Middlesex, Durham and Leicestershire joined Nottinghamshire with two wins from two in the One-Day Cup by winning their respective matches on Friday, while champions Worcestershire and Kent started their campaigns victorious. The matches don’t come much better for all-rounders than the one enjoyed by Josh de Caires, who produced top List A figures with bat
The Hundred Men Competition, Edgbaston Birmingham Phoenix 214-4 (100 balls): Clarke 68 (33); Harrison 2-27 Trent Rockets 204-7 (100 balls): Banton 67 (32); Tariq 2-36 Birmingham Phoenix won by 10 runs Scorekeeper. Table Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets ended this year’s Hundred Run drought with a high-scoring contest at Edgbaston, which the home team edged
Former England fast bowler Katherine Sciver-Brunt has opened up about the challenges of mom guilt as she begins her coaching career. Sciver-Brunt is married to England captain Nat, and the couple welcomed their son Theo in 2025. After retiring in 2023, Katherine had her first child and, although she has since been involved in broadcasting
The Hundred Women Competition, Edgbaston Birmingham Phoenix 64 with everything (95 balls): Perry 39 (33); Bats 3-10 Trent Rockets 68-1 (31 balls): Dunkley 43* (17); Declarant 1-17 Rockets won by nine wickets Scorekeeper. Table Birmingham Phoenix were bowled out for just 64 by Trent Rockets as the start dominated by The Hundred players continued at
Essex chairman Jason Gallian has announced he will step down after “careful consideration”. Gallian had taken over on an interim basis last year after his predecessor Anu Mohindru resigned when he was found to have lied about his studies at Oxford University. Gallian will remain on the county board and the club will appoint a
England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt will miss Trent Rockets’ first two matches of The Hundred to manage her workload. Sciver-Brunt, 33, has been dealing with a calf issue all summer. The all-rounder suffered the injury playing domestic cricket for The Blaze in April, leading to her missing England’s opening series against New Zealand and India, as