Report NZ unchanged as Wyatt makes 200th England appearance with Brunt managing workload New Zealand win toss, bowl vs England New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second of five ODIs against England in Worcester. England took a 1-0 series lead by winning the opening match at Bristol on Thursday,
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Kent 167 for 7 (Cox 58*, Smeed 43, van der Merwe 3-19) beat Somerset 142 for 9 (Smeed 43, Denly 3-31) by 25 runs Kent ended a 12-year drought without a trophy with a decisive 25-run victory against Somerset in the final of the Vitality Blast. And no matter how often it might be repeated
Report Sussex come unstuck as George Garton’s allround efforts are thwarted Kent 168 for 8 (Bell-Drummond 82, Stevens 47*; Mills 3-33) lead Sussex 147 (Garton 41; Klaassen 4-17, Milnes 3-22) by 21 runs It comes to something when one of the players of the match in a T20 Blast semi-final is less than five years
Preview It felt like dystopian reality TV the last time it was on, but the IPL is back now, during a time when the world seems to need any kind of cricket Big picture It felt like dystopian reality TV when it rumbled on, seemingly indifferent to the reality beyond its bubble, as India gasped
Report Scotland lose four wickets in four balls after coming within touching distance Zimbabwe 136 for 5 (Williams 60*, Ervine 30) beat Scotland 126 (Berrington 42, Cross 42, Leask 25, Ngarava 2-13, Masakadza 2-19) by 10 runs In a see-saw low-scorer that went down to the final over, with Scotland needing 13 to seal the
News Decision taken by New Zealand Cricket following “escalation in the New Zealand Government threat levels for Pakistan” New Zealand have called off their limited-overs tour of Pakistan citing security concerns. The tour, comprising three ODIs and five T20Is, was supposed to start today, with the first ODI in Rawalpindi, but neither team left their
Report Chasing 186, West Indies fell short by 36 runs in the penultimate ODI of the five-match series South Africa 185 for 6 (du Preez 65*, Brits 30, Mohammed 2-26) beat West Indies 150 for 9 (Williams 42, van Niekerk 3-23) by 35 runs Mignon du Preez‘s unbeaten 65 and Dane van Niekerk‘s 3 for
News Australia’s Test captain believes he made the right decision to go under the knife Australia captain Tim Paine is “extremely confident” of being fit for the first Ashes Test despite undergoing invasive neck surgery. A bulging disc had been causing the wicketkeeper pain in his neck and left arm, leading Paine to have an
Report Charlie Dean debuts for England in opening match at Bristol New Zealand win toss, bowl vs England New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl in the first of five ODIs against England in Bristol. Off spinner Charlie Dean will make her international debut, having been part of the England squad for the
News The bilateral series will be Bangladesh’s first international assignment since the T20 World Cup last year Bangladesh are set to play a three-match ODI series against hosts Zimbabwe in November before the two sides enter the biobubble for the 10-team women’s ODI World Cup Qualifier to be played in the African nation. The bilateral