Oval Invincibles 147 for 5 (Curran 51*) beat London Spirit 117 (Lawrence 27, Curran 5-16) by 30 runs The Oval Invincibles made it three wins from four in this The Hundred this year with Sam Curran’s all-round heroics proving the difference between two sides fighting it out for bragging rights in the capital. Curran smashed 51 from 22 balls, single-handedly dragging the Invincibles to a strong total on a tricky…
Warwickshire 271 for 4 (Barnard 152*) beat Gloucestershire 267 (J Taylor 139*, Charlesworth 53, Barnard 3-16, Ali 3-53, Booth 3-55) by six wickets Ed Barnard was outstanding with bat and ball as Warwickshire beat Gloucestershire by six wickets at Bristol’s Seat Unique Stadium to extend their winning start to five matches in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup. Having claimed 3 for 16 to help dismiss Gloucestershire for 267 in 49.4…
Hampshire 222 for 8 (Organ 74*) beat Lancashire 151 (Green 100, Turner 4-24, Wheal 3-14) by 71 runs Felix Organ struck 74 not out off 57 balls before Brad Wheal and John Turner destroyed Lancashire’s batting and their hopes of Metro Bank One Day Cup progression. Hampshire had stumbled to 50 for 4 but Organ headlined a fightback with 74 and his second fifty of this season’s campaign. Lancashire then…
Northamptonshire 295 for 6 (Shaw 72, Vasconcelos 68, Bartlett 60, Singh 3-51) beat Worcestershire (Taylor 57, Libby 50*, Broad 3-32, Zaib 3-44) by 130 runs Allrounder Justin Broad claimed two wickets in an over as Northamptonshire’s seamers ran through Worcestershire’s top order to set up a comprehensive 130-run victory in this Metro Bank One-Day Cup clash at Wantage Road, the hosts’ first win in this year’s tournament. Chasing 296 to…
Middlesex 206 for 5 (Cracknell 88, White 50) beat Kent 204 (O’Riordan 58) by five wickets Joe Cracknell hit 88 as Middlesex coasted to a five-wicket win over the Kent Spitfires in the Metro Bank Cup at Beckenham. Cracknell blitzed the Spitfires with an 82-ball innings included two sixes and ten fours and Robbie White chipped in with 50 as the visitors eased home with 8.4 overs to spare, finishing…
Oval Invincibles 113 for 8 (Kapp 47, Deepti 3-18) drew with London Spirit 113 for 9 (Deepti 44, Kapp 4-11) Oval Invincibles and London Spirit tied a last-ball thriller in front of a lively crowd of 17,810 at Lord’s in The Hundred. An ice-cold Charlie Dean run out as Ryana MacDonald-Gay and Jo Gardner sought a match-winning two from the final ball denied the visitors what had not long before…
Fast bowler Dillon Pennington‘s chances of making his England debut during the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka have taken a significant blow after he was forced to withdraw from the Hundred due to a hamstring injury. Pennington, 25, has been one of the outstanding fast bowlers in the County Championship this season, taking 31 wickets at 23.80 in eight appearances for Nottinghamshire. He spent last month with England’s Test…
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs India Aiming to go one better after tying the first ODI in dramatic circumstances, Sri Lanka chose to bat in the second match of the series. Charith Asalanka, their captain, had no hesitation in making the decision: the pitch at the R Premadasa Stadium is expected to play similarly to the one that hosted Friday’s series-opener, and provide increasing help for the spinners…
Welsh Fire 129 for 6 (Bairstow 55, Abell 33, Cook 2-22) beat Trent Rockets 125 for 8 (Hales 23, Rauf 2-15, Payne 2-18) by four runs Jonny Bairstow edged out his long-time teammate Joe Root in the battle of the England legends as Welsh Fire beat Trent Rockets in a thrilling encounter at a raucous Trent Bridge in The Hundred. Rockets appeared to be favourites for most of the match…
Ottis Gibson will leave Yorkshire when his contract expires at the end of this season, the club announced on Saturday. Gibson joined the club in early 2022 on a three-year contract after Andrew Gale, his predecessor, was sacked during the fall-out that followed Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of institutional racism at the club. Yorkshire paid tribute to Gibson’s “total professionalism” during “the most difficult period of Yorkshire’s history” in a statement….