Cricket

England left-arm spinner Jack Leach claimed two wickets on his Somerset return after a long injury lay-off as they dominated a rain-affected second day of the County Championship Division One match with Kent at Taunton. The home side added 114 to their overnight first innings score of 440-7 to post …

David Bedingham scored a second consecutive century for Durham and Lancashire all-rounder Tom Aspinwall took five wickets to help bowl the visitors out for 236 in their County Championship match at Blackpool. Chasing the hosts’ first-innings total of 357, Bedingham backed up his 144 against Hampshire last week with a …

Gloucestershire registered the highest score in their 154-year first-class history before making substantial inroads into the Leicestershire reply on the second day of the County Championship Division Two match at Leicester. Captain Graeme Van Buuren hit a century at better than a run a ball, becoming the third batsman in …

The Vipers have won the competition two years in a row, retaining their title last year in the final against the same opponents at Worcester’s New Road. Vipers skipper Emily Windsor won the toss and chose to field and it looked to be a good decision as Marie Kelly departed …

England vs Pakistan LIVE: Second Women’s T20, County Ground, Northampton – score, radio commentary & updates – Live – BBC Sport Summary Pakistan crumble to 79 all out as England complete series win Ecclestone takes 3-11 with Bell, Glenn & Capsey taking two wickets apiece Gibson hits 18 off nine …

England vs Pakistan LIVE: Second Women’s T20, County Ground, Northampton – score, radio commentary & updates – Live – BBC Sport Summary Pakistan crumble to 79 all out as England complete series win Ecclestone takes 3-11 with Bell, Glenn & Capsey taking two wickets apiece Gibson hits 18 off nine …

Latest scorecard from the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants in Mumbai. Source link

Centuries from Tom Banton and James Rew helped Somerset to 440-7 after losing the toss on the opening day of their County Championship Division One match with Kent. Banton contributed a career-best 133 while Rew added 114 as the pair put on 205 for the fifth wicket in 42.4 overs, …

A record breaking opening partnership between Cameron Bancroft and Ben Charlesworth saw Gloucestershire dominate the opening day of their County Championship match at Leicestershire. The pair put on 316 after the visitors were put into bat by Foxes skipper Lewis Hill, beating the previous record opening partnership made against Leicestershire …

George Bartlett and Rob Keogh combined to get Northamptonshire back into the game as honours were shared with Derbyshire on the opening day of their County Championship Division Two game. The pair both scored half centuries and added 124 for the fifth wicket to get the innings back on track …

An unbroken double-century seventh-wicket stand between Ed Barnard and Michael Burgess rescued Warwickshire from 104-6 and put them in a commanding position against Essex. Barnard took his tally in his last four County Championship Division One innings to 336 runs with an unbeaten 115 while Burgess added 105. Essex were …

Lyndon James made an unbeaten 92 as he helped Nottinghamshire recover from 50-6 to reach 212-9 on day one of their County Championship match against Hampshire at Trent Bridge. Mohammad Abbas was the scourge of the hosts with 4-36, but Hampshire may yet rue dropped catches. James was dropped on …

Joe Root made 67 to help Yorkshire establish a narrow advantage over Sussex as 17 wickets fell on day one of the County Championship Division Two match at Hove. James Coles top scored with 38 for the home side as they were bowled out for 150 before Yorkshire reached 176-7 …

England’s Danni Wyatt takes an “absolute screamer” of a catch to dismiss Pakistan’s Sadaf Shamas for a duck during the second T20 at Northampton. Source link

England spinners Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn and Alice Capsey share seven wickets as the hosts beat Pakistan in Northampton by 65 runs and win the T20 series with a game to spare. MATCH REPORT: Dominant England seal T20 series win over Pakistan Available to UK users only. Source link

England sealed a series victory against Pakistan with a crushing 65-run victory in the second T20 in Northampton. Chasing 145 to keep themselves in the series, the visitors slumped to 79 all out in 15.4 overs. Spinner Sophie Ecclestone finished with 3-11 in a complete bowling effort that saw England …

A fifth-wicket stand of 148 between Dan Lawrence and Ollie Pope, a superb new-ball spell by Dan Worrall and Kemar Roach’s late double strike put Surrey in control against Worcestershire at the Kia Oval. Worcestershire finished on 112-7, still 101 runs in arrears, after Worrall’s 3-17 from eight overs, Roach’s …

Sarah and Kathryn Bryce tell Kate Alex all about Scotland’s World Cup qualification Source link

Australia batter Marnus Labuschagne believes England can cope without the experience of seamers James Anderson and Stuart Board in the build-up to next year’s Ashes series. Anderson, 41, has confirmed the first Test against West Indies at Lord’s on 10 July will be his last, while Broad, 37, stood down …

Sciver-Brunt is expected to return for the second T20 in Northampton on Friday (18:30 BST). The all-rounder is one of the highest-paid female athletes in the UK after being sold for about £320,000 to Mumbai Indians in the Women’s Premier League auction in early 2023. Egg-freezing is the process of …