Jake Fraser-McGurk‘s stunning IPL made Australia’s selectors ponder a change to their T20 World Cup planning before it was decided they could not find room for him in the 15-player squad which will travel to the Caribbean. Related David Warner is polarising opinion till the very end Fraser-McGurk, Short set to be Australia’s T20 World Cup travelling reserves Aussies at the IPL: Who starred, who chipped in, who flopped across…
Leicestershire 371 (Patel 117, Currie 72, Taylor 3-62) and 377 for 7 (Handscomb 81, Rehan 55, Hill 54, Patel 51) drew with Gloucestershire 706 for 6 dec (Bancroft 160, Charlesworth 126, van Buuren 103, Bracey 92) Half-centuries from Rishi Patel, Lewis Hill, Peter Handscomb and Rehan Ahmed saw Leicestershire secure a hard-fought draw after being asked to follow on in their Vitality County Championship match against Gloucestershire at the UptonSteel…
Derbyshire 362 (Guest 76, Whiteley 54, Sanderson 5-76) and 261 for 9 (Chappell 72, Keogh 5-62) drew with Northamptonshire 422 (Keogh 102, Bartlett 76, Broad 75, Vasconcelos 53) and 310 for 3 dec (Gay 153*, Nair 55) Anuj Dal blocked Northamptonshire’s path to victory as Derbyshire emerged with an unlikely draw from the Vitality County Championship Division Two match at Derby. Northants were on course for a first win of…
Middlesex 343 (Stoneman 129, Higgins 75*, Harris 4-84) and 213 for 8 (Stoneman 63, Crane 5-99) beat Glamorgan 183 (Helm 4-44) and 372 (Labuschagne 111, Ingram 105, Hollman 3-57) by two wickets Middlesex secured a two-wicket victory over Glamorgan in their Vitality County Championship match in Cardiff with Mark Stoneman top-scoring in a win that came right down to the last few overs on the fourth day. Glamorgan were miles…
Somerset 554 (Banton 133, Rew 114, Gregory 77, Lammonby 69) and 194 for 2 (Renshaw 82*, Umeed 73*) beat Kent 178 (Denly 61, Overton 3-38, Evison 3-52) and 564 (Crawley 238, Denly 67, Compton 65, Bell-Drummond 62) by eight wickets Matt Renshaw hit an unbeaten 82 as Somerset moved into second place in Vitality County Championship Division One with an eight-wicket victory over Kent at Taunton. The visitors battled their…
Lancashire 357 (Jennings 115, Raine 3-67) and 353 for 9 dec (Jennings 155, Stokes 5-98) beat Durham 236 (Bedingham 101, Aspinwall 5-41, Lyon 4-59) and 414 (Robinson 171*, Bedingham 103, Balderson 4-52) by 60 runs George Balderson took four vital wickets with the new ball to help Lancashire secure a 60-run victory over Durham in their Vitality County Championship match at Blackpool. Balderson’s achievement overshadowed the contributions of more illustrious…
For the first time, a women’s franchise game will be running side by side with a men’s international, after Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced the fixtures of this year’s Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) to be held in August in Trinidad. Three WCPL matches will be a part of double-headers along with West Indies men’s T20Is against South Africa. Johnny Grave, CEO of Cricket West Indies, called it an “exciting…
England’s fast-bowling stocks have been dealt another blow after Jamie Overton was diagnosed with a lower-back stress fracture which will rule him out of their Test series against West Indies and Sri Lanka this summer. Overton played his only Test at Headingley in June 2022, taking two wickets against New Zealand and scoring 97 from No. 8. But a stress fracture ruled him out of the Ashes last summer and,…
Essex 162 and 224 for 4 (Cox 77*, Critchley 46*) need another 106 runs to beat Warwickshire 397 and 94 (Yates 28, Critchley 4-24, Harmer 3-28) Jordan Cox led Essex to one of the more unlikely successful run chase with a swashbuckling century as Warwickshire were beaten by four wickets at Chelmsford. Cox, who hit 112 from 192 balls, was joined in a record fifth-wicket partnership against Warwickshire of 176…
Match details Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Qualifier 1Ahmedabad, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture: Two batting powerhouses collide Two of the quickest-scoring teams in this IPL could produce another run-fest in the first qualifier in Ahmedabad, especially if it serves up a bouncy, red-soil track. Phil Salt has left the IPL but Kolkata Knight Riders still have enough power in the form of Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and…