Panthers 328 (Usman 111, Shadab 65, Haider 63, Qadir 3-63) beat Dolphins 278 (Qasim 65, Farhan 52, Hasnain 5-74) by 50 runs A century for Usman Khan and five wickets by Mohammad Hasnain inspired the Panthers to their first win of the Champions One-Day Cup, beating the Dolphins by 50 runs. A team batting effort that also saw quickfire half-centuries from Haider Ali and Shadab Khan helped their side to…
Gloucestershire 129 for 2 (Hammond 58*, Bancroft 53) beat Somerset 124 (Gregory 53, M Taylor 3-18, Payne 3-27) by eight wickets Gloucestershire claimed their maiden T20 title, and West Country bragging rights into the bargain, as they crushed defending champions Somerset in a one-sided Blast final at Edgbaston. An eight-wicket margin of victory, sealed by Ollie Price’s six over long-on with 30 balls to spare, told the story as Gloucestershire…
England176 (Smith 58, Villiers 35) beat Ireland 109 (Prendergast 52, Pavely 3-19) by 67 runs Bryony Smith responded to her England recall in punchy style with a quickfire half-century to set her team up for an emphatic 67-run victory over Ireland in the first of three T20Is in Dublin. Opening alongside Tammy Beaumont, Smith scored 58 runs off just 30 balls as England were bowled out for 176 off the…
India fast bowler Mohammed Shami wants to ensure that he is fully fit before he returns to international cricket. “Koshish jaldi hi kar raha hoon kyun ke main janta hoon kaafi time ho gaya hai team se bahar rehte hue (I am working hard to make a comeback soon because I know I have been out of action for quite some time),” Shami said at the Cricket Association of Bengal’s…
South East Stars 221 for 7 (Davidson-Richards 90*, Moore 52*) beat Southern Vipers 220 for 9 (Harman 38, Corteen-Coleman 3-33) by three wickets The South East Stars are through to the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final, after a thrilling fightback against the Southern Vipers in their semi-final at Beckenham. The Vipers had posted 220 for 9 from their 50 overs, Nancy Harman their top scorer with 38 and Tilly Corteen-Coleman…
Sunrisers 234 for 3 (Griffith 68, Grewcock 63*, Scrivens 56) beat Northern Diamonds 232 for 8 (Marlow 63, Kalis 49, Turner 32*) by seven wickets Half-centuries from captain Grace Scrivens, Cordelia Griffith and Jodi Grewcock steered Sunrisers to a maiden Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final appearance as they chased 233 to beat 2022 champions Northern Diamonds by seven wickets in a one-sided semi-final at Headingley. Sunrisers will meet South East…
Gloucestershire 109 for 2 (Bracey 49*, Bancroft 39) beat Sussex 106 (Carson 26, M Taylor 3-25, Smith 3-25) by eight wickets Gloucestershire booked themselves a West Country showdown with local rivals Somerset in the Vitality Blast final, to give themselves a shot at their first silverware for close to a decade, as well as their maiden title in this competition, after a crushingly effective eight-wicket victory over Sussex in the…
Somerset 159 for 4 (Dickson 78, Rew 62*) beat Surrey 153 for 9 (Sibley 48, Gregory 3-15, Davey 3-34) by six wickets The face-off between Surrey and Somerset, locked in a tussle for the County Championhip and semi-final opponents at last year’s Blast Finals Day, was always likely to be compelling. Somerset went on to lift the T20 trophy in 2023 and their hopes of becoming the first team to…
India D 183 and 62 for 1 (Bhui 44*) trail India A 290 and 380 for 3 dec (Tilak 111*, Pratham 122, Saurabh 2-110) by 426 runs Tilak Varma and Pratham Singh scored centuries each to stretch India A’s lead and further put them in a strong position against India D on Saturday. From the overnight score of 115 for 1, when they had a lead of 222 runs, India…
India B 309 for 7 (Easwaran 143*, Jagadeesan 70, Kamboj 5-66) trail India C 525 by 216 runs Even as Abhimanyu Easwaran stood tall from one end to post an unbeaten 143 for India B, Anshul Kamboj ran through the batting unit to take 5 for 66 to give India C the advantage by stumps on day three in Anantapur. With one day of action remaining, India C are now…