Nottinghamshire 350 (Slater 100, Moores 94, Singh 4-87) and 372 for 6 dec (Slater 87, Young 87, Clarke 73) beat Kent 316 (Finch 73, Harrison 4-28) and 85 (Paterson 5-41, Hutton 4-44) by 321 runs Five wickets for Dane Paterson and four for Brett Hutton consigned Kent to a rapid and damaging defeat in their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Trent Bridge, where they were bowled out for 85…
Big picture The first ODI in Barbados lasted all of 45.5 overs. What did we really learn from Thursday’s fixture? Nothing new. Despite the absence of a number of a senior seamers, India skittled West Indies for 114. They were so dominant that they didn’t need Virat Kohli with the bat. They barely needed Rohit Sharma with the bat. They could afford to demote Kohli to No.8 and bump Shardul…
Yorkshire County Cricket Club has been fined a total of £400,000, and been handed points deductions in both this year’s County Championship and Vitality Blast competitions, following the announcement of long-awaited sanctions from the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC). The punishments relate to Yorkshire’s handling of Azeem Rafiq’s revelations of institutional racism at the club, for which they admitted to four amended charges at the original CDC hearing in February. In…
Kent are “disappointed” that Jordan Cox, the wicketkeeper-batter who toured Pakistan with England’s T20I squad last year, has turned down the offer of a contract extension in order to join Essex. Cox informed the club on Monday of his desire to leave at the end of this season and has signed a three-year deal with Essex where he is seen as a long-term replacement for Dan Lawrence, who is leaving…
Ireland wicketkeeper Mary Waldron has announced her retirement, bringing to a close a 13-year-long international career. Waldron, 39, was ruled out of the third ODI against Australia on Friday because of an injury. She bowed out as the second-most-capped woman in international cricket for Ireland. “It’s obviously a very emotional time but I’m very proud of what I have achieved,” Waldron said in a statement. “I want to say a…
Healy has been keeping wicket throughout the tours to England and Ireland despite multiple injuries, but suffered a new fracture to her left index finger on Tuesday. Perry, meanwhile, has a left-knee injury which kept her off the field in the second innings on Tuesday and, according to a CA release, will require up to six weeks of rest. They were due to play for Northern Superchargers and Birmingham Phoenix…
Papua New Guinea have qualified for the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup after beating Philippines by 100 runs in Port Moresby to guarantee a first-place finish in the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier. Quickfire fifties from Tony Ura, Assad Vala and Charles Amini laid the platform for PNG to post a total of 229 for 6 in their 20 overs after they were sent in to bat. Philippines only managed 129 for…
Since their semi-final defeat at Old Trafford, though, India have become reluctant to use their wristspinners in tandem. While they’ve fielded either Kuldeep or Chahal in 51 ODIs, they’ve unleashed both of them only three times, and picked neither of them on four occasions. It’s been a challenging situation, but their relationship, according to Kuldeep, hasn’t suffered for it. “We’re very relaxed,” he said after picking up 4 for 6…
Lancashire 498 for 7 (Bohannon 128, Wells 119, Salt 105, White 3-69) lead Northamptonshire 342 by 156 runs If anything is to help this game reverse up Stalemate Close, it is probably the black saucers of earth that lie at each end of the pitch. Batters regard them with suspicion while spin bowlers, of which Lancashire have two specialists, view them with delight. If only our top order can build…
On a Kensington Oval pitch that offered bounce and carry for seamers, and turn for spinners, 15 wickets fell in less than 46 overs in the first ODI between West Indies and India. After being sent in, West Indies were all out for 114 in 23 overs. India, who promoted their white-ball specialists up the order, lost five wickets in the chase before Rohit Sharma, batting at No. 7, hit…