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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.
Continue reading...You’d think the Australian captain who helped orchestrate an Ashes whitewash, lifted the World Cup, became the only Aussie to score Test centuries on his home and away debuts and won the Allan Border Medal four times would be universally loved, but sadly for Michael Clarke that isn’t the case.
Will Pucovski has announced he is retiring from all cricket, effective immediately.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru survived a batting blitz from Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya to win a thriller by 12 runs on Monday in the IPL and spoil Jasprit Bumrah’s return from an injury.
Harry Brook has been named as England’s new white-ball captain, with Rob Key, the director of men’s cricket, praising the Yorkshireman’s “excellent cricketing brain” but also admitting the opportunity has come “slightly earlier than expected”.
Brook, 26, will take charge of both the T20 and ODI teams despite Key admitting last month he was considering offering the latter to Ben Stokes. Instead, Stokes will remain focused on leading the Test side and next winter’s Ashes moonshot, as well as his own return to fitness after hamstring surgery at the start of the year.
Continue reading...Forgotten Test opener Marcus Harris has sent a timely reminder to the national selectors ahead of the World Test Championship final, cracking an unbeaten century on Lancashire debut in the County Championship.
Pace bowler Mohammed Siraj on Sunday said his omission from the Indian team made him ready for IPL as his 4-17 helped Gujarat Titans hammer Sunrisers Hyderabad for a third straight win.
The third ODI between New Zealand and Pakistan was marred by a trio of bizarre incidents as the Black Caps sealed a 3-0 series whitewash in Mount Maunganui.
In a day for India openers, KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal stood out to guide Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals to commanding victories in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
DIVISION ONE
Chelmsford: Essex 356-4 v Surrey
Continue reading...Openers Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram hit half-centuries to set up a tense 12-run victory for Lucknow Super Giants against IPL heavyweights Mumbai Indians on Friday.
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Continue reading...India batter Venkatesh Iyer smashed 60 off 29 balls to fire holders Kolkata Knight Riders to an 80-run hammering of Sunrisers Hyderabad in a comeback IPL win on Thursday.
The 125th edition – the calm before the 2026 storm – begins on Friday with notable names headlining the cast list
The cut of the grass, the shine of a boot, the sigh of a drop, the joy of a catch, the crunch of a four, the hope of the spring. Time stealthily gouging out lines, on faces, over scars, around knees. A first season. A last.
Here, suddenly, is April, unexpectedly sunny and dry. And with it, 135 years after the first County Championship (minus one year for Covid, four for world war one and six for world war two), the 125th.
Continue reading...The West Indies batter on his effortless style, playing with his idols and how leadership brought out the best in him
Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Carl Hooper, 58, played 102 Test matches for the West Indies between 1987 and 2003, scoring nearly 6,000 runs, taking 114 wickets with his wily off-spin and captaining the side in 22 of those appearances. Known as one of the most stylish, if not necessarily most consistent, batters of the era, he also played 227 ODIs and had five prolific seasons with Kent, making 22 first-class centuries in 85 matches for the club.
Hooper returned to the county game with Lancashire in 2003 and is one of only three players to have scored a first-class century against all 18 first-class counties. “He was so talented, yet he didn’t understand just how good he was,” wrote Brian Lara of his former teammate. “People would ask why he didn’t do full justice to his brilliance, and you know what, there is no clear reason for it.”
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