Stuart Broad has warned that England’s onus on blooding a new generation of fast bowlers in the wake of James Anderson‘s retirement could leave Ben Stokes with a “quite scary” lack of experience for the forthcoming Test series against West Indies and Sri Lanka. Anderson is set to play against West Indies at Lord’s on July 10 before calling time on his legendary 188-match, 21-year Test career, and with Broad…
Match details Delhi Capitals (6th place) vs Lucknow Super Giants (7th place)Delhi, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture: LSG, DC or neither? Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants are in a tough spot ahead of their game on Tuesday. DC need to win big, and then hope an improbable sequence of other results falls in their favour to have a shot at finishing in the top four. It’s unlikely to…
Nottinghamshire 503 (Hameed 247*, Stone 90, Balderson 4-102) and 81 for 1 beat Lancashire 331 (Jennings 91, Bruce 73, Stone 3-56) and 252 (Hurst 104, Hartley 50, Pennington 4-61) by 72 runs A maiden first-class century from young wicketkeeper Matthew Hurst salvaged some pride for Lancashire but could not stop Nottinghamshire completing their first victory of the season, by nine wickets, in the Vitality County Championship match at Trent Bridge….
Hampshire 503 (Orr 126, Prest 102, Brown 67, Parkinson 4-176) and 62 for 2 drew with Durham 432 (Bedingham 144, Lees 71, Raine 52*, Dawson 5-184, Organ 4-101) Felix Organ and James Vince put on 53 to take Hampshire out of a mini-collapse to complete a Vitality County Championship stalemate with Durham which had been inescapable since Friday. Matthew Potts – two for 19 – reminded England of his skill…
Kemar Roach believes that James Anderson will be remembered as “one of the greatest” fast bowlers in history when he retires from international cricket this summer – but has challenged his West Indies team-mates to “ruin” Anderson’s final Test match by beating England at Lord’s in July. With Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph also at their disposal, West Indies will have one of their strongest seam attacks in years when…
While the ongoing IPL may be a certifiable run-fest, the current school of thought surrounding the upcoming T20 World Cup is that conditions in the USA and Caribbean might be a little less batter-friendly. At least, that’s the working assumption Sri Lanka’s selectors were going on when they named their 15-man squad for the tournament. “If you look at the conditions in America and the West Indies, most of it…
Netherlands have called up Daniel Doram, the Leeward Islands left-arm spinner, to a full T20I squad for the first time. The T20 World Cup clashes with the start of the Vitality Blast, England’s county T20 competition, which has forced Associate players to choose between their primary employers and their national teams. Bas de Leede (Durham) and Fred Klaassen (Kent) will be released by their counties for the T20 World Cup,…
Surrey 464 (Smith 155, Sibley 64, Foakes 52, Abbott 50*, Miles 5-43) and 89 for 1 (Sibley 46*) beat Warwickshire 343 (Barnard 108, Clark 4-65) and 209 (Yates 52, Roach 6-46) by nine wickets Surrey took just 39 minutes on the fourth morning to complete an impressive nine-wicket victory against Warwickshire at the Kia Oval and go 21 points clear at the top of the Vitality County Championship. Dom Sibley…
Liam Livingstone, the Punjab Kings and England allrounder, has left India ahead of schedule in a bid to get his knee “sorted” ahead of June’s T20 World Cup. Livingstone has suffered from a series of muscle injuries in the past two years and missed two games early in the IPL season after he went down in the field during a defeat to Lucknow Super Giants last month. He was later…
Melbourne Renegades have hired Brisbane Heat BBL title-winning coach Wade Seccombe as their new high performance manager while former Australia fast bowler Clint McKay will take over as Melbourne Stars’ equivalent with the two clubs creating the new roles in an attempt to improve their on-field performance. Seccombe coached Heat to their second BBL title earlier this year, having led them to the BBL final the season before, but lost…