Resuming on 249-5 and still 112 short of Sussex’s 361, Durham had seen Graham Clark go on to a half-century before he gloved behind a short ball from Ollie Robinson to be out for 51. But their chances of taking a first innings lead disappeared thanks to a series of rash strokes from the lower...
Joe Root reaches his half-century with a boundary to edge England closer to victory against India in the first Test at Headingley. Read full article at source...
U2 guitarist David Howell Evans, known as The Edge, has become an Irish citizen at a ceremony in County Kerry. The 63-year-old was born in Essex in England, and is the child of Welsh parents, but has lived in Ireland since he was one. Sporting a tricolour clip on his lapel, the musician had Irish...
Northamptonshire Steelbacks arrived at the County Ground in Derby having won their first two games to face a Falcons side who lost their opener. It was Derbyshire who took charge in the early stages as Northamptonshire lost three wickets inside the opening five overs to slip to 24-3. But skipper David Willey and Bopara steadied...
Sam Hain’s second highly-skilled innings of the match left Warwickshire well-placed to press for victory over Worcestershire in the County Championship derby at Visit Worcestershire New Road. Hain followed his first innings 86 with an unbeaten 87 (174 balls) as Warwickshire took their second innings to 280 to set the home side 327 to win....
Tom Taylor continued his excellent form with another four wickets as Worcestershire bowled Warwickshire out for 227 on the opening day of their County Championship match at Visit Worcestershire New Road Taylor took 4-37 as Warwickshire, having been strongly placed at 161-2 thanks to Sam Hain (86 from 152 balls) and Tom Latham (59, 153),...
Matt Henry took four wickets for Somerset but 20-year-old Mitch Killeen’s late strike helped Durham just shade the first day of their County Championship Division One match. Despite Ollie Robinson’s 52 and a half-century stand for the last wicket, the home side were dismissed for 277 in their first innings in a match between teams...
As Aberdeen and Celtic prepare to play in Saturday’s Scottish Cup final, rewind and watch the best of the action from the 1984 final when the two went head-to-head. Read full article at source...
Half-centuries from Tom Lammonby and Archie Vaughan guided Somerset into a healthy position on the opening day of the County Championship Division One match with Sussex at Taunton. Lammonby hit 60 and 19-year-old Vaughan a career-best 70 not out as a shuffled Somerset batting line-up posted 317-6 in warm sunshine after losing the toss. James...
Rangers head coach Jo Potter already has one trophy in the bag this season after her side thrashed Hibs 5-0 in the SWPL Cup final. With Potter’s team also facing City in this month’s Women’s Scottish Cup final, a domestic treble is still on, something she regards as “crazy” considering she thinks her side are...
Rory Burns was one of three Surrey half-centurions as the defending champions took a first-innings lead against visitors Somerset on day two at the Kia Oval. The Brown Caps skipper struck 10 boundaries in a fluent 76, sharing a first-wicket stand of 129 with fellow former England opener Dominic Sibley (53), who passed 50 for...
Watch highlights as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 4-0 at Kingsmeadow to close in on a sixth successive Women’s Super League title. Read full article at source...
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...
Captain Kathryn Bryce’s stunning unbeaten century and three wickets were still not enough to keep Scotland’s World Cup hopes alive as Ireland snatched a one-wicket win with the final ball in Lahore. The Scots needed to win by a big margin, coupled with defeat for Bangladesh against Pakistan on Saturday, to have a chance of...
James Wharton, George Hill and Dom Bess all hit half-centuries at Chester-le-Street as Yorkshire had the better of a hard-fought opening day against Durham. Durham’s Australian overseas seamer Brendan Doggett impressed with 4-69, but Yorkshire closed on 295-8 when bad light ended play 15 overs early. Number three Wharton made 69 at the start of...