A tough day in the field for Stuart Broad was made all the more gruelling on Saturday, after a 6am wake-up call to tell him that the Nottinghamshire pub that he co-owns was on fire. Firefighters were called to the award-winning Tap & Run country pub in Upper Broughton, near Melton Mowbray, at about 3.20am
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With apologies to Rudyard Kipling, if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same, then your name is Daryl Mitchell. That is the only reasonable conclusion to come to about Mitchell’s reaction to a day on which he made his highest first-class score and dropped two catches at
In the absence of Sean Williams, Zimbabwe’s batting continued to look thin, with only two of their batters scoring more than 30. Wessley Madhevere, who was one of those, survived the loss of Innocent Kaia, his opening partner, to share a second-wicket stand of 30 with captain Craig Ervine. The pair was in a good
Essex 186 for 8 (Khushi 67, Walter 58*, Andersson 3-42) beat Middlesex 125 (Cook 3-18, Critchley 3-22) by 61 runs Feroze Khushi brought his Second XI form to the Essex first team as he blazed a first Vitality Blast half-century to help his side to a 61-run victory over Middlesex. Batter Khushi averaged 91 in
Kent 202 for 7 (Cox 94, Overton 3-31) beat Somerset 170 for 9 (Abell 43) by 32 runs Sick of the sight of him. That’s what Somerset will be when it comes to Jordan Cox. One suspects they won’t be the last county either. Cox broke Somerset hearts in the 2021 Blast Final with an
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Rishabh Pant will be “exceptionally dangerous” on “fast and bouncy” Australian pitches during the upcoming T20 World Cup, where he could be best utilised as a “floater” as per match situation. Ponting has worked closely with Pant at Delhi Capitals and rates the Indian wicketkeeper-batter very highly. “He [Pant]
Big Picture The tour has moved to the hill country of Kandy for the final T20I and opening games of the ODI series. Australia wrapped up their first trophy of the trip in barely 24 hours with back-to-back wins in Colombo, although the second one came in an untidy chase that was a reminder of
Kane Williamson will miss the second LV= Insurance Test against England, starting at Trent Bridge on Friday, after testing positive for Covid-19 on the eve of the match. Williamson, New Zealand’s captain, took a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) after experiencing minor symptoms on Thursday, and will now begin five days of isolation. Tom Latham will
Afghanistan 137 for 6 (Shahidi 38, Nabi 34*, Muzarabani 2-18, Chatara 2-32) beat Zimbabwe 135 all out (Raza 38, Burl 21, Rashid 3-31, Nabi 2-21, Farooqi 2-25) by four wickets A sterling show by the bowlers coupled with an excellent all-round effort from Mohammad Nabi helped Afghanistan win the third ODI by five wickets, sweep
Madhya Pradesh 397 (Shubham 102, Mantri 89, Choudhary 5-83) and 26/0 (Dubey 17*) beat Punjab 219 (Abhishek 47, Anmolpreet 47, Agarwal 3-36, Datey 3-48) and 203 (Malhotra 34, Markande 33, Kartikeya 6-50, Jain 4-100) by ten wickets If it was the seamers Puneet Datey and Anubhav Agarwal who seized the initiative for Madhya Pradesh on