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Leicestershire will have Australian opener Marcus Harris available for an extra two County Championship games after extending his contract to cover for Wiaan Mulder. Left-hander Harris was set to end his second spell with the Foxes after their game against Middlesex at Lord’s, starting on Friday. But the 31-year-old will …

Sunrisers top the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy table after defeating Central Sparks by five wickets at Kidderminster. Source link

Gloucestershire wicketkeeper-batter Ben Wells has retired from professional cricket at the age of 23 after being diagnosed with a heart condition. Wells received his diagnosis for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) following a routine test in pre-season. It is the same condition that forced former England and Nottinghamshire batter James …

Bowler Chris Sole returns from injury as Scotland name a squad minus most of their county players for this month’s T20 Tri-Series against Netherlands and Ireland. The event in Amstelveen from 18-24 May is designed as a warm-up for the men’s T20 World Cup, with the Scots starting their campaign …

Bailey added there had been “long conversations” about whether to include Smith in the side and said he would be keeping a close eye on Fraser-McGurk, 22, who has been in fine form for the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. Test captain Pat Cummins, fast bowler Mitchell Starc …

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

Nikesh Rughani, Steven Finn and Abhishek Jhunjhunwala react to England’s World T20 squad. Source link

IPL 2024 LIVE: LSG vs MI cricket score & radio commentary – Live – BBC Sport Summary Use audio icon at top of page to listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary Lucknow Super Giants Innings Batter How Out Bowler Runs Balls 4s 6s Mins SR Total (9.4 overs) …

IPL 2024 LIVE: LSG vs MI cricket score & radio commentary – Live – BBC Sport Summary Use audio icon at top of page to listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary Mumbai Indians Innings Batter How Out Bowler Runs Balls 4s 6s Mins SR Total (14.2 overs) 86–for5wickets …

One game in and they have already begun to demonstrate that, despite losing two of their top five – including skipper Sophie Ullah – with anterior cruciate ligament injuries. With many of the team having come through the junior sides, that meant Johnson, at 19, was their most senior player. …

Fast bowler Jofra Archer returns to England’s squad for the T20 World Cup in June after more than a year out with injuries. Source link

Latest scorecard from the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals in Kolkata. Source link

Wayne Madsen completed a courageous century and new signing Aneurin Donald added 97 as Derbyshire’s batters comfortably secured a County Championship draw against Yorkshire at Headingley. Derbyshire started day four of the Division Two contest on 190-3 in their first-innings reply to Yorkshire’s 450-5d, needing to reach 301 to avoid …

Essex batter Nick Browne scored his first County Championship century for more than a year and Callum Parkinson collected his maiden five-wicket haul for Durham, but a weather-affected match at the Riverside ended in a draw. Such an outcome had always appeared probable once the third day’s play had been …

Gloucestershire’s long wait for a County Championship victory continued as their Division Two match against Middlesex at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol petered out into a draw. On a day which began with all three results still possible, Middlesex did their utmost to force a result by declaring their …

England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed and Australian Test batter Peter Handscomb helped Leicestershire snuff out Northamptonshire’s hopes of bowling themselves to victory. Leicestershire replied to Northamptonshire’s first-innings 453-7 declared with 452-8 declared in a Division Two contest ruined by the weather. Handscomb missed out on a 23rd career first-class century after …

Tom Lammonby continued his excellent start to the season and played a major role as Somerset earned a hard-fought County Championship draw at Kidderminster against newly promoted Worcestershire. Lammonby dug in to score his third half-century of the season, in addition to his hundred against champions Surrey. Receiving excellent support …

Warwickshire made it four Division One draws out of four in the County Championship this season as their game with Nottinghamshire ended in its expected stalemate at Edgbaston. After resuming on 175-5, in better weather than on the first three days, in reply to Notts’ 400 all out, the Bears …

Ireland made it two wins from two at the Twenty20 World Cup qualifier in Abu Dhabi by beating Zimbabwe by 56 runs on Monday. Amy Hunter (71) and Gaby Lewis (69) shone with the bat as their opening partnership of 130 off 14.2 overs laid the platform for their side’s …

Champions Surrey needed only 30.2 overs on the final day to wrap up victory by an innings and 11 runs against Hampshire in their County Championship clash at the Kia Oval. Dan Worrall finished with an impressive 5-47 as Hampshire, dismissed first time around for 151, were bowled out again …