Jonny Bairstow flips up over the leg side © Pool/AFP via Getty Images Jonny Bairstow is in talks with the Melbourne Stars to take at least some part in the BBL this season, pending England commitments, while fellow opener Jason Roy is also understood to be interested in joining the competition. On Monday, England team-mate Dawid Malan, who has continued his outstanding T20 form in the current series against Australia,…
Cricket Ireland cancels interprovincial T20 over links to Northamptonshire Covid case
1:34 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket Ireland has cancelled an interprovincial T20 scheduled for Wednesday because of concerns about a possible Covid-19 “chain of transmission” to the Bob Willis Trophy match between Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire that was abandoned at the weekend. The T20 between Munster Reds and Northern Knights was due to take place in Cork, but was called off before the Knights travelled down on Tuesday. Cricket Ireland said…
George Balderson, Danny Lamb give Lancashire promise of better times to come
12:14 AM IST Paul Edwards Derbyshire 120 for 7 (Lamb 3-35, Balderson 3-49) trail Lancashire 219 (Bohannon 94; Melton 3-46, Reece 3-54) by 99 runs Liverpool’s pavilion might have been designed to host cricket in the Covidian age. For one thing it is huge. The three-storey pile was one of the largest in England when the ground was opened in 1881 and even now it could be mistaken for a…
Somerset scent route to final as home-grown talent prospers at New Road
11:30 PM IST Somerset 251 (Abell 59) and 16 for 1 lead Worcestershire 200 (Libby 58) by 67 runs Some would tell you there’s not much point in games like this. Some might even tell you there’s not much point in teams like these. There’s no money being made, for one thing. And there’s little chance of much of a new audience being attracted, either. But as Worcestershire and Somerset…
Billy Root's fifty not out hands Glamorgan narrow first-innings lead against Warwickshire
11:29 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 203 (Root 51*) lead Warwickshire 186 (Bell 50) by 17 runs Glamorgan gained a slender first-innings lead of 17 after another day where the seamers held centre stage, with Warwickshire opting to use their four quick bowlers throughout the innings. Billy Root emulated Ian Bell from the previous day by holding the innings together and scoring a composed half-century – he was undefeated…
Sussex rookies strike back as Rory Burns century precedes Surrey slump
11:16 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Surrey 171 for 4 (Burns 103, Borthwick 50) trail Sussex 415 (Haines 117, Rawlins 65, Wiese 57, Brown 51, Moriarty 5-154) by 244 runs Rory Burns reached his first hundred of the Covid-shortened 2020 summer but a late break for bad light triggered a dramatic finale to day two as Surrey lost three wickets in three overs and Sussex wrested back control of their…
Lewis McManus unbeaten on fifty as dropped catches could prove costly for Kent
10:54 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Hampshire 191 and 108 for 5 (McManus 50*) lead Kent 170 (Currie 3-42) by 129 runs Some 13 wickets fell during an enthralling day as Kent and Hampshire battled for ascendancy on the second day of their Bob Willis Trophy South Group clash in Canterbury. Though Kent are well placed having reduced the visitors to 108 for 5 in their second innings, the errant…
Ben Duckett thrives between the showers to drive Nottinghamshire
10:44 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Nottinghamshire 251 for 2 (Duckett 146*, Clarke 74*) lead Durham 294 (Harte 72, Poynter 50, Chappell 4-92) by 43 runs A scintillating century from Nottinghamshire’s Ben Duckett was the highlight on the second day of their Bob Willis Trophy match against Durham at Trent Bridge. The 25-year old remains unbeaten on 146 as Notts closed on 251 for 2, with the left-hander adding an…
Aaron Beard, Adam Wheater edge Essex towards Bob Willis final qualification
10:30 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Middlesex138 and 123 for 6 (Beard 3-17) lead Essex 236 (Wheater 83*, Andersson 4-38) by 25 runs Aaron Beard toppled the Middlesex top order after Adam Wheater‘s chanceless 83 not out put Essex on course for the Bob Willis Trophy final. Fast bowler Beard took three wickets in 21 balls after tea to leave Middlesex with their backs against the wall at the Cloudfm…
Yorkshire's final charge held up by rain at Headingley
9:58 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Yorkshire 36 for 2 trail Leicestershire 124 (Coad 5-18) by 88 runs The second day of Yorkshire’s final-round Bob Willis Trophy clash between against Leicestershire was washed out without a ball bowled at Headingley, damaging their hopes of reaching the competition’s five-day Lord’s final. Second in the North Group and five points behind Derbyshire prior to this fixture, Yorkshire need to finish top of…