Glamorgan 273 (Carlson 64, Revis 5-50) and 401 for 5 dec (Northeast 166, Byrom 101, Carlson 52) drew with Yorkshire 500 (Masood 192, Bean 93, Hill 71) Sam Northeast and Eddie Byrom both hit centuries as Glamorgan frustrated Yorkshire to salvage a draw on the final day of their LV= Division 2 County Championship clash at Sophia Gardens. Northeast ended the day unbeaten on 166, while Byrom was out for…
Gloucestershire 377 (O Price 132, Dal 6-69) and 208 for 6 (van Buuren 48*, Middleton 39*, Thomson 4-79) drew with Derbyshire 403 (du Plooy 108, Reece 77, Came 68, Gohar 5-122) Ed Middleton marked his first class debut with a composed innings to ensure Gloucestershire of a draw on the final day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Derbyshire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol. After bowling their…
Big picture It is, once more, that time of the Asia Cup again. One match away from the match that never happens. For years, decades, even, the prospect of an India-Pakistan final has teased and tantalised, but remained just out of grasp, leaving the two giants of the subcontinent sportingly and commercially unsatiated. And for most of that time, it is the side Pakistan face tomorrow – Sri Lanka –…
Northern Diamonds 196 (Winfield-Hill 89, Bell 4-32) beat Thunder 148 (Levick 4-28, Turner 3-18) by 48 runs Northern Diamonds gave their chances of qualifying for the final stages of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy a massive boost with a comprehensive 48-run victory over cross-Pennines rivals Thunder at Sale Sports Club. Lauren Winfield-Hill continued her brilliant white-ball form for Diamonds with a barnstorming 89, before Katie Levick with four wickets and…
Naseem Shah, who injured his bowling shoulder towards the end of Pakistan’s Asia Cup Super Four match against India, has been withdrawn from the squad, and has been replaced by Zaman Khan. The PCB said that Naseem “continues to be monitored by the team’s medical panel that is taking all necessary precautions” keeping in mind the ODI World Cup, which starts in less than a month’s time. Zaman has linked…
Fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq, who last played an ODI in January 2021, has been called up by Afghanistan for the 2023 ODI World Cup, which starts in India next month. Omarzai, who suffered a side strain during Afghanistan’s ODI series against Pakistan in August, is back in the team after missing the Asia Cup. Getty Images Rashid Khan will spearhead a strong spin attack that comprises Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman…
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first vs England Jason Roy suffered a second back spasm in six days on Wednesday morning, ruling him out of England’s third ODI against New Zealand. Roy missed the first two games of the series after sustaining the same injury on the morning of the series opener. Dawid Malan returns to the England side after missing Sunday’s win at the Ageas…
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Matthew Short, 8.2 ov), 2-119 (Ben McDermott, 19.1 ov), 3-170 (Josh Philippe, 26.3 ov), 4-187 (Matt Renshaw, 28.5 ov), 5-187 (Ashton Turner, 29.4 ov), 6-199 (Will Sutherland, 32.3 ov), 7-199 (Tom Rogers, 32.4 ov), 8-221 (Oliver Davies, 39.2 ov), 9-243 (Matthew Kuhnemann, 43.6 ov), 10-243 (Gurinder Sandhu, 44.1 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Mushfiqur Rahim will miss Bangladesh’s Asia Cup Super Four match against India, scheduled for Friday in Colombo, after being “granted an extension of leave” by the BCB to be with his family. He had returned to Dhaka after Bangladesh’s last match, against Sri Lanka on September 9, to be with his wife for the birth of their second child, and was initially expected to rejoin the team for the India…
Shubman Gill has moved up to a career-best No. 2 in the ICC ODI rankings for men’s batters, with only Babar Azam ahead of him. Gill scored 58 and stitched a 121-run opening partnership with captain Rohit Sharma in the Asia Cup Super Four fixture against Pakistan, which helped him move up one spot despite just 19 against Sri Lanka in the next game. Rohit, who has hit 53 and…