Nottinghamshire CCC v Kent CCC Royal London Cup June 14th at Trent Bridge 1st Quarter FinalNeil Whitaker reportsHOLDERS Nottinghamshire Outlaws were knocked out of the RL one-day cup by Kent Spitfires by nine wickets and14.1 overs to spare.The Spitfires were put on their way to victory with a record opening partnership of 194 against the Outlaws beating the 93 made by Bob Woolmark and Mark Benson in 1983. Heino Kuhn was unbeaten on 124, his highest List A score for the Spitfires and his t...
April 14, 2018 12:00 am
Royal London ODI Series England v Australia at Riverside Durham June 21stANOTHER day, another Royal London one day international, another toss won by Australia and another England victory over Australia at the Emirates Durham.This time England won by six wickets with overs to spare and are oncourse for. A five nil whitewash.. Their 314 was England’s second highest successful run chase and the highest ODI score at the Emirates Durham.
April 13, 2018 12:00 am
England v Australia 5th ODI at Old Trafford June 25thNeil Whitaker reportsA RECORD breaking ninth wicket stand for England against Australia of 71 between Jos Buttler and Adil Rashid saw England to 5-0 whitewash in this Royal London one-day series at Emirates Old Trafford.When they came together in the 30th over England were looking at defeat and had just lost two wickets in two balls and when their partnership was broken England were 11 short of victory with four overs left. I...
April 12, 2018 12:00 am
Lancashire CCC v Hampshire CCC at Old TraffordNeil Whitaker reportsDay 2SOUTH African Rilee Rossouw hit an unbeaten 120, his first championship century of the season, his first for Hampshire and marshalled the Hampshire tail to 451.He reached his ton when he drove Graham Onions to mid wicket for a single. His second fifty was pedestrian compared to his first fifty on the first day when his first fifty came from 58 balls with nine fours while his second fifty came fr...
April 11, 2018 12:00 am
Hampshire CCC v Kent CCC at Lord's June 30thNeil Whitaker reportsHAMPSHIRE won their first final at Lord’s since 2012 as they beat Kent Spitfires by runs 61 runs with 23 balls to spare for the Spitfires it is 40 years since they won at Lord’s final loosing eight out of their last eight finals there..After being put into bat Hampshire reached 330 for seven in their 50 overs setting the Spitfires to score the highest total chased in a domestic final. South African RileeRossouw top scored wit...
April 10, 2018 12:00 am
Yorkshire Vikings v Durham Jets T20 Vitality Blast Headingley YORKSHIRE Viking got their Vitality Blast campaign to a winning start as they beat the Durham Jets by 44 runs but the result was a sideshow the main focus was the fitness of Ben Stokes.Playing in this match solely as a batsman as England monitor his fitness before the one day series with India he hit an unbeaten 90 but he didn’t prove his fitness. His 90 included five sixes but after everyone there w...
April 9, 2018 12:00 am
1st ODI England v India at Trent Bridge July 12thNeil Whitaker reportsKULEEP Yadav took six for 25 the best figures by a visiting spinner in an ODI against England in England as India beat England by eight wickets with nearly 10 overs to spare at Trent Bridge to take a one nil lead in the three match series.The left arm leg spinner Kuldeep who bamboozled England in the first T20 at Emirates Old Trafford when he took five for 24 did it again in the at Trent Bridge. In his first ...
April 8, 2018 12:00 am
ROYAL LONDON England v India 3rd ODI 2018 At HeadingleyNeil Whitaker ReportsENGLAND’s highest third wicket partnership of 186 between Joe Root and Eoin Morgan saw England home as they beat India by eight wickets with 5.3 overs to spare to seal the Royal London One Day series 2-1.Root hit the winning runs when he pulled Hardik Pandya to mid wicket boundary to reach his century while Morgan was unbeaten on 88. The pair came together in the last over of the first power play when E...
April 6, 2018 12:00 am
Derbyshire CCC-Falcons v Yorkshire CCC-Vikings at July 30thFOR the first time in their history Derbyshire Falcons have beaten Yorkshire Vikings four consecutive times in a competition to keep their Vitality Blast T20 hopes alive.After losing their first four matches they have now won four in a row and their margin of victory by 77 runs is their biggest margin in T20 cricket. Calum Ferguson said: “It’s not how you start but how you finnish. A couple of the early games which we l...
April 4, 2018 12:00 am
1st Test England v India at Edgbaston August 1-5.Neil Whitaker reportsDay 1RAVI Ashwin took four wickets for 60 on the first day of the first Specsavers Test at Edgbaston as India ended the day on top.Keaton Jennings said: “I think Ashwin is a very good bowler and puts the ball in good areas.”At tea there was no hint of the drama that the evening session bring as England went into tea on 163 for three with Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow in total command as the Indians looked out o...
April 3, 2018 12:00 am