Looking to win this competition for the first time, Surrey were always on top of Sussex from the moment Will Jacks (43) and Dom Sibley (45) hammered a 52-run opening stand from the opening five overs. Although the tournament’s third-highest run scorer, Jason Roy was out for a two-ball duck but Sam Curran took up...
Daniel Bell-Drummond hammered a 48-ball century as Kent Spitfires ended Somerset’s 100% start to their T20 Blast campaign. Meanwhile, reigning champions Gloucestershire suffered a fifth successive defeat as Glamorgan beat them by 40 runs at Bristol. Matthew Potts inspired Durham to a crushing six-wicket win over Yorkshire, with the England paceman returning Blast-best figures of...
While Northamptonshire have a 100% winning record in the T20 Blast, Derbyshire suffered a fifth defeat in five games as they were beaten by 16 runs at Durham. Ollie Robinson’s T20-best 70 from 46 balls, sharing an 84-run partnership with Colin Ackermann (33), helped the home side reach 168-6 at Chester-le-Street. The Falcons reply was...
Following in the footsteps of Rafael Nadal as the second Spaniard to reach five major men’s singles finals, Alcaraz could emulate his childhood hero by winning his fifth major at the exact same age: 22 years, one month and three days. The two-time Wimbledon champion has taken just 82 matches to reach 70 wins at...
Alcaraz has not been at his clinical best over the past fortnight and Musetti , 23, promised to be his sternest test yet. While Alcaraz leads the men’s tour in terms of clay-court victories this season, Musetti is right behind him, having won 19 of his 22 matches on the surface. The Italian reached the...
ICC CWCL2 squad: Richie Berrington (capt) (Clydesdale), Charlie Cassell (Heriot’s), Matthew Cross (Heriot’s), Jasper Davidson (Grange), Olly Davidson (Carlton), Jack Jarvis (Grange), Mackenzie Jones (Essex), Michael Leask (Forfarshire), Finlay McCreath (Grange), Brandon McMullen (RH Corstorphine), George Munsey (RH Corstorphine), Liam Naylor (RH Corstorphine), Safyaan Sharif (Perth Doo’cot), Charlie Tear (Sussex), Mark Watt (Heriot’s) T20 squad:...
Top-order batter Shubman Gill has been named the new Test captain of the India men’s team. The 25-year-old succeeds Rohit Sharma as captain, with the 38-year-old having retired from Test cricket earlier this month. Gill, who has scored 1,893 runs in 32 Tests, will lead a depleted India team in a five-Test tour of England...
Kevin de Bruyne is expected to make his fourth – and last – FA Cup final appearance for Manchester City after the Belgian announced in April he will leave at the end of the season after 10 years at Etihad Stadium. Crystal Palace are 12th in the Premier League table – 16 points behind fourth-placed...
Both Scottish Cup finals will be shown live on BBC One Scotland, with the meeting between Aberdeen and Celtic in the men’s showpiece kicking off at 15:00 BST on Saturday 24 May. Brendan Rodgers’ side will go for a sixth domestic treble in nine seasons against Jimmy Thelin’s Aberdeen, who have not lifted the Scottish...
Rajasthan Royals’ 14-year-old batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi made history as the youngest player to hit a century in men’s T20s. Suryavanshi pulled Rashid Khan for six to bring up the second fastest hundred in the Indian Premier League (IPL) – and fastest by an Indian player – from 35 balls. The teenage left-hander smashed seven fours...
Richie Berrington (captain), Charlie Cassell, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Jasper Davidson, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Michael Leask, Chris McBride, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt Scotland v UAE, 4 May Scotland v UAE, 8 May Netherlands v Scotland, 10 May Scotland v UAE, 14 May Netherlands v Scotland, 16...
Prize money at last year’s Wimbledon was £50m, exactly double the amount offered in 2014. In that 10-year period, prize money for first-round losers increased from £27,000 to £60,000. But players have frequently pointed to the vast revenues generated by the Grand Slams, and feel they deserve a significantly larger return. In the year up...
Ireland’s men have called off plans to host a multi-format series against Afghanistan this year “for financial reasons”. Ireland were scheduled to play one Test against the Afghans, as well as three ODIs and three T20s, according to the Men’s Future Tours Programme. The Irish men’s team will however play their first home T20I series...
