Somerset 441 and 41 for 0 trail Lancashire 554 (Jennings 189*, Bohannon 85, Wells 82, Gregory 3- 81, Siddle 3-97) by 72 runs Wickets, which retains its status as the best breakfast shop on the circuit, seemed to be thronged with Lancastrians this morning. “Hope you enjoyed yesterday,” was the general tenor of their conversation and you can imagine the sort of response that might have received from Somerset supporters…
Gloucestershire 231 (T Price 109, Leach 4-49) and 172 for 3 (Dent 66*, Bracey 51) lead Worcestershire 157 (Dale 6-41, T Price 4-58) by 246 runs Ajeet Singh Dale’s career-best bowling performance and half centuries from Chris Dent and James Bracey steered Gloucestershire into a powerful position heading into the final day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match with Worcestershire at New Road. Dale bowled with considerable pace to picked…
South East Stars 334 for 5 (Scholfield 111, Davidson-Richards 73, Chathli 48) beat Thunder 203 (Dottin 51, Davies 3-27) by 131 runs A debut century by Paige Scholfield propelled South East Stars to a record-equalling 334 for five in a convincing 131-run victory against Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy opener at Emirates Old Trafford. Scholfield, playing her first game for the Stars after signing from Southern Vipers, blasted…
Glamorgan 153 for 5 (Carlson 46*) trail Durham 471 for 9 dec (Carse 91, Trevaskis 79, Robinson 73, Jones 69, Borthwick 59, Labuschagne 4-81) by 318 runs Durham continued to dominate their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Glamorgan in Cardiff with a career-best score of 91 for Brydon Carse putting his team in position where a Glamorgan win is all but impossible. On a rain shortened day Glamorgan finished…
The Blaze 212 (Beaumont 60, Davis 3-33) beat Central Sparks (Higham 5-19) by 59 runs Off-spinner Lucy Higham played the starring role with a career-best five for 19 as The Blaze made a winning debut in regional women’s cricket, launching their Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy campaign with a 59-run defeat of Central Sparks at Trent Bridge. Opener Tammy Beaumont top-scored with 60 for the East Midlands team, backed up by…
Hampshire 482 for 8 dec (Vince 186, Gubbins 125) beat Northamptonshire 149 (Cobb 44, Fuller 6-37) and 63 (Abbas 4-31, Abbott 3-9) by an innings and 270 runs To concede 482 for 8 and then be dismissed twice in 72 overs represents quite a pummeling and it is bound to leave Northamptonshire deeply anxious about the Championship season that lies in store. They were overwhelmed by a Hampshire seam bowling…
Sunrisers 288 for 7 (Villiers 70, Grewcock 69, Scrivens 67) beat Southern Vipers 162 (Bouchier 57, Maqsood 5-30) by 126 runs Sunrisers finally won a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match at the 21st time of asking as they thrashed two-time winners Southern Vipers by 126 runs. And despite Maia Bouchier getting off to a flier with 57 off 48 balls, Vipers’ star-studded side folded to Abtaha Maqsood‘s five for 30…
A visibly stunned KL Rahul could “not put a finger on” how and why and when Lucknow Super Giants lost what was, for the longest time, their game for the taking against Gujarat Titans. “I don’t know how this happened and it has happened so fast, but yeah, that’s cricket, it keeps reminding us that the game is never won till the last ball,” Rahul said after Mohit Sharma bowled…
Gujarat Titans 135 for 6 (Hardik 66, Saha 47, Krunal 2-16, Stoinis 2-20) beat Lucknow Super Giants 128 for 7 (Rahul 68, Noor 2-18, Mohit 2-17) by seven runs A game that was very much in Lucknow Super Giants’ hands was snatched from them by the combined efforts of Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami. The Gujarat Titans bowlers turned the tables on the hosts, when they needed a…
IPL 2023 has been a tournament of tense finishes, and there was more late drama on Saturday on an excruciatingly slow Lucknow pitch. Gujarat Titans handed Mohit Sharma the ball with Lucknow Super Giants needing 12 off the last over, and the chase fell apart against a masterful display of end-overs bowling. Here’s how it unfolded. Mohit Sharma to bowl the last over. KL Rahul, 16 off the last 21,…