There was plenty of discussion and hope that losing the England captaincy would allow Knight more freedom as a batter, and in her first two knocks since, that has already come to fruition. She made 43 not out in the first T20 at Canterbury, and was not required to bat in the second, before finishing...
Northamptonshire leg-spinner Calvin Harrison followed up a career-best knock of 63 with two wickets to keep his side in control of their County Championship clash against Gloucestershire at Wantage Road. Harrison, on loan from Nottinghamshire, shared a ninth-wicket partnership of 90 with Liam Guthrie as the home side posted a daunting total of 469, built...
England took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the T20 series with a dominant nine-wicket thrashing of West Indies at Hove. Chasing just 82 to win, England reached their target off 9.2 overs with new captain Nat Sciver-Brunt unbeaten on 55 from 31 balls and Sophia Dunkley scoring 24 not out. Danni Wyatt-Hodge fell to the...
Henry Crocombe and John Turner demonstrated their winter work with Dale Steyn with whirlwind spells as 15 wickets fell on the first day at Utilita Bowl in the County Championship. Fast bowlers Crocombe and Turner were part of the England Lions squad mentored by South Africa legend Steyn, and coached by Andrew Flintoff, over the...
England’s new era under captain Nat Sciver-Brunt and coach Charlotte Edwards started with a comfortable eight-wicket win in the first T20 against West Indies in Canterbury. The tourists posted 146-7 after captain Hayley Matthews’ superb unbeaten century, but England made light work of the chase by reaching the target in 16.3 overs thanks to Sophia...
Paul Stirling became the first Irish player to reach 10,000 international runs as Ireland comfortably beat West Indies in the opening one-day international at Clontarf. A 109-run partnership between Andrew Balbirnie (112) and record-breaking captain Stirling (54) set Ireland on course for victory as they reached 303-6. Stirling has scored 5,979 runs in ODIs, 3,656...
Ireland have been dealt a double injury blow before their one-day series against West Indies this week with Craig Young and Curtis Campher ruled out. Bowler Young, 35, sustained a hamstring injury in action for the North West Warriors against the Leinster Lightning last week, while all-rounder Curtis Campher, 26, fractured a finger batting in...
Cameron Green demonstrated true grit in scoring a much-needed hundred to extricate Gloucestershire from a spot of bother on day two against Kent. Reduced to 139-4 in reply to Kent’s first-innings 424, Gloucestershire were indebted to their overseas hired hand, who registered a battling 102 not out from 150 balls with 12 fours and a...
Watch the goals as Livingston record a 2-0 second-leg win to complete a 4-0 aggregate victory over Partick Thistle in the Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final. READ MORE: Livingston power past Partick into play-off final Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Ireland have included uncapped trio Cade Carmichael, Tom Mayes and Liam McCarthy in a 14-man squad for the one-day series against West Indies at Clontarf later this month. Mark Adair has been ruled out of the ODIs by injury but has been named in another 14-man squad selected for next month’s three T20 contests against...
Vladimir Putin is leading Russia’s Victory Day commemorations with a parade in Red Square and heightened security after days of Ukrainian strikes targeting the capital. Chinese President Xi Jingping is among more than 20 international leaders who have made the journey to Moscow. A unilateral, three-day ceasefire was announced by Russia to coincide with the...
Woakes has not played yet this season because of an ankle problem, while Wood is out until July following knee surgery. Brydon Carse remains sidelined with a foot problem and Olly Stone will not play before the back end of the summer after his own knee operation. Ollie Robinson, who has won 20 Test caps,...
Gloucester: Carreras; Wade, Harris, S Atkinson, Morris; Anscombe, Williams; Rapava Ruskin, Blake, Fasogbon, Clark, Thomas, Clement, Ludlow (capt), Ackermann Replacements: Singleton, Ford-Robinson, Gotovtsev, Jordan, Clarke, Englefield, C Atkinson, Cotgreave Exeter: Hodge; Hammersley, Slade, Hawkins, Brown-Bampoe; Skinner, Armstrong; Sio, Yeandle, Street, Tuima, Jenkins (capt), E Roots, Vintcent, Fisilau Replacements: Norey, Blose, Iosefa-Scott, Capstick, Vermeulen, Townsend, Haydon-Wood,...
Surrey finally broke through in the third over after lunch. Atkinson produced a fine delivery which nipped away at decent pace and Vaughan (36) was held at second slip. Worrall got a deserved success with a ball which shaped away that Tom Abell edged low to second slip for a duck, but Lammonby and Tom...
Alex Lees excelled against his former county as he and fellow centurion Emilio Gay ensured Durham dominated day two of their County Championship match against Yorkshire at the Banks Homes Riverside. At the halfway stage of this Division One fixture, Durham have control having replied strongly to a first-innings 307 with 264-1 from 63.2 overs,...