Surrey closed in on what would be a second win of the season with Ollie Pope’s fielding to the foreThere’s justice in there somewhere. Worcestershire get onto the green first.To sum up: play abandoned for the day at Grace Road, no play anywhere now, no play before lunch at The Oval, but, like a snowdrop in January, a pitch inspection at 11.30 at Bristol. Continue reading
Joe Root and Harry Brook helped Yorkshire to maximum batting points at Headingley to leave Derbyshire in a tricky spotBen Raine giving Dean Elgar a thorough working over from the Lumley end. But he survives. Essex 33-0.Gets there with a single, what riches after a run of lowish scores. High praise for Duckett yesterday from both his teammate (Ben Slater) “Ben batted really well. We know how good he is. I think he has been a bit annoyed to miss out in the first couple of games, but he has had a...
Colin Ackermann, David Bedingham and Ollie Robinson sparkled for Durham at Chester-le-StreetAnd Porter snaffles the first wicket at CLS, a nice little scoop and dive by Harry Duke behind the stumps. He’s immediately surrounded by back slapping team-mates. Durham 11-1.Div One Continue reading
Yorkshire were narrowly beaten at Lord’s while Lancashire succumbed to Essex by an innings and 124 runsOnly one of Dan Lawrence and Dom Sibley has hit a six at Canterbury, and it isn’t the one you think. Sibley hovering on 99, Lawrence, getting his eye in, 39. Surrey 213-1.Yorkshire inching up into tricky target territory at Lord’s. George Hill still there, on 63, but has lost Ben Coad to Ethan Bamber. Continue reading
The champions proved far too strong for Hampshire while Leicestershire are top of Division Two after drawing with NorthantsFisher makes the breakthrough at Headingley, Brooke Guest losing his off stump. Madsen still there though, on 92. Derbys 209-4, still 90 short of the follow on.And there goes Dawson! A sixth catch for Pope who grins and promptly shoves his hands back in his pocket. A third wicket for the irrepressible Worrall. Hampshire 117-6. Continue reading
It was a difficult day for the batters all told as the Dukes ball worked its magic in soggy conditionsMy son, doing Georgraphy revision, tells me there was a 2.5 magnitude earthquake in Derbyshire last night. Perhaps that rattled the slip cauldron, as reported BTL. Leicestershire 22-0Durham have won the toss and will bat. Looks brisk. Continue reading
Day four action from around the grounds (11am BST start)Get in touch! Email Tanya or have your say in the commentsA shout out to 19-year-old Ronnie McKenna, who kept wicket for Essex yesterday after Michael Pepper picked up a finger injury.Hampshire get rid of the big one – Davies for 40 to Abbas. Warwicks lead by 152. I wonder what sort of lead they’ll want if they fancy going for a win. Continue reading
Rob Key's support for the Kookaburra ball is not shared by everyone in the game. PLUS: Worcestershire and Gloucestershire are considering leaving their homes. PLUS: Freddie Flintoff's sons have made their first steps in the senior game
Idrissa Gueye’s second-half strike was one of few highlights in a largely dreadful game and proved enough to guarantee Everton’s Premier League survivalRead Andy Hunter’s match report from Goodison Park Sean Dyche: In an interview with Sky Sports, the Everton manager explains that Dominic Calvert-Lewin is ill and carrying a couple of knocks. Vitaly Mykolenko is out with an ankle injury that “he’ll take a bit of time to recover from”.On the similarities between Brentford and Everton’s form coming...
Spurred by the interest of global companies looking to invest locally to support the NextStar Energy battery plant supply chain, Essex County’s municipalities are collaborating on the hunt for a shared new industrial park. With initial steps underway, Essex County Warden Hilda MacDonald said administration is pulling together the data required to outline what’s required, […]
Has spring finally sprung? Have those April showers given way to beer gardens and champers at the cricket? Not quite. The first three rounds of this year’s County Championship have been plagued with rain delays and washout results. With 14 of the 19 Division One results ending in draws or abandonments thus far it would []
His cheeky public antics over the years have led his legion of fans to christen him 'Boss Baby' after the Hollywood cartoon movie about a toddler who rules the roost.