Sussex wore down Somerset’s spirited resistance to claim their first win since promotion back to Division One in the County Championship. Needing six wickets on the final day at Hove, they eventually bowled Somerset out for 334 to win by 260 runs – their first top-flight victory for a decade. It was a commendable final-day...
Tawanda Muyeye and Ben Compton both hit centuries as Kent coasted to an eight-wicket run win over Middlesex in the Rothesay County Championship at Canterbury. Muyeye made a fluent unbeaten 125 and Compton a stylish 124 not out in a record-breaking partnership worth 225, after England’s Zak Crawley showed a glimpse of form with 58,...
Scotland bounced back from defeat by Pakistan to earn a 58-run victory over Thailand in Lahore and strengthen their hopes of qualifying for the Women’s World Cup. Captain Kathryn Bryce led from the front with a 58-ball 60 and was well supported by 57 from Megan McColl as the Scots made 206. Rachel Slater then...
Boulter and Burrage were playing together for only the second time, having practised as a partnership in the build-up to the competition. “We went out there and we gave it our all. We swung and that is what we wanted to do,” Burrage said. “It was great to step on the court with Katie –...
England produce a dominant second-half performance to defeat Ireland and keep their hopes of a fourth successive Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam alive. Read full article at source...
More police officers will be on the beat in Devon and Cornwall after a £4.7m grant from the Home Office. The grant meant 45 more police officers would be deployed into neighbourhood police teams, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly said. It also means...
Coming just days after they produced one of their best performance of the season to beat Norwich City, the capitulation against the Swans infuriated head coach Muslic, who has overseen slightly improved form since he took over in January. Despite his anger with his team’s display at the Swansea.com Stadium, he remains optimistic for the...
So, what chance do Villa have of hauling themselves back into this tie and even winning it? It should be noted that similar comebacks have been achieved before. Nine teams have been exactly two goals down after an away leg in a knockout Champions League tie and managed to successfully turn things around at home....
Scotland stunned West Indies with victory by 11 runs in their opening match of the Women’s World Cup qualifiers despite a herculean performance from opposing captain Hayley Matthews. Matthews reduced Scotland to 69-3 by the 16th over, but Sarah Bryce’s 55 from 56 balls gave the innings fresh impetus. Megan McColl (45), Katherine Fraser (25...
Each country’s league earns a coefficient ranking based on how their teams perform in Uefa’s three men’s club competitions: the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League. Coefficient points are earned through match results – two for a win and one for a draw. The points earned by clubs from the same domestic league are...
Monday Night Club’s Michael Brown and Chris Sutton discuss Arsenal’s prospects in the Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid. Read full article at source...
Jasprit Bumrah could not prevent Mumbai Indians slipping to a 12-run defeat on his return from injury as Royal Challengers Bengaluru held on to win a high-scoring match in the Indian Premier League. India fast bowler Bumrah, playing for the first time since January after a back injury, took an economical 0-29 from four overs...
Colin Ackermann’s second century of the match was not enough to stave off defeat for Durham, who succumbed to Nottinghamshire by eight wickets after a match-turning spell by England fast bowler Josh Tongue. South African-born Netherlands international Ackermann made 124 to go with his first-innings 116 as Durham, who had trailed by 201 on first...
The Ben Brown era as Hampshire captain began with a five-wicket County Championship win over newly-promoted Yorkshire. Brown took over from James Vince – who had led the side to a second-placed finish last season – as skipper but was given an anxious 148-run victory chase in his opening game. Yorkshire had been behind the...
Luis Reece celebrated a personal milestone to set up a Derbyshire victory over Gloucestershire by nine wickets on day three of their County Championship Division Two match. The all-rounder took 10 wickets in a match for the first time, finishing with 4-45 to add to his 6 -52 in the first innings. Ben Charlesworth made...