Glamorgan 5 for 0 trail Derbyshire 288 (Madsen 70, Milnes 53) by 283 runsScorecard Wayne Madsen was in the runs for Derbyshire © Getty Images Derbyshire’s Hamidullah Qadri made history on the opening day of the Specsavers County Championship clash with Glamorgan. Qadri, 16, became the first player born in the year 2000 to play in county cricket as Derbyshire were bowled out for 288 in the Division Two day-night…
Duckett back in the pink to revive England memories
Leicestershire 65 for 4 trail Northamptonshire 261 (Duckett 112, Holden 92, Klein 6-80) by 196 runsScorecard Ben Duckett was back to his best [file picture] © Getty Images Ben Duckett made a sparkling century for Northamptonshire and Dieter Klein took six wickets for Leicestershire on the opening day of the pink-ball Specsavers County Championship match at Wantage Road. Northants took the spoils, who, having made 261, reduced their visitors to…
Wright shows benefits of captaincy off-load
Gloucestershire 31 for 0 (Bancroft 18*, Dent 7*) trail Sussex 358 for 9 (Wright 118, Brown 52, Jordan 50) by 327 runsScorecard Luke Wright scored his first hundred since resigning the captaincy © Getty Images Luke Wright made his first century since 2015 to give Sussex the advantage on the opening day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Hove. Wright, in only his third game since giving…
Chanderpaul treats new format with formidable old resolve
Warwickshire 23 for 1 (Trott 14*, Umeed 8*) trail Lancashire 273 (Chanderpaul 117*, Panayi 3-41) by 250 runsScorecard Shivnarine Chanderpaul 76th first-class century made light of the pink ball © Getty Images This series of games was meant to be about the future but, at Edgbaston at least, it was a couple of faces from the past that made the greatest impression. Shiv Chanderpaul, who seems to have been scoring…
Stokes' horror show is bad news for Durham
Worcestershire 213 for 4 (D’Oliveira 91*) lead Durham 197 (Tongue 4-41, Hastings 3-43) by 16 runsScorecard Ben Stokes’ Durham return brought scant reward [file picture] © Associated Press Ben Stokes had a day to forget as Worcestershire adapted to the pink ball better than Durham in the Specsavers County Championship match at Chester-le-Street. He was out for a seven-ball duck as Durham crashed from 12 without loss to 18 for…
Pattinson thrives once more as Nottinghamshire continue promotion surge
Nottinghamshire 135 for 3 (Mullaney 63*) trail Kent 180 (Bell-Drummond 84*; Mullaney 3-2, Pattinson 3-30) by 45 runsScorecard James Pattinson claimed three wickets for no runs to wreck Kent’s top-order © Getty Images Nottinghamshire are in no rush to sign up another overseas player when James Pattinson returns to Australia after Saturday’s Royal London One-Day Cup final. The 27-year-old fast bowler has given the Division Two leaders outstanding service, with…
Harmer and Cook add to Essex sheen
Essex 106 for 0 (Cook 64*) trail Middlesex 246 (Eskinazi 66, Malan 60, Stirling 77, Harmer 5-77) by 140 runsScorecard Mohammad Amir struck early on his Championship debut © Getty Images “WAIT ON!” The loud bellow echoed around the County Ground just as similar cries of caution have done over the decades. Yet the rich Belfast accent suggested that the Middlesex batsman uttering the warning did not hail from Stanmore…
Gregory keeps Hampshire's ambitions in check
Somerset 18 for 0 (Trescothick 10*, Byrom 1*) trail Hampshire 211 for 9 dec (Dawson 53, Gregory 3-51) by 193 runsScorecard Lewis Gregory picked up three wickets to give Somerset the upper hand © Getty Images Somerset fast bowler Lewis Gregory took three wickets as the visitors enjoyed the better of the opening day of their day-night Specsavers County Championship clash with Hampshire. Gregory along with his fellow attack bowlers…
Yorkshire laid low by Roy's blast
Blankshire xxx () beat Blankshire xxx () by xx runsScorecard Yorkshire never recovered from Jason Roy’s blast © Getty Images Surrey, led by half-centuries for Rory Burns, Jason Roy and Kumar Sangakkara, dominated the opening day of their pink ball Specsavers County Championship match against Yorkshire at Headingley. Having opted to toss, as was the trend with away teams around the country, and elected to bat, the visitors piled on…
De Villiers expected to retire from Test cricket
AB de Villiers showed glimpses of his best form during the T20 series against England © Getty Images AB de Villiers is expected to retire from Test cricket as early as August, in a second attempt at hanging up his whites, unless CSA can convince him to stay on again. ESPNcricinfo has learned that de Villiers informed CSA of his decision to give up the longest format late last year,…