West End, a village to the north-east of Southampton and home to the Ageas Bowl, is a bit of a ghost town nowadays. Southampton is a university town, full of students. The students have all gone back home for the summer break. For those left behind it has simply been too hot to venture out. It has not been raining yet, it has been humid because of the proximity to the sea, and temperatures have been...
Khawaja makes immediate impact
Lancashire 164 for 8 (Khawaja 44, Prince 43, Breese 3-19) beat Durham 137 for 7 (Mustard 49, Ali 3-19) by 27 runsScorecard Lancashire sealed top spot in the NatWest T20 Blast North Division with a routine victory by 27 runs over out of contention Durham at Old Trafford. The home side won their sixth match in succession and their 10th of out of 14 in all as they completed their group campaign...
Last-ball finish for record crowd
Surrey 138 for 8 beat Middlesex 137 for 8 (Morgan 43, Meaker 4-30) by two wicketsScorecard Highlights: Surrey prevail in last-ball finish at Lord's When the ECB's top table formulated their plans for the recast T20 Blast, it was doubtlessly evenings such as this that headed their blueprint. A crowd of 28,500 was expected and although pockets of seats suggested it was a little less...
Nicol, Broom and Nethula switch teams
Former New Zealand internationals Rob Nicol, Neil Broom, Dean Brownlie and Tarun Nethula have all switched domestic teams for next summer, while spinner Bruce Martin has missed out on a first-round contract for 2014-15. The six major associations have named their initial contract lists for next summer, although further contracts can be awarded in the second round on August 8. Nicol has returned to...
Jul
23
Chopra, Trott keep contest even
Warwickshire 163 for 3 (Chopra 81, Trott 62*) trail Sussex 413 by 250 runsScorecard With pitches such a talking point over the last two weeks, it is only right to commend the one here at Horsham. Offering bounce for the seamers and turn for the spinners, while also rewarding patience from the batsmen, the surface puts those of some full-time county grounds to shame. After a flurry of wickets on...
Red Steel franchise name issue resolved
The issue regarding the name of the Caribbean Premier League franchise Red Steel has been resolved and the team will once again be called "Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel", the CPL has said. The CPL had earlier agreed to omit the words "Trinidad & Tobago" from the name, based on a request from the Minister of Sport Anil Roberts. According to Roberts, the use of the country name infringed "on...
SLC, South Africa raise funds for Sri Lanka visually impaired team
Sri Lanka's visually impaired cricket team has had its bid to attend the World Cup for the Blind in South Africa bolstered, thanks to funds raised by Sri Lanka Cricket and the visiting South Africa team. SLC and Standard Chartered had organised three fundraisers for the Sri Lanka Visually Handicapped XI. Angelo Mathews presented the Sri Lanka Visually Handicapped XI a cheque for the 925,000 Sri Lankan...
Gloucestershire wilt after Mitchell exhibition
Gloucestershire 156 (Leach 2-17, McClenaghan 2-21) and 10 for 1 trail Worcestershire 395 (Mitchell 167, Miles 5-90, Smith 4-77) by 229 runsScorecard "Have we reversed the batting order?" It is one of the most scornful questions a side's top order can hear. Yet as Craig Miles and Tom Smith added 54 runs for Gloucestershire's ninth wicket in relatively untroubled fashion after tea on the second day...
Jul
21
Ageless Sidebottom warms to his task
Yorkshire 253 (Lyth 117, Finn 4-81) and 29 for 1 lead Middlesex 232 (Simpson 110, Malan 78, Sidebottom 7-44) by 50 runsScorecard Ryan Sidebottom may be 36 and by the end of a steamy second day at North Marine Road he was feeling all of those years after bowling 17 overs in strength-sapping conditions, but he had also demonstrated his enduring class with a masterful display of left-arm swing bowling...
Farbrace defends senior players
Have to show the fight of Headingley - Farbrace Paul Farbrace insisted England's senior players could not be praised highly enough despite recent results at the close of play on the fourth day of the second Investec Test at Lord's. Farbrace, the England assistant coach, pledged full support for beleaguered captain, Alastair Cook, and said the "contribution" of other senior players had...
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