Glamorgan 114 for 4 (Northeast 44) beat Essex Eagles 113 for 9 (Critchley 38, Neser 3-13, Hogan 3-21) by six wickets Glamorgan eased to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Essex in their first home game of the Vitality Blast in front of a lively Cardiff crowd. An excellent bowling display saw them restrict Essex to

Tea: England 19 for 0 (Crawley 14*, Lees 5*) trail New Zealand 132 (de Grandhomme 42*, Potts 4-13, Anderson 4-66) by 113 runs England ran rampant on the first day of the international summer at Lord’s, as the new captain-coach combination of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum enjoyed the perfect start in their efforts to

Lancashire 219 for 6 (Livingstone 75, Jennings 34, Vilas 34, Scrimshaw 3-45) beat Derbyshire 202 for 5 (du Plooy 59*, Reece 55, Guest 35) by 17 runs These teams arrived at Emirates Old Trafford still basking in the triumphs of yesterday evening. That, though, was rather where the similarities ended. Whereas Derbyshire’s nine-wicket hammering of

Northamptonshire 227 for 1 (Lynn 106*, Neesham 75*) beat Leicestershire 185 for 9 (Steel 64) by 42 runs Chris Lynn played another destructive, big-hitting innings for Northamptonshire Steelbacks, posting the third T20 century of his career as he put Leicestershire Foxes bowlers to the sword in this Vitality Blast clash. Amid an onslaught of boundaries

Central Sparks 146 for 5 (E Jones 69, Wong 35) beat Sunrisers 143 for 6 (Gardner 41, Carr 37*) by three runs Central Sparks captain Eve Jones struck her first half-century of the season to lead her side to a thrilling three run victory over Sunrisers at Wantage Road and almost certainly book themselves a

Matthew Potts, the Durham seamer, has been preferred to Craig Overton and will make his England debut in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s which starts on Thursday. Potts, 23, has been the standout bowler in county cricket this year, taking 35 Championship wickets at 18.57 for Durham. Ben Stokes, England’s new captain,

Jim Parks, the former Sussex and England wicketkeeper-batter, has died at the age of 90. He had been England’s oldest living Test cricketer. Parks played 46 Tests between 1954 and 1968, although his county career continued for another eight years, into his mid-40s. He later worked for the brewer Whitbread, and as marketing manager for

The MCC have defended setting “premium” ticket prices for England’s first Test under new leadership against New Zealand at Lord’s this week, with a significant number of tickets still available across the first four days. The Test takes place on a bank-holiday weekend for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, meaning Thursday and Friday are both national

Seamer Graham Hume and allrounder Fionn Hand have been offered Ireland retainer contracts after batting allrounder Luke Georgeson withdrew from his contract last month. Conor Olphert, meanwhile, was handed an educational contract as Ireland aim to strengthen their fast-bowling pool ahead of their home season, which begins with a two-match T20I series against India in

Ellyse Perry is up for the challenge of proving she still belongs in Australia’s best T20I team ahead of a packed short-form schedule. Once one of Australia’s T20 stars, Perry has had battles with injuries and form in recent years and she was dropped from the Ashes opener in January. A lengthy recovery from a