The privatisation of the Hundred has moved a step closer after the ECB achieved broad agreement with the 18 first-class counties and MCC over its proposed “direction of travel”. The English game has met regularly across the past nine months to discuss the future of the tournament. ECB chief executive Richard Gould said last month that there was “strong consensus” that the eight teams – which are currently owned by…
Gareth Roderick said that he felt the spirit of Josh Baker spurring him on during his first-day hundred against Kent at Canterbury, in Worcestershire’s return to cricket after the tragic death of their team-mate, at the age of just 20, last week. Roderick, who opened the batting and made 117 out of Worcestershire’s close-of-play total of 308 for 5, marked the moment of his century with a tap of Baker’s…
Warwickshire 318 for 8 (Barnard 96*, Clark 4-50) vs Surrey This was a day defined by the performances of two allrounders who have been among the outstanding county signings of the modern era: Jordan Clark, the underestimated linchpin of Surrey’s back-to-back Championship titles, and Ed Barnard, who needs four runs on Saturday to complete his maiden first-class hundred as a Warwickshire player. Clark showed some promise as a red-ball cricketer…
Gujarat Titans 231 for 3 (Gill 104, Sai Sudharsan 103, Deshpande 2-33) beat Chennai Super Kings 196 for 8 (Mitchell 63, Moeen 56, Mohit 3-31, Rashid 2-38) by 35 runs Shubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan ripped up the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) attack and the record books to keep Gujarat Titans’ (GT’s) playoff hopes just alive. The result, however, punctured CSK’s chances and left them facing a tricky route…
Gloucestershire 338 for 8 (Hammond 112, Bancroft 53, Kaul 4-58) vs Northamptonshire Miles Hammond struck a sparkling 112 off 133 balls, his first century in two years to help propel Gloucestershire to 338 for 8 against Northamptonshire on day one of this Vitality County Championship match at Wantage Road. Despite hitting eight fifties last season, and three so far this year, this was the first time Hammond had gone on…
Glamorgan 21 for 1 trail Sussex 278 (Hudson-Prentice 48, Hamza 4-70, Harris 4-93) by 257 runs Wickets came in clusters on the first day of the Vitality County Championship match between Glamorgan and Sussex in Cardiff with the visitors posting 278 in their first innings after a middle-order collapse left them in trouble. Four wickets apiece from James Harris and Mir Hamza were the highlight for Glamorgan but Sussex did…
Ireland 183 for 5 (Balbirnie 77, Tector 36, Abbas 2-36) beat Pakistan 182 for 6 (Babar 57, Ayub 45, Young 2-27) by five wickets Ireland and Pakistan were playing each other in a T20I for the first time in 15 years, and Andy Balbirnie‘s 77 helped the hosts beat the visitors. It was Ireland’s first win over Pakistan in the format, with the only time the teams having met earlier…
Lancashire 306 for 8 (Jennings 91, Bruce 73, Pennington 3-46) vs Nottinghamshire Dillon Pennington was Nottinghamshire’s outstanding performer as Lancashire were denied the prosperity they had been hoping for when they opted to bat on day one of their Vitality County Championship match at Trent Bridge. Skipper Keaton Jennings made 91 and overseas batter Tom Bruce 73 but Lancashire let a good position slip, tumbling from 190 for 2 to…
Hampshire 336 for 4 (Orr 126, Prest 65*, Dawson 33*, ) vs Durham New boy Ali Orr began to fulfil the expectations placed on him with a smart maiden Hampshire century as he led a positive batting day for his side against Durham in the Vitality County Championship. Opening batter Orr, who moved from boyhood club Sussex in the winter, expertly amassed 126, his first Championship hundred since September 2022…
Worcestershire 308 for 5 (Roderick 117, Kashif 72, Hose 50*) vs Kent A Gareth Roderick century left Worcestershire in a commanding position after day one of their Vitality County Championship with Kent at Canterbury. The visitors were 308 for 5 at stumps, with Roderick hitting 117 from 281 balls, after the former Kent 2nd XI player Kashif Ali had given them a platform with 72. Adam Hose was unbeaten on…