Hampshire 403 and 24 for 1 drew with Kent 207 (Compton 51, Abbott 5-46) and 338 (Leaning 100, Finch 79, Muyeye 46, Abbott 4-66) Kent will live to fight another day in Division One of the Vitality County Championship after they battled for a draw with Hampshire on a thrilling final day at Canterbury. Kent were all out for 338 in their second innings, leaving Hampshire to chase 143 from…
Somerset 317 (Banton 132, Vaughan 44, Shakib 4-97) and 224 (Overton 49*, Banton 46, Shakib 5-96) beat Surrey 321 (Curran 86, Patel 70, Vaughan 6-102) and 109 (Leach 5-37, Vaughan 5-38) by 111 runs Spinners Archie Vaughan and Jack Leach sparked a dramatic late Surrey collapse as Somerset boosted hopes of a first ever Vitality County Championship title with a thrilling 111-run win over the Division One leaders at Taunton….
Ireland have dropped Test captain Andy Balbirnie from their T20I squad to face South Africa in Abu Dhabi later this month, with the selectors looking to create “a new dynamic” at the top of the order. Balbirnie is Ireland’s second-highest T20I run-scorer but has struggled for form this year, averaging 24.83 in his 12 innings and scoring at a strike rate of only 113.74. He missed Leinster Lightning’s most recent…
Gloucestershre 309 for 9 dec (Gohar 86, O Price 76, Roland-Jones 5-79) and 236 for 6 (Hammond 78, Bracey 56) beat Middlesex 377 (Davies 91, Holden 77, De Caires 64, T Price 5-81) and 165 (Robson 50, Bailey 4-30) by four wickets Tom Price and Zafar Gohar held their nerve to steer Gloucestershire to a tense victory at Lord’s and deal Middlesex’s Vitality County Championship promotion hopes a severe blow….
India A 288 for 8 (Mulani 88*, Kotian 53, Kaverappa 2-30, Harshit 2-49) vs India D Shams Mulani rescued India A from 93 for 5 with an unbeaten 88 that lifted them to 288 for 8 at stumps on the opening day of their second round Duleep Trophy fixture, against India D. Thus, Mulani will have a shot at a maiden first-class ton when play resumes on Friday. He was…
Warwickshire 128 (Davies 58, Taylor 6-28) and 252 for 3 f/o (Rhodes 121*, Davies 65) drew with Worcestershire 307 (D’Oliveira 76, Waite 53) Will Rhodes struck his third century of the season to steer Warwickshire to safety in their hard-fought Vitality County Championship draw with local rivals Worcestershire at Visit Worcestershire New Road. The result leaves Worcestershire and Warwickshire 40 and 36 points respectively ahead of second-from-bottom Lancashire and both…
The South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) has issued a statement in support of promoting the participation of women in cricket as South Africa’s men’s team prepare to play three ODIs against Afghanistan in the UAE. Afghanistan is the only ICC Full Member that does not have a women’s team, with significant restrictions imposed on women in the country under the Taliban government. This is the first bilateral series between the…
Essex 457 beat Nottinghamshire 93 (Porter 5-35, Harmer 4-16) and 281 (Hameed 105, Harmer 4-93) by an innings and 83 runs Simon Harmer claimed his second four-wicket haul of the Vitality County Championship match as Essex wrapped up an innings victory over Nottinghamshire before lunch on the final day. The South African off-spinner finished with 4 for 93 as Nottinghamshire’s batting collapsed for a second time in double-quick time to…
India C 357 for 5 (Kishan 111, Indrajith 78, Mukesh 3-76) vs India D Ishan Kishan marked his return to first-class cricket with a counterattacking 126-ball 111 that helped India C dominate proceedings on the opening day of the second round of matches in the Duleep Trophy, in Anantapur. Not originally part of the revised squads named by the BCCI on September 10, Kishan was a late inclusion on match-eve….
Durham 573 for 9 (Bedingham 279, Ackermann 186, Wells 4-69) beat Lancashire 228 and 282 (Hurst 67, Bohannon 56, Potts 9-68) by an innings and 63 runs Durham’s Matthew Potts took a career-best nine for 68 to help his side complete their innings and 63-run thrashing of Lancashire in the Vitality County Championship match at The Riverside. Resuming on 155 for four and needing another 190 runs to avoid their…