Month: September 2023

Western Australia 371 for 7 (Whiteman 89, Turner 86, Bancroft 66, Hobson 64*) beat South Australia 349 for 8 (Drew 120, McSweeney 51, Short 3-81), South Australia, despite a superb century from Daniel Drew, slipped to a 22-run defeat to reigning champions Western Australia in their high-scoring one-day clash which brought 720 runs. WA, with Sam Whiteman top-scoring with 89 and Ashton Turner blasting 86 from 44 balls, posted 371…

Middlesex 162 for 3 (Higgins 60*) vs Nottinghamshire Relegation-threatened Middlesex closed a truncated opening day of their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Nottinghamshire on 162 for three as they began the last round of the 2023 season with one eye on Kent’s progress against Lancashire in Canterbury. Middlesex have to better Kent’s result or match it with at least one more bonus point than their rivals if they are…

Derbyshire 308 for 2 (Reece 139*, Guest 96) vs Glamorgan Luis Reece continued to wage his personal battle against the Glamorgan bowlers as he equaled the Derbyshire record of six successive fifties in first-class cricket on the way to plundering his third century of the summer against the Welsh county at Sophia Gardens. Glamorgan’s decision to put Derbyshire into bat on a green wicket in Cardiff came back to haunt…

Surrey 47 for 2 (Sudharsan 20*, Patel 14*, Abbas 2-20) trail Hampshire 219 (Brown 78, Lawes 5-27) by 172 runs Tom Lawes took back-to-back five-wicket hauls as Surrey claimed three of the five points needed to be crowned LV= Insurance County Championship winners. Allrounder Lawes pulled out the Hampshire middle order for his third five-for of the season with Kemar Roach picking up 3 for 41. Hampshire built their below-par…

Somerset 180 for 8 (Wagner 55*, Davey 28*, Rushworth 4-33) vs Warwickshire Somerset were bailed out by their lower order after choosing to bat against Warwickshire on the opening day of their LV=Insurance County Championship game at Edgbaston. After rain wiped out the first session, the visitors plummeted to 37 for 6 against a disciplined seam attack led by the evergreen Chris Rushworth with 4 for 33. But captain Tom…

The 34-year-old dislocated the finger while attempting a catch during New Zealand’s fourth and final ODI against England at Lord’s earlier this month. He subsequently went under the knife, and will now fly to India on Saturday with an aim to be fit for New Zealand’s opening World Cup game against England on October 5. If he does manage to recover in time, it will mark Southee’s fourth ODI World…

Worcestershire 280 for 5 (Kashif Ali 93, D’Oliveira 90*) vs Yorkshire Kashif Ali picked the perfect time to post a career best 93 as he helped steer Worcestershire towards promotion in the LV= Insurance County Championship during a positive first day against Yorkshire at Headingley. Kashif, 25, had only scored 98 runs in four previous appearances dating back to last summer. Here, he led a recovery from 67 for 4,…

Gloucestershire 136 for 6 (Hammond 48, Currie 2-19, Hunt 2-35) trail Sussex 202 (Haines 62, Carson 56, Taylor 5-24) by 66 runs Gloucestershire, looking for their first Championship victory of the season, did much of the hard work at the 1st Central County Ground, Hove, when they had Sussex rocking at 117 for 8. But then Jack Carson (56) and Sean Hunt, with a career best 22, added 71 for…

Durham 409 for 5 (Bedingham 130*, Clark 119, Borthwick 63) vs Leicestershire Graham Clark and David Bedingham both scored hundreds as Division 2 winners Durham looked to end the season with a victory as they piled on the runs on day 1 of their LV=Insurance County Championship Division 2 fixture against Leicestershire. Leicestershire looked to have made the correct decision at the toss to bowl as they dismissed Alex Lees…

Northamptonshire 279 for 6 (Keogh 154*) vs Essex Rob Keogh gave Northamptonshire supporters a rare moment to celebrate with a stunning century against Essex at Wantage Road, scoring 154 off just 145 balls. With the county already relegated and playing for pride after a nightmare season, Keogh put on a show with boundaries all around the ground as Northamptonshire claimed their first batting bonus point at home this summer and…