Somerset made a fast start after being put in at Taunton and were 70-1 after 38 balls as Will Smeed brought up his half-century from 29 deliveries. When Smeed fell to Eddie Jack for 68 from 37 balls, with nine fours and three sixes, Somerset were 116-3 with more than nine overs to come, but...
On a scorching day at Taunton, Hampshire openers Maia Bouchier and Charli Knott put on 80 before Chloe Skelton took a fine catch over her shoulder at mid-on to send Bouchier on her way for 43 from 26 balls with eight boundaries. In her final game before returning to Australia, Knott holed out to international...
England vs India: Why Test series is the time for England to win under Ben Stokes & Brendon McCullum
For once, Stokes is not the biggest box-office draw. India’s Jasprit Bumrah is the leading cricketer on the planet right now, compiling a career that will stack up against any fast bowler to have played the game. How England survive his staccato approach and educated fingers will go a long way to deciding the series....
England captain Ben Stokes says it would have been “remarkable” to drop Ollie Pope from the team to face India after he scored 171 in the previous Test against Zimbabwe. Read full article at source...
India captain Shubman Gill says he would prefer winning a five-Test series in England to the Indian Premier League when asked which would be more magnificent. England’s series against India starts at Headingley on Friday. READ MORE: Pope, Bumrah, Bashir – how England v India will be won and lost Read full article at source...
Gill comes from the generation of India batters who has grown up with the IPL. He made his debut in the competition as an 18-year-old and won the title in 2023 with Gujarat – the franchise he now captains. But the 25-year-old has ascended to the highest honour in Indian sport and described it as...
With an Ashes series in Australia to follow in the winter, the start of the much-anticipated five-match series against India signals the beginning of a run of 10 Tests which will define Stokes’ reign as captain. Stokes, though, was keen to refute any suggestion England would have an eye on Australia while playing India. “We...
India’s Rishabh Pant says “emotion will be high” for his team and country in the first Test against England following the Air India plane crash last week. Read full article at source...
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Looking to win this competition for the first time, Surrey were always on top of Sussex from the moment Will Jacks (43) and Dom Sibley (45) hammered a 52-run opening stand from the opening five overs. Although the tournament’s third-highest run scorer, Jason Roy was out for a two-ball duck but Sam Curran took up...
She turned professional after appearing in the Great Britain and Ireland team that won last year’s Curtis Cup at Sunningdale. She has subsequently posted LET victories at the New South Wales Open, Joburg Ladies Open and the recent Dutch Open. Rhodes would not have believed anyone suggesting she would make such an impact so soon...
Scotland suffered back-to-back defeats in their T20 Tri-Series as they lost out to the Netherlands by 17 runs in Glasgow. Dutch opener Michael Levitt was the standout performer, striking 90 off 57 deliveries in an imposing total of 198-7. Decent showings from Max O’Dowd (21) and captain Scott Edwards (31) helped boost the visitors’ score,...
Ryana MacDonald-Gay’s career-best T20 figures of 4-14 sparked a spectacular Lancashire Thunder batting collapse as Surrey won by 53 runs and moved seven points clear at the top of the Women’s T20 Blast table. Grace Harris scored 57 to help the home side recover from 17-3 and set the visitors 172 for victory in scorching...
Warwickshire have signed Australian off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli to cover the next four County Championship matches. The 27-year-old has been brought in to use his experience of playing with the Kookaburra ball for the fixtures against Somerset and Sussex this month and Worcestershire and Essex in July. The Kookaburra ball is used in Australia and has...
Northern Ireland’s McIlroy will return to the Travelers Championship after skipping the 2024 event to “lick my wounds”, having just missed out on winning the US Open at Pinehurst. McIlroy arrives in Connecticut off the back off a difficult week at this year’s major at Oakmont, where he was visibly frustrated by his game as...