Hampshire 505 for 8 dec (Vince 211, Brown 110, Evison 4-83) and 180 for 4 (Dawson 56*) beat Kent 343 and 340 (Compton 92, Finch 84, Leaning 43, Abbott 5-89) trail by six wickets Liam Dawson produced a remarkable innings of 56 in 29 balls to give Hampshire a sensational six-wicket in the Vitality County Championship victory over Kent. Hampshire were given 179 runs to chase in 31 overs, and…
Glamorgan 197 (Crane 44, Webster 7-17) and 592 (Northeast 187, Labuschagne 119, Crane 43*) tied with Gloucestershire 179 and 610 for 5 dec (Bracey 204*, Bancroft 159*, Hammond 121) Glamorgan narrowly missed out on making history on the final day of a thrilling Vitality County Championship Second Division match against Gloucestershire which ended in a remarkable tie at Cheltenham. Charged with the task of pursuing what would have been a…
Somerset 284 (Banton 78, Abell 61, Hannon-Dalby 6-56) and 413 for 5 (Abell 152*, Banton 81, Rew 57*) beat Warwickshire 412 and 281 for 8 dec (Bethell 66, Yates 57, Davies 50, Overton 4-57) by five wickets Tom Abell hit a perfectly-paced century as Somerset chased down 410 to beat Warwickshire by five wickets on the final day of an absorbing Vitality County Championship Division One game at Taunton. The…
First-Class Counties Select XI 15 for 0 trail West Indies 339 (Hodge 112, Athanaze 74, McKenzie 73, Louis 50, Ahmed 4-48, Turner 4-60) by 324 runs Fast bowler Shamar Joseph and left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie were late to link up with the West Indies Test squad in England after their flight from Guyana was cancelled because of Hurricane Beryl, which has left the Caribbean in distress over the past few…
Surrey 262 and 278 (Patel 107, Smith 70) beat Essex 180 (Walter 64, Clark 3-33, Worrall 3-40) and 215 (Elgar 60, Lawes 4-26) by 145 runs Tom Lawes was Surrey’s last-day hero with four for 26 as they bowled out Essex for 215 to complete a 145-run victory over their nearest rivals at the Kia Oval and increase their lead at the top of the Vitality County Championship table. Dean…
Nottinghamshire 126 (Slater 64*, Anderson 7-35) and 270 for 4 (Clarke 115*, James 43*) drew with Lancashire 353 for 9 dec (Jennings 183, James 4-61) by 143 runs Joe Clarke made his fourth century of the season and blunted the threat posed by Lancashire’s James Anderson to ensure that Nottinghamshire drew their Vitality County Championship match with Lancashire at Southport. Clarke passed fifty for the seventh time in 14 first-class…
England won the toss and chose to bowl first against New Zealand England have won the toss and elected to bowl first in the third and final ODI against New Zealand in Bristol. The toss went ahead on time, despite heavy rain earlier in the day but, as soon as it was done, a heavy shower arrived and the covers were put back on, delaying the start of play. England,…
Hardik Pandya has become the first Indian to occupy the No. 1 spot for T20I allrounders, as per the latest ICC rankings. He climbed two spots to join Sri Lanka captain Wanindu Hasaranga at the top following his all-round contributions in India’s successful T20 World Cup campaign, where they went unbeaten. Pandya smashed 144 runs at an average of 48 and a strike rate of 151, while also bagging 11…
Cricket Australia (CA) has reiterated that Australia will not play bilateral cricket with Afghanistan because of the Taliban government’s stance regarding the rights of women. CA chief executive Nick Hockley said that there has been “regular dialogue” with the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on the matter, and hoped that the sides resume playing each other “sometime in the future”. Australia have withdrawn from playing Afghanistan in a biletareal series thrice,…
India’s T20 world champions finally left Barbados for New Delhi on a chartered flight from the Grantley Adams International airport in Bridgetown on Wednesday after being stranded for three days because of a category 4 hurricane, which forced the airport there to be shut down. The special Air India flight AIC24WC (Air India Champions 24 World Cup) took off around 4.50am local time and will land in New Delhi on…