LV=CC, July 15: As it happened
Recap a thrilling day’s LV= County Championship action as Nottinghamshire went top of Division One with a one-wicket win over Lancashire while Somerset and Warwickshire were also victorious.By Matt...
View ArticleRobson relishing home comforts
Sam Robson speaks to us about the prospect of his second Lord's TestSam Robson will be right at home during the Lord’s Investec Test.Not only is it happening where his county Middlesex play most of...
View ArticleFree entry for Northampton internationals
England Women’s Twenty20 international and England Under-19s’ Test at Wantage Road, Northampton, this summer will be free entry for all.South Africa will provide the opposition in both. The women’s...
View ArticleLIVE: LV= County Championship
Follow the remaining games in this week’s LV= County Championship that see Division Two’s top two, Worcestershire and Hampshire, pushing for victory.By Rob BarnettWICKET Will Smith on 19 pushes forward...
View ArticleHigh-pressure game awaits Somerset
Somerset head into the clash with Kent Spitfires knowing only a win will keep alive their hopes of a NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final berth.The county are perennial contenders for finals day, yet sit...
View ArticleCricket on the Home Front 1914-18
Second of two exclusive articles for ECB on cricket and the Great War by David FrithAs in the Second World War, opinion was sharply divided over the morality of staging cricket matches during the...
View ArticleGooch, Tavare and two hat-tricks
At the start of June I gave up my usual R&DCL appointment to stand in Barkby United’s annual fixture against The Authors CC - a club which was resurrected some three years ago after an absence of...
View ArticleRed Rose hoping to continue momentum
Lancashire Lightning will aim to continue their stunning NatWest T20 Blast campaign against Derbyshire Falcons at Emirates Old Trafford.The Red Rose have tasted defeat only twice in the competition so...
View ArticleRevenge on Glamorgan's mind
By Matt SomerfordGlamorgan captain Jim Allenby wants to exact revenge over NatWest Blast South Group leaders Essex Eagles when they meet at the SWALEC Stadium on Friday night.The Eagles claimed a...
View ArticleMcClenaghan set for Rapids debut
Mitchell McClenaghan will make his Worcestershire Rapids debut when they attempt to end Northamptonshire Steelbacks’ NatWest T20 Blast defence.McClenaghan has big shoes to fill as he replaces Saeed...
View ArticleBears hopes rest on spin battle
By Matt SomerfordBirmingham Bears head north to Yorkshire Vikings on Friday night knowing that their hopes of staying alive in the NatWest T20 Blast will most likely rely on a spin battle.Headingley...
View ArticleAllenby leads Glamorgan into the unknown
By Matt SomerfordBefore the start of the season Jim Allenby sat down and mapped out a plan to reverse Glamorgan’s Twenty20 woes.The Welsh county had progressed out of their group just twice in 11...
View ArticleEngland v India, 2nd Investec Test, Day 1
Live images from Lord's on the opening day of the second Investec Test between England and India.
View ArticleRahane makes England pay
By Callum Dent Ajinkya Rahane struck a stunning century to stop England in their tracks after they opted to make first use of a green pitch at Lord’s on the opening day of the second Investec Test...
View ArticleZimbabwe claim series opener
Sean Williams top scored with 70 as Zimbabwe secured a six-wicket victory in their first one-day international against Afghanistan in Bulawayo on Friday.After the hosts won the toss and elected to...
View ArticleMathews fights after Steyn's five
Another captain's innings from Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews could not stop Dale Steyn bowling South Africa into a position of strength on day three of the first Test at Galle.Having racked up 455 for...
View ArticleLewis sets bar high for Jets
Durham Jets must win their last three NatWest T20 Blast group games to have a chance of making the quarter-finals, according to head coach Jon Lewis.The Jets, who are without England all-rounder Ben...
View ArticleSurrey on brink of last eight
Surrey face Gloucestershire in a Cheltenham sell-out with a strong chance of qualifying for the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals today.Even if second-placed Surrey lose, other results in the South...
View ArticleHosein signs Derbyshire contract
Derbyshire have completed a two-year deal for academy product Harvey Hosein.The 17-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman revealed his blossoming talent with an 89-ball half century in the tour match against...
View ArticleCachopa earns Sussex deal
Sussex have signed former New Zealand Under-19 captain Craig Cachopa on a two-year.The 22-year-old batsman has been on trial at the BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground for the past two games and,...
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