Category: Cricket

Lauren Bell’s career-best 5-37 set up England’s five-wicket win over New Zealand in the third one-day international at Bristol. After afternoon rain delayed the start and reduced the game to 42 overs a side, the White Ferns were restricted to 211-8. England slipped to 33-3 in reply but were rescued by Nat Sciver-Brunt and Amy...

Resuming their second innings on 21-2, Essex would have been aiming only for survival, rather than an improbable chasing down of a 361-run win target, and a two-hour bad weather interruption early in the day certainly helped their cause. Only 13 balls were bowled at the start, Essex moving quickly to 38-2 as Westley took...

Lancashire skipper Keaton Jennings declared once his side had scored the six runs needed for a third batting point and then watched from second slip as Anderson unleashed his astonishing spell from the Harrod Drive End to destroy the visitors’ top order. If there was a shade of good fortune about his first wicket when...

Minster (Sheppey) Cricket Club consolidated their position at the top of the Premier Division of the Kent Cricket League, with a three wicket home victory over Lordswood, which gives them a 23 point lead, over second placed St Lawrence and Highland Court, who were 79 run winners at Blackheath. Frank Woolley Stand SOLD OUT for...

The T20 World Cup 2024 began on June 1 with USA and Canada competing in the opening showdown. This edition of the T20 World Cup is the most expansive ever as 20 teams are competing for the crown. As much as T20 is widely regarded as a batsman’s format, the bowlers have developed their own...

The T20 World Cup 2024 began on June 1 with USA and Canada competing in the opening showdown. This edition of the T20 World Cup is the most expansive ever as 20 teams are competing for the crown. Is it also the first ICC World Cup to be held in the United States of America....

Stokes was man of the match when England lifted the 50-over World Cup in 2019 and was instrumental in the T20 final success two years ago in Australia. The England Test captain came out of one-day international retirement to play in the 50-over World Cup defence last autumn, but skipped the latest T20 World Cup...

Maia Bouchier says enjoyment is an important element to her success as an opener for England as the hosts eye up an ODI series victory against New Zealand at Worcester on Sunday. Bouchier and Tammy Beaumont shared a 137-run opening partnership in England’s nine-wicket victory over the White Ferns in the first of three ODI...

Mott’s position is less certain, simply because head coaches are easier to replace. Key has already tipped one member of Mott’s backroom staff, former all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, as a future candidate for the main job, external. Ex-England batter Jonathan Trott has done his standing no harm by leading Afghanistan to the semi-finals. The task ahead...

England’s defence of the T20 World Cup is over after they slumped to a 68-run thrashing by a superb India in the semi-final in Guyana. Set 172 on a difficult pitch to make Saturday’s final, England’s batters folded and were dismissed for 103 in 16.4 overs. Captain Jos Buttler gave them a solid start with...