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 Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning at Headingly April 21stNeil Whitaker reportsAFTER three matches Lancashire Lightning have got a victory in 2019 Royal London one-cup as they beat Yorkshire Vikings by one run at Emerald Headingley.It was their first List A victory at Emerald Headingley since 2008, but after posting 311 in their 50 overs they nearly lost it. With the Vikings needing 16 off the last over they scored 14 runs with boundaries from Jonny Tatter...
April 21, 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
Royal London Cup Yorkshire Vikings v Leicestershire Foxess April 17th at HeadingleyNeil Whitaker reportsYORKSHIRE Vikings got their 2019 Royal London one-day cup season of to great start with a 213 run victory over Leicestershire Foxes at Emerald Headingley.The defeat was the biggest margin of defeat for the Foxes in List A cricket. The foundations for the Vikings victory were laid by a record fourth wicket partnership between Gary Ballance and Harry Brook and then it was wrapped up ...
April 18, 2019 12:00 am
ECB County Cricket Notts v Somerset April 11-15th at Trent BridgeSomerset won by an innings and 14 runsNeil Whitaker reportsDay 1SOMERSET’s Lewis Gregory got his second five wicket haul of the season to dismiss Nottinghamshire for 263.His six for 63 followed on from his five for 19 against Kent at Taunton at the beginning of the week. The Nottinghamshire players must be wondering what went wrong because six of the top eight made starts but only two of them past 50 and one fell three ...
April 12, 2019 12:00 am
ECB County Championship 2019 Notts v Yorks at Trent Bridge April 5th-8th Nottinghamshire408 & 329/5d v Yorkshire 291 & 277/2 (78.2 ov, target 447) Neil Whitaker reportsDay 2ENGLAND skipper Joe Root hit his first Championship fifty for Yorkshire since he hit 213 against Surrey at Emerald Headingley in 2016.Since then in nine knocks for Yorkshire his best score has been 35. He confidently stroked his second ball from Luke Fletcher to the extra cover boundary. But he ...
April 11, 2019 12:00 am
MCC World Cricket committee statementsLord's LondonTuesday 12th March 2019 Key proposals:Standard ball proposed for World Test ChampionshipCountdown clock to speed up play Free Hit to follow No ball in Test cricket Trial of measures to improve Test cricketThe MCC World Cricket committee met in Bengaluru, India on the 8th and 9th March 2019. David Richardson, outgoing Chief Executive Officer of the International Cricket Council, provided an update from ICC, and Alex Marshall, General Man...
March 27, 2019 12:00 am
Shortlist announced for The Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2019 Monday 18th March 2019 • Six books, with a vibrant mix of writing about cricketing personalities and the sport’s history, form the short list for the coveted Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2019• The winner of the £3,000 prize will be announced on Tue...
March 27, 2019 12:00 am
ICC February 26th 2019SANATH JAYASURIYA BANNED FROM ALL CRICKET FOR TWO YEARS Sanath Jayasuriya has been banned from all cricket for two years after admitting breaching two counts of theICC Anti-Corruption Code.Mr Jayasuriya, the former Sri Lanka Cricket Chair of Selectors, admitted to being in breach of the following provisions of the Code:1. Article 2.4.6 – Failure or refusal, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out by the ACU, includ...
February 26, 2019 12:00 am
Lord's London Wednesday 6th June 2018MCC unveils spectacular designs for new Compton and Edrich Stands at Lord’s* MCC reveals designs by award-winning architects Wilkinson Eyre* New stands will enhance and complement existing Lord’s* Capacity of ground will increase to 31,000; public amenities to be significantly improved * Planning application to be submitted in the autumn Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has today unveile...
June 9, 2018 12:00 am