Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, The OurCoop County Ground, Derby (day one) Durham 102: Lees 53* Derbyshire: Yet to bat Match scorecard Durham captain Alex Lees showed his quality on a rain-hit first day against Derbyshire. Lees batted with patience and concentration in tough conditions at Derby as his unbeaten 53 steered the Division Two
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, The Kia Oval, Kennington (day one) Nottinghamshire 184: Patterson-White 76*; Lawes 5-45 Surrey 13-1: Yet to bat Surrey 3 pts, Notts 0 pts Match scorecard Liam Patterson-White led a spirited Nottinghamshire fightback to 184 all out after Surrey had reduced the champions to 41-5 at The Kia Oval. Patterson-White, who
Available for over a year Bangladesh stunned Australia by nine wickets in the first Test at Darwin, a result few saw coming. Nikesh Rughani, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma discuss whether Bangladesh were simply too good, or Australia was below par. Jim, however, sees no reason to panic and believes the Aussies will bounce back
Before the Ashes, Wood had gone 16 months without playing a Test, first because of an elbow injury, followed by the knee problem. The Durham man tried to play at the start of the English summer, yet his only cricket in the run-up to the Ashes was a warm-up game against England Lions. He was
Patel said: “We’re pretty disappointed with the allocation, we don’t feel it’s fair in terms of our cricketing history, the scale of the recreational game, the club’s finances. “It’s definitely something that we’re going to have to navigate as a club the next two or three years. “We’ve got to make sure that when the
England all-rounder Sam Curran has been ruled out of the remainder of the English season with a groin injury, ending his hopes of a potential Test comeback this summer. Surrey’s Curran, 28, last played a Test in 2021 but had been considered for a recall for the series against Pakistan as England look to balance