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Warwickshire edged Durham by a wicket while Sussex dismissed Somerset for a first Division One win since 2015
An extravagant target…after some slap and tickle by the Leicestershire tail. Ben Mike 38 not out, three wickets for Jack Morley.
A few wickets round the grounds in this first half hour:
Continue reading...Virat Kohli hit a landmark half-century and spinner Karn Sharma returned 3-36 to trigger an opposition collapse in the IPL as Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians won on Sunday.
How all the day three action unfolded, as Yorkshire cantered to a 504-run win and in Division Two Kent eased to an eight-wicket victory
Things have progressed without too much incident so far this morning at OT, Northants have kept their attacking fields, Lancashire their restraint. Lancs 152-4.
Elsewhere in Division Two: Leaning has picked up a second wicket to get rid of the dangerous Geddes (75), Middx 262-7. Singh Dale has dismissed the dangerous Carlson, Glamorgan 175-4 and looking down a sink-hole. And Derbyshire are nine down at Grace Road, 105 behind. Four wicket for Van Beek, who dismissed Andersson and who in the words of Mike Daniels “has firmly established himself as a favourite here very quickly.” Derbys 379-9.
Continue reading...Abhishek Sharma lit up the IPL on Saturday with a spectacular 141 off 55 balls to steer Sunrisers Hyderabad to the second-highest successful chase in tournament history of 246 as they downed Punjab Kings by eight wickets.
Jimmy Anderson is to be awarded a knighthood for “services to cricket” a year on from the final Test of his record-breaking England career.
Anderson was widely tipped to have his previous OBE upgraded after retiring from international cricket last summer and on Friday was the only sportsperson to feature in the resignation honours list of former prime minister – and cricket fan – Rishi Sunak.
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Continue reading...The Bangladesh Cricket Board is investigating a potential match-fixing incident during Wednesday’s Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match between Gulshan and Shinepukur at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.
KL Rahul smashed an unbeaten 93 as Delhi Capitals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets to maintain their winning streak in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.
Fresh off her maiden national call-up, Queensland rising star Charli Knott will cap off a breakout summer by leading Australia A in this week’s four-day match against England A.
Veteran fast bowler Jackson Bird will return to Tasmania next summer for his 13th season with the Tigers following his two-year stint at New South Wales.
The Big Bash Drafts have been brought forward more than two months in an attempt to help the Australian T20 competition attract the world’s best overseas talent.
Opener Sai Sudharsan struck his third half-century of this season to guide Gujarat Titans to the top of the IPL table with a 58-run thrashing of Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday.
Captain Brett D’Oliveira was controversially given out LBW while fighting for an unlikely draw during Worcestershire’s County Championship match against Somerset in Taunton.
West Indies veteran Nicholas Pooran smashed an unbeaten 87 and Indian newcomer Priyansh Arya hit his first IPL century to lead Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings to victories on Tuesday.
Hampshire and Nottinghamshire stole a march on champions Surrey in a fine first round of matches
Walking through the warm, not even watery, sunshine of St John’s Wood with only the still leafless trees to betray the date, I suspected there would be runs in the first round of the County Championship – and so it proved.
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