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…
Sussex 143 (White 4-23, Procter 3-37) and 237 (Simpson 40, Procter 4-45) beat Northamptonshire 97 (Robinson 4-42, McAndrew 3-25) and 220 (Gay 67, McAndrew 5-73) by 63 runs Sussex quick bowler Nathan McAndrew took five wickets, including two in three balls, to power his county to victory over Northamptonshire and cement their place at the top of the Vitality County Championship Division Two. Australian overseas signing McAndrew, who removed both…
Archie Vaughan, the 18-year-old son of former England captain Michael, is set to make his Under-19 Test debut against Sri Lanka next week, having been named in a 14-man squad that includes a number of other familiar family connections, including Rocky Flintoff, Farhan Ahmed and Jaydn Denly. Vaughan, a top-order batter and offspinner, signed his first professional contract with Somerset earlier this season, having been part of the county’s academy…
The victorious T20 World Cup squad was expected to land in India on Monday, but their arrival has been delayed because of Hurricane Beryl, which led to the airport in Barbados being shut down. ESPNcricinfo understands that Samson, Dube and Jaiswal will be part of a felicitation ceremony in India before they travel to Zimbabwe. Rinku Singh and Khaleel Ahmed, who were part of the reserves for the World Cup,…
Rahul Dravid was done as India head coach after his initial two-year term ended at the end of last year’s ODI World Cup, where the team finished runners-up to Australia. Then came a call from Rohit Sharma, and everything changed. “Ro, thank you very much for making that call to me in November and asking [me] to continue,” Dravid, whose tenure ended after India’s T20 World Cup 2024 title win,…
Suryakumar Yadav knew he “hadn’t touched the rope” and that he’d made the split-second decision of going all out for the catch the moment he saw Rohit Sharma further away at long-on. Suryakumar was reflecting on the catch he took to dismiss David Miller at the long-off fence in the final over to tilt the T20 World Cup final in India’s favour. “Rohit bhai usually never stands at long-on but…