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Defending champions Nottinghamshire replaced opponents Essex at the top of Rothesay County Championship Division One after winning by an innings and 52 runs at Chelmsford.Resuming on 13-2 and trailing by 260, the hosts were dismissed for 221 in their second innings as Notts seamer Fergus O’Neill claimed 5-39. Charlie Allison top scored for Essex with 56 off 104 balls before being trapped lbw by Liam Patterson-White, who took 3-66. Image: Leicestershire were led by centuries from Rehan Ahmed and Nick Kelly Leicestershire claimed a first Division One win in 23 years by beating Yorkshire by an innings and 39 runs…
Hayley Matthews impressed as her team moved closer to a T20 World Cup semi-final berth The West Indies have set up a showdown of unbeaten sides with England in the T20 World Cup after labouring past Sri Lanka by five wickets in Bristol on Sunday. Put into bat first, Sri Lanka were bowled out for a paltry 98 and the West Indies made tricky work of the chase, overhauling their target in the 17th over. West Indies captain Hayley Matthews (3-15) won the toss, chose to bowl first on a spinners’ pitch, and removed both openers Vishmi Gunaratne (1) and…
Brendon McCullum insists Ben Stokes’ actions have not impacted their working relationship as England’s head coach prepares to welcome his captain back for the third Test against New Zealand.McCullum confirmed Stokes will return as captain for the series decider at Trent Bridge following a week-long exile in the wake of a nightclub incident involving Gus Atkinson during a team curfew breach. Asked whether the incident had tarnished relations, McCullum told reporters: “I’ve said all the way along we’ve worked together intimately for four years. We’ve achieved some cool things and we’ve let ourselves down on other things. “Our motivation, our…
Stuart Broad says England’s hammering by New Zealand at The Oval shows how much the team need Ben Stokes and that the captain will be “hurt” knowing that his absence significantly contributed to such a heavy defeat.Stokes was withdrawn from the second Test after breaking a midnight curfew he was part of establishing when he and team-mate Gus Atkinson ventured to a London nightclub after the 115-run win over the Black Caps in the series opener at Lord’s. A side shorn of Stokes and Atkinson, which featured three debutants and a raw pace attack with Ollie Robinson also out through…
Marsh pummels four sixes in rapid third T20I blitz Mitch Marsh pummelled Bangladesh into submission after Spencer Johnson’s record return with the ball, the pair starring as Australia recorded their most comprehensive series whitewash in Asia. On a tired Chattogram pitch hosting its second game in 48 hours, Marsh (60 off 28) made light work of his side’s modest 110-run target as the Aussies needed just 11 overs to complete a seven-wicket win in the third and final T20I. The Tigers had threatened their all-time low score of 70 (against New Zealand in 2016) after slumping to 7-65, but recovered…
Matt Henry’s maiden 11-wicket haul delivered an emphatic 253-run victory for New Zealand as the tourists levelled the series with England inside an hour on day five at The Oval.England resumed on 182-5 but saw their hopes of completing an improbable record run chase of 463 fade the moment Henry dismissed Joe Root (77) with his seventh delivery. Henry (6-29) removed Jofra Archer, Matthew Fisher and Josh Tongue in back-to-back double-wicket maidens to leave England on the brink before he bowled Jordan Cox (25) to wrap up the victory and finish with 11 wickets in the match. England were left…
Virat Kohli is set to return to India’s team for the One Day International series against England in July. The 37-year-old legendary batter missed this month’s ODI series against Afghanistan, which India won 3-0, due to injury but will make his return on their tour of England for the three ODI matches between July 14-19, subject to passing fitness checks. Kohli, the second-highest run scorer in international cricket history, sustained a hamstring injury during his Royal Challengers Bengaluru side’s victory in the Indian Premier League final last month, when he hit an unbeaten 75. Yashasvi Jaiswal has been left out…
England head coach Brendon McCullum says that captain Ben Stokes will return to the side for the deciding third Test against New Zealand.Stokes and Gus Atkinson were withdrawn by the ECB from the third day’s play of their respective County Championship matches on Sunday and look set to return to the England fold for a series decider at Trent Bridge from Thursday after New Zealand secured a crushing victory in the second Test. Speaking on Sunday after England fell to a 253-run defeat at The Oval, McCullum said: “Ben will be back and he will be captain. We will name…
Ben Stokes has been withdrawn from the remainder of Durham’s County Championship match against Northamptonshire in a clear indication that he will return to England’s Test team.Gus Atkinson has also reportedly been withdrawn from Surrey’s side for the third day of their match against Glamorgan. England captain Stokes and fast bowler Atkinson were left out of the second Test against New Zealand following an investigation into an incident in a London nightclub. After England’s victory in the first Test at Lord’s, the two players breached the team’s midnight curfew in the early hours of the Monday morning and were reportedly…
The Aussies are chasing their first 3-0 series sweep on the subcontinent in the third T20I in Chattogram Australia have picked an unchanged side for their tilt at a subcontinental first as Bangladesh elected to bat at the toss in the final T20 International in Chattogram on Sunday. Seeking redemption for their World Cup bust in Sri Lanka earlier this year, the Aussies’ short-form side will boast a first clean sweep of a bilateral T20I series (of at least three matches) in Asia if they can knock over Tawhid Hridoy’s men. Bangladesh XI: Saif Hassan, Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon…