Month: September 2023

The ECB have placed Middlesex and Middlesex Cricket Board (MCB) under special measures following breaches of the County Partnership Agreement (CPA) and financial regulations. The measures have been imposed following an investigation into funds provided to Middlesex and MCB, which found the club has been financially mismanaged over several years. They include a reduction in payments to the club and a suspended points deduction in each of the County Championship,…

Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah‘s participation in the rest of the Asia Cup has been thrown in doubt. ESPNcricinfo understands that both the players are almost certain to miss Pakistan’s next game, against Sri Lanka on Thursday, and their participation in the final – should Pakistan get there – is also unsure. Pakistan are also understood to be calling up reserve bowlers to prepare for that eventuality. Both the quick…

Warwickshire 142 for 4 (White 3-37) trail Northamptonshire 250 (Nair 78, Gay 77, Hannon-Dalby 7-46) by 108 runs Northamptonshire fought back hard after Oliver Hannon-Dalby‘s career-best bowling put Warwickshire on top on the second day of their LV=Insurance County Championship tussle at Edgbaston. Hannon-Dalby’s superb seven for 46 sent the visitors all out for just 250 in a match they must win to preserve any realistic hopes of avoiding relegation….

Amy Jones has credited an injection of energy brought by England’s three debutants in their opening ODI against Sri Lanka with turning the hosts’ results around after their disappointing T20I series defeat. Mahika Gaur, the 17-year-old left-armer who played 19 T20Is for UAE before making her England debut during the T20 leg of Sri Lanka’s visit, claimed three wickets upon being handed her maiden ODI cap in Durham on Saturday….

Derbyshire 261 for 6 (Reece 77, Came 68, du Plooy 44*) trail Gloucestershire 377 (O. Price 132, Dal 6-69) by 116 runs Anuj Dal completed career-best figures of 6 for 69 to launch a determined Derbyshire fightback on the second day of the LV= Insurance County Championship match with Gloucestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol. The 27-year-old seamer doubled his tally of three first-day victims to help restrict the…

South Africa 169 for 4 (Brits 45, Goodall 36, Kapp 29*, de Klerk 24*, Iqbal 2-32) beat Pakistan 168 (Sana 69, Riaz 53, de Klerk 4-32, Klaas 3-14, Khaka 2-21) by six wickets They might have swept the T20I series, but Pakistan are finding the ODIs a tougher nut to crack, conceding the series at the first time of asking, losing the second game by six wickets to fall 2-0…

Glamorgan 150 for 6 (Carlson 53*) trail Yorkshire 500 (Masood 192, Bean 93, Hill 71) by 350 runs Yorkshire skipper Shan Masood extended his highest score for the county to 192 as he led his side to maximum batting points against Glamorgan on the second day of their LV= County Championship clash at Sophia Gardens. The Pakistani Test star dominated the day once again as he built on his overnight…

Lancashire 132 for 3 (Wells 65*) trail Middlesex 194 (Robson 86, Bailey 3-38) by 62 runs Middlesex spinners Josh De Caires and Jayant Yadav shared three wickets to check Lancashire’s progress on the second afternoon of the LV= County Championship Division One match at Emirates Old Trafford but Luke Wells‘ unbeaten 65 means that the home side remain in a dominant position. Replying to the visitors’ 194 all out, a…

Nottinghamshire 219 for 8 (Mullaney 86, Clarke 62, Nijjar 3-41, chahal 3-52) trail Kent 446 (Leaning 64, James 2-30) by 227 runs Kent spinners Aron Nijjar and Yuzvendra Chahal ripped through the Nottinghamshire middle order to reduce the visitors to 219 for 8 in their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Canterbury, a deficit of 227. Steven Mullaney and Joe Clarke, who made 86 and 62 respectively, looked to have…

Sussex 262 and 234 for 5 (Clark 69, Coles 43*) lead Leicestershire 108 (Patel 48, Karvelas 4-14) by 388 runs Sussex revived their own promotion challenge and dealt Leicestershire’s a blow after dominating day two at Hove. Their seamers exploited a green-tinged pitch at the 1st Central County Ground to take eight wickets for just 40 runs in the morning session as Leicestershire were bundled out for 108 and conceded…