Joshua Smith Joshua Smith was given the Nigel Queree Environment Award Two students studying for doctorates have been awarded grants for their natural history work. Societe Jersiaise has given the Nigel Queree Environment Award for 2025 to Joshua Smith for his project assessing grazing practices. The study group gave the Roderick Dobson Award to Rees...
Runners-up last year and winners in 2023, Somerset’s T20 pedigree was again in evidence at Sophia Gardens. The seam attack of Matt Henry, Riley Meredith and captain Lewis Gregory reduced Glamorgan to 49-5 in the ninth over and the innings did not recover. A total of 130-9 never looked to be enough as T20 specialist...
But Matthew Cross and Michael Leask steadied the ship and shared an unbeaten partnership of 48 to see Scotland close to 200 runs. Nepal’s chase started in erratic fashion after Kushal Bhurtel’s ramp shot from McMullen’s delivery in the first over was smartly taken by Finlay McCreath on the boundary. By the time captain Rohit...
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England vs India: Why Test series is the time for England to win under Ben Stokes & Brendon McCullum
For once, Stokes is not the biggest box-office draw. India’s Jasprit Bumrah is the leading cricketer on the planet right now, compiling a career that will stack up against any fast bowler to have played the game. How England survive his staccato approach and educated fingers will go a long way to deciding the series....
Gill comes from the generation of India batters who has grown up with the IPL. He made his debut in the competition as an 18-year-old and won the title in 2023 with Gujarat – the franchise he now captains. But the 25-year-old has ascended to the highest honour in Indian sport and described it as...
The National Lottery Jon Waring and his wife Lucy from Paignton won the jackpot A couple who won a £3.97m Lotto jackpot say they are planning to “slow down” and “enjoy life” at a more relaxed pace. Jon Waring, 57, and his wife Lucy, 48, from Paignton, in Devon, said they could not believe they...
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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...
Scotland suffered back-to-back defeats in their T20 Tri-Series as they lost out to the Netherlands by 17 runs in Glasgow. Dutch opener Michael Levitt was the standout performer, striking 90 off 57 deliveries in an imposing total of 198-7. Decent showings from Max O’Dowd (21) and captain Scott Edwards (31) helped boost the visitors’ score,...
Jack Draper produces an “explosive masterclass” to win the final two points of his second-round match against Alexei Popyrin at Queen’s. Read full article at source...
Knott and Maia Bouchier struggled to get the ball away amid some smothering Surrey pressure, scoring just 32 in the six-over powerplay. They were 57-0 at the start of the 10th over when Bouchier sliced to Bryony Smith off Alice Capsey to depart for 33 from 25 balls. Phoebe Franklin ran round from long-on to...
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...
South Africa’s World Test Championship triumph “stirred the emotions” of the country, but there is “still work to be done” on the format, says Proteas legend AB de Villiers. Temba Bavuma’s side beat Australia by five wickets in the Lord’s final last week to end the country’s 27-year wait for a men’s global title. The...
But Berrada knows where the major external focus will be, in particular on coach Ruben Amorim, who had such a tortuous introduction to life at United following his arrival from Sporting in November. Berrada joined United after working as chief football operations officer at City Football Group. And he can see similarities between Amorim and...