The Hundred men’s competition, Old Trafford Manchester Super Giants 137-3 (100 balls): Buttler 55* (37); Overton 3-23 Trent Rockets 140-4 (87 balls): Allen 72 (35); Atkinson 2-27 Trent Rockets won by six wickets Scorecard. Table Finn Allen struck an unbeaten 72 as Trent Rockets beat Manchester Super Giants by six wickets to leapfrog their opponents
The Hundred men’s competition, Lord’s London Spirit 105 all out (92 balls): Bairstow 56 (43); Archer 4-9, Stoinis 3-17 Southern Brave 111-5 (97 balls): Miller 39* (28); Willey 2-28 Southern Brave won by five wickets Scorecard. Table Jofra Archer took season-best figures of 4-9 as Southern Brave beat London Spirit in a low-scoring encounter at
On Fleming, who, like Root, holds national records for matches and wins as Test captain, he added: “I’ve admired him from afar, first as a player and recently as a coach. To get the chance to work together is going to be great fun. “Once I’d spoken to Stephen about it and saw his energy
Nottinghamshire have signed Pakistan white-ball international batter Tayyab Tahir for their next three One-Day Cup fixtures. The 33-year-old, who can also bowl leg-spin, played under Notts’ 50-over head coach Paul Franks during a spell with Central Punjab four years ago. Tahir, who has featured for Pakistan in 11 ODIs as well as eight T20 internationals,
Available for over a year England’s new captain Joe Root speaks to Henry Moeran about being England Test captain once again. England’s director of men’s cricket Rob Key speaks to Henry Moeran just twenty-four hours after appointing Stephen Fleming as Test coach and Joe Root as captain. Former England Test batter Dawid Malan and 2017
Led admirably so far by Kasey Aldridge and boosted by the availability of superstar all-rounder Stokes, Durham have cut an impressive swathe through the first three rounds of the competition. But after winning the toss and electing to bat at York, they were cut down in brutal style to post 165 in 48.1 overs as