A fine fighting century by Michael Lumb boosted what would have been a rather poor Hampshire total on another rain-spoiled day at the Rose Bowl. Thanks to his determination, the match appears to be quite well balanced, although Somerset were making a positive reply when the weather intervened again.
Hampshire, 113 for 4 overnight, made a […]
West Indies beat England 3-1 in the series of 1950, and they saved their best performance for last: The Oval Test, where they trounced us by an innings.
The batting line-up was certainly the strongest they had ever sent to England. It contained the three Ws, who would rank as world-class performers in any era. Weekes […]
Mark Ramprakash’s third successive Championship century put Surrey in command on day one against Sussex, the home side reaching 256-2 at the close.
The acting skipper, who made an unbeaten 200 against Somerset to follow his 100th first-class hundred, hit 18 fours and a six in his unbeaten 133.
He shared an unbroken 216 with Jon Batty, […]
The captain Ramnaresh Sarwan guided West Indies to an easy six-wicket win over Bermuda in their opening match of the Associates Tri-series in Canada. Sarwan ended the contest with a six over midwicket to finish on 49, sweeping his team past Bermuda’s 158 for 9 with 18.1 overs to spare, while the debutant Brendan Nash […]
The fate of next month’s Champions Trophy in Pakistan is unlikely to be determined until Sunday, as the ICC plans more talks.
Following discussions between senior members of the ICC in Dubai on Wednesday, it was decided to arrange further talks before a meeting of the world governing body’s board by teleconference on Sunday. […]
Finding some dry weather appears to be the biggest challenge ahead of the one-day series between England and South Africa, but when the contest does get under way - hopefully at Headingley on Friday - one of the major focuses will be how Kevin Pietersen takes on the South Africa attack.
Against New Zealand earlier this […]
A season’s best unbeaten 80 from former England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones helped Kent to 241-7 after the opening day against Lancashire at Canterbury.
Kent opted to bat but lost skipper Rob Key, run-out at the non-striker’s when Joe Denly’s drive was deflected into the stumps by bowler Sajid Mahmood. Read more
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Bryce McGain, Victoria’s 36-year-old legspinner, is one of three slow bowlers who will be trialled on the subcontinent before the selectors name the squad for October’s Test tour to India. Jason Krejza, the Tasmania offspinner, and Australia’s newest Test player, Beau Casson, are the other two spinners who will be aiming to shine on an […]