Updated: May 31, 2023 8:51 pm The first day of an English Test summer is always a reason to be cheerful. Given this is an Ashes year, it doesn’t matter that the opponents are ‘only’ Ireland. The Green and Whites should have conjured a victory in 2019 when they dismissed Joe Root’s side for 85 …
Updated: Apr 25, 2023 11:40 am Middlesex clinched their first win of the season in thrilling fashion at Lords, Sam Robson hitting the winning runs in near-darkness. A bold declaration from Nottinghamshire’s captain Steven Mullaney on the final afternoon left Middlesex chasing 249 to win in forty overs after the rain had ravaged most of …
Updated: Apr 19, 2023 1:45 pm Rewind a year, and England’s Test side was floundering. A dismal Ashes series in Australia had been followed by a series defeat in the West Indies. England had won just one of their last fourteen Test matches, and their cricket unsurprisingly looked shorn of any confidence; tentative, cautious, and …
Updated: Apr 18, 2023 11:29 am A stunning hundred from Ollie Pope helped Surrey saunter to a nine-wicket win over Hampshire at the Oval. Pope’s unbeaten 122 came from just 102 balls and made mincemeat of Surrey’s target of 243 in 72 overs in a contest which had been nip-and-tuck for three and a half …
Updated: Apr 12, 2023 11:13 am Leicestershire pulled off a stunning victory against title favourites Yorkshire, reaching their target of 392 with just seven balls to spare. On a thrilling final day, opener Rishi Patel’s superb maiden century and Colin Ackermann’s aggressive 67 helped give Leicestershire a sniff of victory, but after the departure of …
Updated: Apr 11, 2023 3:03 pm Lancashire frustrated Surrey on the final day at Old Trafford as they held the champions to a draw. Heading into the final day needing 410 runs to win and with all ten wickets in hand, a potentially exciting finish seemed on the cards. However, after the departures of Luke …
Updated: Apr 5, 2023 4:52 pm Thursday sees the long-awaited return of an English institution, the County Championship. Often unfairly maligned and used as a scapegoat in the past for England’s Test problems, its future looks cloudy after the counties rejected Sir Andrew Strauss’s proposed domestic overhaul. The Championship is caught between a rock and …
Updated: Mar 21, 2023 3:48 am What’s at its strongest, Zimbabwe will play the Netherlands in three One-Day Internationals to close out their schedule for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League and kick off their preparations for Cricket World Cup Qualifying. Key players Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl, Blessing Muzarabani, Sean Williams, and Tendai …
Updated: Mar 14, 2023 10:55 pm Mumbai Indians have qualified for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) playoff with three games to spare as captain Harmanpreet Kaur smashed 51 off 30 balls to beat Gujarat Giants by 55 runs. Mumbai Indians have qualified for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) playoff with three games to spare as …
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Updated: Mar 8, 2023 7:51 pm No sooner had the dust settled on England’s epic Test match in Wellington than their white ball side was embarking on the first of three One-Day internationals in Bangladesh. Welcome to modern cricket. There has never been a greater separation between formats in the international game. Specialist coaches and …
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