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Despite those struggles, both Dasgupta and Yardy are convinced Sooryavanshi has the talent to successfully play red-ball cricket in the future. Though he averages only 17.25 in eight first-class matches for Bihar, having made his debut aged 12, he has two centuries in under-19 Tests against Australia. “He is doing …

Durham have signed South Africa pace bowler Duanne Olivier for the rest of the County Championship season. The 33-year-old will replace West Indies quick Kemar Roach, who took nine wickets in three matches before a pulled hamstring in the draw against Middlesex ended his stay. Olivier played the last of …

Leicestershire have signed fast bowler Tom Helm on a two-week loan deal from Middlesex. The 31-year-old former England Lions seamer has taken 177 wickets in 65 first-class games at an average of 32.08 and is available for this week’s trip to Sussex, which starts on Friday. The Foxes are yet …

At the Utilita Bowl, Bouchier’s personal best trumped an exquisite 133 from Somerset’s Bex Odgers in Hampshire’s five-wicket win. Odgers’ first professional ton tied with an unbroken 150 run partnership with Chole Skelton (77) – the highest seventh-wicket partnership in this country in women’s List A cricket and the fourth …

The Test will be England’s first since their 4-1 Ashes defeat and the presence of Jamieson and O’Rourke means their batting line-up, which struggled in Australia, will be tested. The Black Caps’ squad also includes seamer Matt Henry, Blair Tickner – who took eight wickets in two one-day internationals against …

England fast bowler Mark Wood joins the team to discuss the biggest stories in the IPL. BBC News

England fast bowler Mark Wood joins the team to discuss the biggest stories in the IPL. BBC News

Latest scorecard from the Indian Premier League match between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings in Delhi. BBC News

Warwickshire Bears have signed Pakistan spinner Usman Tariq for the upcoming T20 Blast campaign. The 30-year-old has risen to prominence in the last few years following successful campaigns in the Pakistan Super League and Caribbean Premier League in 2025. He made his international T20 debut in November that year against …

Sussex seamer Brad Currie and batter Michael English have been recalled by Scotland for their Cricket World Cup League 2 matches against Nepal and USA. Currie, 27, missed last month’s tour of Namibia with illness while Ferguslie captain English returns having hit a century on his only previous appearance against …

Teenage wicketkeeper-batter Thomas Rew has signed a new contract with Somerset until the end of the 2028 season. The 18-year-old penned his first professional deal with the county in July last year which was due to run until October 2027, after making his debut in the T20 Blast. Rew and …

Put in on a grey morning with the floodlights shining brightly, Surrey started briskly, scoring 19 from three overs, but Paige Scholfield missed a drive at Charley Phillips and was bowled off-stump. Alice Monaghan then lifted a pull at Lucy Higham and was well caught by Tammy Beaumont at square …

A resolute half-century by Max Holden, his second of the match, prevented Durham’s third consecutive County Championship Division Two victory as Middlesex battled to secure a draw at Lord’s. Holden finished unbeaten on 77, sharing a key partnership of 82 with Ben Geddes (26) for the fourth wicket after the …

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Matt Milnes bowled Kent to their first County Championship win in more than a year as Derbyshire were routed by 225 runs at Canterbury. Milnes took career-best figures of 6-12 as Kent blew the visitors away for just 158 in their second innings, wrapping up the win with 54 overs …

Nottinghamshire completed their second victory of the County Championship season, defeating neighbours Leicestershire by 10 wickets with two sessions to spare at Grace Road. Left-arm spinner Liam Patterson-White took centre stage, picking up the last five Leicestershire wickets for figures of 5-53 after bowling 36 overs unchanged. It left Nottinghamshire, …

Available for over a year Kevan James reflects on 25 years of Hampshire Cricket’s Utilita Bowl. He’s joined by guests from the County’s past and present, including group chairman Rod Bransgrove, former spinner Shaun Udal, and England women’s head coach and former director at Hampshire Charlotte Edwards. They discuss the …

Nottinghamshire’s seam attack had been made to work for longer than anticipated. Nonetheless, with a fresh bowler at his disposal in James Hayes, now confirmed as injury replacement for Brett Hutton, sidelined with a calf strain, skipper Haseeb Hameed enforced the follow-on. For an hour and a quarter, there were …

Chris Benjamin hit 123 as Kent seized control of their County Championship match with Derbyshire at Canterbury on day three. The hosts posted 335 in their second innings, thanks to a pivotal partnership of 184 between Benjamin and Joey Evison, who hit 88. In reply Derbyshire were 19-1 at stumps, …

Ben Sanderson ripped through the Worcestershire batting with a stunning late burst of wickets at Wantage Road to seal Northamptonshire’s first County Championship victory of the season in style. The Pears were 88-2 in their second innings before Sanderson captured six wickets in the space of 29 balls – finishing …