By seven wickets, England (143 for 3) defeated New Zealand (139 for 9) (Phillips 41, Carse 3-23, Wood 3-37). Under the lights at Chester-le-Street, England’s revamped T20I team stormed to a stunning seven-wicket victory as they chased down a meager target of 140 with six complete overs remaining. Despite a misleadingly run-filled first over from […]
Manchester Originals 147 for 6 (Holden 37, Jacks 2-11) were defeated by Oval Invincibles 161 for 5 (Curran 67*, Neesham 57*) by 14 runs. Tom Curran delivered men’s hundred glory to south London with a masterful all-around effort as the Oval Invincibles rallied from the verge of defeat to defeat the Manchester Originals by 14 […]
In preparation for the ODI World Cup in 2023, New Zealand has improved its support personnel. Stephen Fleming and James Foster are expected to join the team. Over the next four months away from home, New Zealand’s coaching staff will also include a revolving cast of individuals, including Ian Bell and Saqlain Mushtaq. Fleming brings […]
Middlesex 191 (Robson 58, Scriven 3-33, Salisbury 3-41) were defeated by Leicestershire 173 for 5 (Handscomb 54*, Bamber 3-27) via DLS by a margin of 23 runs. In a game that was hampered by rain at the Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicestershire Foxes secured their spot in the knockout rounds of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup […]
Yorkshire defeated Surrey 241 (Geddes 92, Mike 4-40) with 243 for 9 (Duke 93*, Steel 3-49). In a thrilling one-wicket victory over Surrey at York, last-wicket partners Harry Duke and Dom Leech scored the 32 runs necessary for Yorkshire to advance to the Metro Bank One-Day Cup knockout round. With the Vikings falling from 141 […]
Welsh Fire were defeated by Southern Brave 145 for 8 (Dunkley 50, Ismail 2-19) by 2 wickets. By defeating Welsh Fire in a last-ball drama in front of a Cardiff women’s game attendance record of 6,500, Southern Brave climbed to the top of the Women’s Hundred standings. As Brave pursued the Welsh Fire total of […]
For Spencer Johnson, this past week has been long. He was taking part in the Global T20 Canada championship game on Sunday. He was recalled by Australia on Monday in preparation for their T20I series in South Africa later this month. And on Wednesday evening, he completed his Hundred debut for the Oval Invincibles with […]
Welsh Fire 138 for 6 (Clarke 69*, Atkinson 3-26) tied with Oval Invincibles 138 for 7 (Cox 51, T Curran 38*). In front of 21,432 fans at the Kia Oval, Tom Curran hit an undefeated 38 from 18 balls as Oval Invincibles salvaged a tie against Welsh Fire in a final-ball drama. Curran, who struck […]
England leads Australia by 377 runs with 283 and 389 for 9 (Root 91, Bairstow 78, Crawley 73, Starc 4-94, Murphy 3-110). Saturday was never going to be quiet at The Oval. After Australia attempted and failed to calm the crowd on day two of the fifth Ashes Test here, England turned the noise back […]
Northamptonshire 302 (Gay 144, Procter 75) defeated Lancashire. Sporting fashion is so contagious that whenever a county has deviated from cricket orthodoxy or attempted to force the tempo in a match this season, local commentators have sought to identify it as some variation of England’s current methods. Lancashire have not been immune to this nonsense; […]
