10:00 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Birmingham Bears 181 for 4 (Hain 73*) beat Worcestershire 178 for 4 (Libby 63) by six wickets Sam Hain hit a 30-ball half century as Birmingham Bears stepped up their bid to reach the knockout stages of the Vitality Blast with a six-wicket success over local rivals Worcestershire Rapids at Blackfinch New Road. The Bears chased down a 179 target with five balls to…
Georgia Adams smashes 154 not out as Vipers strike again
9:53 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Southern Vipers 288 for 1 (Adams 154*, McCaughan 63, Bouchier 50*) beat Western Storm 256 (Taylor 4-41) by 32 runs Georgia Adams smashed the highest score of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy to send her Southern Vipers side to the final with a 32-run victory over Western Storm. Vipers skipper Adams notched an imperious unbeaten 154, the seventh highest top-tier List A score in…
Nottinghamshire consolidate top spot as Joe Clarke's form continues
9:49 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 198 for 6 (Clarke 57) beat Derbyshire 185 for 6 (Madsen 68) by 13 runs Nottinghamshire moved four points clear at the top of the North Group when they beat Derbyshire by 13 runs in the T20 Blast at Trent Bridge. Joe Clarke scored 57 off 35 balls, his third fifty-plus score in the competition, and Alex Hales hit 49 from 32 as…
Benny Howell announces injury return with victory-sealing cameo
9:48 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 203 for 6 (Cockbain 50, Howell 49*) beat Somerset 192 for 8 (Smeed 82) by 11 runs Benny Howell announced his return to Gloucestershire’s team after more than a year on the injured list by blasting an unbeaten 49 off 18 balls in an 11-run Vitality Blast win over Somerset at Taunton. The visitors posted 203 for 6 after losing the toss, Howell…
Matty Potts puts Durham back into knock-out contention
9:28 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Durham 132 for 4 (Raine 50*) beat Leicestershire 130 for 9 (Lilley 45, Potts 3-19) by six wickets Matty Potts claimed career-best T20 figures to inspire Durham to a comfortable six-wicket win over Leicestershire Foxes in their Vitality Blast contest at Emirates Riverside. Potts was deadly accurate with the ball in his four-over spell of 3 for 19, leading a disciplined effort in the…
Alex Hartley four-for steals Lightning's Thunder
Kathryn Bryce in her delivery stride © Getty Images Thunder 188 for 9 (K Bryce 4-38) beat Lightning 116 (Hartley 4-8) by 72 runs A captain’s performance par excellence by slow left-armer Alex Hartley helped Thunder to their second victory in the Rachel Heyhoe-Flint Trophy when they defeated Lightning by 72 runs at Aigburth. Hartley brought herself on when the visitors were making brisk progress in their pursuit of 189…
Alice Capsey anchors chase as Stars cruise to six-wicket win
9:10 PM IST ECB Reporters Network South East Stars 199 for 4 (Capsey 73*, Cranstone 46) beat Sunrisers 198 (Farrant 3-24) by six wickets All-rounder Alice Capsey struck an unbeaten 73 as South East Stars strolled to a six-wicket Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy victory against winless Sunrisers at Chelmsford. Capsey’s bustling knock took her just 75 deliveries and included nine fours as she and Aylish Cranstone (46) put together a…
Shane Warne appointed Rajasthan Royals mentor and brand ambassador
Shane Warne will be playing the dual role of brand ambassador as well mentor for the Rajasthan Royals 1:31 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Former Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne has been appointed as the side’s team brand ambassador for the second year in a row. Warne will also be the Royals’ mentor for the upcoming IPL that starts on September 19 in the UAE. He will work with the head…
England win toss, bat first, Curran brothers in for Mark Wood and Moeen Ali, Australia unchanged
Morgan: Australia defeat is ‘really good practice’ on slow wicket (1:32) Eoin Morgan focuses on the positives after “outstanding” Australia beat England in the first ODI (1:32) Sep 12, 2020 Big Picture There was once a time when Gary Lineker’s famous football aphorism – “Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end the Germans win” – could be transposed almost directly across to cricket and Australia….
UAE players Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed suspended for breaching ICC anti-corruption code
10:59 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff UAE players Amir Hayat, the 38-year-old medium pacer, and Ashfaq Ahmed, the 35-year-old batsman, have been charged with five counts of breaching the game’s anti-corruption rules and provisionally suspended with immediate effect, an ICC statement on Sunday said. The charges include attempting to fix or improperly influence the result of an international match and failing to disclose to the ICC anti-corruption unit details of corrupt…