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Lauren Winfield-Hill Yorkshire’s loss to Somerset in the One-Day Cup this week was probably the worst loss I’ve ever been involved in during my career. You cannot defend not being able to chase 12 runs when you’ve got five wickets in hand, it was just a c...
06.09.2026
Tusdiq Din speaks to Nasa Hussain BEM about his time as a groundsman and receiving a shock letter from the King Nasa Hussain is looking back at a cricketing life formed playing in the backstreets of Bradford, leading to a British Empire Medal medal in the...
06.09.2026
By Jeremy Blackmore September 2-5, cinch County Ground, Northampton Durham 205 (Bedingham 81, Agarwal 36, Chahal 4-36, Procter 1-29, Kimber 1-5) & 261 (Lees 80, Agarwal 48, Chahal 5-84, Procter 2-31, Harrison 2-47) Northamptonshire 263 (Sales 69, Zaib 52,...
06.09.2026
By Jon Batham and Ben Kosky September 2-5, Merchant Taylors’ School Ground, Northwood Middlesex 247 (Hollman 54, Higgins 44, Anderson 3-40, Balderson 3-60) & 200 (Holden 51, Roland-Jones 37, Balderson 5-54, Anderson 3-56) Lancashire 151 (Hurst 46, Walkden...
06.09.2026
By Fred Atkins September 2-5, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Kent 238 (Bell-Drummond 52, Northeast 43, Taylor 3-55, Waite 2-42, Finch 2-41) & 358 (Northeast 132, Crawley 54, Taylor 4-68, Swanepoel 2-66, Finch 2-51) Worcestershire 217 (Lategan 59, Hose 50,...
06.09.2026
By Andrew Stockhausen September 2-5, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol Gloucestershire 237 (Bracey 113, Sai Kishore 42, Randell 5-41, Aitchison 2-53) & 359-5 dec (Hammond 118, Bracey 104*, Bashir 2-117, Andersson 2-43) Derbyshire 278 (Bin Naeem 71, Montgomery...
06.09.2026
Richard Clarke A s a patriotic Englishman, it is to my eternal regret that schadenfreude originates from German. For sports fans from these shores, taking joy in others’ misfortunes is our lifeblood. Illogical and petty though it may be, my misery will be...
06.09.2026
By Mark Baldwin September 2-5, The Kia Oval, Kennington Yorkshire 185 (Wharton 45, Bess 44*, Lawes 4-36, Worrall 3-40) & 82 (Luxton 29, Bess 17, Fisher 6-25, Lawes 2-13) Surrey 83 (Pope 21, Fisher 12, Coad 3-22, White 3-14) & 187-9 (Blake 43*, Fisher 33,...
06.09.2026
By Richard Latham September 2-5, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton Glamorgan 194 (Kellaway 51, Crane 27, Pretorius 3-45, Lammonby 2-27) & 183 (Tribe 49, Dickson 47, Gregory 3-68, Leach 3-46, Overton 3-29) Somerset 441 (Lammonby 95, Vaughan 68,...
06.09.2026
By Jon Culley September 2-5, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Nottinghamshire 451-8 dec (Haynes 159, Patterson-White 111*, Davey 3-88) & 178-1 dec (Hameed 109*, Verreynne 35*, R Patel 1-81) Leicestershire 365 (Hull 97, Ahmed 54, Scriven 54, Pennington 5-49, Giles...
06.09.2026
By Alex Smith September 2-5, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Warwickshire 398 (Yates 109, Hain 90, Abbott 4-51, Neal 3-109) Hampshire 115 (Albert 24, Gubbins 22, Bamber 3-36, Hannon-Dalby 3-14) & 154 (Lehmann 42, Mayes 31, Suthar 4-52, Woakes 2-32, Hannon-Dalby...
06.09.2026
By Martin Smith September 2-5, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford I was at the end of my run-up smiling, thinking it can’t happen again. I just tried to get a full, straight yorker in and see what happened. HAT-TRICK HERO HENRY CROCOMBE Sussex 275...
06.09.2026
KASEY ALDRIDGE is becoming increasingly difficult to overlook. The 6ft 4in Durham all-rounder produced one of the most complete performances of his career against Gloucestershire at the Banks Homes Riverside, taking nine wickets as the Division Two leader...
06.09.2026
MARK BUTCHER The Lord’s Test marked a continuation of Ollie Robinson’s dream summer following his recall from the international wilderness. After returning match figures of 8-35 from 27 overs in the series-clinching victory, he took his tally across the f...
06.09.2026
September 3, The OurCoop County Ground, Derby Ireland 165 (Hunter 64, Prendergast 25, Wong 5-33, Corteen-Coleman 2-32, Villiers 2-21) England 166-4 (Bouchier 45, Gibson 36*, McCartney 2-45, Murray 1-44) England Women won by 6 wickets Toss: ngland Women wo...
06.09.2026
September 1, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester Ireland 281-5 (Lewis 69, Hunter 62, Wong 2-57, Dean 2-44) England 283-4 (Bouchier 104, Dunkley 73, Murray 3-58, Kelly 1-38) England Women won by 6 wickets Toss: England Women won the toss and decided to fie...
06.09.2026
By Guy Williams WITH TWO of their three remaining Division One matches at Headingley – against Essex and Somerset – Yorkshire will fancy their chances of finishing the County Championship campaign in style. Taking advantage of the good cricket wicket at H...
06.09.2026
THE ENGLAND Men’s selectors have freshened things up by naming a trio of uncapped players across the 16-player squads for the upcoming IT20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka. Derbyshire’s explosive top-order batter Aneurin Donald earns his first England Me...
06.09.2026
By Saj Sadiq AS THE Pakistan players prepared to bat in their second innings at Lord’s, chasing an unlikely target of 389 for victory, one of the Pakistan Cricket Board officials accompanying the team decided to give them a ‘pep talk’. It was a speech wit...
06.09.2026
HOORAY HENRY! SUSSEX’S brilliant seamer Henry Crocombe blew Essex away with his second hat-trick in eight days to drive his county up the table as the most absorbing County Championship season in years reaches its business end. Crocombe’s blitz saw Sussex...
06.09.2026
At Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Jamaica Empress Women and Guyana Amazon Warriors Women will contest the second match of the WCPL 2026 at 7:30 PM IST on 6th September. Get the best JAM-W vs GUY-W Dream11 prediction, My11Circle Prediction, fantasy cricket t...
06.09.2026
Get set for exciting cricket at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, as Sri Lanka Women will be playing Bangladesh Women in the tenth match of the Women’s Asia Cup T20 2026 on 6th September at 8:00 PM IST.Get the best SL-W vs BAN Dream11 prediction...
06.09.2026
In a recent conversation with the former India National Cricket Team opener Aakash Chopra, Suresh Raina recalled his last few days with the Indian cricket team, when he used to seek a clear answer from the coaches and the captain about why he was left beh...
06.09.2026
Prepare for exciting cricket as South Africa meets Zimbabwe in the Final of the Namibia T20I Tri-Series 2026 at the Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek, on 6th September at 5:30 PM IST.Get the best SA vs ZIM Dream11 prediction, fantasy cricket tips, probable...
06.09.2026
India spinner leads fourth-innings rout as Gloucestershire end six-match losing streak in style
05.09.2026
India Women's National Cricket Team defeated Pakistan Women's Cricket Team on September 5, chasing only 56 runs in the second innings, as Pakistan was bowled out in the first innings for only 55 runs.Shafali Verma opened the innings for India in the run c...
05.09.2026
A few days ago, the men's cricket team gifted Pakistan cricket a bag full of disappointments, and tonight, it is their women's national cricket team that did the same, losing a match brutally by a huge margin. Pakistan Women's National Cricket Team lost t...
05.09.2026
India spinner leads fourth-innings rout as Gloucestershire end six-match losing streak in style
05.09.2026
India suffered an early wobble in the chase but sealed the game with seven wickets and 68 balls to spare
05.09.2026
If it happens, the PSL will compete with the BBL and the SA20 for player availability
05.09.2026
Club captain will give up local status in county cricket in bid to represent nation of birth
05.09.2026
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asked its FTP members to prepare a calendar with adequate space for overseas tours, especially in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia) nations. The India National Cricket Team calendar f...
05.09.2026
South Zone captain Tilak Varma has ended the speculation around the Indian wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul’s availability for the Duleep Trophy 2026 final against East Zone, starting on Sunday (September 6) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Chennai.Rahul was e...
05.09.2026
East Zone will face South Zone in the Duleep Trophy 2026 final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, starting on Sunday, September 6. The last time East Zone and South Zone played against each other in a Duleep Trophy final was 55 years ago during the 1970–71 se...
05.09.2026
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 has already concluded, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) winning the trophy for the second time and becoming the third team to win it in consecutive seasons. After the season's conclusion, there was tension among...
05.09.2026
Pakistan National Cricket Team opening batter Imam-ul-Haq is gearing up for a fresh off-field battle after reportedly consulting his legal team over comments made by former Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim about his injury history.Imam didn’t come t...
05.09.2026
The Duleep Trophy 2026/2027 marked the beginning of the Indian domestic season, and it is now coming to an end, with the two finalists having been confirmed, East Zone taking on South Zone. Ahead of the final, the Bengal pacer Mohammed Shami has been feli...
05.09.2026
Young batting sensation of India, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, back in the news for fearless batting in Duleep Trophy 2026. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was instrumental in East Zone’s four-wicket win over Central Zone in the semi-final at Bengaluru.Vaibhav made a big i...
05.09.2026
Pakistan cricket is in the news again for the wrong reasons. Instead of providing the team with a stable environment, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) turned the situation chaotic for them by snubbing seven cricketers from the Test team, along with the he...
05.09.2026
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been one of the biggest young names in Indian cricket in recent months. At just 15, the left-handed batter has already made people talk about his future in Test cricket.But despite all the excitement around him and impressive perf...
05.09.2026
Mohammed Shami has been one of the finest cricketers that India have ever produced. The Bengal pacer is currently featuring in the Duleep Trophy 2026 season for the East Zone and has been performing well. Amidst this, former India National Cricket Team bo...
05.09.2026
Mohammed Shami is trying his best to draft himself into the Team India selection contention. He is expected to turn the Duleep Trophy final into his happy hunting ground so that East Zone can claim the trophy. South Zone will be on the opposite end when S...
05.09.2026
Former India and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) star Suresh Raina has raised serious questions over the Impact Player rule in the Indian Premier League (IPL).The Impact Player rule has been continuously criticised, and now Raina also admitted that the rule has...
05.09.2026
The former Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara has picked his dream Test batters’ team, featuring some of the biggest names in world cricket. Cheteshwar Pujara selected a different legend for every important batting skill, from technique and defence to consis...
05.09.2026
A massive milestone for the India Women's National Cricket Team captain Harmanpreet Kaur. As soon as she stepped into the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, the Indian skipper claimed the record in the shortest format of the game.Tonight's match against...
05.09.2026
The Women’s Asia Cup 2026 has been ongoing, and on Saturday, India took on Pakistan in a high-voltage clash in the group-stage game at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. During the match, the two captains avoided customary handshakes during...
05.09.2026
Former captain and West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara shared a special note exclusively dedicated to the Pakistan cricket legend Imran Khan. Amid the Pakistan cricket team's tour of England for a Test series, concerns were raised about Imran Khan's hea...
05.09.2026
After major reshuffles in the Pakistan National Cricket Team's Test team, there was speculation over Aaqib Javed's role in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as well. From the morning of September 9, international and national media reports widely claimed t...
05.09.2026
The India National Cricket Team will be playing Afghanistan in a three-match T20I series. Ahead of the series, Team India pacer Arshdeep Singh has been enjoying his time with his actor-model girlfriend Samreen Kaur. Arshdeep was part of the North Zone squ...
05.09.2026
Another shameful incident for Pakistan. This time, their women's cricket team lost wickets against the arch-rivals, the India Women's National Cricket Team, for only 56 runs in tonight's Women's Asia Cup match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.Ho...
05.09.2026