Match abandoned Australia 166 for 7 (Smith 55, van der Merwe 2-12) vs Netherlands 84 for 6 (Ackermann 31*, Starc 3-18) Steven Smith did the thing he loves most in the world. Mitchell Starc did the thing he can’t help but do. And Australia did the thing they are forever known for. A warm-up game that had shrunk to 23-overs-a-side still contained plenty of positives for the five-time ODI champions….
There will be an Australian influence on West Indies as they aim to topple the world champions on their home soil over the next two weeks with Shane Deitz taking charge for his first series as the new head coach. Deitz, the former South Australia wicketkeeper-batter who has previously coached the Bangladesh and Netherlands women’s sides, took up his role last month but this tour has been the first chance…
New Zealand 346 for 5 (Ravindra 97, Chapman 65*, Mitchell 59, Williamson 54, Mir 2-68) beat Pakistan 345 for 5 (Rizwan 103, Babar 80, Shakeel 75, Santner 2-39) by five wickets Mohammad Rizwan‘s century and half-centuries from Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel went in vain as Pakistan couldn’t defend 345 in their warm-up match against New Zealand in Hyderabad. Rachin Ravindra seized his chance as an opener, scoring 97 off…
Nottinghamshire 384 (Slater 140, Clarke 70) and 210 for 8 (Slater 49, Robson 4-46) beat Middlesex 366 (Higgins 137, Eskinazi 58, Yadav 56, Hutton 5-94) and 224 for 6 dec (Robson 105*) by two wickets Middlesex’s latest stay in Division One of the LV= Insurance County Championship is over, although they at least went down with a fight on a dramatic final day at Trent Bridge. In a match they…
Lancashire 327 (Bohannon 113, Hurst 76*, Balderson 54) and 390 for 8 dec (Wells 117, Bailey 78, Jennings 74, Bohannon 68*) drew with Kent 494 (Denly 136, Compton 95, Balderson 4-69) Kent are staying in Division One of the LV= Insurance County Championship, after a day of unmitigated, stomach-churning drama at Canterbury. They drew their game with Lancashire and then faced an almost unbearable 80-minute wait for news from Trent…
Bangladesh 264 for 3 (Tanzid 84, Mehidy 67*, Litton 61) beat Sri Lanka 263 (Nissanka 68, Dhananjaya 55, Mahedi 3-36) by seven wickets Half-centuries from Bangladesh’s top three of Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz took their side to a comfortable win over Sri Lanka in their first warm-up fixture ahead of the ODI World Cup, in Guwahati on Friday. Bangladesh bowled Sri Lanka out for 263 and…
Glamorgan 301 for 5 dec (Ingram 82, Zain-ul-Hassan 65, Root 53, Thomson 4-97) and 135 for 6 (Byrom 32, Cooke 25*) drew with Derbyshire 450 for 8 dec (Reece 139, Guest 96, Wagstaff 78) and 234 for 2 dec (Reece 119*, Came 57) Leus Du Plooy‘s last game in charge of Derbyshire ended in gallant failure as his side came up four wickets short after setting Glamorgan a target of…
Yorkshire 262 for 6 dec (Hill 52, Revis 51*, Bess 48*) and 363 for 4 (Masood 123, Wharton 89, Lyth 51) beat Worcestershire 389 (D’Oliveira 103, Kashif Ali 93, Allison 75) and 232 for 2 dec (Haynes 113*, Libby 109*) by six wickets Shan Masood‘s brilliant 123 gave Yorkshire a happy ending to another difficult season as they chased a final-day target of 360 to beat promoted Worcestershire at Headingley…
Playing only as a specialist batter, Williamson walked in at No. 3 after New Zealand lost Devon Conway for a duck and stabilised their chase of 346 with a 49-ball half-century. He extended his tally to 54 off 50 balls before retiring out with New Zealand at 141 for 1 after 18 overs. Williamson aims to both bat and field in New Zealand’s second warm-up fixture against South Africa in…
Sussex 202 (Haines 62, Carson 56, Taylor 5-24) and 505 for 7 dec (Coles 128, Alsop 79, Clark 72, Orr 67, Hudson-Prentice 71*) beat Gloucestershire 195 (Hammond 48, Carson 3-19, Currie 3-36, Hunt 3-52) and 173 (van Buuren 67*, Currie 3-42, Hunt 3-42) by 339 runs Sussex’s head coach, Paul Farbrace, is confident that progress is being made at Hove, despite the club falling short of his pre-season call for…