After a shocking start, a bad call at the toss compounded by a wayward bowling performance across the first two hours, Australia roared back into the Test in the afternoon. They were helped by some careless South African batting as their happy hookers allowed a position of 203-1 to become 232-6. Aiden Markram, David Bedingham
Farbrace, who moved from Sussex at the end of the season, has not yet officially started in his new role at Lancashire but delivered the news to Anderson at a meeting last week alongside chief executive Richard Kenyon, who has also recently been appointed. The news was first reported on Wednesday and Lancashire did not
Third one-day international, Windhoek Namibia 316-7 (50 overs): Frylinck 126, Erasmus 54, Kruger 42, Volschenck 36; McBrine 2-53, Campher 2-68 Ireland 253 all out (44.5 overs): Campher 106; Scholtz 2-31, Trumpelmann 2-37, Brassell 2-72 Namibia won by 63 runs Scorecard Ireland fell 2-1 behind in their five-match one-day international series against Namibia as they lost
Essex wicketkeeper George Bell feared his professional career may have come to an abrupt end before the county re-signed him on a permanent basis. Bell, who turned 24 last month, initially joined Essex on loan from Lancashire for the final part of the 2026 season and scored 244 runs in the last three County Championship
One-day international tri-series, Lahore Pakistan 110 (25.2 overs): Babar 29; Madushanka 5-34 Sri Lanka 114-2 (18.1 overs): Kaminudu 62* Sri Lanka won by eight wickets Scorecard England are out of their 50-over tri-series in Pakistan after the hosts were beaten by Sri Lanka on Tuesday in Lahore. After three defeats from three, Harry Brook’s side
Third T20, Wellington New Zealand 198-3 (20 overs): Mitchell 89 (52); Singh 1-33 India 199-4 (13.2 overs): Abhishek 113 (38); Jamieson 2-45 India won by six wickets; lead series 3-0 Scorecard Abhishek Sharma struck a 35-ball century in India’s astonishing chase of 199 in just 13.2 overs in the third T20 against New Zealand in
