Sri Lanka U19s 324 (Kalupahana 104, Caldera 55, French 4-81) and 192 for 4 (Shanmuganathan 73) drew with England U19s 247 (McCann 92, Fonseka 86, Maneesha 6-56) England Men Under-19s will head to Chelmsford for a series decider after the first Youth Test against Sri Lanka Under-19s ended in a rain-affected draw. Any hopes of a result had been dulled when the second day was completely washed out, after which…
Wanindu Hasaranga has resigned as Sri Lanka’s T20I captain after roughly six months in the role. He did not specify a reason for this decision, but said in a statement put out by the board that his decision was in the best interest of Sri Lankan cricket. “Sri Lanka will always have my utmost best efforts as a player, and I will support and stand by my team and leadership…
India will tour Sri Lanka for three men’s T20Is and as many ODIs. The series will start off with back-to-back T20Is on July 26 and 27, while the ODIs start on August 1 with a two-day gap between each match. The Pallekele International Cricket Stadium will play host to the T20Is after which the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo will host the ODIs. ESPNcricinfo Ltd India last toured Sri Lanka…
England 293 for 6 (Crawley 76, Root 68, Pope 57, Brook 50, Motie 2-25) lead West Indies 121 (Atkinson 7-45) by 172 runs England cruised to a 172-run lead on the second morning at Lord’s but were pegged back by Gudakesh Motie, who vindicated his selection by dismissing Ben Stokes and Joe Root. West Indies’ bowlers were put under constant pressure as England added 104 runs in a 28-over session,…
Big picture: Anderson enters the end-game It’s been an emotional week already for the grand old men of British sport. At Wimbledon on Thursday, Andy Murray unleashed the waterworks as he bade farewell to Centre Court, with a final acceptance that his flesh was now too weak to sustain his indomitable spirit. By contrast, that same afternoon at Saint Vulbas, and then at Silverstone three days after that, Mark Cavendish…
Sussex 200 for 7 (Coles 46) beat Hampshire 178 (Coles 4-34) by 22 runs Sussex Sharks made it seven wins out of ten in the Vitality Blast when they beat Hampshire by 22 runs at Hove. Hampshire have won just twice and will surely have to win all their remaining matches to make the quarter-finals. Hampshire, chasing a target of 201, could not have got off to a worse start,…
Young Lions opener Freddie McCann fell just short of a second century of the summer against Sri Lanka U19s in the rain-affected first Men’s Youth Test at Wormsley. McCann was stumped on 92 after sharing a 160-run second-wicket partnership with Keshana Fonseka that ensured a strong response with the bat after Sri Lanka were all out for 324. Sri Lanka U19s captain Dinuru Kalupahana had earlier reached his maiden international…
England 189 for 3 (Crawley 76, Pope 57) lead West Indies 121 (Atkinson 7-45) by 68 runs They came for James Anderson, but they got Gus Atkinson. The first Test of England’s summer at Lord’s was meant to be a farewell for their greatest-ever seam bowler, but West Indies’ batters rolled out the red carpet for a debutant instead: they collapsed from 88 for 3 to 121 all out, with…
India 182 for 4 (Gill 66, Gaikwad 49, Jaiswal 36, Raza 2-24, Muzarabani 2-25) beat Zimbabwe 159 for 6 (Myers 65*, Madande 37, Washington 3-15, Avesh 2-39) by 23 runs At the end of it all, India took a big step towards winning the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe with a 23-run win in the third match to take a 2-1 lead. Gill scored a 49-ball 66 opening the batting…
Southern Vipers 121 for 3 (Knott 57*) beat South East Stars 120 (Davies 4-14) by seven wickets Freya Davies‘ impeccable four-for set up Southern Vipers’ no-nonsense seven-wicket bonus point victory over South East Stars to cement their place at the top of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy table. Former Stars fast bowler Davies hadn’t taken four in an innings since taking 4 for 23 in a T20 for England against…