Gloucestershire 109 and 140 for 3 (Dent 61*) trail Sussex 311 (Carson 71, Simpson 61, Gohar 6-76) by 62 runs Zafar Gohar claimed his 300th first class wicket in taking 6 for 76 as Gloucestershire bowled out Sussex for 311 on the second day of this County Championship match at Bristol. But the left-arm spinner’s efforts could not prevent Sussex, the Division Two leaders, taking a commanding first innings lead…
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Luis Reece, 11.1 ov), 2-53 (Brooke Guest, 18.6 ov), 3-130 (Harry Came, 38.5 ov), 4-130 (Wayne Madsen, 39.4 ov), 5-131 (Aneurin Donald, 40.5 ov), 6-133 (Alex Thomson, 42.6 ov), 7-133 (David Lloyd, 43.3 ov), 8-133 (Zak Chappell, 46.1 ov), 9-168 (Jack Morley, 59.5 ov), 10-173 (Harry Moore, 61.2 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
In his first outing as a red-ball bowler in Asia, Will O’Rourke was a menace. In his first spell, when the pitch was at its bounciest, he was rapid – sometimes breaching 140kph, and generated uncomfortable bounce from his six-foot-four-inch frame. His first Test wicket in the continent came from a bouncer, with experienced opener Dimuth Karunaratne so shaken by the deliveries O’Rourke had bowled to him previously, that he…
Leicestershire 203 (Budinger 56, Chahal 4-82) and 69 for 4 (Chahal 2-22) trail Northamptonshire 383 (Sales 135, Zaib 71, Keogh 49, Holland 4-53) by 111 runs James Sales hit an excellent career-best 135 as Northamptonshire piled on the runs on day two of this Vitality County Championship match against Leicestershire at Wantage Road. The Northamptonshire youngster made the most of his recent elevation up the order, stroking 16 boundaries in…
Essex have been fined £100,000, £50,000 of which is suspended for two years, after being sanctioned by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) for systemic and longstanding racism and discrimination within the club. The punishment comes in the wake of an independent report, compiled by Katherine Newton KC and published in December 2023, which centred on the testimony of three former players, one of whom was nicknamed “Bomber” due to his…
Liam Livingstone has become the No.1-ranked men’s T20I allrounder following his Player of the Series performances against Australia. He has toppled Marcus Stoinis by climbing seven places on the back of 124 runs and five wickets in the two matches which took place with the decider at Old Trafford washed out. Related Liam Livingstone embraces veteran status and targets ODI comeback Livingstone and Bethell star as England level T20I series…
It tells you just how serenely Harry Brook‘s international career has progressed that he came under scrutiny after averaging 30 in a series win. But by his own admission, Brook finds himself trying to avoid paralysis by overanalysis as he prepares to captain England for the first time at Trent Bridge on Thursday after his approach was questioned during Sri Lanka’s recent victory at The Oval. Brook made 19 and…
Markhors 284 for 9 (Ghulam 113, Rizwan 51, Ashraf 4-50, Hamza 2-26) beat Dolphins 192 (Asif 50, Shakeel 41, Imran 3-28, Agha 3-34) by 92 runs Kamran Ghulam‘s second century in three outings, backed by three wicket-hauls from Mohammad Imran and Salman Agha handed Markhors their third consecutive win, as they beat Dolphins in Faisalabad. The win helped them consolidate their lead at the top of the points table. It…
Essex 232 (Snater 69, Miles 4-58, Barnard 3-72) beat Warwickshire 78 (Rhodes 29, Snater 5-13, Porter 3-15) and 114 (Briggs 51, Porter 6-36) by an innings and 40 runs Essex completed a crushing innings-and-40 runs Vitality County Championship win over Warwickshire inside five sessions at Edgbaston. Warwickshire’s top-order was blown away by the visiting seamers on the second morning, just as it had been on the first, to set up…
Big Picture After a T20 series where the view was longer-term to 2026, a number of big names were missing and the decider was washed out on a horrid day in Manchester, it feels like this upcoming five-match ODI series – yes, old-school and, yes, probably overkill – has a little more immediate relevance with an eye on next year’s Champions Trophy as some key multi-format players return. Related Australia’s…