Australia’s Josh Inglis scored 73 while coach Ricky Ponting earned special praise as Punjab Kings scored a seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians to secure a top two finish moving into the IPL playoffs.
Notts beat Yorkshire, Surrey draw with Essex, and more: county cricket day four – as it happened
Nottinghamshire dance into the Championship’s early summer break at the top of Division One, after bowling Yorkshire out just before tea at Headingley
And now D’Oliveira follows at New Road…a third for Rushworth. This turning into rather a sad little procession.
Worcestershire lost two in two balls and suddenly that run chase tilting uphill – one for Woakes, one for Rushworth., Roderick and Kashif gone.
Continue reading...Green’s stunning form continues with another hundred as Marnus struggles again – County Wrap
Cameron Green’s preparation for an all but certain return to Australia’s top order in the World Test Championship final could hardly be going better.
Head finishes season with blistering knock as Sunrisers smash third highest ever IPL score
South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen struck his second IPL century on Sunday as he powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to a mammoth 278-3 and a 110-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders.
Pope determined to prove he warrants England place and Stokes’ defence
Batter relaxed about Jacob Bethell’s potential return after century against Zimbabwe with India and Australia to come
A Test match that began with England saying they wanted to be better at media interactions and show a touch more humility ended with the captain growling about his words being twisted. And they say a week is a long time in politics …
It was my question that sparked all this, as it happens. The day before the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, I asked Ben Stokes about Jacob Bethell, the conversations that surrounded his absence to play in the Indian Premier League, and whether, as the “incumbent No 3” who made such an impression in New Zealand, he would be “straight back in” for the series against India.
Continue reading...Stokes slams ‘agenda’ against centurion as England star stuns with unbelievable one-handed catch
Ben Stokes came to the defence of Ollie Pope by saying the vice-captain’s century against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge had answered an “agenda” against the Surrey batsman.
Stoinis, Inglis flurries not enough for Punjab as Delhi prevail in final over IPL thriller
Samir Rizvi hit an unbeaten 58 after Karun Nair celebrated his India Test recall with 44 as Delhi Capitals ended their IPL season with a consolation win over Punjab Kings on Saturday.
Time for the ‘Prince’: India entrusts 25yo star to lead new era as 18-man series squad revealed
Shubman Gill, long Indian cricket’s “Prince” in waiting, has been entrusted with leading a new era as India announced the team for next month’s all-important tour of England.
Telling Sam Konstas act emerges as Aussie teen expected to be left out for World Test Championship
Sam Konstas is reportedly set to be snubbed for the World Test Championship final for a batsman who has never opened at the international level, but the teenager is doing all he can to change selectors’ minds.
He’s back! Stokes makes statement in Test return, Zimbabwe star hits record-breaking ton
Ben Stokes struck twice on his return to Test cricket as England enforced the follow-on against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge on Friday despite a record-breaking century from Brian Bennett.
Cummins stars in hit to IPL team’s top-two hopes… but big Aussie boost firms for playoffs
Pat Cummins starred with the ball in hand while Ishan Kishan top-scored with 94 not out as Sunrisers Hyderabad scripted a 42-run consolation win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League on Friday.
Aussie brothers make history as Marsh records first IPL ton in upset win
Mitchell Marsh struck his first Indian Premier League century as Lucknow Super Giants pulled off an upset 33-run win against table-toppers Gujarat Titans.
Audition could swing Marnus vs Konstas; Green surge to spark Aussie shake-up: State of play
It is a rare occasion when a domestic match abroad carries significant implications for Australia, but that will be the case when Glamorgan meets Middlesex in a match beginning on Friday in Wales.
England faces ‘hard decision’ after dominant Ashes tune-up as under-pressure star sends message
England’s top three of Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope all made hundreds as they piled on the agony for a hapless Zimbabwe in a one-off four-day Test in Nottingham.
Bazball’s moment of truth arrives in year that will define era of McCullum and Stokes
One-off Zimbabwe Test at Trent Bridge the launchpad for a decisive summer for England and their abstemious captain
So where are we up to right now? Still Bazball 2.0? The start of Bazball 3.0? Given Ben Stokes has knocked the grog on the head this year, perhaps it should be Bazball 0.0% ABV.
Although, jokes aside, that recent revelation on one of those man-chat podcasts said a fair bit about Stokes’s nature. Not only has he temporarily paused drinking during his recovery from hamstring surgery but, so taken by this, he has even bought shares in an alcohol-free spirits company. England’s Test captain is someone who, when he sets his mind on something, sees it through to the extreme. Even abstinence.
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