Worcestershire frustrate Australia
Australia were denied victory in their final warm-up match before the Investec Ashes as the combination of dogged Worcestershire batting and a docile pitch ensured a draw at New Road.With plenty of...
View ArticleFinn keeps team ethic at fore
Steven Finn has wished Tim Bresnan well if the Yorkshireman plays instead of him in next week’s first Investec Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.With the duo likely to be vying for one place in a four-man...
View ArticleNorthamptonshire penalised under ECB discipline code
The Chairman of the ECB Cricket Discipline Commission, Gerard Elias QC, has considered comments made by David Smith regarding the pitch after a recent LV= County Championship match between Lancashire...
View ArticleEdwards content with England progress
England women’s captain Charlotte Edwards believes her side can take plenty of positives from their NatWest International Twenty20s against Pakistan after yesterday’s double-header at Loughborough...
View ArticleWarwickshire Bears v Glamorgan
Live images from Rugby School, where Glamorgan cantered to an eight-wicket victory over out-of-form Warwickshire Bears.
View ArticleGlamorgan ease past struggling Bears
Unbeaten Glamorgan kept their Friends Life t20 campaign humming along when exposing Warwickshire Bears’ current frailty in cruising to an eight-wicket win with 14 deliveries to spare at Rugby...
View ArticleDurham Dynamos v Notts Outlaws
Live images from the Emirates Durham ICG, where Michael Lumb's boundary-laden 96 underpinned a crushing eight-wicket win for Notts Outlaws.
View ArticleLumb to the slaughter at Durham
Michael Lumb made the highest score by a Notts Outlaws player in the Friends Life t20 to help his side to an eight-wicket win over Durham Dynamos at the Emirates Durham ICG.Lumb fell just four runs...
View ArticleFriends Life t20, July 6: As it happened
5:10pm - Notts and Glamorgan can be very happy indeed with their efforts. Both sides came into today with 100% records and maintained them in clinical fashion.We will be back tomorrow with another live...
View ArticleThirteen-man squad named for first Investec Ashes Test
England selectors have named a 13-man squad for the first Investec Ashes Test commencing Wednesday 10 July at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.Alastair Cook captains a squad that includes four members (Jonny...
View ArticleIreland close in on World Cup berth
Ireland thrashed the Netherlands by 88 runs in Amstelveen to move one victory away from qualification for the 2015 World Cup.Phil Simmons’ men began the first of two one-day internationals in three...
View ArticleHussey lauds sensational Lumb knock
Notts captain David Hussey hailed Michael Lumb after the left-hander’s brutal innings against Durham Dynamos helped preserve the Outlaws' unbeaten record in this season’s Friends Life t20.Lumb smashed...
View ArticleWorcestershire break their duck
Worcestershire Royals overpowered Gloucestershire Gladiators to register their first Friends Life t20 win of the season by five wickets at New Road.Having restricted their neighbours to 119 for nine on...
View ArticleLightning back to winning ways
Lancashire Lightning ended a run of three games without a win in the Friends Life t20 by narrowly beating Leicestershire Foxes in a last-ball thriller at Emirates Old Trafford.Simon Katich's unbeaten...
View ArticlePetersen keeps Somerset perfect
Alviro Petersen hit a match-winning half-century as Somerset made it maximum points from their first two Friends Life t20 games with a six-wicket victory over Northants Steelbacks at Taunton.The hosts...
View ArticleRampant Rossington downs Spitfires
Former England Under-19 wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Rossington smashed a competition-best 74 as Middlesex Panthers cruised to a nine-wicket Friends Life t20 win over lacklustre Kent Spitfires at Uxbridge...
View ArticleFriends Life t20, July 7: As it happened
5:30pm - That concludes our live blogging for the day. We'll be back tomorrow with updates on six LV= County Championship fixtures.5:21pm - RESULT! Somerset (154/4) beat Northants Steelbacks (152/7) by...
View ArticlePonting set for first-class farewell
Australian great Ricky Ponting will make his final first-class appearance in the LV= County Championship match between Surrey and Nottinghamshire starting tomorrow at the Kia Oval.Ponting’s stint with...
View ArticleClarke can't do it all - Rogers
Australia opener Chris Rogers has urged his team-mates to “stand up” and take some of the pressure off captain Michael Clarke during the Investec Ashes.Having been troubled by a chronic back problem,...
View ArticleEngland Women's Ashes squad announced
Selectors have named an initial 18-player England squad for the 2013 Women's Ashes Series.Natasha Farrant, Natalie Sciver and Lauren Winfield, who made their international debuts against Pakistan last...
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