Middlesex 141 for 1 (Robson 65*) trail Yorkshire 601 for 6 dec. (Hill 169*, Bairstow 160, Lyth 61, Bess 60*, Hollman 4-194) by 460 runs Jonny Bairstow completed an excellent 160, and was usurped by George Hill’s career-best 169 not out, on day two at Headingley as Yorkshire topped 600 in their first innings before Middlesex responded encouragingly. Yorkshire have the advantage at the halfway stage of this Vitality County…
Derbyshire 178 for 6 (Madsen 79*, Unadkat 3-19) trail Sussex 607 for 8 dec (Hughes 144, Simpson 121, Carson 97, Haines 72, Alsop 70) by 429 runs Sussex took control against Derbyshire at Hove as they pushed for a victory that would strengthen their promotion push in the Vitality County Championship. The second division leaders reduced the visitors to 73 for 5 after Sussex had piled up 607 for 8,…
Glamorgan 431 for 7 (Ingram 206*, Carlson 85, Holland 4-88) lead Leicestershire 251 (Handscomb 46, van der Gugten 4-45, Douthwaite 4-49) by 180 runs Colin Ingram became the first batter this summer to reach 1,000 first-class runs as he plundered his fifth century of the season, and his highest score, to put Glamorgan into a commanding position at the end of the second day against Leicestershire as they led by…
Lancashire 193 for 8 (Jennings 56, Dawson 4-46) trail Hampshire 389 (Middleton 109, Dawson 104*, Gubbins 75, Wells 4-94) by 196 runs A superb display by all-rounder Liam Dawson has left Hampshire in a dominant position after two days of their Vitality County Championship match against Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford. After making an unbeaten 104, his second century of the season, and putting on 71 for the last wicket…
Kent 156 and 157 for 3 (Bell-Drummond 78, Hannon-Dalby 3-26) trail Warwickshire 420 (Rhodes 201, Barnard 65) by 107 runs Will Rhodes marked his penultimate home game as a Warwickshire player with a double-century to put his side in total command of Kent in the Vitality Championship at Edgbaston. Rhodes struck a chanceless 201 (295 balls, 32 fours) to lift Warwickshire to 420 and a first innings lead of 264….
Nottinghamshire 144 for 3 (McCann 69*, Hameed 68) trail Surrey 525 (Burns 161, Sudharsan 105, Patel 77, Jacks 59, Clark 53, Farhan 7-140) by 381 runs Spin bowling prodigy Farhan Ahmed continued his extraordinary entrance into Vitality County Championship cricket with figures of seven for 140 but may find his efforts to have been in vain as Surrey’s first-innings 525 left Nottinghamshire fighting an uphill battle on day two at…
Worcestershire 266 (D’Oliveira 68, Taylor 62*, Porter 5-52) and 2 for 0 trail Essex 404 (Pepper 112*, Westley 68) by 136 runs Michael Pepper added a maiden first-class century to two hundreds in this season’s T20 Blast to put Essex in command of their Vitality County Championship match against Worcestershire. The 26-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman had only passed fifty once before this summer, and his previous highest red-ball score of 92 came…
Durham 272 for 6 (Lees 59, Carse 59*, Raine 51*, Leach 3-103) trail Somerset 492 (Abell 124, Rew 103, Banton 73, Parkinson 4-136) by 220 runs Jack Leach claimed three wickets as Somerset built a strong position on the second day of their County Championship match against Durham at Taunton. Somerset began by extending their first-innings score from an overnight 395 for 6 to 492 all out, James Rew dismissed…
While Pakistan look to stave off a first series defeat against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi, much of the PCB’s focus has been 300 km south in Lahore. Having announced five mentors for the Champions Cup, an upcoming series of domestic tournaments which begin with a one-day competition from September 12, the PCB lined them up for press conferences to outline their vision, and, to some extent, clarify their roles. On Friday,…
Central Sparks 184 for 3 (Jones 54) beat Southern Vipers 183 (Elwiss 64*, Arlott 4-15, Pavely 4-31) by seven wickets Central Sparks turned the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy table upside down by thrashing league leaders Southern Vipers by seven wickets at Worcester. Sparks took full advantage of Vipers’ depletion by international calls to add another emphatic victory to their five-wicket Charlotte Edwards Cup win over Georgia Adams’ side at New…