Jack Leach said he is “as determined as I ever have been to play for England” after his 12-wicket haul secured Somerset’s win over Durham, and is targeting a place on October’s Test tour to Pakistan. Leach was England’s first-choice spinner for the first year of Ben Stokes’ tenure as captain, but has only played two Tests in the last 18 months due to back and knee injuries. Shoaib Bashir,…
Yorkshire 601 for 6 dec (Hill 169*, Bairstow 160, Lyth 61, Bess 60*, Hollman 4-194) and 150 for 2 (Lyth 62, Wharton 50*) drew with Middlesex 522 (Higgins 155, Robson 108, Davies 61, Holden 51, Bess 7-179) Middlesex and Yorkshire, second and third in Division Two, will head into the final three games of the Vitality County Championship season separated by just one point after they put the finishing touches…
Sussex 607 for 8 dec (Hughes 144, Simpson 121, Carson 97, Haines 72, Alsop 70) beat Derbyshire 290 (Madsen 138, Carson 5-90) and 258 (Came 79, Madsen 77, Carson 6-67) by an innings and 59 runs Sussex took a firm grip on the second division of the Vitality Championship when they defeated Derbyshire by an innings and 59 runs, their sixth win of the season. They took a maximum haul…
Worcestershire 266 (D’Oliveira 68, Taylor 62, Porter 5-52) and 321 (Libby 65, Hose 64, D’Oliveira 51, Cook 4-23) lead Essex 404 (Pepper 112*, Westley 68, Snater 53, Brookes 3-34) and xxx () Two sharp pieces of fielding by Brett D’Oliveira to remove two of the Essex dangermen, Jordan Cox and Robin Das, ultimately turned the tables in Worcestershire’s favour on their way to a stunning 43-run victory at Chelmsford. The…
Somerset 492 (Abell 124, Rew 103, Banton 73, Parkinson 4-136) and 263 for 5 dec (Abell 56) beat Durham 336 (Carse 104*, Raine 64, Lees 59, Leach 5-124) and 126 (Drissell 33, Leach7-50) by 293 runs Jack Leach completed match figures of 12 for 174 as Somerset maintained their challenge for a first-ever Vitality County Championship title with a crushing 293-run victory over Durham at Taunton. The left-arm spinner claimed…
Sri Lanka 196 and 53 for 2 (Mathews 34*, Chandimal 15*) need a further 347 runs to beat England 427 and 251 Sri Lanka made a solid start with the bat on day four of the second Test at Lord’s, Dimuth Karunaratne notching his first half-century of the series, but England knocked over two of the eight wickets they required for a series-sealing victory. Karunaratne was one of the batters…
Ben Duckett and Laurie Evans were among a host of England players drafted in for the 14th edition of the Big Bash League (BBL). Duckett, who had played for Brisbane Heat in 2021-22, was the first pick of the evening for Melbourne Stars (platinum category), while Perth Scorchers opted to not use their retention pick for Laurie Evans, who was selected by Melbourne Renegades. Renegades, who had pick No. 2,…
Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma headlined the platinum-round picks in the second Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) overseas draft. Rodrigues reunited with Jess Jonassen after being Brisbane Heat’s first pick while Deepti was Melbourne Stars’ first pick. Rodrigues and Jonassen are already team-mates at Delhi Capitals in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) and Trinbago Knight Riders (WCPL), while Deepti played with Stars’ captain Meg Lanning for London Spirit in the…
Bangladesh 75 for 6 (Mehidy 33*, Litton 13*, Shahzad 4-15, Hamza 2-29) trail Pakistan 274 by 199 runs The new-ball bowling pair struck six times in 34 balls in the first hour to leave Bangladesh in tatters at 26 for 6. Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Litton Das then steadied the Bangladesh innings a touch and took them to 75 for 6 at lunch still trailing Pakistan by 199 runs. Both…