Ranajit Dhar 
Gloucestershire pace bowler Marchant de Lange led the charge with three wickets to set up Gloucestershire’s first Vitality County Championship victory since September 2022 on the final day of this clash against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. Northamptonshire resumed on 144 for 2, needing 414 more runs to win, or more realistically to bat out the … Read more
A dogged 152 from Jack Leaning gave Kent a fighting chance of saving their Vitality County Championship match with Worcestershire at Canterbury, steering them to 362 for 8 at stumps. The hosts still trail by 256 after an attritional third day, but Leaning batted through all three sessions and Beyers Swanepoel made 54 on his … Read more
Haseeb Hameed struck a record-breaking career-best 247 not out as Nottinghamshire took control of their Division One match against Lancashire in the Vitality County Championship at Trent Bridge. The sometime England opener scored almost half his side’s runs as Nottinghamshire, all out for 503, turned an overnight deficit of 52 with seven wickets down into … Read more
Kent 407 (Leaning 179*, Bell-Drummond 67, Swanepoel 54, Leach 3-37) and 146 for 4 (Finch 48*) drew with Worcestershire 618 for 7 dec (Holder 123*, Roderick 117, Waite 100*, Hose 90, Kashif 72, Evison 3-58) Kent survived some occasional alarms to bat out a draw with Worcestershire on the final day of their Vitality County … Read more
A combination of lightning and rain forced the first abandoned game of IPL 2024 in Ahmedabad on Monday, and in the process confirmed two things: Kolkata Knight Riders’ top-two finish in the league stage and Gujarat Titans’ elimination from playoff contention. Only a win could’ve kept eighth-placed GT in the hunt, but rain did not … Read more
Cricket Ireland has officially confirmed a first men’s tour of Pakistan in August and September next year. The series, which will see Ireland and Pakistan play three T20Is and three ODIs, was a part of the Future Tours Programme (FTP), scheduled for September 2025. The release makes no detailed mention of dates and venues, or … Read more
Former South Africa limited-overs captain Johan Botha has been appointed as the new head coach of BBL reigning champions Brisbane Heat and Queensland in state cricket for the next three years. Botha, 42, was appointed in the wake of Wade Seccombe’s departure. Queensland WNCL and Brisbane Heat women’s coach Ashley Noffke and former England allrounder … Read more
Surrey need just another 58 runs to complete an impressive Vitality County Championship win at the Kia Oval, openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley taking them to 31 without loss at stumps as they chase an 89-run target. Smith, who began day three on 98, was joined by Sean Abbott in a superb ninth wicket … Read more
With just eight more games to go in the league stage of IPL 2024, only Kolkata Knight Riders have qualified for the playoffs and three spots are still available. Here’s how the teams in contention stack up. Royal Challengers Bengaluru Played: 13, points: 12, NRR: 0.387 Remaining match: CSK (h) RCB’s fifth win in a … Read more