Vitality Blast T20 County Finals at Egbaston Saturday September 15thSemi Final Sussex v SomersetSUSSEX Sharks turned a thoroughly professional performance to beat Somerset by 35 runs to reach the Vitality Blast T20 final.They hit 202 the highest score on finals day at Edgbaston and skipper Luke Wright hit the highest individual score of 92 beating the 88 made by Keaton Jennings for Durham two years ago.Wright won the toss and decided to bat. They lost two early wickets inside t...
March 29, 2018 12:00 am
County Championship Yorkshire v Hampshire September 2018 at HeadingleyNeil Whitaker reportsDay 1YORKSHIRE bowlers fought back after they had been dismissed for 184 to have Hampshire struggling at 79 for five at the close.The visitors had 24 overs to face but by the end of the sixth over they were three down as they lost three wickets in ten balls. Joe Weatherley was the first to go after he had blasted five fours in his 21 when he was trapped leg before by Jack Brooks. Weatherley was...
March 26, 2018 12:00 am
County Championship Nottinghamshire v Somerset at Trent BridgeNeil Whitaker reportsDay 2THE biggest cheer at Trent Bridge on the second day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Somerset came at 2.02 when news came through that Lancashire couldn’t claim a third batting point and couldn’t overtake Nottinghamshire, the Nottinghamshire players celebrated by losing five wickets for 48 runs.Replying to Somerset’s first innings total of 463 Nottinghamshire came up against Craig Overton...
March 25, 2018 12:00 am