Middlesex started strongly when opener Artemis Downer, who hit an unbeaten 60 when they hammered Glamorgan by 10 wickets earlier in September, impressed with a couple of boundaries before being caught at point off Anna-Mae Shearn. Izzy Routledge and Sproul helped steady the ship with a fluent 60-run partnership, before Routledge was caught at mid-off
Metro Bank Men’s One-Day Cup final, Trent Bridge Middlesex 231 (49.5 overs): Higgins 100, Duke 55; Holland 5-36 Leicestershire 200 (44.2 overs): Kelly 103; Roland-Jones 3-27, Helm 3-32 Middlesex win by 31 runs Match scorecard Middlesex claimed their first silverware in a decade as they fought back from a tricky start to beat Leicestershire in
New Test coach Stephen Fleming said he shared English cricket’s “obsession” with the Ashes and arrives with the goal to “beat the Aussies”. Fleming was speaking to the media for the first time since being appointed in July and ahead of taking charge for the tour of South Africa in December. Like his predecessor Brendon
Beaumont struck back-to-back fours off Dattani to raise the 50 partnership well before the end of the powerplay and Adams went for 13 in her second over as Sarah Bryce walloped her high over the long-on boundary. It was Wellington who raised Hampshire spirits by dismissing both Bryce sisters in the same over, with Sarah
Rothesay County Championship, Division Two, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day four) Middlesex 326 & 326: Duke 94, Robson 92; Langridge 5-87 Gloucestershire 296: Ahmed 90* & 145-9: Ahmed 42; Roland-Jones 4-30 Gloucestershire (12 pts) drew with Middlesex (13 pts) Match scorecard Middlesex were frustrated by the Bristol weather in their pursuit of victory over Gloucestershire
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Kia Oval (day four) Glamorgan 132 & 594: Tribe 155, Crane 114*; Thomas 2-74 Surrey 115 & 427: Patel 132, Pope 75; Van der Gugten 2-67 Glamorgan (19 pts) beat Surrey (3 pts) by 184 runs Match scorecard Glamorgan’s bowlers overcame Surrey resistance to claim a first red-ball victory at
