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Cricket from Derby where England face New Zealand in the first of three T20 matches. BBC News

Opener Alice Capsey finishes unbeaten on 74 as she guides England to a seven-wicket win against New Zealand in the opening T20 international in Derby. BBC News

England’s Sophie Ecclestone has an opening over to forget as New Zealand’s Sophie Devine hits three sixes off her bowling during the first T20 international in Derby. BBC News

Gloucestershire bowler David Payne has been ruled out of the entire T20 Blast campaign after having surgery on an ankle injury picked up while playing in the Indian Premier League. The left-arm seamer was playing in the IPL for the first time, having signed for Sunrisers Hyderabad in March as …

Northamptonshire captain Luke Procter has signed a new two-year contract with the club. The 37-year-old all-rounder moved to Wantage Road from Lancashire, initially on loan, in 2017 before making his stay permanent the following year. Procter has made more than 100 first-class appearances for Northamptonshire and made a career-best 261 …

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Ireland captain Gaby Lewis says she will be fit for the start of next month’s Women’s T20 World Cup as she continues her recovery from injury. On Wednesday, Cricket Ireland confirmed that batter Lewis would be rested for the upcoming tri-series against Pakistan and West Indies in Clontarf to “give …

Available for over a year Kevin Howells presents the best of the conversations around this week’s County Championship results. He talks to England’s record run-scorer Joe Root following Yorkshire’s huge win over Surrey, and Liam Dawson looks back at his red-ball career. Kevin also speaks to Nottinghamshire’s Director of Cricket …

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When considering the bigger picture, the most significant part of the one-day international series against New Zealand was the arrival of 18-year-old spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman on the international stage. That she looked so at ease on debut in Chester-le-Street, while able to admit she could have bowled better, was a …

Gloucestershire have signed South African all-rounder Duan Jansen for the opening six games of the T20 Blast. The 26-year-old comes in as cover for Liam Scott, who is set to miss the start of the campaign after being called up to Australia’s ODI squad. Jansen will be available for the …

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Lategan is a product of Worcestershire’s academy pathway having played his formative cricket in South Africa. After finishing with the development programme at New Road, he mixed casual work at the club’s bar with some trial games for the second XI and eventually earned a three-year contract in July 2025,, …

Jersey are top of their five-team group at the midway point of the pool stage on net run-rate, ahead of France who have also won their opening two games. Only the group winners will have a chance of qualification – they will go into a play-off against the winners of …

Jake Lehmann converted a fifty into three figures at the sixth attempt as Hampshire avoided defeat at home in the County Championship for the first time in 10 months as they drew with Nottinghamshire. Champions and table-toppers Nottinghamshire had hoped to rip through the hosts on the final day to …

A century from Ben Raine helped Durham to a draw in their County Championship Division Two match with Kent at Beckenham. At one point Durham looked likely to have to follow on when they were reduced to 288-9. Ekansh Singh and Matt Milnes both took three wickets, while James Taylor …

Somerset were denied the opportunity of a third County Championship victory of the season when rain brought a premature end to the Division One match with Sussex at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton. The visitors could add only 17 runs to their overnight first innings score of 236-8 in reply …

Robinson, whose last England appearance came against India in February 2024, was rewarded with a call-up for next month’s first Test against New Zealand after taking 17 wickets in the first five County Championship matches. The 32-year-old was not the only beneficiary of a re-established link between performances in the …

Worcestershire skipper Brett D’Oliveira and all-rounder Matthew Waite shared an unbroken stand of 97 to ensure their side drew their County Championship match against Lancashire. The pair came together with the visitors on 114-5 in the second innings, giving them a lead of 103 in mid-afternoon, when there were still …

Louis Kimber posted a brave half-century to deliver a hard-earned two-wicket victory for Northamptonshire on the final day of an enthralling County Championship Division Two match against Gloucestershire at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol. Drafted in as an injury replacement for Saif Zaid at the halfway stage of the game, …