The final weeks of the season brought joy for Warwickshire, agony for Somerset, and promotion for Kent and Durham
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South Africa have named their preliminary squad for the upcoming three-Test series against Australia, and the villain has been named.
BREAKING: Aussie great steps up as bitter Big Bash battle takes first CA casualty
Former Australian batter David Boon will serve as the interim chair of Cricket Australia with outgoing chair Mike Baird deciding to stand down from the role.
South Africa power to ODI series win as Australia’s middle order struggles again
Bavuma and Miller smash centuries in second ODI
Australia batters fall 32 runs short despite strong start
Temba Bavuma and David Miller both struck centuries as South Africa defeated Australia by 32 runs in the second one-day international in Johannesburg, securing victory in the three-match series with a game to spare.
Australia sent their hosts in to bat and South Africa amassed 365 for nine in their 50 overs, before bowling the visitors out for 333 in 49.5 overs to win a high-scoring encounter. The Proteas continued their recent dominance over their rivals with a 19th ODI win in their last 25 meetings.
Continue reading...Abell’s 307 offers solace for Somerset as season slips into sepia – as it happened
As Warwickshire celebrated the title, Tom Abell gave fans of the repeat runners-up something to cheer at Taunton
Caught at long on, aiming for the rope, and finishes one run short of Joe Clarke in the highest run-scorers of the year league. Handshakes from Pope and Worrall as he walks off with no fuss.
Somerset, 731 all out, have a first-innings lead of 301. Do Surrey have one last collapse in them?
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Warwickshire clinch County Championship title with victory over Leicestershire
Warwickshire beat Leicestershire by an innings & 79 runs
Ethan Bamber’s five-wicket haul seals title for Bears
Warwickshire were crowned County Championship champions after beating Leicestershire by an innings and 79 runs at Edgbaston on Saturday. They entered the third day needing seven wickets to clinch the title, while the visitors required 182 more runs to send them back in to bat.
Chris Woakes got the hosts off to the ideal start by bowling Sol Budinger for 47 and the former England all-rounder soon struck again when his delivery to Jonathan Tattersall was caught by Rob Yates at slip.
Continue reading...Warwickshire clinch the title, Bairstow the hero for Yorkshire, and more: County Championship, third day – live
Updates from final round of county cricket games
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Wow – Ethan Bamber has bowled more overs than anyone else in Div One this year! And 66 wickets in his pocket to count for it. He takes the ball at the press box end.
In answer to the Leicestershire appeal question BTL, we think they have appealed everything but the only points likely to be overturned or semi overturned are eight points, which will make no difference to the relegation battle. If anyone thinks different, do drop me a line.
Continue reading...‘There was a lot of method in my madness when I played’: Kevin Pietersen 2.0 on how he can help England
The appointment of England white-ball teams’ specialist mentor has divided opinion but the man himself says he is loving being back in the dressing room
Kevin Pietersen insisted he is a “completely different” person these days as he sat down at Headingley – the ground where he declared “it’s tough being me in this dressing room” 14 years earlier – and spoke at length about his role as the new “specialist mentor” to England’s white-ball teams.
In the aftermath of a 16-run loss to Sri Lanka that sends this late summer one-day series into an Oval decider on Sunday, Pietersen also revealed that while not full-time – “I’ll be in and out” – his input may not be restricted to the challenge of winning the 50-over World Cup in South Africa next year. A home Ashes comes before that, the series that launched his career back in 2005, and discussions with Stephen Fleming, the incoming Test coach, and Joe Root have already taken place.
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‘Outplayed’: Mitch Marsh rues Australia’s ODI capitulation to South Africa
South Africa 297-8; Australia 230 | South Africa win by 67 runs
Captain’s blistering 60 not enough to topple hosts in Durban
Mitch Marsh could not hide his dismay at how Australia capitulated tamely in their opening ODI in South Africa, succumbing to a 67-run defeat after a succession of cheap dismissals in a sorry run chase at Durban.
Stand-in skipper Marsh himself seemed to have laid the foundations for victory with his blistering opening knock of 60, but after he had perished needlessly to the spinning wiles of Kehav Maharaj, none of his team could cement the partnerships to get them anywhere near the hosts’ 298-run target.
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A familiar foe has returned to haunt Australia as a seemingly cruisy run chase was thrown into chaos by South Africa’s spin attack as the hosts claimed a 67-run victory in the first ODI in Durban.
0-113… then Warnie’s text: What happened to forgotten Aussie at centre of craziest ODI in history
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Test hopefuls fail first Aus A audition after spin duo push their case for India call-up
Australia A’s batters failed in their first audition to impress Test selectors as the tourists were bowled out for 171 on day two of their first four-day game against India A in Puducherry.
Warwickshire ‘in the groove’ as County Championship destiny calls
Going into the last round 11 points clear, the bowler Olly Hannon-Dalby is confident the favourites can clinch the title
Olly Hannon‑Dalby, 6ft 7in of medium‑fast heritage craft, has just come out of training at Edgbaston. The last round of County Championship cricket is about to start and slow‑burn Warwickshire are nailed-on favourites. Hannon‑Dalby tries to pinpoint what has made the team tick this summer.
“Our bowling has massive depth,” he says. “Ethan Bamber has had an outstanding year with 60 wickets, and then Chris Woakes has been around the majority of the season. To be able to throw an English legend the ball every now and then is unbelievable – and his demeanour when he plays, how he carries himself is amazing. In fact our depth in general is great, everyone has played and contributed.”
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