Kent 178 (Denly 61, Overton 3-38, Evison 3-52) and 409-5 f/o (Crawley 238, Compton 65, Bell-Drummond 62) lead Somerset 554 (Banton 133, Rew 114, Gregory 77, Lammonby 69) by 33 runs England opener Zak Crawley returned to form with a superb double century to lead a stirring Kent fightback on the third day of the Vitality County Championship First Division match with Somerset at Taunton. There were three wickets each…
Central Sparks 142 for 3 (Perrin 79*) beat Sunrisers 138 for 6 (Macleod 54, Baker 2-21) by seven wickets Central Sparks launched their Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign with an emphatic victory as they defeated Sunrisers by seven wickets at New Road, Worcester. In a season-opener between the teams that finished in the bottom two slots last season, Sparks started in style this time round thanks principally to a dazzling unbeaten…
Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match abandoned without a ball bowled Rain in Guwahati denied hosts Rajasthan Royals a shot at a top-two finish in the final league fixture of IPL 2024. The game was abandoned, without a ball being bowled, at around 10.50pm local time, meaning RR ended the league phase with four losses in a row, followed by this washout, to finish third with 17 points. Sunrisers…
Durham 236 (Bedingham 101, Aspinwall 5-41, Lyon 4-59) and 134 for 3 (Lees 40, Aspinwall 2-27) need another 341 runs to beat Lancashire 357 (Jennings 115, Bruce 46, Raine 3-67, Stokes 2-70) and 353 for 9 dec (Jennings 155, Stokes 5-98) Durham’s Ben Stokes took five second-innings wickets for 98 against Lancashire at Blackpool but Keaton Jennings‘s second century of the match helped ensure that his side will go into…
Hampshire 276 and 84 for 5 need a further 85 runs to beat Nottinghamshire 235 and 209 (Haynes 59, Clarke 57, Nottinghamshire had been bowled out for 209 in their second innings by tea, with veteran quick Kyle Abbott (3-41) and off-spinner Felix Organ 3-38, Abbott 3-41) Hampshire’s opportunity to notch a first win of the season is in the balance after a fast-moving third day of their Vitality County…
Northamptonshire 422 (Keogh 102, Bartlett 76, Broad 75, Vasconcelos 53) and 195 for 2 (Gay 89*, Nair 37*) lead Derbyshire 362 (Guest 76, Whiteley 54, Sanderson 5-76) by 255 runs Northamptonshire regained control of the Vitality County Championship Division Two match at Derby after a Ross Whiteley counter-attack revived Derbyshire. Whiteley scored 54 in his first Championship match for nearly three years and dominated a last wicket stand of 58…
Leicestershire 371 (Patel 117, Currie 72, Taylor 3-62) and 24 for 0 trail Gloucestershire 706 for 6 dec (Bancroft 160, Charlesworth 126, van Buuren 103, Bracey 92) by 311 runs Opener Rishi Patel, with his first century of the season, and nightwatcher Scott Currie, led the fightback as Leicestershire’s batters fought to save the game on the third day of the Vitality County Championship match against Gloucestershire at the UptonSteel…
Essex 162 (Cox 47, Simmons 3-12, Yates 3-27) and 224 for 4 (Cox 77*, Critchley 46*) need another 106 runs to beat Warwickshire 397 (Barnard 165, Burgess 108) and 94 (Yates 28, Critchley 4-24, Harmer 3-28) An unbroken fifth-wicket century stand between Jordan Cox and Matt Critchley gave Essex the chance of pulling off an unlikely Vitality County Championship victory over Warwickshire at Chelmsford. Set 330 to win in 170…
South East Stars 132 for 9 (Cranstone 31, Wellington 3-22) beat Western Storm 128 for 6 (Corney 40) by four runs Tash Farrant held her nerve in a dramatic final over as South East Stars opened their Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign with a narrow four-run victory over Western Storm at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol. Chasing a target of 133 to win, Storm required 10 runs off the final…
Surrey 213 (Lawrence 84, Pope 63, Waite 3-19, Leach 3-62) and 427 (Clark 98, Lawrence 87, Yadvinder 4-103) beat Worcestershire 128 (Worrall 6-22) and 231 (Gibbon 75, Smith 60, Worrall 4-35) by 281 runs Surrey’s quest for a hat-trick of Vitality County Championship titles gained further momentum with a 281-run demolition of Worcestershire inside three days at the Kia Oval. Dan Worrall added four for 35 to his first innings’…