Contrasting half-centuries from Usman Khawaja and Moises Henriques guided the Australian Institute of Sports to a comfortable five-wicket win over the Bangladeshis in their third warm-up match at the Gardens Oval in Darwin. With the victory, Australia avenged their three-wicket loss on Wednesday after having won the first encounter.
Chasing 271, Australia were given a solid […]
England’s women got off to a winning start in the first of three successive Twenty20 matches against South Africa, with a 54-run victory at Northampton.
Charlotte Edwards played a captain’s innings as she top-scored for England with a 45-run contribution.
Jenny Gunn (24) and Lydia Greenway (25) helped the hosts post 138-6, a total the South Africans […]
Kevin Pietersen hailed the return of “superstar” Andrew Flintoff following his first significant innings of the summer, which helped England beat South Africa in the Natwest Series opener at Headingley.
Flintoff contributed a superb 78 off 70 balls in a 158-run stand with man-of-the-match Pietersen that helped England reach 275 for four and then claimed two […]
Robbie Joseph took three wickets in four balls for no runs as Kent closed in on victory over visiting Lancashire.
Kent had declared on 317-4, setting Lancashire a target of 476 thanks to a century stand between Joe Denly and Martin van Jaarsveld. Read more
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A look at the statistical highlights of the first ODI between England and South Africa at Leeds on Friday.
- England, after losing their previous two ODIs at Leeds (by 8 wickets to Sri Lanka on 1.7.2006 and by 38 runs to India on 2.9.2007) register a 20-run victory at this venue.
- England, after their 26-run […]
Anil Kumble, India’s Test captain, has backed his senior middle-order batsmen against criticisms on their poor performance on the Sri Lanka tour. Kumble said it was harsh since they had been performing over the last decade. “This was the first series they could not perform,” Kumble said of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly.
Kumble […]
An unbeaten 71 by Robin Martin-Jenkins ensured Sussex avoided the follow-on against Surrey at the Oval.
Sussex were struggling on 197-7, but Martin-Jenkins and Jason Lewry shared a final-wicket stand of 57 to frustrate the hosts before Lewry fell for 22.
In their second innings Surrey added a further 77 to extend their lead to 204 heading […]
Ian Blackwell ensured Somerset picked up maximum batting points as their push for the LV County Championship title continued at the Rose Bowl.
Blackwell went from 104 overnight to 129 as the visitors were all out for 436 in reply to Hampshire’s 316 on the final day of a match disrupted by bad weather.
Somerset are on […]
Xavier Marshall blasted the most sixes in a one-day international innings as he demolished Canada’s bowlers and set up a 49-run victory for West Indies. Marshall’s 12 sixes broke a 12-year-old record of 11 in an innings, set in 1996 by Sanath Jayasuriya and equalled six months later by Shahid Afridi.
Marshall finished unbeaten on 157 […]
James Foster hit an unbeaten century to help Essex take a 346-run lead into the final day of their Division Two clash with leaders Worcestershire.
Foster will resume on 111 not out in the morning having brought up his century off 183 balls.
Essex skipper Mark Pettini and all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate both made useful contributions as […]
Joe Denly hit his sixth first-class century to help Kent close in on victory at stumps on the third day of their LV County Championship Division One clash with Lancashire.
The 22-year-old resumed on 63 overnight at Canterbury and brought up his hundred in 192 balls in an innings which included 10 fours.
Denly, who has played […]
Kevin Pietersen is having quite an impact as England captain. If it wasn’t enough winning his first Test and persuading Steve Harmison out of one-day retirement, he then did more than most to help his team take a series lead against South Africa with a 20-run victory at Headingley. He hit an unbeaten 90 off […]