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Derbyshire 160 for 4 (Came 43, du Plooy 40*) beat Northamptonshire 156 for 8 (Gay 47, Zaman 3-26) by six wickets Derbyshire Falcons skipper Leus du Plooy led from the front with a crucial unbeaten 40 from 23 balls to keep his side’s Vitality Blast quarter-final hopes alive with victory over Northamptonshire Steelbacks. Du Plooy

Leus du Plooy is considering an offer from Middlesex as he weighs up his future as a Derbyshire player. Derbyshire gave du Plooy his first opportunity in county cricket in 2019 and he has become one of their senior players during his five seasons at the club. He was appointed captain earlier this year but

The spin duo of Shreyanka Patil and Mannat Kashyap starred with the ball after a sedate batting effort to guide the India A team to the Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup title with a 31-run win over Bangladesh A in the final in Mong Kok. Electing to bat, India A first posted a modest 127

England hope that a week’s gap between the first and second Ashes Tests will enable their bowling attack time to recover ahead of back-to-back fixtures at Lord’s and Headingley, following a heavy workload at Edgbaston this week. The second men’s Test starts on June 28 at Lord’s and England are only expected to train twice

Nepal 211 for 4 (Sharki 77*, Airee 39*, Bhurtel 39) beat USA 207 (Jahangir 100*, Karan 4-33) by six wickets Nepal medium pacer Karan KC left a devastated USA top order in his wake with 4 for 11 in a seven-over new-ball burst to set up a six-wicket win at Takashinga Sports Club. For the

The inclusion of Madushanka, a left-armer able to swing the ball at pace, follows impressive recent outings against South Africa A, where he picked up nine wickets across three 50-over games and then another four in a four-day encounter, and comes on the back of him becoming the most expensive signing at $92,000 at the

It’s hard to believe Pat Cummins had ever seen anything like it. Against the first ball of the day, Joe Root attempted to reverse scoop him over the slips. The stroke, even though Root didn’t connect, heralded a passage of play that sent Australia from attack to defence in five overs. They started with three

Matt Parkinson will leave Lancashire at the end of the season to join Kent on a three-year-deal. The 26-year-old leg-spinner has found his opportunities limited at his boyhood county, despite starting the season with a five-wicket haul in the first round of this season’s County Championship against Surrey. He then played one match on loan

Bangladesh’s fast bowlers showed maturity during the one-off Test against Afghanistan, something that impressed head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe. The pace trio finished with their best match haul as the home side beat Afghanistan by 546 runs. It was a significant win, particularly at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, regarded as Bangladesh’s spin stronghold. During his

Australia’s lower order was an immediate target for England with Ollie Robinson terming them as having “three No. 11s” after they successfully ran through the tail on the third day at Edgbaston. Though Pat Cummins, batting at No. 8, contributed 38 – his highest score as captain and best since he made 63 against India

Cameron Green is building himself an impressive list of outstanding gully catches, even if he did shell a relatively simple one at The Oval last game before more than making up for it. Here’s a selection of his finest so far from ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary. You would imagine there are many more to come Now

“I still feel like I’m going to watch the Ashes, I need to remind myself that I’m potentially playing it,” says Phoebe Litchfield. In a way, it’s unfair to a player to say an international career feels inevitable because, however talented, there is a huge amount of work that goes into reaching the highest level.

Annabel Sutherland scored a century opening Australia’s second innings as their three-day warm-up for the Women’s Ashes against England A ended in a draw. Phoebe Litchfield, who is tipped to open for the Australians when the Ashes kick off with next week’s Test at Trent Bridge, also enjoyed some valuable time in the middle, scoring

Edgbaston, 1st innings3.5 NOW THAT’S OUT!! Full and fast, pinned in front of middle and leg! Warner is gone, no attempt even to review – Broad has burst through in the fourth over of the morning, and Edgbaston is all over this! “Cheerio, cheerio!” they crow, as Warner grits his teeth and heads for the

Bangladesh 382 (Shanto 146, Mahmudul 76, Masood 5-79) and 425 for 4 dec (Shanto 124, Mominul 121*, Zahir 2-112) beat Afghanistan 146 (Zazai 36, Ebadot 4-47, Taijul 2-7) and 115 (Rahmat 30, Taskin 4-37, Shoriful 3-28) by 546 runs Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 546 runs in the one-off Test in Dhaka, thus achieving their highest

Ben Stokes‘ decision to declare England’s first innings at 393 for 8 after 78 overs, with Joe Root unbeaten on 118, “came as no surprise” to their players. That is according to Jonny Bairstow, who said that forcing Australia’s openers to survive four overs on the first evening represented “a shot to nothing” for them.

Pakistan’s involvement at the 50-over World Cup in India later this year remains subject to their government’s approval. According to PCB chairman Najam Sethi, the board has written to the ICC following the release of a draft schedule of this year’s ODI World Cup to stress that they cannot unilaterally approve the fixture list. “We

Lunch Bangladesh 382 and 255 for 2 (Shanto 112*, Zakir 71, Hamza 1-33) lead Afghanistan 146 (Zazai 36, Jamal 35, Ebadot 4-47) by 491 runs The third morning was all about Najmul Hossain Shanto reaching his second century in the Dhaka Test against Afghanistan. He became the second Bangladeshi to reach this milestone. The man