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
Welcome to the cricket edition of our Who am I? game. The rules are simple. Each day during The Hundred, there’s a cricketer taking part in the tournament who we want you to guess in as few attempts as possible. After each wrong guess, you unlock a new clue. Guess the answer after as few
The Hundred women’s competition, Edgbaston Welsh Fire 144-3 (100 balls): Voll 78 (55); Capsey 2-24 Birmingham Phoenix 145-3 (99 balls): Perry 68 (46), Capsey 51 (29); Voll 1-9 Birmingham Phoenix won by seven wickets Scorecard. Table Ellyse Perry and Alice Capsey starred as Birmingham Phoenix picked up their first win of the women’s Hundred with
Metro Bank Group A One-Day Cup, AO Farington Lancashire 220 (49.1 overs): Shetty 53; Ahmed 3-26, Patterson-White 3-44 Notts Outlaws 189 (47.1 overs): Verreynne 61; Blatherwick 4-30, Shetty 3-35 Lancashire won by 31 runs party scorecard Arav Shetty’s impressive all-round contribution helped Lancashire end Nottinghamshire’s 100% winning start to this season’s One-Day Cup with a
Available for more than one year Eleanor Oldroyd, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma react to the news that England have appointed Stephen Fleming as their new Test coach and Joe Root returns as skipper. Charu feels he could be a calming influence, while Jim believes it doesn’t matter that England have hired another foreign coach.
Root made his Test debut in 2012 and holds several England Test cricket records, including leading run-scorer with 14,114 runs. He is also the second highest run-scorer of all time behind Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar, who occupies the first place with 15,921 runs. He first took over as captain when Alastair Cook resigned from the