Sri Lanka A’s top order, led by centurion Tharanga Paranavitana, made South Africa’s first-innings total look innocuous as they ended day two of the first unofficial Test 208 runs behind the hosts.
Johann Louw’s patient 78 took South Africa to 459 as the lower order added 94 to the overnight total. Louw’s innings lasted nearly four […]
Derbyshire captain Chris Rogers was denied a new record as his team drew with Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
Rogers resumed on 237 in a total of 462-7, with a 112-year-old landmark for Derbyshire’s highest score in sight.
But only 12 runs were added as Rogers, after five sessions at the crease, was left on 248, 26 from George […]
India failed to carry their form from the win over MCC to the first ODI against England, falling to an eight-wicket defeat in Bath. Jenny Gunn and Isa Guha took three wickets each as India were bowled out for 124, a total that England overhauled in 36 overs to clinch their ninth successive win. […]
Northamptonshire fell agonisingly short of victory against Glamorgan at the County Ground in LV County Championship Division Two.
Glamorgan were battling to avoid an innings defeat for much of the final day, and they achieved their aim but with little to spare. Read more
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Northants had to settle for a draw at Wantage Road, after a battling final day performance from Glamorgan.
The visitors resumed 173 behind at 28-1 and though Monty Panesar took four wickets, former England spinner Jamie Dalrymple hit 10 fours in his 74. Read more
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Match facts
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Start time 10.45BST (9.45GMT)
Big Picture
And so, the Kevin Pietersen fairytale continues. England took an unassailable 3-0 lead at The Oval, but for England’s new and irrepressibly positive captain, he and his team have greater goals in their sights: a 5-0 whitewash. It may have seemed an implausible task before the series, […]
The fourth ODI against England at Lord’s on Sunday represents not only another opportunity for South Africa to reverse their short-term fortunes, but also to reinvent their one-day team as they look ahead to the 2011 World Cup.
That is the candid view of their coach, Mickey Arthur, responding to South Africa’s 126-run drubbing in the […]
Simon Katich, the captain of Australia A, said that the two three-day games against India A will be a great platform to push for national selection for the series against India in October.
“We have four quicks and three spinners and the selectors obviously want to look at a few players there for the touring party […]
Title-chasing Nottinghamshire need eight more Sussex wickets to clinch victory in their LV County Championship Division One clash at Hove.
The home side resumed on the final day on seven without loss in their second innings, still 212 runs short of making the visitors bat again.
By lunch they had reached 84 for two, with Michael Yardy […]
Andrew Flintoff’s role in England’s NatWest Series victory over South Africa has taken him to the top of the rankings.
Flintoff has jumped six places on the back of his 156 runs and seven wickets in a series England have already won by opening up a 3-0 lead with only two matches to play.
England seamer Stuart […]
Australia made a dominant start to their one-day series against Bangladesh in Darwin with an emphatic 180-run win in the opening match.
Mike Hussey top-scored with 85 and Shaun Marsh made 76 as the home side totalled 254-8 in their 50 overs.
Bangladesh lost early wickets in reply and only three batsmen reached double figures as they […]
England women continued their winning ways with a comfortable eight-wicket victory over India at Bath in the opening game of their one-day series.
Isa Guha and Jenny Gunn each took three wickets as the tourists were bowled out for only 124.
And a second-wicket stand of 70 between Caroline Atkins and Claire Taylor took England to the […]