James Vince smashes half-century before Chris Jordan sees Southern Brave home as they beat Birmingham Phoenix by four wickets at the Ageas Bowl despite Liam Livingstone’s unbeaten fifty for the visitors Liam Livingstone continued his fine form with an unbeaten 68 for the visitors Miles Hammond supported him as Birmingham Phoenix posted 151 for three … Read more
Top commentators Nasser Hussain, Rob Key and Ebony Rainford-Brent to remain on Hundred duty and miss England Test matches as Sky Sports show their commitment to new tournament Sky to give equal billing to the Hundred and England’s Test series against India Sky Sports will keep several A-list commentators with the Hundred next week Nasser … Read more
England outcast Alex Hales smashes 40 not out and Ben Stokes and Joe Root fail to fire as Trent Rockets thrillingly chase down the Northern Superchargers with late charge Before the match Trent Rockets’ Root said his friendship with Northern Superchargers captain and his England team-mate Stokes would be ‘put aside’ John Simpson (42) and … Read more
Anyone for cricket? Southern Brave coach Mahela Jayawardene believes the Hundred could be the format which finally brings the sport into the Olympics… with ICC and MCC backing inclusion at Los Angeles Games in 2028 By Richard Gibson For Mail On Sunday Published: 17:35 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 19:12 EDT, 24 July 2021 … Read more
Organisers of The Hundred condemn online racist abuse aimed at ‘players and others’ since its launch saying anyone who posts discriminatory messages ‘are not welcome here’ People involved in the Hundred event have been targeted with racist abuse The Hundred organisers have condemned the online racist messages Sportspeople have been targeted with racial abuse in recent … Read more
England all-rounder Moeen Ali hits vital 40 before Chris Benjamin sees Birmingham Phoenix home to four-wicket victory at Edgbaston following Zak Crawley’s half-century for London Spirit Zak Crawley opened for London Spirit and made an assertive 64 from 39 balls Joe Denly hit vital cameo of 25 but Eoin Morgan and Dan Lawrence struggled Liam … Read more
Ollie Pope may miss England’s first Test match against India next month following thigh injury suffered on Surrey duty… and medical staff could advise him to aim for second Test at Lord’s eight days later Ollie Pope sustained a thigh injury playing for his county Surrey in the T20 Blast The England batsman had hoped … Read more
Pressure, what pressure? Ballymena batsman John Glass hits a staggering SIX SIXES off the final over after his side needed 35 from the last six balls to complete remarkable run chase… and it sealed the LVS T20 Trophy! Cregagh must have thought they had sealed victory at their home ground But Glass delivered six big … Read more
England beat India by eight wickets in third women’s T20 to seal multi-format series win as Danni Wyatt goes from zero to hero after smashing unbeaten 89 from 56 balls England chased down India’s target of 154 in style to win multi-format series Danni Wyatt propelled England to victory with an unbeaten 89 from 56 … Read more
England suffer catastrophic batting collapse in chase of mediocre total of 149 against India as multi-format series goes to the wire Tammy Beaumont and Heather Knight had England on 106-2 in the 14th over But both women were dismissed in successive balls as the hosts collapsed Knight was dismissed after Deepti Sharma inadvertently blocked her … Read more