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News Former England seamer seeking game-time ahead of Hundred stint with London Spirit Jade Dernbach has joined Derbyshire on a short-term loan from Surrey for the rest of the T20 Blast after slipping down the pecking order at The Oval. Dernbach, 35, played 58 limited-overs internationals for England between 2011 and 2014, and captained Surrey

Report England batter hits second fifty in four Blast innings after Glamorgan slump to 104 all out Essex 108 for 2 (Lawrence 55*) beat Glamorgan 104 by eight wickets Dan Lawrence produced his second Vitality Blast fifty of the season to set up Essex Eagles’ painless eight-wicket victory over a depleted Glamorgan. Essex were only

Report South Africa are chasing their first T20I series win in over two years South Africa opt to bowl v West Indies Temba Bavuma won his first T20I toss and decided to put West Indies in to bat for the first time in this series. A win for South Africa here will give them a

News Somerset batter brought in for third ODI after finding form in Blast England have added Tom Banton to their squad for the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka in Bristol on Sunday. Banton, the 22-year-old Somerset top-order batter, hit a 47-ball century in the Vitality T20 Blast at the start of the week.

Justin Langer has not gathered a full squad since early in the year © Getty Images Justin Langer addressed the “confronting” team reviews that led to talk of unrest in the Australia dressing room before the limited-overs squad departed for West Indies with a greater use of assistant coaches one of the key recommendations. Reports

Lord’s will host a full-capacity ODI for the first time since the 2019 World Cup final © Getty Images England will play a home international in front of a full-capacity crowd for the first time since September 2019 next Saturday, after the second ODI against Pakistan at Lord’s was included in the UK government’s Event

News Only the MCG will not be sold to capacity for the Boxing Day Test, although the current lockdowns are a reminder of the challenging situation Cricket Australia will sell venues at 100% capacity for next season, with the exception of the Boxing Day Ashes Test at the MCG, in the hope of bumper crowds,

Chris Lynn is the leading run-scorer in BBL history © Getty Images Chris Lynn has stepped down as captain of Brisbane Heat after three years at the helm. The Heat reached the Challenger final last season before being defeated by Perth Scorchers – the first time they had reached the finals since 2016-17 – having

News “We have discussed a lot of things, hopefully, we sort it out and we come back strongly” Jhulan Goswami believes that India “need to take up more responsibility” as a bowling unit if they are to save the three-match ODI series against England after going 1-0 down in Bristol on Sunday. Having posted a

News Tammy Beaumont consolidates top spot after hitting run-a-ball 87 not out Mithali Raj has returned to the top five among women batters in ODIs after scoring 72 in her side’s eight-wicket loss to England in the first ODI in Bristol on Sunday. Raj, who gained three places on the table, got into the top

Report Conway and Gregory co-star in crushing ten-wicket victory at Canterbury Somerset 169 for 0 (Banton 107*, Conway 51*) beat Kent 168 for 8 (Gregory 4-27) by ten wickets There have not been many nights as extreme like this in the history of the Blast. A thick mist hung over Canterbury for much of the

News Club will be permitted 19,000 spectators for match in July in extension of government pilot The third ODI between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston next month will be permitted an 80 percent capacity crowd, in the latest steps of a government pilot scheme geared towards the return of full stadiums in the wake of

News “In terms of having the four of us in one time is pretty special” – Tim Southee Shane Jurgensen, the New Zealand bowling coach, has described winning the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) as his “greatest coaching achievement”. “I think for me this is about, for all of New Zealand really, from people that

Mithali Raj has admitted that India’s long-standing inability to minimise their dot-ball percentage and rotate strike more proactively will need to be redressed if they are to save the ongoing three-match ODI series against England. Chewing up 181 dot balls and posting a paltry 201 for 8, India suffered an eight-wicket loss in the first

Stephen Eskinazi continued his good form with an unbeaten 91 © Getty Images Middlesex 171 for 3 (Eskinazi 91*) beat Glamorgan 170 for 8 (Douthwaite 53, Weighell 51, Mitchell 3-37) by seven wickets Stephen Eskinazi maintained his rich vein of form with an unbeaten 91 from 56 balls as Middlesex halted their four-match Vitality Blast

Report Allrounder cracks 74 from 35 balls in massive total of 224 for 3, before Bess completes rout Yorkshire 224 for 3 (Thompson 74, Stoneman 50) beat Northamptonshire 142 (Bess 3-17) by 82 runs Yorkshire Vikings’ Jordan Thompson made a T20 career-best 74 to help his side go top of the North Group with an

Report Central Sparks bowled out for 83 en route to eight-wicket loss Southern Vipers 85 for 2 (Wyatt 45) beat Central Sparks 83 (Dean 5-19) by eight wickets A confident Southern Vipers side ignited their Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign with an eight-wicket victory over Central Sparks, who were bowled out for 83 in a double-header

Mithali Raj believes a potential ODI debut for Shafali Verma against England could help India capitalise on the field restrictions better. The three-match series begins from Sunday. “That’s how she plays. That’s her strength. That’s her style of batting,” Raj, India’s Test and ODI captain, said on match eve in Bristol. “There would be times