Somerset 220 for 2 (Thomas 106*, Rew 60*) beat Lancashire 218 (Green 65, Bell 56, Aldridge 6-33) by eight wickets Kasey Aldridge recorded career-best figures of 6 for 33 and George Thomas a maiden List A century as Somerset made it three wins from four Group A games with an eight-wicket victory over Lancashire at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton. The visitors could post only 218 all out after…
Northern Superchargers 145 for 5 (Pooran 65*, S Curran 2-20) beat Oval Invincibles 126 for 9 (Ferreira 49, Potts 2-18) by 19 runs Nicholas Pooran was at it again, making his second big-hitting half-century in a row to secure back-to-back victories for Andrew Flintoff’s Northern Superchargers in the Hundred. In front of 24,160 expectant fans at the Kia Oval, Pooran ensured the theme of the day was Superchargers teams crashing…
Kemar Roach is set to return to West Indies’ Test side for their home series against South Africa. A knee injury picked up during the County Championship had forced Roach to miss West Indies’ recently concluded tour of England. Fellow fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, meanwhile, has been rested, with wicketkeeper-batter Joshua Da Silva taking over the vice-captaincy. “We have decided to rest our vice-captain Alzarri Joseph for this series”, head…
Warwickshire 311 for 9 (Benjamin 75, Burgess 60, Taylor 3-43) beat Surrey 308 for 9 (Sibley 149, Geddes 62) by three runs Warwickshire retained their 100 per cent record in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup as they beat a heavily-depleted Surrey side by three runs in a thriller at Rugby School. Chris Benjamin‘s cleanly-hit 75 and Michael Burgess‘ classy 60 offered high entertainment to a 2,500 crowd as they lifted…
Gloucestershire 251 for 9 (Price 98, Hammond 54) beat Yorkshire 215 (Masood 76, Wharton 56) by 36 runs Ollie Price‘s watchful 98 off 118 balls plus a feverish bowling display led by three-wicket quick Matt Taylor led Gloucestershire to an entertaining win over Yorkshire at York as they successfully defended a 252-target to triumph by 36 runs. Price had underpinned Gloucestershire’s 251 for 9, while opener Miles Hammond leant support…
Durham 261 for 6 (Ackermann 108, Lees 55) Northamptonshire 260 (Shaw 97) by four wickets Colin Ackermann made his first List A century for Durham to help his side beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks by four wickets in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup match at the Riverside. Ackermann made 108 as the home team overhauled the Steelbacks’ 260 with 11 balls to spare, an outcome that had not looked likely when visiting…
Glamorgan 203 for 9 (Byrom 51, Lenham 3-29) beat Sussex 200 (Haines 44, Douthwaite 4-44) by one wicket Glamorgan kept their perfect record in this year’s Metro Bank One Cup in tact thanks to a remarkable one-wicket win over Sussex Sharks at the Gnoll in Neath. Sussex had reached a total of 200 all out thanks to a brilliant eighth-wicket stand between Archie Lenham and Bertie Foreman and the two…
Northern Superchargers 146 for 4 (Sutherland 63*, Litchfield 44) beat Oval Invincibles 64 (Sutherland 4-11) by 82 runs Annabel Sutherland inspired Northern Superchargers to their first victory of the Hundred with a sterling all-round performance at The Kia Oval. The powerful Australian made 63 from 40 balls to take her team to an imposing total of 146 for 4, before taking 4 for 11 with the ball to wrap up…
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs India Charith Asalanka won the toss in his first match as Sri Lanka’s ODI captain and opted to bat against India in the first ODI at the Khettarama. Having been ravaged by injury and illness – no less than five of Sri Lanka’s fast bowlers are unavailable – the hosts handed an international debut to seamer Mohamed Shiraz. In his most recent List…
Southern Brave 117 for 3 (Evans 25*) beat Manchester Originals 116 for 6 (Madsen 43*, C Overton 2-11) by seven wickets A stingy display from Southern Brave’s bowlers paved the way for a comfortable seven-wicket win over winless Manchester Originals at the Utilita Bowl. After restricting the Originals to 116 for 6 the hosts, who were without the rested Jofra Archer, cruised home with 22 balls to spare in front…