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...
Three teams in Championship history have been top of the table on Christmas Day but found themselves in the play-offs having missed out on automatic promotion. Each time this happened, all three failed to be promoted. Ipswich Town were top in 2004-05 with 49 points, but ended up finishing down in sixth and then losing...
Shane Lowry moved to within a stroke of leader Kevin Mitchell after he shot 65 to finish the second round of the Truist Championship at 11 under. The Irishman’s round featured six birdies and was the lowest of the day in soggy conditions on Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course. Overnight leader, American Mitchell, who led...
Earlier Lancashire’s bowling discipline stood in contrast to some loose strokeplay from home batters, Ricardo Vasconcelos (39) the only top-order batter to prosper. Will Williams (2-39) struck in the day’s second over, the ball flying off the splice of Luke Procter’s bat to gully. George Bartlett and James Sales took the score to 33 when...
Nottinghamshire batting prodigy Freddie McCann gave more evidence of his considerable potential by posting the third century of his fledgling first-class career to defy Hampshire on day one of their Rothesay County Championship match at Trent Bridge. In only his 13th innings in the Championship so far, the 20-year-old England Lions left-hander made 138 as...
A maiden first-class century from off-spinner Jack Carson helped Sussex recover from 88-6 to 284 all out on the opening day against Worcestershire at Hove. Arriving at the crease with his side floundering, Carson looked to shepherd the tail and punish anything loose, striking 11 forceful fours and a one whipped leg-side six in his...
Kent, who also had Zak Crawley withdrawn by England, gave a debut to all-rounder Ekansh Singh, 18, among three changes while Glamorgan welcomed back experienced seamer James Harris after injury. Glamorgan started confidently enough but Zain Ul Hassan, after hitting a couple of sweet off-drives, edged to Tawanda Muyeye at slip for 16 in Kashif...
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’...
James Wharton stood resolute at one end while wickets fell all around him as Yorkshire pressed the self-destruct button after a promising start against Essex on a difficult Chelmsford wicket. The 24-year-old right-hander came in when the first wicket fell at 71 and was still there 55 overs later on 63 not out from 145...
Rory McIlroy began his warm-up for next week’s US PGA Championship by finishing the first round of the Truist Championship in Philadelphia five shots behind leader Keith Mitchell. McIlroy – last year’s winner and a four-time champion at the event – recorded six birdies and two bogeys as he carded a four-under-par 66 at the...
The family of Tom Tunstall says he remains in a stable condition in hospital after suffering a broken neck in a crash at Monday’s British Supersport Championship race which killed two fellow riders. Father-of-two Shane Richardson from New Zealand and 21-year-old British rider Owen Jenner died from the injuries they sustained in the 11-bike crash...
Just moments after the start of the race, one bike wobbled before going down and skidding towards the middle of track as the riders exited the first corner. That led to a collision that eventually became an 11-bike crash with oncoming riders unable to avoid the fallen bikes. The race was being broadcast live on...
Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course will host a DP World Tour event for the first time as the Scottish Championship returns to the circuit from 7-10 August. The event has been played once before, in October 2020 at Fairmont St Andrews, and will replace the cancelled Czech Masters. Owned by the president of the United...
Watch the best shots as Zhao Xintong beats Mark Williams 18-12 in the final of the World Snooker Championship to become the first player from China to win the title. WATCH MORE: Luckiest frame of snooker? Zhao pots two flukes in final Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Within minutes of becoming China’s trailblazing world snooker champion, Zhao Xintong was draped in his country’s flag as he started to take in the enormity of his achievement. Zhao defeated three-time winner Mark Williams 18-12 on Monday to become the first Asian player and amateur to triumph at the Crucible. Williams called the 28-year-old a...