Hampshire 457 (Organ 118, Vince 95, Barker 50) and 82 for 4 (Higgins 3-41) beat Gloucestershire 201 (Price 59, van Buuren 58*) and 337 (Hammond 169, Higgins 63, Abbott 6-76, Barker 4-65) by six wickets “Catches win matches” say the coaches and the club bores. The former know the saying is merely useful but the latter invest the words with such profundity that one might suppose they have been plucked…

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Tom Lammonby, 6.3 ov), 2-66 (Matt Renshaw, 20.4 ov), 3-197 (George Bartlett, 49.2 ov), 4-210 (Lewis Goldsworthy, 60.2 ov), 5-246 (James Rew, 72.3 ov), 6-286 (Tom Abell, 87.4 ov), 7-376 (Lewis Gregory, 112.2 ov), 8-403 (Jack Leach, 117.3 ov), 9-404 (Jack Brooks, 118.2 ov), 10-424 (Kasey Aldridge, 121.4 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Toss Ireland opt to bat vs New Zealand For the third straight T20I in the series, Ireland put out the same XI, but unlike the first two T20Is that the hosts lost in convincing fashion, they opted to bat first after winning the toss. New Zealand, chasing for the first time, will be looking to sweep the T20I series 3-0. The visitors made one change in their XI, with Blair…

Andy Umeed, the former Warwickshire opener, has become the first graduate of the South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA) scheme to sign a multi-year contract with a county after agreeing a deal with Somerset until the end of the 2023 season. SACA describes itself as an “intervention programme designed to tackle the inequalities highlighted by research regarding the lack of British South Asian representation in professional cricket” and was launched in…

The BCCI is set to bring back the Duleep Trophy – in a zonal format – and the Irani Cup to a full-fledged 2022-23 senior men’s domestic calendar that is set to begin in early September. The board has also added a number of women’s competitions this upcoming season, most significantly an Under-16 tournament. The Ranji Trophy, which is tentatively slated between December 2022 and February 2023, is likely to…

Nurul Hasan has been made Bangladesh’s T20I captain only for the upcoming three-match series against Zimbabwe in Harare. He replaces Mahmudullah, who had been the captain in the shortest format since 2019, but lost out on the leadership role due to a lack of performance and results. Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Cricket South Africa is confident of seeing off a legal challenge aimed at stalling the progression of their new T20 competition from at least one owner of the abandoned Global T20 League (GLT20). Hermis Sports Ventures Limited, the owners of Pretoria Mavericks, has written to CSA asking for a “reasonable opportunity,” to submit an application to acquire a franchise in the new tournament, failing which they will consider applying to…

TossWest Indies chose to bowl vs India West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first of three ODIs against India in Port-of-Spain. The early-morning rain and overcast weather played a part in the decision, he said. Jason Holder, who returned to the squad after resting against Bangladesh, was ruled out with Covid-19, while Kyle Mayers made a comeback to the XI after…

Lancashire 132 (White 5-14) and 278 for 6 (Bohannon 103, Croft 47) beat Northamptonshire 235 (Washington 5-76) and 175 (Rickleton 59*, Kerrigan 43, Williams 5-41, Bailey 4-65) by four wickets Surrey have not quite disappeared over the horizon as far as the Championship race is concerned. Lancashire are clinging on grimly thanks to a hard-earned four-wicket victory against Northants which was all the more redoubtable considering the disappointment around the…

Kent 165 (Hannon-Dalby 6-40) and 384 for 9 declared (Denly 141, Cox 79) beat Warwickshire 225 (Hain 99, Saini 5-72) and 147 (Milnes 4-11) by 177 runs Kent took a huge step away from the lower reaches of the LV=Insurance County Championship Division One with a thumping 177-run victory over struggling champions Warwickshire at Edgbaston. After resuming on 28 for 2, in pursuit of a target of 325, the home…