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...
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...
Scotland fell short in their fightback against Nepal, as a single from the penultimate ball gave the tourists victory a low-scoring T20 Tri-Series match Glasgow. After being put into bat in overcast and breezy conditions at Clydesdale, hosting its third match of the week, Scotland crumbled as Nepal wreaked havoc with the ball. Mark Watt...
The sun burst through after lunch and that adage about looking up to the sky, rather than down at the pitch, rang true as Smith and Webster patiently steadied the ship for Australia. Since his last Test at Lord’s during the 2023 Ashes – when he made 110 – Smith has endured a slightly fallow...
The global significance of Mark Carney’s election as Canadian Prime Minister is he now sits at the centre of an alternative pole of global economic thinking. Everything but Trump. There was a half expectation here that Carney would immediately sue for peace with President Trump when the polls closed on the election. It has emphatically...
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...
Six such boundaries carried him past 50 and there would be seven more on the way to three figures, reached in style with an on-drive back past the stumps to the pavilion rope. Fightbacks of course need co-conspirators and not for the first time, Ryan Higgins was first to come to Holden’s assistance. A classy...
India survived a New Zealand fightback to win the Champions Trophy with a four-wicket victory in Dubai. Read full article at source...