Report NZ unchanged as Wyatt makes 200th England appearance with Brunt managing workload New Zealand win toss, bowl vs England New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second of five ODIs against England in Worcester. England took a 1-0 series lead by winning the opening match at Bristol on Thursday,
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Kent 167 for 7 (Cox 58*, Smeed 43, van der Merwe 3-19) beat Somerset 142 for 9 (Smeed 43, Denly 3-31) by 25 runs Kent ended a 12-year drought without a trophy with a decisive 25-run victory against Somerset in the final of the Vitality Blast. And no matter how often it might be repeated
Report Sussex come unstuck as George Garton’s allround efforts are thwarted Kent 168 for 8 (Bell-Drummond 82, Stevens 47*; Mills 3-33) lead Sussex 147 (Garton 41; Klaassen 4-17, Milnes 3-22) by 21 runs It comes to something when one of the players of the match in a T20 Blast semi-final is less than five years
Report Career-best 162 for Kathryn, 90 for Sarah, as visitors miss direct route to final Lightning 320 for 6 (K Bryce 162, S Bryce 90) beat Sparks 296 for 6 (Kelly 62, Jones 60) by 24 runs A brilliant career-best 162 from skipper Kathryn Bryce helped Lightning end Central Sparks’ hopes of avoiding the play-off
Report Bess Heath’s 71 undone as Diamonds head for second-third play-off match Southern Vipers 260 for 5 (Elwiss 84*, Adams 67) beat Northern Diamonds 256 (Heath 71) by five wickets Southern Vipers beat Northern Diamonds by five wickets at the Ageas Bowl with seven balls to spare, to finish top of the table and book
Report Sunrisers have no answer to match-defining knock Western Storm 313 for 4 (Luff 157*, Griffiths 56) beat Sunrisers 277 (Griffith 49, Scrivens 46) by 36 runs In-form Sophie Luff scored a brilliant career-best 157 not out to propel Western Storm to a 36-run triumph over Sunrisers in an entertaining Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy contest
“I feel like I just have to do my work, and if a team feels I can benefit them with my services, they would pick me” © Gallo Images/Getty Images Tabraiz Shamsi, the world’s No. 1 men’s T20I bowler at the moment, is a replacement recruit at Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2021, and though his
News Comedian will be second non-cricketer to deliver lecture, following Archbishop Tutu in 2008 The actor and presenter Stephen Fry is to deliver the Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s promising to represent the “the point of view of the fan”. Fry, who has played memorable roles in series such as Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster and was
News He will remain in the role for the rest of the season despite Shreyas Iyer having returned from his shoulder injury Rishabh Pant will continue as Delhi Capitals’ captain for the rest of the 2021 season despite regular captain Shreyas Iyer having returned from a shoulder injury. Pant had been named captain after Iyer
News India’s three ODIs in New Zealand likely to be postponed, with team not on government’s latest managed-isolation list Bangladesh, Netherlands and South Africa’s men’s teams are set to visit New Zealand in the 2021-22 season, having secured spots in Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities, which are mandatory for people flying into the country.