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Watch all the boundaries as Maia Bouchier scores 67 during England’s nine-wicket win in the first one day international against New Zealand at Chester-le-Street. Source link

Ben Slater’s unbeaten 168 secured Nottinghamshire a draw with Somerset on a lifeless pitch in the County Championship clash at Trent Bridge. Only one wicket fell in 72 overs on the final day, with overseas batter Will Young making 68 not out after Olly Stone had been out for 63 …

Ethan Bamber tore the heart out of Derbyshire’s rearguard as Middlesex secured a 194-run win on the final day of their County Championship Division Two match at Lord’s. The seamer took 3-6 in 10 balls on route to final figures of 3-48 as the visitors slid from 58-1 to 70-5 …

It was all Hampshire earlier as only first-innings half-centurion Dan Mousley (37) and nighwatchman Danny Briggs (25) made any worthwhile contributions. Bears old boy Keith Barker and Kyle Abbott each took two wickets – and it looked an inevitable outcome. But the hosts had more about them than that and …

Dean Elgar hit his 50th first-class century as he and Tom Westley dropped anchor to secure Essex a draw against Durham in County Championship Division One. Former South Africa international Elgar batted the whole of day four, almost exclusively with Westley, to make sure Durham didn’t have a sniff of …

Lancashire routed Kent by an innings and 83 runs in their County Championship showdown at Canterbury. The visitors bowled Kent out for 222 in their second innings, with Will Williams taking 3-26 and Tom Bailey 3-36. Charlie Stobo made his highest first-class score of 64 but the hosts were all …

Watch the moment England opener Tammy Beaumont brings up her half-century by hitting a “massive” six off New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr in the first ODI. Source link

Former England opener Jason Roy has signed for Hundred side Northern Superchargers as a replacement for banned seamer Brydon Carse. Roy, 33, was unselected in the draft in March after spending three seasons with Oval Invincibles. He could miss the beginning of this year’s campaign, which begins on 23 July, …

Kohler-Cadmore suffered the concussion while playing for Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League in early 2022. The then Yorkshire player missed the start of the County Championship season as he recovered and while he had faith he would return to cricket at the time there was “no guarantee”. “I …

Yorkshire claimed their first County Championship win of the season after securing an innings-and-22-run victory over Gloucestershire inside three days at Scarborough. At the eighth attempt, the White Rose took 13 wickets on day three to record a 22-point haul and breathe life into a promotion push which has struggled …

Hampshire skipper James Vince hit a typically stylish first century of the season and England all-rounder Liam Dawson also reached three figures as the visitors declared to set Warwickshire 498 to win. Vince made an unbeaten 166 – his 29th first-class century – and Dawson hit 120 as the pair …

Wicketkeeper Michael Pepper equalled the Essex record for most County Championship dismissals in a match but his side will need 405 runs to beat Durham on the final day. Pepper’s four catches and a stumping in the second innings took his tally for the match to nine. Paul Walter completed …

South African all-rounder Migael Pretorius added an unbeaten 95 to his four first-innings wickets to help Somerset carve out a 110-run first innings lead on day three at Trent Bridge. However, with Nottinghamshire 177-1 in their second innings at the close, Craig Overton’s team have a lot to do if …

Henry Moeran, Steven Finn and Geoff Lemon look ahead to the T20 World Cup semi-finals. Source link

Sussex took four wickets in the final hour to put themselves in a strong position to beat Leicestershire at Hove and consolidate top place in the County Championship second division. Off-spinner Jack Carson removed Foxes’ skipper Lewis Hill, makeshift opener Ian Holland and Lewis Goldsworthy after slow left-armer James Coles …

Kent’s reply did not start well as Williams had opener Marcus O’Riordan caught at first slip. George Balderson struck next, pinning captain Daniel Bell-Drummond lbw for nine, while Compton always looked like being the key wicket but he inexplicably tried to slog Bailey and the ball flew up in the …

ICC T20 world ranking: Fourth Best T20 World Cup performance: Semi-finalists (2009 & 2014) South Africa’s route to the semi-finals The Proteas are unbeaten in the tournament. They won all four of their group stage games, despite a scare that saw them win by one run against Associate nation Nepal. …

Speaking in 2007, Duckworth said he recalled hearing BBC Test Match Special commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins “on the radio, saying ‘surely someone, somewhere, could come up with something better'”. “I realised that it was a mathematical problem that required a mathematical solution,” he said. The subsequent Duckworth-Lewis method was first used …

Alex Hartley speaks to Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Motley. Source link

Warner made his T20 international debut in January 2009 and has scored 3,277 runs at an average of 33.43 in 110 innings. He scored 6,932 runs at 45.30 in 159 ODI innings, including 22 centuries. In Test matches he made 8,786 runs at 44.59 with 26 hundreds, including a top …