Jack Morley claimed career-best figures of 6-55 as Derbyshire dominated the opening day of their County Championship match against Gloucestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol. Bowling around the wicket from the Ashley Down Road End, the 23-year-old left-arm spinner sent down 18.2 overs, sparking a collapse that took the home side from 68 for...
Geddes drove Procter handsomely through extra cover but departed soon afterwards, edging behind off a Broad delivery which held its line. That brought together Cracknell and Hollman who started briskly, Cracknell pulling and driving Broad for consecutive boundaries. Northamptonshire fielded four spinners and both batters took a liking to them with the ball offering little...
Jasprit Bumrah says he is sharing his experiences with his fellow Indian bowlers who aren’t used to playing in England as India close day three on 90-2, having bowled England out for 465 in the first innings of the first Test at Headingley. MATCH REPORT: England v India first Test – day three Read full...
Charlie Allison made it back-to-back centuries as he steered Essex into a commanding position on the first day of their County Championship match against Hampshire at Chelmsford. Before his 140 against Surrey last month, Allison’s highest first-class score was 28. But the 20-year-old right-hander followed up his heroics at the Oval with 101 as the...
Yorkshire have a case for claiming honours even against County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire on day one at Trent Bridge. Read full article at source...
BBC Sport’s Phil Tufnell catches up with Ravi Chahal, a 12-year-old cricket fan who is registered blind, to learn about how his love for cricket started as a Test Match Special listener. Ravi also speaks about how he’s still able to enjoy playing the game himself despite not being able to see. Read full article...
The two in-form opponents made changes from their pre-T20 Blast Championship outings with Liam Trevaskis, Chris Wright and Sam Wood coming in for the Foxes while Glamorgan recalled Ingram, Ben Kellaway, Ned Leonard and Mason Crane -the leg spinner having his first red-ball outing of the season. Tribe started brightly with a string of boundaries...
James Anderson’s first day as Lancashire’s interim skipper was spoiled by Ben Compton and the rain as Kent dominated the first day of the County Championship match in Blackpool. Having lost the toss, the visitors were 213-3 when heavy showers caused play to be abandoned shortly after the scheduled tea interval. At that point, Compton...
India’s Ravindra Jadeja does brilliantly to take a catch at the square-leg boundary before juggling it to team-mate Sai Sudharsan to dismiss Harry Smith for 40, leaving England on 349-6 on day three of the first Test at Headingley. FOLLOW LIVE: England v India first Test – day three Available to UK users only. Read...
David ‘Syd’ Lawrence takes the wicket of Richie Richardson during the third Test match between England and West Indies in July 1991 at Trent Bridge. Read full article at source...
A shorter ball from India’s Prasidh Krishna is nicked behind and caught to end Ollie Pope’s “wonderful” innings, leaving England on 225-4 on day three of the first Test at Headingley. FOLLOW LIVE: England v India first Test – day three Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
BBC Sport pundit Phil Tuffnell pays tribute to former team-mate David ‘Syd’ Lawrence after the first British-born black cricketer to play for England passed away at the age of 61. READ MORE: Former England fast bowler Lawrence dies aged 61 Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
In the County Championship, the maximum number of points a team can earn in one match is 24 points. The winning team is awarded 16 points, while the losers are earn none for the result. Draws and a tie give teams eight points each. On top of that, teams can earn up to eight additional...
Australian Minjee Lee opened up a four-shot lead at the “brutal” Women’s PGA Championship with a third-round 69 as overnight leader Jeeno Thitikul faltered in Frisco, Texas. Lee was three shots behind Thitikul at the start of day three but produced an impressive bogey-free round, which included three birdies, to move to six under as...
England’s Tommy Fleetwood will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. The 34-year-old, looking to clinch his first PGA Tour title, had a share of a three-way lead after the second round. A brilliant seven-under-par 63 on Saturday has given Fleetwood the outright lead over American pair Russell...