Northern Diamonds 172 for 7 (Dobson 47) beat Sunrisers 137 (Scrivens 50, Levick 5-19) by 35 runs Katie Levick took five wickets as Northern Diamonds continued their perfect start to the Charlotte Edwards Cup and remain on course for Finals Day after a 35-run win over Sunrisers at Headingley. Leah Dobson‘s 47 and late firepower from Bess Heath lifted the hosts to a total of 172 for 7, which always…
Ireland 232 for 0 (Moor 118*, McCollum 100*) and 419 beat Essex 343 and 307 for 8 dec (Adair 85, Buttleman 65, Hume 3-50) by ten wickets Ireland openers PJ Moor and James McCollum produced an unbroken double-century stand to steer their side to a ten-wicket win on day three of their tour match against Essex. Both batters scored hundreds – McCollum bringing up three figures with a six that…
Sussex 149 for 5 (Alsop 51*, Burgess 48) beat Surrey 148 (Narine 29, Bopara 3-18) by five wickets Tom Alsop‘s tenacious unbeaten 51, and a classy 28-ball 48 from Michael Burgess, swept Sussex Sharks to a tenacious, against-the-odds Vitality Blast five-wicket victory against Surrey at the Kia Oval – with just one ball to spare. After bowling out the hosts for 148 on a used pitch, Sussex looked out of…
South East Stars 126 for 6 (Davidson-Richards 43, Prendergast 2-12) beat Western Storm 121 (Luff 43*, Davies 2-14) South East Stars produced a disciplined performance in the field to beat Western Storm by six runs in a close-fought Charlotte Edwards Cup contest at Taunton’s Cooper Associates Ground. Orla Prendergast returned miserly figures of 2 for 12 from four overs as Storm produced their most incisive new-ball bowling performance of the…
Australia have pushed Mitchell Marsh and Matt Renshaw into their reserves for the upcoming WTC final against India, trimming their squad to 15 members in the process. Josh Hazlewood, meanwhile, has been retained after scans had revealed no substantial damage – he left the IPL early after complaining of side soreness. Josh Inglis, who is yet to play a Test, has found a place in the squad, as has Todd…
Durham 217 for 3 (Lees 90, Robinson 64*) beat Yorkshire 189 for 7 (Tattersall 39, Raine 3-27) by 28 runs A badly-publicised switch to a Sunday morning start at 11.30am under slate-grey Headingley skies does not immediately strike you as the future of T20 cricket and it failed to bring any change of fortune for Yorkshire as they succumbed to a comprehensive 28-run defeat against Durham. Still, as various websites…
Ambati Rayudu has announced his retirement from the IPL. He said in a tweet on Sunday thatthe IPL 2023 final for Chennai Super Kings against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad will be his last game in the tournament and that he will not be making a “U-turn” on his decision. Last year, Rayudu had posted a tweet in which he had said IPL 2022 would be his final season in the…
Yashasvi Jaiswal has been included in the India squad for the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) final as a stand-by player, in place of Ruturaj Gaikwad, who is getting married on June 3. The BCCI had added Gaikwad as a stand-by opener for the WTC final against Australia, but ESPNcricinfo understands that the batter informed the board that he would be able to join the team only after June 5….
Lancashire 208 for 4 (Mitchell 85*) beat Nottinghamshire 186 for 5 (Munro 60, Wood 2-29) by 22 runs Shaheen Shah Afridi is the glamorous signing who Nottinghamshire hope will sweep them to glory in the Vitality Blast. He still might, but his debut figures were symptomatic of a losing Nottinghamshire night as Lancashire turned in a superbly marshalled display for a third successive victory that they rarely looked likely to…
Essex 343 and 59 for 2 (Das 27*, Hume 2-14) trail Ireland 419 (Stirling 107, Tucker 97, McBrine 67, Richards 5-96) by 17 runs Paul Stirling made a century and Lorcan Tucker 97 as Ireland recovered from a rocky start to their first innings against Essex, eventually being dismissed for 419 to take a lead of 76. Graham Hume then pushed his claims for a place in the XI at…