Northamptonshire 344 for 7 (Zaib 136, Young 81, Beard 3-65) beat Essex343 for 9 (Khushi 118, Westley 67, Buck 5-59) by three wickets Northamptonshire’s Saif Zaib treated a record Royal London Cup crowd at Wantage Road to a commanding 136, as Northamptonshire pulled off their highest ever run chase in one-day cricket to beat Essex
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India chose to bat vs West Indies Hardik Pandya turned out to captain India in the dead-rubber fifth T20I and elected to bat first on the same pitch that slowed down over the course of the first match of the weekend double-header in Lauderhill. Both sides made wholesale changes to give their remaining squad members
Big picture Two years after they played the T20I World Cup final in front of 88,000 fans at a packed MCG, Australia and India will square off in the gold-medal match at the Commonwealth Games 2022. The setting is perhaps a little less intimidating, but Edgbaston will likely be sold out to its 25,000 capacity.
Australia 145 for 5 (Mooney 36, McGrath 34, Tahuhu 3-20) beat New Zealand 144 for 7 (Devine 53, Kerr 40, Schutt 3-20) by five wickets Megan Schutt‘s three wickets and another steadfast display from their batters saw Australia to victory against New Zealand in the second semi-final of the Commonwealth Games. New Zealand were left
Adam Zampa has refused to entertain the possibility of playing in the new franchise T20 leagues in the UAE and South Africa and insisted that he is focused on representing Australia for as long as possible. Several Australian players, most notably David Warner, have been actively courted by new teams in the International League T20
The various challenges posed by the conditions in the Caribbean will help India’s preparation to face different situations during the T20 World Cup in Australia, according to batter Dinesh Karthik. After playing the first three T20Is in the West Indies, the teams have moved to Lauderhill in Florida for the last two games of the
Derbyshire 318 for 6 (Guest 88, McKiernan 72*, Reece 52) beat Essex 226 by 92 runs Brooke Guest anchored Derbyshire to Royal London Cup success against Essex with the highest 50-over score of his increasingly impressive career. Guest, who has four first-class centuries to his name this season, frustrated a sizeable, sun-drenched Chelmsford crowd with
Dom Sibley and Dan Lawrence will have the opportunity to impress England’s new management after being named in a strong 13-man Lions squad to play the visiting South Africans in a four-day match at Canterbury next week. Sibley has not played Test cricket since England’s second Test against India last summer but has had a
Salliann Beams is set to step away from her successful coaching posts after being named Cricket Tasmania’s new general manager of high performance just a few months out from the start of the WNCL and WBBL. Beams coached Tasmania’s women’s team to the WNCL title last season and had signed an extension to remain coach
London Spirit 171 for 6 (Morgan 47) beat Oval Invincibles 168 for 7 (Cartwright 42, Ellis 3-28) by four wickets Nathan Ellis and Jordan Thompson’s powerplay heroics helped London Spirit seal a three-run win over city rival Oval Invincibles in a magnificent derby clash. Australian quick Ellis and Thompson wrecked the Invincibles top order to
Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka Sune Luus opted to chase in South Africa’s swansong on a tour that started two months ago, in Ireland. While they won both white-ball series in Ireland, they went on to draw the Test in England, and lose both series and are currently on a streak
The T20I leg has been hit by a series of logistical hitches. The second T20I in St Kitts was delayed by three hours after a late arrival of team kits from Trinidad, which hosted the series opener. As a result, the third T20I the following day was also delayed, with the start time pushed back
Southern Brave 109 for 1 (Vince 71*) beat Welsh Fire 107 for 7 (Duckett 40, Jordan 2-16) by nine wickets James Vince continued his sublime white-ball form as Southern Brave began their Hundred defence with a nine-wicket schooling of Welsh Fire. Brave captain Vince was the Vitality Blast’s leading scorer with 678 runs and began
Fast bowler Zak Chappell will join Derbyshire at the end of the season after the expiry of his contract with Nottinghamshire. Chappell, 25, came through at Leicestershire and was in high demand when he moved to Trent Bridge at the end of 2018. But he only managed 18 appearances for Notts across all three formats
Two Sri Lankan stars who dominated Australia in the recent Test in Galle have nominated to play in the BBL this upcoming season with Prabath Jayasuriya and Dinesh Chandimal among the latest names to headline a host of new nominations for the upcoming overseas draft. Jayasuriya, Chandimal, Maheesh Theekshana and Bhanuka Rajapaksa have all nominated
India captain Rohit Sharma retired hurt on 11 after suffering a back spasm in their chase of 165 in the third T20I against West Indies in Basseterre. According to an update from the BCCI, their medical team is “monitoring his progress”. Rohit felt some discomfort after he advanced at fast bowler Alzarri Joseph in the
India and Pakistan will play each other for the first time since the 2021 T20 World Cup when they face off in the Asia Cup on August 28 in Dubai, a day after the tournament begins with Sri Lanka taking on Afghanistan. Bangladesh open their campaign against Afghanistan on August 30 in Sharjah. The fixtures
In the first T20I on a two-paced Tarouba surface , India racked up 190 for 6 despite the steady fall of wickets. In the second game, on a similarly challenging surface in Basseterre, India stayed true to their attacking batting approach, but it backfired this time as they were bowled out for 138 with four