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Oval Invincibles comfortably beat Southern Brave by six wickets in a table-topping clash in the men’s Hundred competition at The Oval. The two sides were level at the top of the standings going into the fixture, and the defending champions moved clear after chasing a target of 119 with 15 …

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Tilly Corteen-Coleman, 16, took the wickets of Lauren Winfield-Hill and Paige Scholfield from successive balls, but Marizanne Kapp (26*) anchored the remainder of her side’s innings as they closed on 79-4. Brave’s Smriti Mandhana was run out for just two early in the reply, but Wyatt was dropped twice in …

The Hundred men’s competition, Sophia Gardens Northern Superchargers 26-5 (25 balls): Robinson 8* (6); Henry 2-8 Welsh Fire 3-0 (2 balls): Wells 2* (2); Stokes 0-3 Match abandoned because of rain Scorecard. Table A wet-weather abandonment meant Welsh Fire and Northern Superchargers were denied a chance to significantly boost their …

Hampshire have signed seamer Sonny Baker for the 2025 season following the end of his contract with Somerset. The 21-year-old joined Somerset’s academy in 2020 and made his first-team debut the following year in the One-Day Cup. He has since made 11 more appearances for the club, taking 19 wickets, …

Batting at number four in the Group A encounter on Thursday, Flintoff came to the wicket at 25-2 and, with wickets falling around him, he had to be the mainstay of the innings. He reached 50 from 77 balls and found good support from Tom Bailey (30) as they put …

Welsh Fire’s match with Northern Superchargers at Sophia Gardens in The Hundred Women’s competition has been abandoned without a ball bowled because of rain. The two sides went into the contest as the top two in the women’s competition, with Fire a point clear at the top of the standings. …

Gloucestershire pace bowler Matt Taylor has signed a new two-year contract. The 30-year-old has committed himself until the end of the 2026 season having spent his entire career at the club. He has taken a total of 419 wickets across all formats of the game during his 13-year career including …

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Northamptonshire have announced pre-tax profits of £86,813 for the year ending January 31 2024. In a statement,, external Northants revealed the profit came “in line with the club’s expectations at the start of the year” despite an increase in energy, cricketing expenses and catering costs. “I was pleased with the …

Run-rate is the average number of runs scored per over by a team in their entire innings – so, for example, a score of 140 off 20 overs equals seven runs per over. Net run-rate is calculated by subtracting the opposition’s run-rate from the other team’s run-rate. The winning side …

Latest scorecard from the first Test between West Indies and South Africa in Trinidad. Source link

Sri Lanka clinched their first bilateral one-day international series win over India in 27 years with a 110-run victory in the third match in Colombo. Opener Avishka Fernando hit 96 to help Sri Lanka post 248-7, before left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage took 5-27 as India crumbled to 138 all out. …

Watch the best of the day’s play as Trent Rockets took on London Spirit on day 13 of The Hundred. Source link

Alex Hales smashed 68 off 42 balls and Rashid Khan took four wickets in a sublime spell to help Trent Rockets beat London Spirit by 22 runs in the men’s Hundred. Former England batter Hales hit three fours and five sixes in a superb knock as Rockets posted 166-4 at …

England seam bowler Matthew Fisher will leave Yorkshire when his contract expires at the end of the season. Fisher, who has one Test cap, has taken 126 wickets at an average of 28.27 in 41 first-class matches for Yorkshire since his debut in 2015. The 26-year-old is reportedly set to …

Last year’s beaten finalists Hampshire made it four home group wins out of four as they thrashed Derbyshire by 143 runs at Southampton. In only his second appearance in this year’s competition, Weatherley put on 113 for the second wicket with Nick Gubbins (62) as Hampshire piled up 295-8. Derbyshire …

Leicestershire head coach Alfonso Thomas has criticised The Hundred’s “ridiculous” player participation rules. The injury-hit Foxes lost in the One-Day Cup to Surrey on Tuesday and next play Yorkshire on Thursday, their fourth match in seven days. And Thomas is frustrated that, while his side are struggling for numbers, a …

Trent Rockets boosted their hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the women’s Hundred with a comfortable 31-run win over London Spirit at Trent Bridge. The home side reached 158-5 after openers Grace Scrivens (55 off 43) and Bryony Smith (34 off 22) shared a 74-run for the first wicket …

Watch the plays of the day as Ben Stokes is bowled for a first-ball duck on day 12 of The Hundred. Source link