It was perhaps a season that was almost doomed before it had even started for Sheffield United after they were deducted two points for defaulted transfer payments. Despite the early setback, the Blades still amassed 90 points. However, they finished outside the automatic promotion spots only to two sides who both hit the 100-point mark...
Northamptonshire leg-spinner Calvin Harrison followed up a career-best knock of 63 with two wickets to keep his side in control of their County Championship clash against Gloucestershire at Wantage Road. Harrison, on loan from Nottinghamshire, shared a ninth-wicket partnership of 90 with Liam Guthrie as the home side posted a daunting total of 469, built...
A superb six-wicket return from Mohammad Abbas and second half-centuries in the match for Ben Slater and Joe Clarke helped Division One leaders Nottinghamshire seize control of their County Championship game with Yorkshire on day two at Headingley. Pakistan seamer Abbas was the chief protagonist with 6-45 from 17.3 overs – four of his wickets...
Caleb Jewell and Wayne Madsen achieved personal milestones to drive Derbyshire to a record-breaking score before Kent fought back on the second day of the County Championship Division Two match at Derby. Australian opener Jewell made a career-best 232 from 361 balls out of 587-5 declared, Derbyshire’s highest ever total against Kent. Madsen scored 100,...
A superb opening stand of 188 between Paul Walter and Dean Elgar stunned champions Surrey at the Kia Oval after they had looked to be in control of their County Championship fixture. Walter was the main aggressor, hitting 19 fours in his 118, and former South Africa opener Elgar, though never comfortable at the crease,...
Resuming on 334-7 under thick cloud, Glamorgan managed a third batting point as Andy Gorvin ran three boundaries down to third man before being bowled by Ryan Higgins for 17. Middlesex missed out on the third bowling point but Dane Paterson switched ends to trap Chris Cooke lbw for a solid 47, and Higgins claimed...
The partnership between Hill and Ahmed, not out overnight on 29 and 26 respectively, was all the more admirable for the bowler-friendly conditions at the start of play after overnight rain and with heavy cloud cover. The two right-handers faced a real battle for the first hour, with Lancashire seamers Tom Bailey and George Balderson...
The County Championship match between Durham and Somerset looks set for a absorbing three-day finish after 18 wickets fell on the second day of the game at the Banks Homes Riverside. Replying to Durham’s 277, Somerset mustered only 172 but then dismissed the home side for 159, leaving the visitors with a victory target of...
John Simpson’s 18th first-class century put Hampshire on the ropes before a batting collapse put Sussex on the brink of a County Championship victory at Utilita Bowl. Skipper Simpson was superb to record back-to-back centuries, and third of the campaign, as he scored an unbeaten 106 – which included a 173-run stand with 78-maker Fynn...
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Chelsea were close to doing a deal with the 20-year-old in January but in the end it failed to materialise. New Serie A champions Napoli were also keen on the forward, who was born in Spain and joined United’s academy from Atletico Madrid in October 2020. Asked about Garnacho on Saturday, before Sunday’s final Premier...
Chris Rushworth and Chris Woakes bowled Warwickshire into the ascendancy over Worcestershire on the second day of the County Championship Division One derby at Visit Worcestershire New Road. Rushworth (4-37) and Woakes (3-34) exploited perfect seam-bowling conditions to bowl the home side out for 181. That gave Warwickshire a first innings lead of 46 –...
While neither the question nor Stokes’ answer on Wednesday specifically mentioned the England squad or playing XI, the 33-year-old believes his comments about Somerset batter Rew, who was unused member of the squad for the Test against Zimbabwe, made it clear he was referring to Bethell’s place in the squad, rather than the XI. Speaking...
Aimee Dexter BBC News, Essex Peter Walker BBC News, Essex PA Media Planned engineering works at Wembley Park will clash with the National League play-off final A Labour MP has contacted government secretaries of state and ministers over the limited number of tickets being sold for the National League play-off final next month. Southend United...
England captain Ben Stokes says his pre-match comments about Jacob Bethell coming straight back into the England team to play India were “twisted to suit an agenda”. The 21-year-old’s return for the five Tests against India could come at the expense of Ollie Pope, but Stokes says Pope – who scored 171 against Zimbabwe –...