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 –...
County champions Surrey face a last-day rearguard action after their heavily-depleted batting line up faltered on the third afternoon of their County Championship Division One match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. In reply to the home side’s 665-5, Surrey closed the third day on 369-9, still 296 short of the follow on figure. Ben Foakes is...
Warwickshire exploited perfect batting conditions to pile up 665-5, their record score against Surrey, on the second day of the County Championship Division One match at Edgbaston. Tom Latham struck 184 (319 balls), the highest score by a Warwickshire debutant, Ed Barnard harvested a career-best 177 not out (254) and Zen Malik helped himself to...
Tom Latham scored a debut century as Warwickshire reached 364-4 against Surrey on the opening day of their County Championship Division One match. New Zealand batter Latham struck an unbeaten 139 from 244 balls after Surrey chose to bowl on another belter of a batting pitch at Edgbaston. Rob Yates scored 86 against the champions’...
Warwickshire were six points better off than their opponents in the early Division One table after three matches, and they edged the morning as Yorkshire reached lunch at 97-4. Having left Fin Bean out, Yorkshire used Dom Bess as a locum opener alongside Adam Lyth, who contributed 26. Bess, for 16, was first to go...
Ben McKinney’s excellent unbeaten century gave Durham the edge on day one of their County Championship Division One match with Warwickshire. Durham had a bad start when they lost captain Alex Lees to the final ball of the first over, but they recovered well with McKinney leading the charge on an unbeaten 143, well supported...
Ethan Bamber, one of Warwickshire’s four debutants along with Kai Smith, Taz Ali and Vishwa Fernando, made a great start on a greenish pitch, taking three wickets in the morning session including two in two balls. Steaming in from the Cannon Hill Park End, the former Middlesex paceman trapped Tom Haines leg before wicket before...
Rob Cameron BBC News in Prague Getty Images A state of emergency allowing bears to be shot has been extended across much of Slovakia (file pic) The Slovak cabinet has approved a plan to shoot around a quarter of the country’s brown bears, after a man was mauled to death while walking in a forest...
The one other winter change at Edgbaston was OHD’s election as the new chair of the Professional Cricketers Association – the 16th to be chosen since it formed in 1967. “I’m 35 and I’ve been Warwickshire PCA rep for 10 years,” he said. “And I’ve always been a massive fan of the PCA in terms...
Bristol prop Max Lahiff and back row Ben Grondona have signed new contract extensions to stay at the Premiership club. Lahiff has made 104 appearances for the club since joining in 2019 from West Country neighbours Bath. The 35-year-old, who can operate on both sides of the scrum, has scored two tries in 15 matches...
England hooker Lark Atkin-Davies and prop Hannah Botterman have both signed two-year extensions to stay with Premiership Women’s Rugby side Bristol Bears. The Red Roses duo are both included in John Mitchell’s squad for the current Women’s Six Nations tournament. Atkin-Davies has 62 caps for her country and has scored 12 tries in 14 games...
Bristol Bears kept up the pressure on Bath at the top of the Premiership with a thrilling 52-38 win over Exeter Chiefs at Ashton Gate in a game of 14 tries. The game’s first quarter saw a flood of tries as Bears secured a bonus point in 16 minutes, the second quickest time a bonus...
Director of rugby Lam has been at Ashton Gate since 2017 but has previously had international coaching experience on three occasions – with Scotland, Pacific Islanders and Samoa. Gatland’s successor faces an enormous challenge to improve matters both on and off the pitch with Wales – who have lost 17 successive Test matches. It comes...
Bristol Bears centre Amber Reed, who was part of England’s World Cup-winning squad in 2014, has retired. Reed, who could also play fly-half, won 67 caps for the Red Roses after making her international debut in 2012. The 33-year-old also won Grand Slams, Six Nations titles and the WXV1 with England but was overlooked for...
England lock Abbie Ward and prop Sarah Bern have signed new contracts to stay with Premiership Women’s Rugby side Bristol Bears. Co-captain Ward has agreed a new two-year deal with the club she joined from Harlequins in 2021. The 31-year-old has 69 caps for England and, along with team-mate Bern, is in the Red Roses’...