Hampshire 181 for 5 (McDermott 64, Vince 41, Prest 41) beat Essex 174 for 7 (Allison 69*, Benkenstein 54, Turner 4-23) by seven runs Hampshire Hawks fast bowler John Turner‘s best T20 figures knocked Essex out of the Vitality Blast. The Eagles, who were losing finalists in 2023, only needed a point at Utilita Bowl to overtake Gloucestershire into fourth but were undone by Turner’s 4 for 23. Ben McDermott‘s…
Glamorgan 243 for 4 (Carlson 135) beat Somerset 123 (Labuschagne 5-11) by 120 runs Kiran Carlson‘s magnificent century ended Glamorgan’s 2024 Vitality Blast campaign in record-breaking fashion with a convincing 120-run win over Somerset. The Glamorgan captain’s hard hitting 135 from just 64 balls after winning the toss and opting to bat got the hosts to the highest total of the 2024 blast with 243 for four before Somerset fell…
Birmingham Bears 194 for 5 (Moeen 103) beat Leicestershire 122 (Goldsworthy 35, Briggs 3-30, Bethell 2-5, Miles 2-12) by 72 runs Birmingham Bears sealed top spot in the Vitality Blast North Group final table with a 72-run victory over Leicestershire Foxes at sultry Edgbaston. The Bears booked a home quarter-final with Gloucestershire while the Foxes, who knew that a win would take them into the last eight, suffered the angst…
Sussex 161 for 1 (Hughes 96*, Ward 56) beat Middlesex 159 for 9 (Davies 52, Robinson 3-27) by nine wickets Sussex Sharks secured a home quarter-final in the Vitality Blast after thrashing Middlesex by nine wickets in front of a sell-out crowd at Hove. They leapfrogged Somerset, who lost heavily to Glamorgan in Cardiff, and back into second place after securing a ninth win in the South Group and will…
Kent 217 for 5 (Muyeye 61, Bell-Drummond 58) beat Surrey 131 (Parkinson 3-23, Singh 3-27) by 86 runs Kent Spitfires routed Surrey by 86 runs in the Vitality Blast at Canterbury to end a disappointing campaign on a high note. They then produced the kind of stifling fielding display their fans have been longing to see all summer, skittling the South Group winners for 131 in 16 overs. Matt Parkinson…
Kavem Hodge described his battle with Mark Wood as “brutal” but said that only increased the level of satisfaction after his maiden Test hundred provided a platform for West Indies to hit back on day two of the second match of the series against England in Nottingham. Hodge, 31 and playing in his fourth Test, said that scoring a century was “a dream come true”, having had doubts about whether…
Chris Silverwood has been appointed to his first job in English cricket since he was sacked as England’s head coach, replacing Azhar Mahmood as one of Tom Moody’s assistants at defending champions Oval Invincibles in the Hundred. Silverwood lost his job in the aftermath of England’s 4-0 defeat in Australia in early 2022 but was only out of work for two months, joining Sri Lanka on a two-year contract. That…
The prospect of ring-fencing money for Afghanistan women’s cricket could be raised at the ICC’s annual meetings in Colombo this weekend, as the global body comes under growing pressure to act over the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s (ACB) inability to field a women’s team. A number of boards, among them Cricket Australia (CA) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC), are believed to be eager to discuss possibilities of such a move at…
Pakistan chose to bat vs India Pakistan captain Nida Dar won the toss and decided to bat against India in their opening game of the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup, in windy Dambulla. Dar said at the toss that the surface looks “pretty dry”. It’s a used pitch, with Nepal beating UAE on it earlier in the day. India made three changes to the side that last played against South Africa…
England’s Test players are being lined up to play in the ILT20 and the SA20 at the start of 2025, after missing the second seasons of both leagues due to their tour to India. Joe Root was unveiled as a new signing by Paarl Royals on Friday, and ESPNcricinfo understands that franchises have expressed interest in several other Test players. The Telegraph reported on Friday that Ben Stokes, who has…