Gloucestershire 181 for 2 (Roderick 88*, Gidman 57*) trail Worcestershire 194 (Oliver 52, Miles 5-54) by 13 runsScorecard Promotion favourites Worcestershire endured one of their worst days of the summer in the Championship when dismissed for 194 by Gloucestershire on a seaming surface at New Road. Having come into the match with a game in hand and 43 points ahead of second-placed Surrey, they...
Ervine, Wood revive Hampshire
Hampshire 343 for 7 (Ervine 75*, Wood 61, Smith 56) v KentScorecard Sean Ervine made the best of a placid Canterbury pitch to ease Hampshire into the driving seat on the opening day of their Championship Division Two clash with Kent. The 31-year-old Zimbabwean scored an unbeaten 75 from 110 balls to resurrect a Hampshire innings that, at 187 for 5, had threatened to seriously underachieve. With...
Davies responds to Foakes signing
Surrey 403 for 8 (Davies 147*, Solanki 93) v LeicestershireScorecard Steven Davies scored his second Championship century of the season and Vikram Solanki hit 93 as promotion-seeking Surrey took control of their Division Two game against bottom-of-the-table Leicestershire at Grace Road. Put into bat on a green-looking pitch, Surrey recovered from a shaky start to post an imposing total of 403...
More rain pushes back play at USACA Nationals
'Rain has been very frustrating' Steady rain throughout Friday afternoon and evening has caused rounds three and four of the preliminary phase of the USACA T20 National Championship to be pushed back into Saturday morning. Group play was scheduled to wrap up on Friday evening, but thunderstorms have prevented more than half the games from being played over the first two days of the...
Aug
15
Anderson 'most skilful in world' - Cook
'Anderson most skilful bowler in world' - Cook Alastair Cook has hailed James Anderson as "the most skilful bowler in the world" and the best "England have ever produced". Anderson comes into the fifth Test of the Investec series against India requiring just seven more wickets to equal Ian Botham's England record of 383. Cook, the England captain, admitted that Anderson might not have...
England adapt to keep Test in balance
England 92 and 110 for 6 (Winfield 35) lead India 114 (Gunn 5-19) by 88 runsScorecard Test matches are often decided by a team's ability to adapt. Bowlers who can adapt to a flattening pitch, batsmen who can adapt to a change in the attack and captains who sense when the time is right to switch from defence to offence can all change the momentum of a cricket match as it ebbs and flows in its longest...
Plunket Shield schedule announced
New Zealand Cricket has released the Plunket Shield schedule for 2014-15 and has said it has locked in a format for the domestic season for the next four years. The first round of matches will be played in late October, followed by two full rounds in December, and the remainder of the competition will take place from early February onwards. "Our major associations told us certainty of scheduling...
Rain ruins first set of games at USACA Nationals
'Everyone's looking to make the Uganda tour' - Japen Patel Central East Region was the big winner after lightning and rain caused the first set of games at the USACA T20 National Championship to end with no result. Central East was sent in to bat by the South East in the first game played on the main stadium wicket. They were reduced to 40 for 7 at the 13 over mark when lightning interrupted...
Aug
14
India hold edge as 16 wickets tumble
India Women 87 for 6 (Gunn 4-13) trail England Women 92 (Niranjana 4-19) by five runsScorecard The dawn of the fully professional era for England Women did not exactly unfold as planned. This was expected, by many, to be a lop-sided affair between a team of full-time athletes, most with Test match experience, and a team containing eight players on Test debut. Between a side which has played...
Tredwell spins out his other team
Kent 299 (Bell-Drummond 83, Billings 51, Arafat 4-49) beat Sussex 183 (Joyce 47, Tredwell 4-27, Claydon 3-26)Scorecard Kent retained their unbeaten tag in the Royal London Cup and stretched their Group B lead to four points with a hard-earned 59-run win over Sussex in a rain-affected clash at Canterbury. A heavy shower during the break between innings coupled with a second shower early in the...
Essex fightback denies Wheater
Essex 324 (Ryder 87, Westley 74, Bopara 51) beat Hampshire 319 for 9 (Wheater 135, Vince 79, Masters 3-51) by five runsScorecard Essex clinched their place in the Royal London Cup quarter-finals with a thrilling five-run win over Hampshire at Chelmsford. Half-centuries from Jesse Ryder, Tom Westley and Ravi Bopara had laid the foundation for their imposing total - but at one stage it did not...
Blewett joins Australia as fielding consultant
Former Test batsman Greg Blewett has joined the growing list of ex-players called upon to help coach Australia, having been named as a fielding consultant for their next two tours. Blewett will work with the Australians for the one-day tri-series in Zimbabwe and for their matches against Pakistan in the UAE. Australia have not had a permanent fielding coach since Steve Rixon left the support staff...
Aug
13
O'Keefe ready for UAE audition
Spinner Steve O'Keefe is hoping his shoulder stands up to the rigours of a four-day match against South Africa A this week as he auditions for a possible place in Australia's Test squad. O'Keefe will take the field for Australia A in Townsville in a match starting on Thursday, his first game for nearly five months, after he had a shoulder reconstruction at the end of the summer. However, the good...
Gamage called up as cover for Eranga
Right-arm seam bowler Lahiru Gamage has been called up to the Sri Lanka squad as injury cover for Shaminda Eranga, who has developed inflammation in his hip following the first Test against Pakistan. Gamage was with the Sri Lanka A team on their tour of England, but will arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, and is available for selection for the match, which begins on Thursday. Sri Lanka are likely...
Counties could have gone bust - Collier
David Collier, the out-going ECB chief executive, has revealed that "seven or eight counties" could have gone out of business had the ECB not made changes to the running of the English game. In a wide-ranging and exclusive interview with ESPNcricinfo, Collier reflected on a decade in the role and admitted his regrets over the Allen Stanford episode, his true feelings over the lack of cricket on free-to-air...
Chopra returns in style as Warwickshire climb table
Warwickshire 218 for 2 (Chopra 92, Evans 43*) beat Surrey 153 (Dilshan 58, Patel 4-30, Gordon 3-25) by 111 runs (D/L method)Scorecard An unbeaten 92 by Varun Chopra and a whirlwind unbeaten 43 from 15 balls by Laurie Evans overwhelmed Surrey as Warwickshire brought alive their Royal London Cup campaign with victory by 111 runs in a rain-adjusted match at Edgbaston. After a long delay in mid-innings,...
Aug
12
South Africa opt for substance over style
The expectation was that South Africa would flaunt their power against Zimbabwe, but the reality has been much different with the No. 1 Test team made to grind for every runSouth Africa know how to get stuck in. They have done it three times in the recent past - Adelaide, Johannesburg, Colombo - and they have done it exceptionally well. That also means they know how to get stuck. They did that in...
Bopara enjoys his chance to build rather than blast
England Lions 285 for 3 (Bopara 106, Taylor 103*) beat Sri Lanka A 283 for 6 (Chandimal 119, Finn 4-67) by seven wicketsScorecard To many observers, the England Lions top six contesting the Royal London triangular series against Sri Lanka A and New Zealand A loses little in comparison with the senior side as jostling for position begins in earnest with the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand...
Westley, ten Doeschate flatten Yorkshire
Essex 291 for 5 (ten Doeschate 119, Westley 111*) beat Yorkshire 290 for 5 (Leaning 111, Masters 4-34) by five wicketsScorecard Jack Leaning's first century for Yorkshire in any form of cricket could not prevent his side crashing to defeat against Essex in a high-scoring Royal London Cup match at Scarborough. The 20-year-old's unbeaten 111 helped Yorkshire to a challenging 290 for 6 off their...
Durston hundred lifts Derbyshire to win
Derbyshire 211 for 6 (Durston 108*, Hall 3-39) beat Northamptonshire 220 for 9 (Levi 62, Hall 43, Palladino 3-51)Scorecard A century from Wes Durston spurred visitors Derbyshire to victory over Northamptonshire at the County Ground and elevation into the top four in Group A of the Royal London One-Day Cup. Derbyshire prevailed by six runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method, and have three games remaining...
Aug
11
Amazon Warriors crush Zouks by eight wickets
Guyana Amazon Warriors 194 for 2 (Simmons 97, Guptill 66) beat St Lucia Zouks 189 for 7 (Fletcher 78, Charles 62) by eight wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details A 154-run first-wicket partnership between Martin Guptill and Lendl Simmons ensured the Guyana Amazon Warriors made easy work of the St Lucia Zouks' 189 for 7 in an eight-wicket win for the Amazon Warriors on Sunday at Warner Park in...
Arafat five sets up Sussex win
Sussex 189 for 3 (Machan 47*, Joyce 46*) beat Somerset 193 for 8 (Ingram 72, Arafat 5-36) by seven wickets D/LScorecard Yasir Arafat claimed five wickets against one of his many former clubs as Sussex boosted their hopes of a Royal London One-Day Cup quarter-final place with a seven-wicket win over Somerset in a match reduced to 33 overs per side at Taunton. Arafat's 5 for 36 from seven overs...
ACC in line for downsizing
The ICC will take direct control of all regional cricketing activities across the world by limiting involvement of regional bodies, the ACC CEO Syed Ashraful Huq has said. The cutoff date is the end of 2015, after which the future of bodies like the Asian Cricket Council will be uncertain. "I think they don't want to abolish the ACC wholly, but minimize the activities," Huq told the BBC Bangla Service....
Hughes to captain Australia A
Phillip Hughes will captain Australia A in their second four-day match against South Africa A in Townsville this week after allrounder Moises Henriques was ruled out due to a groin strain. Henriques led the Australians during their loss to the South Africans over the past week, but he was unable to bat in the second innings due to the groin problem he picked up. He will return to New South Wales...
Aug
10
Zouks beat Tallawahs on Pietersen's 2014 debut
St Lucia Zouks 144 for 3 (Fletcher 49) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 143 (Walton 48, Mathew 3-15) by seven wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mervin Mathew's 3 for 14 set up a shock seven-wicket victory for the St Lucia Zouks over the Jamaica Tallawahs on Saturday at Warner Park in St Kitts. The Zouks registered just their second win of the season while the Tallawahs wasted a chance to leapfrog the...
Clive Lloyd to head West Indies selection panel
Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has been named the new convenor of the selection panel, which includes former fast bowlers Eldine Baptiste and Courtney Walsh as new appointees in place of Clyde Butts and Robert Haynes. Former wicketkeeper Courtney Browne was retained on the panel, while West Indies coach Ottis Gibson also has a spot on the committee, as does the respective captain as a non-voting...
Batting failures hurting India - Dhoni
This defeat will hurt us - Dhoni MS Dhoni, India's captain, conceded that the failure of his specialist batsmen had been the biggest reason for England taking a 2-1 series lead with one Test left in the five-match series. Dhoni said that India lost the Old Trafford Test virtually in the first hour of the match, when India were reduced to an abysmal 8 for 4 after Dhoni had elected to bat....
England jigsaw coming together
England's upswing has been pleasing for a number of reasons - but there are still ways in which the system could work better #politeenquiries: Should Kohli be dropped? Any victory would have been welcome. After the disappointment of Australia and the drubbing at Lord's, any sign that England had turned a corner was going to be greeted with relief. But for England to win so convincingly,...
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