Graham Thorpe, the former England and Surrey batter, has died aged 55, the ECB has announced. Thorpe, who played 100 Tests for England between 1993 and 2005 and went on to work as batting coach for the senior men’s team, was taken “seriously ill” in 2022, shortly after being named as Afghanistan’s head coach. During his playing career, Thorpe scored 6744 Test runs, with 16 hundreds, and was also capped…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed the introduction of three new competitions for the upcoming domestic season, which will now run for almost a year – starting in September 2024 and ending in August 2025. A five-team Champions tournament – as reported by ESPNcricinfo in June – will be played across formats aiming to “bridge the gap between domestic and international cricket” according to a PCB release. The five…
Dindigul Dragons 131 for 4 (Ashwin 52, Indrajith 32, Siddharth 1-14) beat Lyca Kovai Kings 129 for 7 (Arvindh 27, Atheeq 25, Vignesh 2-15, Varun 2-26, Warrier 2-26) by six wickets A 46-ball 52 from R Ashwin at No. 3 following a collective strong bowling display helped Dindigul Dragons to their maiden Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) title. It was Ashwin’s third successive fifty in TNPL 2024. Lyca Kovai Kings,…
Dropping a match to this Sri Lanka was a surprise, sure. But the conditions also made for fickle cricket. Abhishek Nayar, India’s assistant coach, has, like the rest of us, not watched Sri Lanka take many games off India lately. But these were his takeaways from the second ODI, which India lost by 32 runs. He also pointed to opposition spinner Jeffrey Vandersay‘s excellent lengths, and Sri Lanka’s tenacious lower…
Northern Superchargers 167 for 5 (Brook 58) beat Manchester Originals 153 for 6 (Hurst 78, Santner 2-23) by 14 runs Northern Superchargers made it two wins from two over Manchester Originals in the northern derbies at Headingley in the Hundred on Sunday. Harry Brook‘s side beat the team from the other side of the Pennines by 14 runs to follow success for Hollie Armitage’s team earlier in the day. Originals…
Leicestershire 363 for 7 (Handscomb 119, Budinger 84, Rahane 68, Holland 65) beat Sussex 353 for 9 (Haines 129, Simpson 85, Clark 72, Mike 3-63) by 10 runs Holders Leicestershire Foxes made it three wins out of four in this year’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup when they beat Sussex Sharks by ten runs at Hove. But in a monumental match, which yielded 716 runs, Sussex – who have now lost…
Derbyshire 317 for 9 (Dal 115, Lloyd 71, G Thomas 3-41, Davey 3-46) beat Somerset 316 for 5 (Rew 88, Dickson 86, Umeed 58, J Thomas 54*, Chappell 3-54) by one wicket Anuj Dal blasted a brilliant century as Derbyshire took over as Group A leaders with a thrilling one-wicket Metro Bank One-Day Cup victory over Somerset at Taunton. The hosts posted 316 for 5 after losing the toss, skipper…
Northern Superchargers 138 for 4 (Sutherland 44, Litchfield 43, Filer 2-16) Manchester Originals 92 (Cross 4-20) Northern Superchargers took the spoils in the northern derby in The Hundred as the home side won their second game on the bounce to give them two wins from their opening four games. In front of a record Headingley crowd of 11,061 Originals won the toss and chose to put the home side into…
Glamorgan 283 (Northeast 89, Snater 3-45, Richards 3-68) beat Essex 251 (Westley 51, McIlroy 3-33, Douthwaite 3-41, Morris 3-52) by 32 runs Ben Morris blasted a hole in the Essex middle-order to introduce himself on to the first-team stage as Glamorgan maintained their 100 per cent record in this season’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup at Chelmsford. A year after making his Glamorgan debut in the competition, the 20-year-old seamer grabbed…
Nottinghamshire 378 for 6 (Slater 164, Haynes 86, McKerr 3-78) beat Surrey 271 (Sibley 72, McKerr 71, Lord 5-45) by 107 runs Ben Slater took full advantage of Guildford’s short square boundaries to hit nine sixes and 12 fours in a brilliant List A best 164 off 119 balls as Notts Outlaws overpowered Surrey by 107 runs. And Rob Lord, a 23-year-old seamer making only his second senior appearance, was…