Panthers snap up Mills
Middlesex Panthers have announced New Zealand international Kyle Mills has signed a contract to play for the club in this summer's Friends Life t20 competition.Mills will join up with the Panthers on...
View ArticleClarke fit to lead Australia
Skipper Michael Clarke has proved his fitness and will lead Australia in the four-day tour match against Somerset, starting tomorrow.Vice-captain Brad Haddin confirmed Clarke’s inclusion after the...
View ArticleFriends Life t20 Season Launch
ECB launched the 2013 Friends Life t20 season with a special event at Potter’s Field, near Tower Bridge overlooking the River Thames.‘Danger Zones’ included a stunt activity involving a specially...
View ArticleTaylor's double ton secures draw
Unbeaten double-centurion James Taylor and Ajmal Shahzad guided Nottinghamshire to a draw on the final day of their LV= County Championship match against Sussex at Trent Bridge.The efforts of Taylor,...
View ArticleExtreme cricket to get a new wicket
A tiny village cricket club in the Lake District has gone to extreme lengths to get its flood-damaged pitch fixed.Rather than take their bat home and hang up their whites, the hardy lads and lasses...
View ArticleLIVE: England v New Zealand
New Zealand Innings6:40pm - Brendon McCullum enters the fray and immediately punishes Rankin for over-pitching when driving four down the ground. Rankin's Warwickshire team-mate Chris Woakes is off to...
View ArticleBeaumont leads Academy to win
England Women's Academy captain Tammy Beaumont led the way with an unbeaten half-century as Pakistan Women succumbed to a nine-wicket defeat in their Twenty20 tour game at Loughborough...
View ArticleOutlaws snap up Butler
Notts Outlaws have signed New Zealand paceman Ian Butler for their Friends Life t20 campaign.The 31-year-old, who is currently featuring in the Black Caps’ NatWest Twenty20 international series against...
View ArticleStrauss calls for support for Cricket United
Andrew Strauss is urging England and Australia fans to get involved in the UK's biggest cricket awareness day, on August 23, and help turn the Kia Oval into a sea of blue. The Ashes-winning captain is...
View ArticleRafiq misses Starc and Miller
Azeem Rafiq admits the loss of Mitchell Starc and David Miller will be a “big blow” to Yorkshire Vikings’ Friends Life t20 ambitions this season. Australia paceman Starc and South Africa batsman Miller...
View ArticleMullaney eyes t20 success
All-rounder Steven Mullaney is hoping Notts Outlaws can go one better than last year’s quarter-final appearance as they prepare to get their Friends Life t20 campaign started with the visit of...
View ArticleMorgan out of second T20
Eoin Morgan has been ruled out of this evening’s second NatWest International T20 between England and New Zealand at the Kia Oval with a broken finger.James Tredwell will captain England today in...
View ArticleWatson sounds warning
Shane Watson sounded a warning to England by hammering 20 fours in a powerful innings of 90 for the Australians, who ended the second day of the tour match with Somerset at Taunton on 266 for four.
View ArticleWatson ready for Ashes challenge
Shane Watson spoke of his excitement at the prospect of facing England's new-ball attack after playing himself into form with a rapid 90 on the second day of the Australians' tour match with Somerset...
View ArticleWatson sounds warning
Shane Watson sounded a warning to England by hammering 20 fours in a powerful innings of 90 for the Australians on the second day of the tour match with Somerset at Taunton.With skipper Michael Clarke,...
View ArticleRain gives Black Caps series success
England's second NatWest Series Twenty20 international against New Zealand was abandoned with just two deliveries bowled.The home side needed victory to avoid a series defeat having suffered a five-run...
View ArticleTogether we'll #RISE, for The Urn. The Ashes.
The England & Wales Cricket Board has created an official film to mark the eagerly anticipated Investec Ashes Series, as part of their “#RISE for England” campaign.The film will be played on the...
View ArticleGiles: Focus on the task
Ashley Giles has urged England to retain their focus for the Investec Ashes series against Australia.The tourists have so far had a monopoly on the major pre-Ashes headlines with thesuspension of David...
View ArticleHazell out to crack Pakistan before Australia
England women have the exciting prospect of the Ashes with a new format in August, but for now they are concentrating on their opening assignment of the summer versus Pakistan.For the first time, the...
View ArticleVikings minus Bairstow
Yorkshire Vikings are without Jonny Bairstow versus Durham Dynamos at Scarborough in one of four Friends Life t20 games tomorrow.Bairstow played in the Vikings’ tournament opener yesterday evening, a...
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