
Earlier this week, England’s World Cup preparations were dealt a blow with captain Nat Sciver-Brunt’s calf injury ruling her out of this series and the following three against India. They have been guilty of relying too much on Sciver-Brunt’s batting brilliance in recent years, which will add an element of added pleasure for Charlotte Edwards
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India wonderkid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck a brilliant 93 off 38 balls as Rajasthan Royals beat Lucknow Super Giants to boost their chances of reaching the Indian Premier League play-offs. The 15-year-old hit 10 sixes in another staggering innings with which he moved back to the top of the tournament’s run-scoring charts. Of Sooryavanshi’s 93 runs,
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Robinson, whose last England appearance came against India in February 2024, was rewarded with a call-up for next month’s first Test against New Zealand after taking 17 wickets in the first five County Championship matches. The 32-year-old was not the only beneficiary of a re-established link between performances in the county game and England selection.
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Lancashire’s Paul Coughlin made the fastest fifty in the 49-match history of first-class cricket at Southport but his county’s game against Worcestershire seems likely to end in a draw. Coughlin hit four sixes and four fours to reach his half-century in 36 balls and his 61, which included another maximum, helped the home side reach
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Gloucestershire seamer Matt Taylor bowled his side back into contention as the wickets tumbled on day two of a fast-moving County Championship contest against Northamptonshire at Bristol. Replying to the home side’s first-innings 154, Northants were shot out for 127 inside 52 overs, Taylor returning figures of 5-36 with fellow seamer Craig Miles taking 3-22
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Ben Aitchison’s first five-wicket haul of the summer put Derbyshire in command before Middlesex’s own seamers hit back on day one of their County Championship clash at Lord’s. The 26-year-old seamer exploited bowler-friendly conditions to the full to return 5-47 as the hosts, who collapsed from 66-1 to 89-6 either side of lunch, were hustled
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