Ben Duckett praised the leadership of Ben Stokes and Joe Root, saying it was “easy to stay calm” after England comfortably chased down 371 on the final day to win the first Test against India at Headingley. MATCH REPORT: England v India first Test – day five Read full article at source...
England captain Ben Stokes says making the environment of the dressing room “as chilled out as possible” was one of the main reasons why his team were able to complete a stunning 371-run chase to beat India by five wickets in the first Test at Headingley. MATCH REPORT: England v India first Test – day...
India captain Shubman Gill praises his side’s effort and application despite losing the first Test match against England by five wickets at Headingley. Read full article at source...
Centuries by Luke Wells, Josh Bohannon and Ashton Turner on debut have given Lancashire a chance of defeating Kent on the final day of the County Championship match at Blackpool and thereby securing their first red-ball victory of the season. Replying to the visitors’ 374, Lancashire were 639-9 at the close after a day in...
Somerset’s seamers opened up superbly after Warwickshire resumed on the third morning on 158-1. Matt Henry bottled up his fellow Kiwi Latham with a sequence of maidens before, still to add to his overnight score, he drove at one that nipped away and edged to wicketkeeper James Rew. Five overs and just six runs later,...
Leicestershire began day three on 389-3 but the new ball was available in the second over, with James Harris and Timm van der Gugten quickly getting rid of night-watchman Chris Wright for 19 and Lewis Hill for 70, both caught at slip by Colin Ingram. After the pyrotechnics of the Foxes’ batters the previous day,...
Opener Finlay Bean put a difficult start to the season firmly behind him, compiling a superb maiden double hundred spanning more than nine hours as Yorkshire fought back against County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. Replying to the home side’s 487, Yorkshire – with only one win so far after winning promotion to Division...
Resuming on 249-5 and still 112 short of Sussex’s 361, Durham had seen Graham Clark go on to a half-century before he gloved behind a short ball from Ollie Robinson to be out for 51. But their chances of taking a first innings lead disappeared thanks to a series of rash strokes from the lower...
The hosts began the day on 62-1, needing a further 149 to avoid an innings defeat. Bancroft and Ollie Price faced a short wait to resume their innings as overnight rain delayed the start until 11.30am. It said much about how little the pitch had offered the seamers that Zak Chappell opened the Derbyshire bowling...
Josh de Caires struck 87, his highest first-class score, following a five-for by Zafar Gohar to put Middlesex in a strong position at the end of day three of their County Championship match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. Playing his first game of the season, de Caires, who has batted at seven for the last...
Joe Root reaches his half-century with a boundary to edge England closer to victory against India in the first Test at Headingley. Read full article at source...
Ben Duckett’s astonishing 149 led England to a target of 371 – one of the all-time great run chases – to beat India on a nerve-shredding final day of the first Test at Headingley. Duckett played one of the finest innings by an England batter as the home side pulled off their second-highest successful pursuit,...
Liam Dawson enjoyed the sort of day all-rounders dream of with a resilient century followed by two key Essex wickets as Hampshire took a firm grip on their County Championship match at Chelmsford. The England white-ball international’s 139 from 235 balls, and a fifth-wicket partnership of 133 with fellow centurion Tilak Varma, underpinned Hampshire’s first-innings...
Zak Crawley is caught for 65 as India finally break England’s opening partnership, leaving the home side 188-1, chasing 371 for victory in the opening Test at Headingley. WATCH / READ MORE: England v India first Test – day five Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
After surviving the late Surrey barrage on Day Two, Worcestershire pair Adam Hose and Ben Allison started the morning in buoyant fashion, adding 66 for the fifth wicket. But Smith continued his memorable return to the county where he played last year, picking up the wickets of both Allison (27) and Hose (40) in consecutive...