England 320 for 8 (Beaumont 150*, Kemp 65) beat Ireland 45 (Cross 3-8, Filer 3-10) by 275 runs Tammy Beaumont‘s 150 not out delivered a massive 275-run victory for England Women – their biggest winning margin in ODIs – and an unassailable 2-0 lead in their series with Ireland. Beaumont faced just 139 balls for her innings, which included 16 fours and a six as the visitors romped home with…
Worcestershire 294 for 8 (D’Oliveira 76, Waite 53) vs Warwickshire Club captain Brett D’Oliveira struck his fourth successive half-century since returning from injury to inspire another Worcestershire recovery on the opening day of the Vitality County Championship derby with Warwickshire at Visit Worcestershire New Road. D’Oliveira had come to the wicket just over a week ago with Worcestershire 10 for 4 on the opening morning versus Essex at Chelmsford and…
Derbyshire 65 for 1 (Reece 39*) trail Northamptonshire 219 (Zaib 90, Andersson 2-28) Saif Zaib hit a battling 90 off 144 balls to lead a Northamptonshire fightback after a top-order collapse on the opening day of this Vitality Championship match against Derbyshire at Wantage Road. Zaib found fine support from Justin Broad in a partnership of 73 in 19 overs which enabled the hosts to post 219, a score that…
Somerset 317 (Banton 132, Shakib 4-92) vs Surrey Tom Banton hit his third first-class century as Somerset posted 317 all out on the opening day of the Vitality County Championship Division One match with leaders Surrey at Taunton. The battle of the top two in the table began with the home side winning the toss and electing to bat first on a pitch expected to offer increasing turn as the…
Sri Lanka 263 (Dhananjaya 69, Kamindu 64, Nissanka 64) and 219 for 2 (Nissanka 127*) beat England 325 (Pope 154, Duckett 86) and 156 (Smith 67, Kumara 4-21, Vishwa 3-40) by eight wickets “Too soon!” That was the mood as autumnal conditions enveloped an Oval ground which, it felt like only yesterday, had hosted a packed-out Men’s Hundred eliminator tie in stunning summer twilight, T-shirts, shorts and sunglasses everywhere in…
Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav and Akash Deep are set to leave the India A team and be replaced by Pratam Singh, Akshay Wadkar, Shaik Rasheed, Shams Mulani and Pulkit Narang. Fast bowler Vidhwath Kaverappa is likely to move from India A to India D for the second round. India B are likely to lose Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and Yash Dayal and their spots will be…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to undertake a wholesale review of all aspects of international and domestic cricket in a bid to “restore the pride and excellence” of Pakistan cricket. For the review, the opening form of which will be a meeting called a “connection camp”, the board will invite both head coaches Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie to Lahore, with chairman Mohsin Naqvi also in attendance. Several…
England have withdrawn Gus Atkinson from their 50-over squad to face Australia later this month, as they look to manage his workload after a summer in which he put himself in the first rank of quick bowlers for the Test side. Atkinson made his debut in July, taking 12 wickets in the match against West Indies at Lord’s, on the way to a haul of 34 wickets in six Tests….
Cricket South Africa (CSA), in consultation with the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA), will make a decision by the end of this week on whether the Test team will travel to Bangladesh for two matches next month. The series, according to the Future Tours Programme, is scheduled to start on October 21 but South Africa’s willingness to tour Bangladesh depends on the security reports, which are currently being completed. The…
Sri Lanka 263 (Dhananjaya 69, Kamindu 64, Nissanka 64) and 219 for 2 (Nissanka 127*) beat England 325 (Pope 154, Duckett 86) and 156 (Smith 67, Kumara 4-21, Vishwa 3-40) by eight wickets “Too soon!” That was the mood as autumnal conditions enveloped an Oval ground which, it felt like yesterday, had hosted a packed-out Men’s Hundred semi-final thriller in stunning summer twilight, T-shirts, shorts and sunglasses everywhere in the…