Brian Bennett hit the fastest Test century by a Zimbabwe batter but England remain on course for victory in the one-off Test, after making the tourists follow-on on day two at Trent Bridge. READ MORE: Stokes and Bennett shine before Zimbabwe follow on Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
England’s Sophia Dunkley makes an “absolute belter” of a one-handed catch to dismiss West Indies batter Zaida James in the second T20 in Hove. the second T20 at the 1st Central County Ground in Hove. Read full article at source...
Nottinghamshire’s Ben Slater and Joe Clarke posted battling half-centuries and new England Lion George Hill claimed five more wickets for Yorkshire during a fascinating opening day of County Championship cricket at Headingley. Division One leaders Notts were bowled out for 228 by a White Rose side who sat second-bottom ahead of this seventh fixture of...
Tom Taylor continued his excellent form with another four wickets as Worcestershire bowled Warwickshire out for 227 on the opening day of their County Championship match at Visit Worcestershire New Road Taylor took 4-37 as Warwickshire, having been strongly placed at 161-2 thanks to Sam Hain (86 from 152 balls) and Tom Latham (59, 153),...
Saif Zaib hit a superbly paced unbeaten 141, his highest first-class score and third century of the season, as Northamptonshire staged a sterling fightback on day one of this County Championship match against Gloucestershire at Wantage Road. Zaib combined with James Sales (81) in a fifth-wicket stand worth 148 in 44.2 overs after Northamptonshire’s top...
Matt Henry took four wickets for Somerset but 20-year-old Mitch Killeen’s late strike helped Durham just shade the first day of their County Championship Division One match. Despite Ollie Robinson’s 52 and a half-century stand for the last wicket, the home side were dismissed for 277 in their first innings in a match between teams...
Surrey dismissed Essex for 217 as events on day one at the Kia Oval followed a familiar pattern. Having won the toss, the champions fielded first on a well-grassed surface and despite Michael Pepper’s 75 they bowled Essex out in two sessions. Australian left-hander Kurtis Patterson led the reply with 51 as Surrey reached 94-3...
Kelly Castle, Kate Coppack and Jo Gardner share life as professional Essex cricketers. Read full article at source...
Ben Stokes hinted at a return to his best and Brian Bennett struck a sparkling century before England made Zimbabwe follow on on the second day of the one-off Test at Trent Bridge. England captain Stokes, playing for the first time since having surgery on his hamstring, took 2-11 in a captivating spell of only...
West Indies all-rounder Matthew Forde equalled the record for the fastest one-day international half-century before rain forced the abandonment of Friday’s contest against Ireland in Dublin. Forde reached 50 off just 16 balls, tying South African batter AB de Villiers’ mark set in 2015, to help West Indies post an imposing target before rain intervened...
Arsenal assistant sporting director Jason Ayto is leaving the club, BBC Sport understands. The well-respected executive has decided to exit the Emirates Stadium ahead of the summer window. Ayto worked under former sporting director Edu and was promoted into the position of interim sporting director after Edu left in November. But Ayto will leave the...
Winless Lancashire squandered a promising start to be bowled out for 206 on day one of their visit to runaway Division Two leaders Leicestershire in the County Championship. Logan Van Beek and Josh Hull took three wickets each as Lancashire, who had been 74-0 in the 28th over, were dismissed an hour after tea and...
While Middlesex were unchanged, Glamorgan gave a surprise one-off appearance to Australia left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann in place of Sri Lanka paceman Asitha Fernando, with Tom Bevan replacing in-form Ben Kellaway, who is sitting university exams. Roland-Jones took the initiative on a fairly grassy wicket as he had Zain Ul Hassan caught behind for 11...
When George Sephton first took on stadium announcer duties at Liverpool the club had won seven league titles but had yet to taste success in European football. However, on Sunday, ‘the Voice of Anfield’ will step down after more than five decades, when the Reds host Crystal Palace and lift the Premier League trophy to...
Since the start of the 2020-21 Premier League season, assistant referees have been advised to keep their flag down if they feel there is an immediate scoring opportunity. Once a goal is scored, or the threat of a goalscoring opportunity is over, the official will signal if they believe there was an offside in the...