Mitchell Starc had no interest in finding out the full extent of his shoulder injury before the final Test at the Kia Oval. Instead he was fully focused on seeing out an Ashes series which has now become his most successful away from home. Starc landed heavily on his shoulder on the second day at Emirates Old Trafford but was able to bowl through the pain there and has now…
Moeen Ali was batting on one leg by the time he arched his bat and upper-cut Pat Cummins for four over Alex Carey’s head, and Australia seemed to have let their opportunity to take control of the fifth Test slip away. Cummins had finally won a toss, his first of the series, and asked England to bat first under thick cloud cover, with the floodlights turned on shortly after the…
Derbyshire 318 (Reece 131, Came 65) and 78 for 0 f/o (Reece 58*, Came 25*) trail Glamorgan 521 for 8 dec (Ingram 136, Cooke 70, Zain-ul-Hassan 69, Carlson 57, Root 52) by 125 runs Promotion hopefuls Glamorgan are pressing for victory after Derbyshire collapsed dramatically on the third day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match at Derby. After an opening stand of 165 between Luis Reece and Harry Came, Derbyshire…
Nottinghamshire 350 and 176 for 1 (Slater 87*) lead Kent 316 (Finch 73, Harrison 4-28) by 210 runs Nottinghamshire put themselves in a position to dictate the terms of the final day as openers Ben Slater and Haseeb Hameed built on a small first-innings lead to leave their side 210 in front with nine wickets in hand at the close of day three of their LV= Insurance County Championship match…
Gloucestershire 212 for 4 (Phillips 80, O Price 75*, T Price 41*) trail Worcestershire 406 (D’Oliveira 90, Baker 75, Waite 64, Roderick 53) by 194 runs Youngsters Joe Phillips and Ollie Price combined to keep Gloucestershire afloat on day two of the LV=County Championship match against Worcestershire at the Cheltenham Festival. Both out-performed their more experienced team-mates, scoring valuable half-centuries on a day when the hosts recovered from 120 for…
Surrey 368 (Latham 99, Jacks 99, Henry 6-80) and 29 for 0 beat Somerset 170 (Kohler-Cadmore 59, Lawes 4-41) and 226 (C Overton 70*, Rew 55, Clark 4-36) by 10 wickets Jordan Clark claimed four wickets as Surrey strengthened their position at the top of the First Division table with a comprehensive LV= Insurance County Championship victory over Somerset inside three days at Taunton. The hosts began their second innings…
By stumps, Australia could say they’d had the better of day as they negotiated 25 overs for the loss of David Warner. He and Usman Khawaja added 49 for the first wicket before Warner fell to Chris Woakes for the third time in a row, edging to second slip, having earlier survived a review by England when Stuart Broad thought he found the glove, but it was only arm. Source:…
Moeen Ali injured his right groin while batting for England on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test at the Kia Oval, and did not field in the evening session as a result. Moeen, who is playing what is likely to be his last Test, pulled up sore after taking a single while batting with Harry Brook shortly after lunch on the first day. He received treatment from England…
The 2023 ODI World Cup schedule will undergo a few changes, BCCI secretary Jay Shah has confirmed, with the revised version to be finalised in consultation with the ICC in a few days. Shah’s statement came after it emerged this week that the BCCI was looking at moving the India vs Pakistan fixture in Ahmedabad from October 15 to 14. While Shah did not reveal whether the India-Pakistan date was…
Middlesex 199 (Higgins 53) and 97 for 2 (Stoneman 52*) beat Warwickshire 60 (Bamber 5-20) and 232 (Hain 69, Mousley 58, Bamber 4-71) by eight wickets Middlesex took a big stride towards securing their LV=Insurance County Championship Division One status by demolishing Warwickshire by eight wickets inside two-and-a-half days at Edgbaston. Toby Roland-Jones’ side began this match in the relegation zone but never looked back after bowling out the home…