Surrey 157 for 4 (Jacks 83*) beat Hampshire 156 for 4 (Vince 88*) by six wickets James Vince became the Vitality Blast’s all-time leading run-scorer but Will Jacks spoiled his night with 83 not out as Surrey beat Hampshire by six wickets. Vince overtook former Sussex star Luke Wright to reach 5054 runs in 169 matches with a superlative-ridden 88 not out as Hampshire totted up 156. But Jacks smashed…
Birmingham Bears 202 for 6 (Yates 71, Hain 48*, Davies 46) beat Northamptonshire XXX (Vasconcelos 65, Miles 4-29) by 21 runs Rob Yates hit his highest T20 score as Birmingham Bears posted an imposing 202 for six against Northamptonshire Steelbacks to set up their fourth straight win in this year’s Vitality Blast by 21 runs. Yates scored 71 off 53 balls (eight fours, one six) and shared a 100-run opening…
Glamorgan 238 for 3 (Cooke 113*, Ingram 92*) beat Middlesex 209 for 5 (Cracknell 77, Eskinazi 59) by 29 runs Middlesex’s captain Stephen Eskinazi had finished the first match at Merchant Taylor’s School two days earlier, incandescent about how a seemingly straightforward run-chase had coagulated when victory seemed certain. This time runs came in a torrent at the end of an innings, just as they are meant to. The only…
Rashid Khan has been ruled out of the first two ODIs against Sri Lanka with a lower-back injury. The Afghanistan Cricket Board stated that “he will remain under full medical observation, and is expected to return for the final ODI on June 7”. The three-match series begins on June 2, with the second game to be played two days later at the same ground. Just seven days after the ODI…
It’s not often you get to the eve of the Test summer and an England captain likens himself to a Chelsea footballer. But such are the demands on a modern cricketer like Ben Stokes, the comparison made sense. “I played a little bit of a John Terry role winning the IPL,” the allrounder joked during press commitments at Lord’s a couple of days after Chennai Super Kings won a thrilling…
Former South Africa allrounder Lance Klusener has signed as consultant with the Tripura Cricket Association for India’s upcoming domestic season. Klusener, 51, is contracted to work with them for 100 days in a year. Besides working with the Ranji side, he will help the state’s eight teams in both men’s and women’s sections in various age groups. Tripura Cricket Association vice-president Timir Chanda said Klusener would arrive in the state…
Josh Little’s appearance in front of over 100,000 Indian fans in the IPL final on Monday night will be every bit as important to the development of cricket in Ireland as the Test team’s opportunity to play at Lord’s, according to their captain, Andrew Balbirnie. Speaking at Lord’s on the eve of his team’s one-off encounter with England, Balbirnie acknowledged the immensity of the challenge that awaits Ireland this week…
Southern Vipers 115 for 6 (McCaughan 42, Adams 36) beat Thunder 111 by four wickets Ella McCaughan capitalised on Southern Vipers’ England exodus to score 42 to help her side to a four-wicket victory over Thunder in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. Batter McCaughan hadn’t featured in Vipers’ opening three matches but made the most of Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt’s England call-ups with five boundaries on her way to her…
Western Storm 150 for 3 (Gibson 62, Wilson 58*) beat Sunrisers 149 for 6 (Gardner 37*, Macleod 34) by seven wickets Dani Gibson struck a blistering 62 off just 46 balls as Western Storm chased down 150 to beat Sunrisers by seven wickets and record their second win in this year’s Charlotte Edwards Cup. Storm lost two early wickets, but vice-captain Gibson blazed seven fours and a six to keep…
Big picture: Searching for the pinnacle “So Ben, what does the Ashes rivalry mean to you?” No disrespect was intended to England’s actual opponents in tomorrow’s one-off Test against Ireland, but nor was there any point in playing the question – which came in the opening seconds of Ben Stokes‘ first press conference of the summer – straight back whence it came. The Bazball Ashes, to give its inevitable monicker,…