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Zak Crawley made his third successive sub-30 County Championship score for Kent after Northamptonshire ran up a record 684 for two declared at Canterbury.After opening day hundreds for Ricardo Vasconcelos, Luke Procter and Calvin Harrison, Nathan McSweeney got to three figures on Saturday as Northants’ top-four all made centuries for the first time ever. Procter made his a maiden double ton, finishing unbeaten on 261, before handing over to Kent, who lost Ben Compton and Sam Northeast cheaply with all eyes on under-pressure England opener Crawley. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other…
Nathan McSweeney made his maiden three-figure score in the County Championship in just his second match of the campaign Nathan McSweeney hit his first century in county cricket overnight while Jake Weatherald fell just short of achieving the same milestone. South Australia skipper McSweeney smashed an 86-ball hundred as Northamptonshire piled on the pain against Kent racking up 2(dec)-684 in a one-sided first innings at St Lawrence Ground. The Northants top three, Ricardo Vasconcelos (127), Luke Procter (261no) and Calvin Harrison (153), all hit centuries too, allowing McSweeney to enter the match at 2-472. Yet it was all class from…
Here are all the match reports for the Metro Bank Women’s One Day Cup 2026 Division 1 Round 1 Surrey 389/9 defeated Warwickshire 337/9 by 52 runs Danni Wyatt-Hodge’s dazzling century powered Surrey to a commanding 52-run win over Warwickshire in their opening Metro Bank One-Day Cup women’s competition fixture at Edgbaston. Wyatt-Hodge smashed eight sixes and ten fours in a scintillating 124 from 80 balls as Surrey piled up 389 for nine. Jemima Spence (79, 48) and Alice Davidson-Richards (57, 75) added valuable support to transform the innings from a modest 95 for four. Mary Taylor led the suffering…
South Australia announce five changes to Ryan Harris’ squad as they seek a third straight Sheffield Shield next season Sheffield Shield-winning opener Conor McInerney has been delisted by South Australia with the reigning champions announcing five changes as they begin their push for a hat-trick of titles next season. McInerney, who was part of SA’s drought-breaking Shield win in March last year, has lost his state contract alongside batter Daniel Drew, while rookies Harry Matthias and Aidan Cahill have been unable to secure upgrades to the senior list.Both Matthias, 22, and Cahill, 23, are ineligible for rookie contracts next season…
Anika Learoyd scored 210 runs unbeaten and Frankie Nicklin took eight wickets as Gold registered a commanding victory New South Wales off-spinner Frankie Nicklin’s eight wickets has fired CA Gold to a thumping red-ball win in their three-day clash with CA Green in Sydney. Nicklin backed up her first innings 4-18 (from 14.4 overs) with another four wickets in the second innings as the Charli Knott-led Green outfit crumbled for 107 at Bankstown Oval on Friday afternoon. Nicklin’s pair of four-wicket hauls powers CA Gold to red-ball win Breakers teammate Anika Learoyd was the star with bat, with the No.4…
Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed Josh Hazlewood for 18 runs from four balls on his return from injury Josh Hazlewood has made his long-awaited return to action after a five-month absence, but only for his bowling to be treated with utter contempt by a 15-year-old. One of the game’s premier quicks discovered, like so many have already, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is no ordinary kid, as the teenage sensation of Indian cricket played another astounding IPL hand to lead unbeaten Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Hazlewood’s reigning champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru. RCB were glad to have their 35-year-old star paceman back…
Marcus Harris has opened another campaign in England with a fine hundred for Lancashire The ever-dependable Marcus Harris has become the first Australian to score a hundred in this season’s County Championship, continuing his familiar sure touch in England’s first-class game. While the former Test opener compiled a superb 125 for Lancashire against Derbyshire at Old Trafford to start the second round of county matches on Friday, other Aussies also hit their stride, headed by Fergus O’Neill’s brilliant all-round display for champions Nottinghamshire.The 33-year-old Harris, who made over 1000 runs for the Red Rose county last summer at an average…
Ben McKinney gave England’s selectors a nudge with a quickfire 214 not out as Durham piled up 456-2 after losing the toss at Gloucestershire.A number of County Championship openers are on red alert ahead of England’s first Test against New Zealand on June 4 and 6ft 7in McKinney put himself in the frame in stunning fashion in Bristol. The 21-year-old had a triple-hundred opening stand with Alex Lees, who made 129, before becoming the club’s youngest ever double centurion off 233 balls, and he is poised to go even bigger on Saturday. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which…
New Aussie skipper to begin rebuild after stress reaction in her back kept her from bowling during West Indies series Australia’s national selector insists captain Sophie Molineux is on track to be fully fit for June’s T20 World Cup after playing as a specialist batter during the team’s recently concluded Caribbean tour. Molineux, who has a long injury history, didn’t bowl in the three T20s and sole ODI she played against West Indies last month, and sat out the final two 50-over matches completely as Australia swept both series 3-0. The left-arm finger spinner hasn’t bowled since hurting her back…
Mukul Choudhary smashed 30 from the final two overs to inspire Justin Langer’s Lucknow to an unlikely IPL win Cameron Green returned to the bowling crease for first time since the T20 World Cup, but the joy was short-lived as he delivered a costly penultimate over in winless Kolkata’s latest defeat. The Indian Premier League’s most expensive overseas star played as a fully-fledged allrounder for the first this season, chipping in with an unbeaten 32 as his Knight Riders posted 4-181 after being sent in at Eden Gardens on Thursday. But, handed the ball for his second over with Lucknow…