Daniel Hughes made a season’s best 151 before departing to the last ball of the second day as Sussex made a strong response to Warwickshire’s 415. The 36-year-old Australian left-hander was lbw to off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli off the penultimate delivery of the second day as Sussex reached 278-3. Hughes shared an opening partnership of 98...
Gloucestershire resumed on 279-7 but quickly lost Todd Murphy without scoring and Ajeet Singh Dale for two, as Van der Gugten twice found the edge. Bracey farmed the strike effectively and punished the odd bad ball with the second batting point coming up in the 104th over, while Archie Bailey finally got his first Championship...
Sibley, on 169 overnight, eventually added 334 in 53 overs with Lawrence, a fourth wicket record for Surrey against Durham. Lawrence cruised from 58 at the start of the day to 178 – his first-class career best – before slicing Daniel Hogg to point. Lawrence struck four sixes and 19 fours in an eye-catching 149-ball...
Ben Slater’s 15th first class hundred spearheaded a solid Nottinghamshire batting display on the second day of the County Championship Division One match with Somerset at Taunton. The home side extended their first innings score from an overnight 275-6 to a challenging 379 all out, Tom Banton dismissed for 84 and Matt Henry making an...
“It was inevitable,” England forward Beth Mead sighs. “When the [Euros] draw was made, we both sat there and said ‘of course that’s happened!'” She is talking about her girlfriend Vivianne Miedema, the Netherlands and Manchester City forward, and the fact the Lionesses have been drawn against the Dutch in group D at the European...
Sam Hain and Ed Barnard, with a fifth-wicket stand of 151 in 32 overs, gave Warwickshire the advantage on the opening day of their County Championship match against Sussex at Hove – before the home side fought back to achieve parity at the close. Hain played a particularly exhilarating innings, using his feet and wrists...
Dominic Sibley and Sam Curran scored excellent centuries as champions Surrey made Durham rue their decision to field first on day one at the Kia Oval. Sibley’s batted all day for his unbeaten 169, his third century of the campaign, while Curran’s 108 from 117 balls was his first Championship ton of the season. The...
Landmark centuries from Keaton Jennings and Chris Green revived Lancashire on the first day of the County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. Jennings passed 12,000 first-class runs on his way to 106, while Green celebrated his maiden red-ball hundred as Lancashire recovered from 132-6 to 367 all out. The pair shared a...
After beating Middlesex at Lord’s for the first time in 45 years last month, County Championship Division Two leaders Leicestershire were made to toil against the same opponents on home soil. Opener Sam Robson (133) posted his first championship hundred of the season as Middlesex finished on 336-5, after Josh De Caires – still looking...
Adam Hose provided retribution to Hampshire for discarding him as a youngster by scoring 266 – the highest ever score by a visiting player at Utilita Bowl. Top-order batter Hose played for Hampshire at Under-13 to Under-17 levels, having been born and raised on the Isle of Wight, but never progressed into the professional ranks....
Aside from a lack of wickets, there weren’t a plethora of chances created by Yorkshire’s bowlers, who had to deal with a lack of movement and pace in the pitch. The one obvious one that did arrive, Adam Lyth was unable to hold on at slip off Dom Bess’s off-spin with Elgar on 69 shortly...
Half-centuries from James Rew, Tom Abell and Tom Banton dug Somerset out of trouble on day one against County Championship Division One leaders Nottinghamshire at Taunton. The home side slipped to 46-3 after winning the toss before Rew (58), Abell (64) and Banton (57 not out) guided them to 275-6 at the close. All the...
Glamorgan’s decision to bowl first, with Andy Gorvin in for Ned Leonard the only change on either side, looked to be due to the early cloud and the likelihood of the pitch losing its green tinge under the sun on the second day. But Cameron Bancroft and Joe Phillips had few alarms against Glamorgan’s four-main...
Ben Compton celebrated being handed both his county cap and a new three-year contract by making 66 on day one of Kent’s County Championship game with Northants at Canterbury. The hosts were 325-4 at stumps, with Tawanda Muyeye hitting 58 and captain Daniel Bell-Drummond unbeaten on 66. Liam Guthrie took 2-54 but it was a...
Piastri challenged Briton Norris hard in the first stint after passing Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, which had split the McLarens in qualifying, at the first corner. Norris made mistakes in Turns Nine and 10 at the end of lap 10, and that gave Piastri the chance to have a run on him into the following lap....