3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 164 for 2 (Hammond 51, Klinger 46) beat Kent 160 for 5 (Denly 99*) by eight wicketsScorecard Miles Hammond‘s quickfire first T20 fifty and an unbeaten 32 from Ian Cockbain eased Gloucestershire to their sixth Vitality Blast victory of the season in a top-of-the-table clash with Kent at Canterbury. There was also a typically calm and responsible 43-ball 46 from their captain Michael…
Ben Stokes' absence adds to England's batting concerns for Trevor Bayliss
1:04 PM ET George Dobell England coach Trevor Bayliss admitted the team are “under no illusions” about the improvements they will have to make if they are to retain a lead in the Test series against India. England took a 1-0 lead at Edgbaston, but not without some nervous moments. As well as batting collapses in both innings – they subsided from 216 for 3 to 287 all out in…
Smriti Mandhana's golden form maintains Western Storm push towards finals day
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Western Storm 174 for 3 (Mandhana 56, Knight 45*) beat Yorkshire Diamonds 172 for 5 (Mooney 69, Winfield 48) by seven wicketsScorecard Western Storm continued their march towards Kia Super League Finals Day with a fifth win from six matches, this time by seven wickets chasing 173 against Yorkshire Diamonds at Scarborough. The defending champions, replying to 172 for 5, were fired once more…
Roelof van der Merwe's late impact secures Somerset last-over win
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Somerset 170 for 7 (van der Merwe 34*) beat Sussex 169 for 5 (Evans 96) by three wicketsScorecard Somerset strengthened their position at the top of the South Group after claiming their seventh win in ten games in the Vitality Blast with three balls to spare against Sussex Sharks at Hove. Sussex appeared to be in course for their first home win in this…
Ruaidhri Smith enjoys birthday to remember with 4 for 6
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 135 for 3 (Ingram 46*, Carlson 40) beat Middlesex 131 (Fuller 46*, Smith 4-6, van der Gugten 4-31) by seven wicketsScorecard Birthday boy Ruaidhri Smith recorded the best-ever economy rate by a Glamorgan bowler in T20 cricket as his side demolished Middlesex by seven wickets at Richmond. Smith celebrated turning 24 with the remarkable figures of 4 for 6 from four overs as…
Series loss exposes Sri Lanka's top-order issues
12:06 PM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando In the first ODI, it had been Sri Lanka’s top-order batting that failed most dramatically, with five wickets falling before the ninth over. In the second ODI, Sri Lanka’s poor catching had helped decide the match, with captain Angelo Mathews later describing his team’s fielding as a “joke” and stating that they had been like “schoolkids” in the field. On Sunday, Sri Lanka lost…
Shaw finds a way to score despite technical flaw in batting
11:29 AM ET Eighteen-year-old Prithvi Shaw‘s method of driving through the off side defies the coaching manual. Instead of transferring his weight forward and meeting the pitch of the ball, he usually hangs back with his back leg often falling to the leg side. Karnataka veteran Vinay Kumar exploited this technical weakness when he had him caught at slips with an outswinger during his hat-trick in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final…
Agarwal 220*, Shaw 136 bury South Africa A
3:00 AM ET India A 411 for 2 (Agarwal 220*, Shaw 136) lead South Africa A 246 (Second 94, Siraj 5-56) by 165 runs Mayank Agarwal cuts Getty Images The questions over India’s top order remain unanswered even after the gripping Edgbaston Test. Shikhar Dhawan was one of the two batsmen that batting coach Sanjay Bangar, without naming, said had “thrown” their wickets away in the first Test. KL Rahul was…
Shakib's innings changed the momentum – Tamim
6:58 AM ET Coming into Saturday night’s fixture in Lauderhill, Bangladesh as a team had never played at the Central Broward Regional Park. The squad had been in discussions with the ICC and the USA Cricket to possibly organize a warm-up fixture against a USA XI, which fell apart at the last minute, as a means of hopefully getting to play at least one warm-up match on the ground to…
Ollie Pope earns England call-up as Dawid Malan dropped,
7:00 AM ET George Dobell Ollie Pope has replaced Dawid Malan in the England squad for the second Specsavers Test against India at Lord’s. Pope, a 20-year-old who has played just 15 first-class matches, has been in excellent form for Surrey in the County Championship this season scoring 684 runs at an average of 85.50, including three centuries. He also recently made an unbeaten half-century against India A for England…