Surrey 70 for 4 trail Lancashire 274 (Salt 56, Clark 4-47, Abbott 4-71) by 204 runs The BBC’s radio coverage from The Oval started with birdsong. After the first eight rounds of the LV= Insurance County Championship season were played with the Dukes ball, Sunday heralded the arrival of the Kookaburra. The idea behind its

Ireland won the toss, made a double-strike in the ninth over of Sri Lanka’s innings, and took 6 for 44 in their last six overs. But so comprehensively did Sri Lanka win the other portions of this match, that they trounced Ireland by 133 runs, bowling them out for 192 after they had made 325.

Marnus Labuschagne‘s dismissals at Edgbaston were something that the Australian coaching staff had not seen before but there is confidence he can respond in the second Test at Lord’s. Labuschagne edged behind against Stuart Broad, playing at deliveries he could have left, with his first-innings golden duck coming from an especially wide ball as Broad

When Tammy Beaumont was axed last summer from England’s T20 set-up – on the eve of a seminal Commonwealth Games campaign no less – it was the sort of shattering blow that would make any self-respecting sportsperson assess their priorities. “I went away, and asked myself if I even wanted to play anymore,” Beaumont told

Zimbabwe 268 (Raza 68, Burl 50, Paul 3-61) beat West Indies 233 (Mayers 56, Chase 44, Chatara 3-52) by 35 runs Before the game, West Indies were favourites. At the halfway mark, West Indies remained favourites. And at the midway point of the chase, West Indies were arguably even stronger favourites. Yet, somehow, improbably, preposterously,

Spectators attending day three of the Women’s Ashes Test at Trent Bridge on Saturday are being encouraged to wear red and show their support for this year’s #RedforRuth campaign to raise funds and awareness for the charity established in memory of Sir Andrew Strauss’ late wife. The initiative begins the build-up towards day two of

Lancashire 177 for 4 (Buttler 83, Livingstone 47) beat Derbyshire 150 for 7 (Came 45) by 27 runs A blistering 83 off 36 balls by England captain Jos Buttler clinched two precious points for Lancashire Lightning as they improved their chances of securing a place in the Vitality Blast quarter-finals with a 27-run win against

Scotland 282 for 8 (Berrington 127, Watt 44*, Leask 41, Siddique 3-49) beat United Arab Emirates 171 (Waseem 36, Sharif 4-20, Sole 3-37) by 111 runs A captain’s knock from Richie Berrington, followed up by a clinical bowling performance from the Scotland bowlers gave them a 111-run win over United Arab Emirates, thereby knocking the

Former West Indies batter Robert Samuels has been appointed interim head coach of the West Indies women’s side for their upcoming limited-overs series against Ireland at home. Samuels had been assistant coach to Courtney Walsh until April, when Cricket West Indies (CWI) had decided not to renew their contracts as well as that of the

Middlesex 254 for 3 (Eskinazi 73, Holden 68*, Higgins 48) beat Surrey 252 for 7 (Jacks 96, Evans 85) by seven wickets Will Jacks just missed out on smashing six sixes in an over in a massive Surrey total of 252 for seven, but Stephen Eskinazi and Max Holden still emerged as the heroes of