Northants fought hard throughout day three after starting 190 runs behind with three wickets already down. Captain Procter again dug in, but it was James Sales who dominated the stand of 53 as he took three boundaries in an over off the usually economical Timm van der Gugten. Sales, on 35, edged through to Chris...
When is a ceasefire a genuine attempt to secure peace? And when is it simply PR? It’s a question that’s been asked a lot lately. Mostly in relation to Russia’s president. Short ceasefires are becoming quite the Kremlin thing. First, Vladimir Putin declared a 30-hour cessation of hostilities over Easter, portraying it as a “humanitarian”...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has said the ceasefire will run from the morning of 8 May until the 11 May – which coincides with victory celebrations to mark the end of World War Two. In a statement it said Putin declared the ceasefire...
A consistent visitors’ batting display, with five players passing 50, saw them to 427 all out in their first innings. At the start of the day Andy Gorvin finally ended the Leicestershire tail-end frolics as he had Ben Cox lbw for 51 with the second ball of the morning, and although the injured Rishi Patel...