Month: September 2023

Durham 371 for 4 (Borthwick 134*, Robinson 84, Lees 60) drew with Worcestershire 313 (D’Oliveira 63, Libby 57, Roderick 52, Raine 3-66, de Leede 3-68) Worcestershire require a maximum of three more points to follow opponents Durham into Division One of the LV=Insurance County Championship next season despite being frustrated by the newly crowned champions on the final day at New Road. Durham captain Scott Borthwick scored a chanceless century…

Kent 235 (Denly 73, Gregory 4-52) and 44 for 2 drew with Somerset 404 for 4 dec (Goldsworthy 122, Lammonby 109, Kohler-Cadmore 68*) Relegation-threatened Kent had to endure the ordeal of a final day follow-on before emerging from the rain-ruined LV= Insurance County Championship match against Somerset at Taunton with a potentially valuable draw. The visitors were bowled out for 235 after Somerset had declared their first-innings total on an…

Sussex 100 (Chappell 4-32, Conners 4-39) and 84 for 3 drew with Derbyshire 229 for 6 dec (Reece 86, Hunt 3-59) Tom Clark restored some Sussex pride by denying Derbyshire victory on the final day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match at Derby. The opener stood firm to score an unbeaten 36 from 95 balls and take Sussex to 84 for 3 when rain after tea scuppered Derbyshire’s hopes of…

The ICC has named the seven countries in the Caribbean that will co-host the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup, along with the USA, from June 4 to June 30. Apart from New York, Texas and Florida, the World Cup will travel to Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago. In all, the upcoming T20 World Cup will be held in…

Lancashire 272 for 7 (Husrt 54*) drew with Nottinghamshire Rain had the final say in the LV= Insurance County Championship game between Lancashire and Nottinghamshire at Emirates Old Trafford with the match abandoned as a draw mid-afternoon. Only 15 overs and one ball were possible on the final day in which time Lancashire advanced their first innings to 272 for 7 from the 84.1 overs bowled over four days, with…

As in 2019, the winner of this year’s ODI World Cup will be awarded prize money of USD 4 million. The ICC has allocated a total of $10 million for the tournament, which begins on October 5 in Ahmedabad. Two million dollars have been set aside for the runner-up while the losing semi-finalists can also bank on a sum of $800,000. The other six teams will exit the competition at…

Sue Redfern will become the first female umpire to stand in a men’s first-class match in England and Wales after being appointed to officiate the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Glamorgan and Derbyshire in Cardiff. “I have worked hard to earn this opportunity and I look forward to taking the next step in my career by umpiring a men’s first-class match,” Redfern said. “That has been an ambition of…

The 2024 Men’s U-19 World Cup will kick off with hosts Sri Lanka taking on Zimbabwe on January 13. Defending champions will India will take on Bangladesh, to begin their campaign the following day. The 41-match tournament will be played across 23 days in five venues, all in Colombo. The R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium will host the tournament opener, the semi-finals on January 30 and February 1, along with…

Andrew Gale has been appointed to his first job in professional cricket since his sacking by Yorkshire and will move to Australia to become the head of Cricket Tasmania’s male performance pathway. Gale captained Yorkshire to the Championship title in both 2014 and 2015 before coaching them from 2016-21. He was among 16 members of staff sacked by the club in December 2021 in light of Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of…

Toss India won the toss and opted to field vs Australia India won the toss and asked Australia to bat in the first of three ODIs, being played in Mohali. KL Rahul, India’s captain for the series, called Mohali “historically a good chasing ground” when explaining his decision to field first. His counterpart, Pat Cummins, said he would have bowled too. He announced that batter Matthew Short would be making…