Somerset 317 and 194 for 9 (Overton 40*, Shakib 4-83) lead Surrey 321 (Curran 86, Patel 70, Vaughan 6-102) by 190 runs Tom Curran launched an extraordinary assault on the Somerset bowlers as Surrey turned up the heat on the third day of the crucial Vitality County Championship match at Taunton. Making his first appearance in the competition for two years, the all-rounder smashed eight sixes and six fours in…
Nottinghamshire 93 (Porter 5-35, Harmer 4-16) and 180 for 2 f/o (Hameed 100*, ) trail Essex 457 by 184 runs Jamie Porter and Simon Harmer shared nine first-innings wickets as Essex skittled Nottinghamshire for 93 on a morning of utter carnage at Chelmsford. Seam bowler Porter took his third five-wicket haul of the season, and second in consecutive Vitality County Championship matches, to finish with 5 for 35, season’s best…
Sussex 491 (Simpson 117, Clark 112*, Kellaway 5-142) beat Glamorgan 186 (Carlson 56, Unadkat 4-52) and 218 (Ingram 71, Carlson 66, Robinson 3-38, Crocombe 3-44, Carson 3-67) by an innings and 87 runs runs Sussex are closing in on a return to Division One of the Vitality County Championship after wrapping up their seventh win of the season with a day to spare against Glamorgan. Having established a first-innings lead…
Lancashire 228 and 155 for 4 (Bohannon 56, Potts 3-38) trail Durham 573 for 9 (Bedingham 279, Ackermann 186, Wells 4-69) by 190 runs Durham maintained their complete domination of their Vitality County Championship match against Lancashire on a day when David Bedingham became the highest individual scorer in the county’s first-class history. Bedingham’s 279 surpassed Martin Love’s 273 against Hampshire in 2003 and his innings was the bedrock of…
Toss England won the toss and chose to bowl first vs Australia Matthew Short has returned from paternity leave and will open the batting in Australia’s first of three T20Is against England at the Utilita Bowl near Southampton. Australia opted to leave out Jake Fraser-McGurk — who managed 0, 16 and 0 during their 3-0 clean sweep in Scotland — with Short due to open alongside Travis Head instead. Short…
Northamptonshire 219 (Zaib 90) and 211 (Keogh 63, Andersson 3-23) beat Derbyshire 165 (Reece 50, Chahal 5-45) and 132 (Keogh 5-44, Chahal 4-54) by 133 runs Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal starred with career-best match figures of 9 for 99 as he bowled Northamptonshire to their first Vitality County Championship victory of the season inside three days against Derbyshire. The experienced India white-ball international followed up his five-wicket tally from the first…
Warwickshire 128 (Davies 58, Taylor 6-28) and 171 for 3 f/o (Rhodes 72*, Davies 65) trail Worcestershire 307 (D’Oliveira 76, Waite 53) by eight runs Worcestershire all-rounder Tom Taylor produced a deadly spell with the ball on his way to career-best figures as Warwickshire were forced to follow on in the Vitality County Championship derby at Visit Worcestershire New Road. Taylor picked up five wickets in six overs this morning…
Kent 207 (Compton 51, Abbott 5-46) and 70 for 0 (Muyeye 46*) trail Hampshire 403 by 126 runs Kent battled hard to save their Division One status after being forced to follow on by Hampshire, on a rain-affected third day in the County Championship at Canterbury. The hosts could be relegated by the end of this round of fixtures, but they reached the close 70 without loss in their second…
Essex’s faint hopes of victory in this year’s County Championship are effectively over after the club was docked 12 points by the Cricket Discipline Commission, after one of their players, Feroz Khushi, was found to have used an over-sized bat during their opening match of the season in April. The sanction, which had been anticipated at Chelmsford for much of the season, has been accepted by the club in an…
Yorkshire 379 (Tattersall 126, Fisher 88, Scriven 4-103) beat Leicestershire 98 (Cox 51, Coad 5-15, Fisher 3-38) and 209 (Rehan 77, Hill 6-59) trail by an innings and 72 runs Yorkshire moved a step closer to securing promotion after completing a three-day victory over Leicestershire in Division Two of the Vitality County Championship despite more time lost to the weather. Leicestershire, who had trailed by 281 on first innings after…