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Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury (day one) Kent 356-7: Benjamin 70, Compton 53, Dawkins 50; Morgan 4-90, Helm 3-63, Morgan 2-66 Middlesex: Yet to bat Bonus points: Kent 3pts, Middlesex 2pts Match scorecard Chris Benjamin hit 70 as Kent reached 356-7 at stumps on day one …

Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford (day one) Essex 184: Westley 44; Patterson-White 6-43 Nottinghamshire 111-2: Hameed 68*; Snater 2-29 Notts (3 pts) trail Essex (0 pts) by 73 runs Match scorecard Liam Patterson-White prevented Nottinghamshire suffering a lingering hangover from their Taunton mauling by claiming …

Available for over a year Bangladesh created history by securing their first-ever ODI series victory over Australia, winning the recent three-match contest 2-1. The reigning world champions found themselves on the wrong side of the record books and have now lost four of their last five ODI series. Nikesh Rughani, …

BBC Sport lists the best performing batters and bowlers from the Women’s T20 World Cup in England. BBC News

Watch as Aaliyah Alleyne takes three wickets in the 18th over to help West Indies edge past Scotland at the Women’s T20 World Cup in Headingley. BBC News

England’s Emilio Gay says teammate Ben Duckett was “very relaxed” despite Gay running him out on day two of the second Test against New Zealand at The Oval. BBC News

Stokes has been named in Durham’s 15-man squad for their County Championship fixture against Northamptonshire, which starts on Friday, but his England future is uncertain. Botham himself had a reputation as a player who played hard on and off the field. The 70-year-old said players of his era “used to …

Tom Bailey has signed a new one-year contract to stay with Lancashire for the 2027 county season. Bailey, 35, has spent his entire career with the Red Rose since making his debut in 2012. The Preston-born right-arm seamer has played 129 first-class matches and taken 444 wickets at an average …

The T20 skill scale used at the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup is a metric used to rate players’ playing styles based on certain aspects of their game. Designed by cricket data experts CricViz and in collaboration with the International Cricket Council, the skill scale ratings are regularly shown by …

Welsh Fire: Niamh Holland, Georgia Davis, Jordan Clark, Dillon Pennington Birmingham Phoenix: Mary Taylor, Fatima Sana, Tom Helm, Sean Dickson London Spirit: Trudy Johnson, Olivia Barnes, Henry Crocombe, Kiran Carlson Trent Rockets: Amu Surenkumar, Eve Jones, Ben Raine, Ben Sanderson Manchester Super Giants: Mia Rogers, Beth Langston, James Sales, Adam …

The ECB revealed Stokes and Atkinson are under investigation in a statement released on 8 June. In the immediate aftermath, there were concerns the 35-year-old may retire. Those fears were allayed when he returned to training with Durham on Saturday and Stokes is now due to play for them for …

Leicestershire batter Lewis Hill will retire from professional cricket at the end of the season. The 35-year-old has scored 8,434 runs in 282 appearances across County Championship, One-Day Cup and T20 competitions for the Foxes since emerging from the club’s academy more than a decade ago. He has previously captained …

Watch highlights as South Africa get their first victory at the Women’s T20 World Cup as they beat Pakistan by two wickets at Edgbaston. BBC News

Available for over a year Simon Mann is alongside former England captain Michael Vaughan and chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew for reaction to the first day’s plat at The Oval between England and New Zealand. Hear from the wicket-taking debutant Sonny Baker, as well as New Zealand’s Tom Blundell who …

Available for over a year Henry Moeran is alongside 2017 World Cup winner Alex Hartley and TMS commentator Daniel Norcorss dig into the huge amount of uncertainty surrounding England Men’s Test squad. Hear from Cricket Correspondent Stephhan Shemilt who speaks to England’s stand-in skipper Joe Root. Katherine Sciver-Brunt and former …

A half-century and four wickets from all-rounder Fi Morris sealed a rare win for Lancashire against The Blaze. The Red Rose, who have endured a disappointing season in both formats, successfully defended a target of 239 as their opponents could only make 211 all out despite 64 from Tammy Beaumont. …

Available for over a year Cricket correspondent Stephan Shemilt is alongside former England captains Michael Vaughan, Sir Alastair Cook, and the BBC’s chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew to discuss what the future holds for England’s Test side and Ben Stokes as the aftermath of Stokes and Atkinson’s curfew-breaking evening rumbles …

Former captain Joe Root is standing in for Stokes this week, having accepted the job on a “game-by-game” basis. Stokes and bowler Gus Atkinson breached the team’s midnight curfew the night after victory in the first Test and were present when a member of England’s security staff was struck by …

Watch highlights as Australia beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in another eye-catching Women’s T20 World Cup performance in Headingley. BBC News

Latest scorecard from the first Twenty20 international between Bangladesh and Australia in Chittagong. BBC News