Ben McKinney’s excellent unbeaten century gave Durham the edge on day one of their County Championship Division One match with Warwickshire. Durham had a bad start when they lost captain Alex Lees to the final ball of the first over, but they recovered well with McKinney leading the charge on an unbeaten 143, well supported...
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...
Jordan Cox made sure his name remained on the England selectors’ radar with the ninth first-class century of his career, and fifth inside a year since joining Essex, as reigning champions Surrey toiled under bright Chelmsford skies. Cox was on the cusp of an England debut in New Zealand last autumn before the 24-year-old suffered...
Italy: Granzotto; Muzzo, Sillari, Rigoni, D’Inca; Stevanin, Stefan; Turani, Vecchini, Maris, Fedrighi, Duca, Tounesi, Sgorbini, Giordano (capt). Replacements: Gurioli, Zanette, Seye, Veronese, Ranuccini, Bitonci, Mannini, Capomaggi. Yellow card: Fedrighi Ireland: Flood; McCann, Dalton, Higgins, Costigan; O’Brien, Reilly; O’Dowd, Jones, Djougang, Campbell, Tuite, McMahon (capt), King, Wafer. Replacements: Moloney, McCarthy, Haney, Moore, Wall, Hogan, Lane, Breen....
Plymouth Argyle defender Nikola Katic featured in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 2-1 win over Cyprus in Monday’s Fifa World Cup qualifier. The 28-year-old came off the bench for the final 20 minutes of the game in Zenica as the Bosnians won for the second successive match to go top of their group. Meanwhile, Argyle midfielder Darko...
Sonja Jessup Home affairs correspondent, BBC London Reuters The Met’s V100 programme uses data to identify and target men who pose the highest risk to women A data-driven approach to tackling violence against women and girls has led to more than 100 of the “most dangerous offenders” in London being convicted, according to the Metropolitan...
After winning the toss and batting first in the finals of the 2023 and 2024 WPLs – both of which they lost – Capitals skipper Lanning this time opted to bowl at the Brabourne Stadium when the coin came down in her favour. It seemed the right ploy when the Capitals squeezed their opponents early...
Watch highlights as Castleford Tigers score a 76th-minute try to beat fellow strugglers Salford 22-14 for their first Super League win of the season. Pictures courtesy of SuperLeague+. Available to UK users only. MATCH REPORT: Castleford leave it late to beat Salford for first win Source link...