Yorkshire 179 (Kohler-Cadmore 55, Lawes 4-31) and 89 for 2 trail Surrey 333 (Pope 136, Clark 55, Patterson 4-69) by 65 runs The Micky Stewart Oval was not immune from the cluster of wickets afflicting this round of the County Championship. However day two’s tally of 16 did at least speed us along to a conclusion of the season overall in a match of consequence. It is probably worth starting…
Sussex 162 (Orr 36, Coughlin 3-33, Potts 3-53) and 6 for 3 trail Durham 459 for 7 dec (Jones 96, Maddinson 90, Borthwick 82, Benjamin 82*) by 291 runs Durham scored runs with ease at Seat Unique Riverside before taking three quick wickets to leave Sussex staring at an innings defeat by stumps on day two in their County Championship match. In blue-sky conditions, Scott Borthwick wasted no time in…
Hampshire 57 (Quinn 6-23) and 105 for 4 need another 273 runs to beat Kent 165 (Compton 63, Abbott 4-46) and 269 (Leaning 112, Abbas 4-68) Jack Leaning celebrated his second century of the season to boost Kent’s hopes of avoiding relegation from LV= Insurance County Championship Division One as they set title-chasing Hampshire 378 runs to win. Stand-in captain Leaning struck 112 as the pitch became more conducive to…
Warwickshire 274 (Sibley 120, Briggs 65, Gohar 5-64) and 58 for 5 lead Gloucestershire 255 (Taylor 71, Yadav 5-90, Briggs 3-79) by 77 runs Warwickshire endured a nightmarish start to their second innings at the end of the second day to slip deeper into relegation trouble and give Gloucestershire hopes of their first Championship win of the season. A side that won the Championship last season by dint of gritty,…
Leicestershire 273 for 9 (Swindells 67, Scriven 65) trail Middlesex 297 (Simpson 92, Eskinazi 64, Higgins 53, Finan 5-58) by 24 runs Leicestershire recovered from 66 for five to 273 for nine in reply to Middlesex’s 297 on day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship match, a day when finishing places in Division Two looked a little less clear-cut than they had before the current, penultimate round of matches…
Northamptonshire 184 for 6 (Young 85, Overton 4-25) trail Somerset 389 (Abell 111, Bartlett 62, Keogh 4-99) by 205 runs Craig Overton marked his return to LV= County Championship cricket with four wickets as Somerset took control on the second day of the match with Northamptonshire at Taunton. Having extended their first-innings total from an overnight 271 for four to 389 all out, the hosts reduced their opponents to 184…
Southern Vipers 143 for 4 (Boucher 51, McCaughan 47) beat South East Stars 139 (Spence 45, Norris 3-29) by six wickets Southern Vipers will play Northern Diamonds in the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Lord’s on Sunday, after they routed South East Stars by six wickets in Wednesday’s eliminator at Beckenham. The Vipers closed on 143 for 4 to win with 16 overs to spare, having earlier…
The BCB will not pull Shakib Al Hasan from his CPL contract, as he was omitted from Bangladesh’s 17-man squad for the upcoming two-match T20I series against UAE in Dubai. Nurul Hasan, who is returning to the squad after a finger surgery having missed a chunk of the Zimbabwe tour and the Asia Cup, will lead in Shakib’s place. Shakib is playing for the Amazon Warriors as a replacement for…
Big picture Now that the first game is out of the way, England will feel a whole lot better about themselves. Not simply because they put in a clinical performance to go up 1-0, but also because the reputational damage of last year’s pullout has begun to be undone. Related Alex Hales makes comeback fifty as England seal six-wicket stroll ‘Stuff dreams are made of’ – Hales delighted with half-century…
Lancashire 131 (Harmer 5-41) and 73 (Snater 6-10) beat Essex 107 (Cook 40, Bailey 5-36) and 59 (Balderson 5-14, Williams 4-24) by 38 runs George Balderson claimed a hat-trick to wreck Essex’s hopes in an incredible match at Chelmsford that spanned a little over four sessions. The pace bowler finished with 5 for 14 from seven overs, supported by Will Williams who returned 4 for 24 as Essex lost their…