Yorkshire v Hampshire at Headingley May 27-30Day 1FIDEL Edwards took four wickets in 12 balls after tea as Hampshire controlled day one of their clash with Yorkshire a day truncated by rain and bad light.His first victim in the post tea session was Jonny Tattersall who pushed at Edwards but Edwards took the outside edge to give Aneurin Donald his second catch behind the stumps. Donald substituted for Tom Alsop, who wasn’t feeling well, behind the stumps after lunch. In last sea...
May 28, 2019 12:00 am
Royal London Cup Final at Lord's Hampshire v Somerset Saturday May 25thNeil Whitaker reportsSOMERSET beat holders Hampshire by six wickets with 6.3 overs to spare to win their first Lord’s final since 2001 when they beat Leicestershire by 41 runs.It was not a fitting final to say goodbye to county one day finals at Lord’s because Somerset were always in control but it was sweet revenge for Somerset after they were easily beaten by Hampshire in the group stages. After winning...
May 26, 2019 12:00 am
Royal London England v Pakistan 5th ODI at HeadingleyNeil Whitaker reportsENGLAND finished their Royal London one-day series with 54 run victory over Pakistan with 3.1 overs to spare at Emerald Headingley to win the series 4-0.Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said: “Our fielding has been dissapointing and that’s been the difference between the sides, it’s a real worry for me. We are putting in a lot of effort but not getting any rewards. Fielding is about attitude and wanting to go out there a...
May 19, 2019 12:00 am
Royal London England v Pakistan 4th ODI Trent Bridge May 17th 2019Neil Whitaker reportsENGLAND survived a blip in the middle of their chase to beat Pakistan by three wickets with three balls to spare at Trent Bridge 17 days before the teams meet in the World Cup to win the Royal London one day series.When England were 201 for one with 22 overs remaining the crowd thought they were going to be home early. Jason Roy hit his second ODI century against Pakistan. He reached his century in the grandes...
May 18, 2019 12:00 am
Somerset v Notts Semi Final Royal London Cup May 12th at Trent BridgeNeil Whitaker reportsSOMERSET beat the Nottinghamshire Outlaws by 155 runs and over nine overs to to spare to reach their first Lord’s final since they were beaten by Surrey in 2011.Somerset captain Tom Abell said: “It feels very special to be going to a Lord’s final and it’s been a long time since we’ve been involved in one. It’s always tough in a quarter and semi final. And Nott...
May 12, 2019 12:00 am
Yorkshire Vikings v Durham at Headingley May 2ndNeil Whitaker reportsDURHAM’S hopes of reaching the eliminator of the Royal London one-day Cup were thawted by the rain at Emerald Headingley when play was abandoned just after 5.o’clock.The forecasted rain came at 1.O5 with Durham on 178 for two, after 85 minutes they returned but only for four minutes and Durham only added another four runs before they were driven from the field again.Earlier Durham who needed a win to qualify for the...
May 8, 2019 12:00 am
Royal London Cup April 26th Yorkshire Vikings v Derbyshire Falcons at HeadingleyNeil Whitaker reportsDERBYSHIRE Falcons wanted two off the last ball to claim their first List A victory since 2012 over the Yorkshire Vikings but the could only manage a single bye.Falcons skipper Billy Godleman hit his third consecutive century becoming the first Derbyshire player in List A cricket to achieve this but was unable to put his bat to the final ball. The Falcons needed 225 off 25 overs thanks to a...
April 28, 2019 12:00 am
Royal London Cup Notts v Yorkshire at Trent Bridge April 28thNeil Whitaker reportsNOTTINGHAMSHIRE Outlaws march to the semi finals of the Royal London one-day cup continues with their fifth win in the competition as they beat the Yorkshire Vikings by four wickets with 15.3 overs to spare.Vikings coach Andrew Gale said: “The match sums up our performance’s in this tournament. I thought we had a grip on the game at first but you can’t afford to lose wickets regularly when yo...
April 28, 2019 12:00 am
Royal London Cup Lancashire Lightning v Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Old Trafford April 24thNeil Whitaker reportsLANCASHIRE Lightning won their second consecutive Royal London one-day cup match as they beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks by 45 runs under DLS.Chasing 270 to win the Lightning openers Haseeb Hameed and Keaton Jennings soon got the Lightning above the rate. To stem the runs the Steelbacks brought on off spinner Josh Cobb on inside the first 10 overs but it made no differe...
April 24, 2019 12:00 am
Royal London Cup Warwickshire Bears v Yorkshire Vikings Edgbaston April 19thNeil Whitaker reportsWARWICKSHIRE and Yorkshire Vikings tied their Royal London one-cup match at Edgbaston but when the Vikings were 33 for you would have got long odds on even a tie.With two required off the last ball former Warwickshire player Josh Poysden and skipper Steven Patterson managed to scramble a single to tie the match.Chasing 271 to win the Vikings lost their first wicket in the fourth over when...
April 21, 2019 12:00 am