We look back on a dramatic weekend of Scottish Cup semi-final action. Read full article at source...
Nottinghamshire resumed on the third morning on 204 for five, already 111 ahead, but showed no urgency. Hameed and James added a pedestrian 51 in 21 overs before the latter edged Ed Barnard to slip. Hameed reached his 16th first class century, from 196 balls, while O’Neill added some impetus by adding a half-century to...
Durham will hope the threat of fourth afternoon weather does not ruin their chances of claiming a County Championship victory over Yorkshire at the Riverside. Yorkshire can lay claim to having the better of day three thanks to taking the last nine first-innings wickets for 126 through until early afternoon, limiting the hosts to 427...
A career-best century for Luke Procter backed up by a blistering hundred from Saif Zaib gave Northamptonshire the upper hand on day three of the County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at Derby. Procter’s 150 from 272 balls provided the launching pad for Zaib who hit three sixes to race to a second century...
Dan Lawrence and Ollie Pope both made attacking hundreds before bad light halted Surrey’s rapid progress on day three against Sussex at Hove. When the players came off ten minutes after tea Surrey were 390-3, only 45 runs behind with Lawrence unbeaten on 117 after Pope had made his first Championship century for two years....
Migael Pretorius’ bowling and Sean Dickson’s batting swung the advantage away from Hampshire in their County Championship fixture with Somerset. South African Pretorius picked up 5-64 as Somerset only allowed the hosts a first innings lead of 152, despite Nick Gubbins’ 82 and Liam Dawson’s 72. That edge was whittled down to 49 for the...
After a sedate evening session on day two, Du Plooy and Geddes immediately moved up several gears as Middlesex looked to press on towards a declaration. With both men looking set for three figures, Kellaway removed the pair in quick succession. Glamorgan were rushing to erase an errant over-rate of minus six, and Kellaway out-bowled...
Gloucestershire reached 112-2 in the second innings of their County Championship game with Kent on Sunday, giving them a lead of 191. Ben Charlesworth was their top scorer with 58, but bad light halted play with 36 overs remaining and the forecast for tomorrow suggests a draw is probable. Earlier Ben Compton hit his highest...
The winner will face Lei Peifan, who knocked out defending champion Wilson on Saturday, in the last 16. Zhao, 28, is competing as an amateur at the World Championship but breezed through qualifying and is among the favourites to lift the trophy on 5 May. Zhao was one of 10 players banned in 2023 following...
Paul Walter scored his third career first-class century to steady a listing Essex ship and help towards setting up a run chase for Worcestershire at Chelmsford. The 30-year-old left-hander has been auditioning in the first three County Championship matches for the vacant opening spot alongside Dean Elgar when the South African returns for paternity leave...
Top-drawer seam bowling by Fergus O’Neill and Brett Hutton put Nottinghamshire in command against Warwickshire on the second day of their County Championship at Edgbaston. Aussie import O’Neill took 5-19 and Hutton 5-38 as the home side floundered to 93 all out. Only Sam Hain (43) offered sustained resistance as the visitors rapaciously made up...
Tom Scriven collected his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket as Leicestershire dominated the second day of their County Championship match against Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford. Bowling accurately and at good pace, the Leicestershire seamer finished with 5-46 from 20 overs as the home side were dismissed for 263, Marcus Harris making 77 against...
Northamptonshire skipper Luke Procter led from the front as his team fought back on the second day of their County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at Derby. Procter made an unbeaten 97 and shared an opening stand of 143 with Ricardo Vasconcelos, who passed 50 for the first time this season, scoring 82 off...
Sussex opener Tom Haines struck 174 as the batters continued to dominate in their County Championship Division One game against Surrey. Haines batted for seven and a half hours to anchor the Sussex first innings of 435 all out. This followed his 141 in his side’s resounding victory over Somerset last week. When he was...
Nick Gubbins continued where he left off at the Kia Oval as his unbeaten 58 put Hampshire in the box seat of their County Championship match with Somerset. Top-order batter Gubbins struck a century against Surrey in the previous round to save a draw, having scored 43 in the first innings. He played the anchor...