Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa has joined Surrey for the club’s next four T20 Blast games. And should they advance to the knockout phase, Zampa will be available for the quarter-finals and Finals Day later in the season. The 33-year-old is the Aussies’ all-time leading wicket taker in T20 internationals with 117 and is also a...
Twenty-nine children who were taking their school exams in the Central African Republic have been killed in a crush after a nearby explosion caused panic, a hospital director told the BBC. The blast, on the second day of the high-school finals on Wednesday, occurred at an electricity transformer, said Abel Assaye from the Bangui community...
Hampshire have signed Australian batter Chris Lynn for their remaining T20 Blast group matches. The Hawks have six more games in the group stage and Lynn’s arrival comes after South African pair Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Dewald Brevis earned international call-ups. South Africa are scheduled to play in a two-Test series against Zimbabwe from 28 June....
BBC A man has been charged with the murder of a woman stabbed after a gas explosion at her home in Stoke Newington, north-east London. Annabel Rook, 46 was found fatally injured just before 05:00 BST on 17 June. Clifton George, 44, of Dumont Road, was also charged with arson with intent to endanger life....
The family of a woman found fatally stabbed after a gas explosion at her home have described her as a “beautiful daughter, sister, friend and mother”. Annabel Rook, 46, was found fatally injured at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north London, just before 05:00 BST on Tuesday. In a statement issued through the...
Runners-up last year and winners in 2023, Somerset’s T20 pedigree was again in evidence at Sophia Gardens. The seam attack of Matt Henry, Riley Meredith and captain Lewis Gregory reduced Glamorgan to 49-5 in the ninth over and the innings did not recover. A total of 130-9 never looked to be enough as T20 specialist...
The match in Birmingham was a meeting of two in-form sides with both having won their previous three games. Bears opted to bat and made a fine start as Meg Austin and Davina Perrin put on 59 for the first wicket. But Netherlands batter Kalis played the anchor innings with 54 off 41 balls to...
The next game of ‘backyard cricket’ between the Ahmed brothers promises more drama than their first T20 Blast meeting. England international Rehan Ahmed managed just a single off the bowling of younger brother and Notts Outlaws spinner Farhan in Leicestershire’s victory at Grace Road on Thursday evening. It was the solitary run scored by the...
Somerset made a fast start after being put in at Taunton and were 70-1 after 38 balls as Will Smeed brought up his half-century from 29 deliveries. When Smeed fell to Eddie Jack for 68 from 37 balls, with nine fours and three sixes, Somerset were 116-3 with more than nine overs to come, but...
On a scorching day at Taunton, Hampshire openers Maia Bouchier and Charli Knott put on 80 before Chloe Skelton took a fine catch over her shoulder at mid-on to send Bouchier on her way for 43 from 26 balls with eight boundaries. In her final game before returning to Australia, Knott holed out to international...
Looking to win this competition for the first time, Surrey were always on top of Sussex from the moment Will Jacks (43) and Dom Sibley (45) hammered a 52-run opening stand from the opening five overs. Although the tournament’s third-highest run scorer, Jason Roy was out for a two-ball duck but Sam Curran took up...
Ryana MacDonald-Gay’s career-best T20 figures of 4-14 sparked a spectacular Lancashire Thunder batting collapse as Surrey won by 53 runs and moved seven points clear at the top of the Women’s T20 Blast table. Grace Harris scored 57 to help the home side recover from 17-3 and set the visitors 172 for victory in scorching...
After being asked to bat first, Sibley and Jacks reached 59-0 at the end of the six-over powerplay, but the stand was broken on 74 in the eighth over when Jacks cut Benny Howell to Liam Dawson for 41 from 24 balls. In-form Jason Roy was run out following some fine work from the sprawling...
Knott and Maia Bouchier struggled to get the ball away amid some smothering Surrey pressure, scoring just 32 in the six-over powerplay. They were 57-0 at the start of the 10th over when Bouchier sliced to Bryony Smith off Alice Capsey to depart for 33 from 25 balls. Phoebe Franklin ran round from long-on to...
Daniel Bell-Drummond hammered a 48-ball century as Kent Spitfires ended Somerset’s 100% start to their T20 Blast campaign. Meanwhile, reigning champions Gloucestershire suffered a fifth successive defeat as Glamorgan beat them by 40 runs at Bristol. Matthew Potts inspired Durham to a crushing six-wicket win over Yorkshire, with the England paceman returning Blast-best figures of...