Warwickshire 412 and 281 for 8 (Bethell 66, Yates 57, Davies 50, Overton 4-57) lead Somerset 284 (Banton 78, Abell 61, Hannon-Dalby 6-56) by 409 runs Half-centuries from Rob Yates, Alex Davies and Jacob Bethell strengthened Warwickshire’s grip on the third day of the Vitality County Championship Division One match with Somerset at Taunton. The visitors earned a first innings lead of 128 when bowling out Somerset for 284 from…
Leicestershire 179 (Higgins 4-35, Roland-Jones 4-63) and 372 (Green 77, Goldsworthy 75, Roland-Jones 5-76) beat Middlesex 86 (Mike 5-22, Green 4-28) and 342 (du Plooy 60, Roland-Jones 59, Mike 3-88) by 123 runs Despite missing eight senior players through injury or unavailability, Leicestershire recorded their first victory of the Division Two season and inflicted a first defeat on Middlesex as their Vitality County Championship match ended in a 123-run win…
Glamorgan 197 (Crane 44, Webster 7-17) and 222 for 3 (Labuschagne 67*, Northeast 47*) need another 371 runs to beat Gloucestershire 179 and 610 for 5 dec (Bracey 204*, Bancroft 159*, Hammond 121) James Bracey etched his name into the record books as Gloucestershire batted themselves into a position of strength on the third day of the Vitality County Championhip Second Division match against Glamorgan at Cheltenham. The former England…
Essex 180 (Walter 64, Clark 3-33, Worrall 3-40) and 21 for 2 need another 340 runs to beat Surrey 262 and 278 (Patel 107, Smith 70) A brilliant 107 from Ryan Patel, necessarily watchful at first but buccaneering by its end, built on Jamie Smith‘s classy 70 and enabled Surrey to reach a second innings 278 and set Essex a formidable 361 to win the top-of-the-table clash at the Kia…
Nottinghamshire 126 (Slater 64*, Anderson 7-35) and 84 for 2 trail Lancashire 353 for 9 dec (Jennings 183, James 4-61) by 143 runs James Anderson signalled his readiness for next week’s Test farewell at Lord’s by claiming a remarkable seven-wicket haul in his first Championship appearance of the summer, as Lancashire seized control against Nottinghamshire at Southport. Anderson’s haul of 7 for 35 included an opening burst of 6 for…
Kent 343 (Leaning 118, Khushi 53, Barker 4-85) and 132 for 2 (Compton 71*) trail Hampshire 505 for 8 dec by 30 runs Leaning led the resolve in the first innings by returning from injury to score 118, before Compton bedded in with 71 not out in the second innings. But their determination came with a backdrop of a 162-run first innings deficit, meaning Hampshire forced them to follow-on, and…
“I was a little late, but I reached at the ground before the toss,” Taskin told Dhaka-based newspaper Ajker Patrika. “I arrived at the ground around 30-40 minutes before the toss. I missed the team bus. The bus left the hotel at 8.35am. I left for the ground at 8.43am. I almost reached the ground with the bus. It is not as if they didn’t pick me because I arrived…
Kate Cross hasn’t given up hope of representing England at this year’s T20 World Cup and sees the upcoming Hundred as her chance to clinch a spot. Cross returned to England’s ODI side for an emphatic eight-wicket victory over New Zealand in Worcester on Sunday, after an abdominal strain ruled her out of the series opener, which England won by nine wickets for a 2-0 lead. Ahead of the final…
Worcestershire 112 and 231 for 4 (Kashif 76*, Hose 50) beat Durham 190 and 152 (Ackermann 40, Taylor 4-48, Smith 4-52) by six wickets Half-centuries from Kashif Ali and Adam Hose led Worcestershire to a six-wicket win against Durham at the Seat Unique Riverside, their first win of the Vitality County Championship season. Ali (76 not out) and Hose (50) came together when the visitors were 65 for three and…
Yorkshire 416 for 6 (Wharton 188, Tattersall 93*) beat Derbyshire 76 (Fernando 5-30, Thompson 4-31) and 171 (Coad 6-30, Fernando 4-58) by an innings and 204 runs A six-wicket haul by Ben Coad carried Yorkshire to a crushing victory over Derbyshire by an innings and 204 runs on the third day of the Vitality County Championship match at Chesterfield. The pace bowler marked his return from a back injury by…