Needing to bat almost all day to avoid defeat, Kent chose to open the batting with specialist leg-spinner, Matt Parkinson, who was doing the job for the first time in his county career against his former club. But it was Parkinson’s opening partner, Ben Compton, who was the first batsman to go when he was...
Warwickshire and Somerset harvested a predictable County Championship draw as a forgettable match finally petered out on the final day at Edgbaston. Set a notional victory target of 377 in 69 overs, Warwickshire plodded to 161-4 as Tom Latham (52 from 103 balls) and Sam Hain (68 not out from 157) escorted their team to...
Resuming on 111-4 with a lead of 145, Simpson and Ibrahim were tested by Potts and Ben Raine. Sussex continued their plan of taking time out of the game, with the pair rarely letting their rearguard action slip in the first hour. Potts had a couple of lbw shouts against Ibrahim turned down as the...
Pocketing 12 points for a draw with Yorkshire was enough to keep Nottinghamshire top of the County Championship table with eight of 14 matches played. They now find defending champions Surrey breathing down their necks, though, after the match at Trent Bridge ended in stalemate, the game coming to an end when the home side...
Glamorgan started the final day on 131-3 after Northeast and Ingram had survived the final session on day three. They serenely added a further 83 in the morning sunshine with few alarms, as Leicestershire were left ruing Rehan Ahmed’s inability to bowl because of a side strain which is set to rule him out of...
Tom Westley and Michael Pepper combined for a 215-run sixth-wicket partnership that frustrated Hampshire and ultimately saved Essex from suffering their third County Championship defeat of the season. The pair came together at 131-5, still 26 runs short of making Hampshire bat again, and were not parted for nearly three-and-a-half hours. Slowly but surely they...
During most cases of rain during cricket matches, players are either not allowed on to the pitch to play, or are taken off if a game is ongoing. An exception to this is if it is raining lightly and the on-field umpires feel the conditions are not unsafe to play in. Cricket is not played...
England spinner Charlie Dean will captain London Spirit in this year’s Hundred in place of Heather Knight, who is recovering from a hamstring injury. Former England skipper Knight led Spirit to their first title last year but has been ruled out for the summer after sustaining the injury in the third T20 against West Indies...
In the past 22 years, the other England openers to score hundreds in the fourth innings of a Test have ended up with knighthoods. Duckett now has a better average at the top of the order than both Sirs Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss. Arise, Sir Ben of the Buckett Hat. “My mindset personally was...
Archer emerged as one of England’s most exciting prospects in 2019 when he bowled the decisive super over in the home World Cup win, before taking 22 wickets at 20.27 across four Tests in the Ashes series that followed. But he has since been plagued by injury – an elbow issue first suffered in 2020...
Former England captain and BBC Sport pundit Michael Vaughan believes England “could be in for a special ride” following their incredible 371-run chase and five-wicket victory over India in the first Test at Headingley. MATCH REPORT: England v India first Test – day five Read full article at source...
Amol Rajan makes a personal pilgrimage to the largest religious festival in history. Read full article at source...
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Captain Ben Stokes said “it is a good job Test cricket is played over five days” following questions over his decision at the toss in England’s epic victory over India. Stokes opted to field despite ideal batting conditions on the opening day of the first Test at Headingley. India reached 430-3 in their first innings,...
Gambhir said it has not been decided which other two Tests Bumrah, the number one bowler in the world rankings and a key player across formats, will play during the series. There are seven days before the second Test begins on 2 July in Edgbaston but only three days off between the scheduled conclusion of...