladesh with an injury, continues to remain unavailable. Zimbabwe have also brought in…

Surrey 186 for 1 (Steel 68*, Patel 67*) beat Durham 181 (Trevaskis 55, Kimber 2-15) by nine wickets Surrey bounced back from defeat in their opening match of the Royal London Cup to thrash Durham by nine wickets in their Group A clash at South Northumberland Cricket Club in Gosforth. The visitors were outstanding with the ball to bowl out Durham for 181 from only 40.2 overs as Yousef Majid,…