A sodden Headingley outfield delayed its arrival by three days, but England’s latest white-ball opening partnership will stride out to the middle together at Trent Bridge on Saturday with an opportunity to show that they are not just a stop-gap, but a viable long-term option at the top of the order. Phil Salt and Will Jacks were due to open the batting against Ireland before Wednesday’s ODI was abandoned without…
Hampshire 322 for 8 (Prest 102*, Harmer 5-143) trail Essex 447 for 9 dec (Rossington 104, Critchley 99, Harmer 62, Yadav 51, Westley 50) by 125 runs Tom Prest scored his maiden LV= Insurance County Championship century to frustrate title hopefuls Essex, despite Simon Harmer‘s 35th first-class five-wicket haul for the county. Former England Under-19 skipper Prest masterfully scored an unbeaten 102 to guide Hampshire past the follow-on score with…
Lancashire 225 for 6 (Croft 45) vs Nottinghamshire Lancashire made 225 for 6 on a rain-shortened third day of this LV= Insurance County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Emirates Old Trafford. This game is steadily heading towards a draw, having already lost two days to the weather. Steven Croft top-scored for the hosts with 45 while 20-year-old Matty Hurst made an assured unbeaten 35 on debut after openers Keaton Jennings…
Somerset 404 for 4 (Goldsworthy 122, Lammonby 109, Kohler-Cadmore 68*) vs Kent Somerset’s Tom Kohler-Cadmore celebrated his England call-up with a savage assault on Kent’s injury-hit bowling attack on the third day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match at Taunton. Summoned to take part in the ongoing ODI series against Ireland at the conclusion of the game, the uncapped 29-year-old smashed eight sixes in scoring 68 not out from…
Tim Murtagh is the “last of a dying breed” whose achievements in first-class cricket should be “cherished”, according to his former Middlesex team-mate, Steven Finn, after Murtagh marked his 91st and final appearance at Lord’s with first-innings figures of 6 for 83 against Warwickshire. After resuming with the overnight figures of 5 for 55, Murtagh added to his tally by bowling Craig Miles for 29, but his efforts may not…
India strongly back Suryakumar Yadav to bring his game-changing ability to the World Cup despite the slow start to his ODI career. Suryakumar is the No. 1 T20I batter on the ICC rankings, but he hasn’t yet found the same gear in ODIs, where his first 25 innings have only brought two fifties and an average of 24.40. Head coach Rahul Dravid has no doubt, however, of the qualities Suryakumar…
Essex have played down suggestions that Alastair Cook will announce his retirement from professional cricket this week, saying they will hold talks with him about his future at the end of the season when his contract with the club expires. The Daily Mail reported on Thursday morning that Cook will call time on his career at the age of 38, five years after his final international appearance, and suggested that…
Sri Lanka Cricket has resumed its domestic cricket season, which was halted nearly three weeks ago, after coming to an understanding with the country’s sports ministry over a dispute surrounding the restructuring of the domestic tournaments. As such the Major Club three-day tournament and the Tier B Club three-day tournament will resume on Friday, September 22. “Consent was given by the Ministry of Sports and Youth, subsequent to a meeting…
Former India left-arm spinner Sridharan Sriram has returned to the Bangladesh team as its technical consultant for the upcoming World Cup. Sriram will be joining the team in Guwahati on September 27, as Bangladesh begin their preparation for the two warm-up matches ahead of the tournament proper. The BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus said that Sriram will provide them with local knowledge and will be reporting to Khaled Mahmud,…
Big Picture The World Cup is nearly here, but not quite. These two teams will meet to open their campaigns on October 8 in Chennai, but first there are three games in six days that, while useful for fine-tuning plans, and for a number of key Australia players returning to action, will also provide a challenge in ensuring against any further last-minute injury alarms. Australia have suffered a big one…