Gloucestershire 255 for 9 (Charlesworth 71, Harris 52, Patel 5-93, Potts 2-35) and 181 for 6 (Harris 71*) need another 244 runs to beat Durham 445 (Clark 100, de Leede 65, Coughlin 59*, Borthwick 53) and 272 for 4 dec (Jones 121*) Matthew Potts did his prospects of featuring in the upcoming Ashes series no harm at all as Durham put Gloucestershire under the pump on the day three of…
Worcestershire 83 (Wright 5-32, Davey 3-26) and 274 for 7 (Hose 84, Roderick 59) beat Leicestershire 173 (Ackermann 52, Waite 3-17) and 180 (Hill 49, Leach 5-41, Waite 4-21) by three wickets Adam Hose and Gareth Roderick played major roles in Worcestershire achieving a three-wicket win over Leicestershire with a day to spare in the LV=Insurance County Championship encounter at New Road. The odds were in the Foxes favour after…
Lancashire Lightning 183 for 6 (Wells 66) beat Derbyshire Falcons 179 for 5 (Madsen 50, Wood 3-31) by four wickets Lancashire Lightning beat Derbyshire Falcons by four wickets to start the 2023 Vitality Blast campaign as they aim to end it – with victory at Edgbaston. The Blast will conclude in Birmingham with Finals Day on July 15 and Lightning took an impressive first step towards that showpiece with a…
The Blaze 161 for 5 (Boyce 63*, Beaumont 48) beat South East Stars 160 for 8 (Franklin 53, de Klerk 3-21) by five wickets Georgie Boyce hit a brilliant unbeaten 63 to steer The Blaze to a five-wicket victory over the South East Stars in the opening round of the Charlotte Edwards Cup at Beckenham. Boyce played a pivotal innings as the visitors recovered from a mid-innings wobble to win…
Chennai Super Kings, who finished second from bottom last year, on Saturday became the second team to seal a spot in the playoffs of IPL 2023. This will be the 12th time they have made it to the last stage in their 14th season, the most for any team. So what’s the secret to their consistency over the years? “I think there is no recipe as such, you try to…
Somerset 404 (Bartlett 121, Abell 77) beat Middlesex 175 (Simpson 57*, Henry 5-45) and 216 (Stoneman 60, Overton 5-46) by an innings and 13 runs Craig Overton recorded his best figures this summer to propel Somerset to their first LV= Insurance County Championship win of the campaign as they crushed Middlesex by an innings and 13 runs at Lord’s. Overton finished with five for 46, supported by fellow seamer Peter…
Chennai Super Kings 223 for 3 (Conway 87, Gaikwad 79) beat Delhi Capitals 146 for 9 (Warner 86, Chahar 3-22, Pathirana 2-22, Theekshana 2-23) by 77 runs Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad made merry in Delhi, enjoying the kind of batting conditions David Warner had hoped to maximise for home advantage. It allowed Chennai Super Kings to dominate from start to finish in a 77-run win and assure themselves of…
Hampshire 367 (Vince 95, Dawson 63, White 4-80) beat Northamptonshire 56 (Barker 4-13) and 176 (Zaib 57*, Whiteman 45, Dawson 6-61) by an innings and 135 runs Northamptonshire succumbed to their third straight innings LV= Insurance County Championship defeat to bogey side Hampshire led by Liam Dawson‘s five-wicket haul. Dawson claimed 6 for 61 for his sixth first-class five-for and his best figures at the Ageas Bowl to reignite Hampshire’s…
Surrey 362 (Abbott 78, Sibley 60, Bhuiyan 4-65) and 58 for 0 (Burns 36*, Sibley 16*) beat Kent 278 (Evison 77*, Lawes 3-41) and 141 (Muyeye 42, Lawes 5-22) by 10 wickets It speaks to Surrey’s qualities as defending champions that even losing a bowler of Kemar Roach’s calibre does not hold them back. And it says even more of the nurturing qualities down in south London that the West…
Shammi Silva has been re-elected as Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC’s) president for a third consecutive term, alongside nearly all members of the previous executive committee. All members were voted in uncontested. The only change has been to the post of treasurer, with previous treasurer Lasantha Wickramasinghe withdrawing from contention citing other commitments. Sujeeva Godaliyadda, previously assistant treasurer, will take up the post of treasurer, with the assistant treasurer to be…