Birmingham Phoenix 138 for 6 (Bethell 46*) beat Trent Rockets 132 for 8 (Hales 38, Mousley 3-9) by six runs Dan Mousley snatched victory from the jaws of defeat for Birmingham Phoenix against Trent Rockets in The Hundred with a stunning final ten deliveries. The young all-rounder took three wickets for just three runs to see Phoenix over the line from an almost impossible situation. With the Rockets chasing 138,…
Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal wants the Impact Player rule scrapped, while Kavya Maran, the owner of Sunrisers Hyderabad, recommended a minimum of seven players to be retained without any restrictions on the number of overseas players bought back. There was also a split vote on having a mega auction every five years. These were some of the discussions during the meeting between the BCCI and the owners of the…
Anshuman Gaekwad, the former India batter and national head coach has died aged 71, following a long battle with blood cancer. Gaekwad, who was in London till last month, died in Baroda after a brief time in the ICU due to various health complications. Gaekwad played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs for India between 1975 and 1987, before becoming a selector, and later, the coach of the national team. As…
Leicestershire 291 for 7 (Budinger 120) beat Essex 290 for 9 (Critchley 55, Thain 53, Allison 51) by seven wickets Sol Budinger followed up his maiden Metro Bank One-Day Cup century against Essex last season by adding a second three-figure innings against the same attack at Chelmsford. The left-hander carried the Leicestershire Foxes to a seven-wicket victory with 120 at exactly a run-a-ball to give the 2023 champions a second…
Birmingham Phoenix 139 for 3 beat Trent Rockets 136 for 7 by three runs Australian superstar Ellyse Perry starred with the bat and in the field as Phoenix ended their 12-match losing streak to beat the Trent Rockets in The Hundred. On a sunny afternoon in Nottingham, Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and chose to bat, making a steady start, with Sophie Devine and Sterre Kalis going at a run…
Glamorgan 278 for 2 (Byrom 123*, Ingram 103*) beat Nottinghamshire 274 for 9 (Hameed 89, Gorvin 5-56) by eight wickets Career best performances from Andy Gorvin and Eddie Byrom helped Glamorgan maintain their 100 percent record in this year’s Metro Bank One Day Cup as they beat Notts Outlaws by eight wickets at the Gnoll in Neath. Glamorgan’s seamers did a fantastic job at keeping the Outlaws’ batting line up…
Yorkshire 261 (Masood 63, Crocombe 4-47) beat Sussex 212 (Clark 55) by 49 runs Yorkshire Vikings won a highly competitive and enthralling Metro Bank One-Day Cup clash with Sussex Sharks at York – by 49 runs – with a number of valuable contributions led by captain Shan Masood and spin-bowling all-rounder Dom Bess. Both sides contributed significantly to this sun-kissed Group B fixture played out in front of a 3,417…
Kent 170 for 6 (Finch 53*, Abbott 3-16) beat Hampshire 168 (Abbott 37, Swanepoel 3-28) by four wickets Harry Finch played an innings of Boycott-like obstinacy to see the Kent Spitfires home by four wickets in their Metro Bank Cup Group game with Hampshire at Beckenham. Chasing 169 to win, Kent lurched to 69 for six before Finch and Charlie Stobo (32 not out) responded with an unbeaten partnership of…
Somerset 241 for 9 (Goldsworthy 93, Coughlin 3-47) beat Durham 108 (Borthwick 35, Leach 6-26) by 133 runs England might not need Jack Leach but Somerset certainly do. The England slow left-armer took 6 for 26 to lead his county to a 133-run victory over Durham in Wednesday’s Metro-Bank One-Day Cup victory at the Riverside. No one played Leach with any comfort on a pitch that was receptive to spin…
The onus is on Test players outside of the Big Three countries to play an attractive brand of cricket to keep the format alive, according to South African quick Kagiso Rabada, who is in his tenth year of international cricket. Rabada has played 62 Tests, fewer than his number of ODIs (101) and T20Is (65), but regards the longest format as the best and wants his peers to help keep…