Month: September 2024

Northamptonshire 383 (Sales 135, Zaib 71, Keogh 49, Holland 4-53) and 137 for 9 (Procter 86*, Bartlett 54*) beat Leicestershire 203 (Budinger 56, Chahal 4-82) and 316 (Currie 120, Chahal 5-134) by nine wickets Scott Currie‘s valiant maiden first-class century proved in vain despite helping to stage a remarkable Leicestershire fightback as Northamptonshire completed back-to-back first-class victories for the first time in five years to the day. Sent in as…

Hasan Mahmud stuck to bowling fuller lengths for most of the first day of Bangladesh’s Test tour of India. When he wasn’t bowling gentle outswingers to tempt the Indian batters to go for the cover drive, he was trying to hit the stumps or the pads. Taskin Ahmed, who has played more Tests than Mahmud, and Nahid Rana, who bowls much quicker, did not stick to this simple approach. They…

Nottinghamshire 433 (Slater 160, Haynes 62, Hameed 56, Gilchrist 4-101) and 28 for 0 (Slater 22*, Hameed 6*) beat Kent 225 (Evison 76, Farhan 4-37) and 230 (Muyeye 60, Evison 42, Duffy 4-60, Lord 3-42) f/o by 10 wickets Nottinghamshire have thrashed Kent by ten wickets in the Vitality County Championship at Canterbury, condemning the hosts to relegation and boosting their own survival hopes into the bargain. Joey Evison scored…

India A 224 for 7 (Rawat 122*, Mulani 44, Kamboj 3-40, Vyshak 2-33) vs India C Shashwat Rawat waged a lone battle for India A with an unbeaten 122 off 235 balls as the India C quicks kept a lid on proceedings on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy 2024-25 encounter in Anantapur. It could have been a lot worse for India A who lost their top four for…

Yorkshire have appointed Gavin Hamilton, their former allrounder who played a Test for England in 1999, as their new general manager of cricket. Hamilton effectively replaces Darren Gough, who left his role as director of cricket earlier this year, though he will have oversight of the women’s team as well as the men’s. Hamilton, 50, played his only Test in November 1999, a match best remembered for England’s top-order collapse…

Australia 145 for 5 (Litchfield 64*, Wareham 26, Penfold 2-24) beat New Zealand 143 for 7 (Green 35, Bates 33, Graham 1-13, Sutherland 1-18) by five wickets A stunning unbeaten half-century from Phoebe Litchfield guided Australia to victory after a serious wobble against New Zealand in Mackay, but the win was overshadowed by a bizarre head knock to Ashleigh Gardner pre-game that saw her ruled out as a precaution given…

India D 306 for 5 (Samson 89*, Bhui 56, Bharat 52, R Chahar 3-60) vs India B Samson stayed unbeaten on 89 off 83 balls at stumps, taking India D to 306 for 5 in 77 overs. He had Saransh Jain for company on 26. After India B had elected to bowl, their bowlers were in for an early toil with Padikkal and Bharat stitching a 105-run stand for the…

“This is for DJ Bravo” Andre Russell summed up the overwhelming feeling in Trinidad as the crowd turned up in droves on Wednesday to celebrate one of its greatest T20 heroes in what was possibly his last official match in the Caribbean. Before the start of CPL 2024, Dwayne Bravo had announced he would retire from the league after the end of the ongoing season. But he has played just…

Sussex 311 (Carson 71, Simpson 61, Gohar 6-76) beat Gloucestershire 109 (Unadkat 4-32, Clark 3-17, Robinson 3-33) and 195 (Dent 61, Crocombe 4-22, Unadkat 3-39) by an innings and seven runs Jubilant Sussex needed less than a session of the third day to wrap up an innings victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol and clinch promotion from Division Two of the Vitality County Championship with a game to spare. Resuming on…

Middlesex 358 (Stoneman 115, De Caires 80, Holden 68) beat Derbyshire 173 (Came 66, Roland-Jones 5-34) and 119 (Roland-Jones 5-38, Hollman 2-10) by an innings and 66 runs Middlesex wrapped up their fifth win of the Division Two season to keep their Vitality County Championship promotion challenge mathematically alive after a dismal Derbyshire succumbed to a three-day defeat by an innings and 66 runs at the Incora County Ground. With…