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KATYA WITNEY The Hundred has reached crunch-time, with the last-minute scramble for knockout places leading to an exciting few days of action at the back-end of the group stage. To add to the excitement, some genuine hostility emerged on-field, as MI Lond...
16.08.2026
By Matt Thacker August 14, The Kia Oval, Kennington Southern Brave 114-7 (Lee 32, Knott 25, Sutherland 2-31, Baker 2-13) SunRisers Leeds 116-5 (Winfield-Hill 37, Sharma 28*, Wong 3-21, Bell 1-14, Glenn 1-25) SunRisers Leeds Women won by 5 wickets Toss: Su...
16.08.2026
By Matt Thacker August 14, The Kia Oval, Kennington Manchester Super Giants 186-4 (Walter 80, Klaasen 63, Carse 1-22, Potts 1-38, Ellis 1-28) SunRisers Leeds 166-7 (Rickelton 54*, Brook 49, Tongue 4-26, Baker 2-39) Manchester Super Giants Men won by 20 ru...
16.08.2026
Lauren Winfield-Hill All in this together: SunRisers Leeds won four on the bounce to reach the Eliminator PICTURE: ECB Images It was a massive effort from everyone at SunRisers to get through to the Eliminator after we had some close losses at the start o...
16.08.2026
By Sam Rhymes August 11, New Road, Worcester Worcestershire Rapids 291 Durham 214 Worcestershire Rapids won by 77 runs Toss: Durham won the toss and decided to field On the charge: Ben McKinney’s early pyrotechnics were just enough to see Durham progress...
16.08.2026
By Brian Halford August 11, Rugby School, Rugby Warwickshire 263 Kent 176 Warwickshire won by 87 runs Toss: Kent won the toss and decided to field WARWICKSHIRE Bears dragged Kent out of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup with them as they completed a trio of wins...
16.08.2026
By Mark Baldwin August 11, The Kia Oval, Kennington Surrey 298-8Notts Outlaws 299-4 Notts Outlaws won by 6 wickets Toss: Surrey won the toss and decided to bat Match-winner: George Musey’s hundred dumped Surrey out PICTURE: Alamy GEORGE MUNSEY was the Not...
16.08.2026
August 11, Taunton Lancashire 443-6Somerset 269 Lancashire won by 174 runs Toss: Somerset won the toss and decided to field CAREER-BEST List A centuries from Keaton Jennings and Rocky Flintoff propelled Lancashire to their highest ever score in the catego...
16.08.2026
By Ben Kosky August 11, Radlett Middlesex 354-8Sussex Sharks 262 Middlesex won by 92 runs Toss: Sussex Sharks won the toss and decided to field Cracking: Joe Cracknell took Middlesex to a huge total PICTURE: Alamy JOE CRACKNELL’S maiden white-ball hundred...
16.08.2026
By Alex Smith August 11, Southampton Derbyshire Falcons 317-5Hampshire 309 Derbyshire Falcons won by 8 runs Toss: Hampshire won the toss and decided to field MARTIN ANDERSSON killed off Hampshire’s hopes of reaching the Metro Bank One-Day Cup men’s compet...
16.08.2026
By Andrew Stockhausen August 11, Cheltenham Northants Steelbacks 308 Gloucestershire 309-7 Gloucestershire won by 3 wickets Toss: Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field Nerves of steel: Young Jospeh Eckland saw Gloucestershire to victory PICTUR...
16.08.2026
By Graham Hardcastle Desert conditions: Sunny Chelmsford was kind to Yorkshire August 11, Chelmsford Essex 151 Yorkshire 155-3 Yorkshire won by 7 wickets Toss: Essex won the toss and decided to bat YORKSHIRE CLAIMED a convincing but not entirely straightf...
16.08.2026
By Jeremy Blackmore NICK KELLY may have been away on international duty mid-season, but the New Zealand batter wasted little time making his presence felt again at Leicestershire. Since returning from the Kiwi’s white-ball tour of the Caribbean last month...
16.08.2026
By Richard Edwards Starting strong: Ben Mayes on his way to his first fifty for Hampshire, against Glamorgan back in May PICTURE: Alamy IT’S A measure of Ben Mayes’ progress and age, that last weekend’s One Day Cup hundred against Sussex wasn’t the most i...
16.08.2026
By Graham Hardcastle August 14, Clifton Park, York Yorkshire 273-9 (Bennison 91, Wharton 44, Pennington 4-49, Stone 2-58, Ahmed 2-44) Notts Outlaws 277-7 (Haynes 116*, Verreynne 105, Coad 5-52, White 1-24, Hill 1-60) Notts Outlaws won by 3 wickets Toss: N...
16.08.2026
By ECB Reporters August 14, Old Trafford, Manchester Durham 349-8 (Bedingham 104, O Robinson 76, Bailey 2-61, Shetty 2-70, Balderson 2-45) Lancashire 187 (Moores 51, Harris 23, Ghafari 4-36, Parkinson 2-35) Durham won by 162 runs Toss: Durham won the toss...
16.08.2026
JAKE LIBBY admits it is still “quite surreal” to have scored four consecutive hundreds, but the Worcestershire batter says the remarkable sequence has been made even sweeter by the team performances that accompanied it. Libby entered the Metro Bank One Da...
16.08.2026
MARK BUTCHER Looking at England’s 16-man squad for the first two Test matches of their upcoming series against Pakistan, it’s either very comprehensive or it’s incomprehensible. They’re trying to cover a lot of bases, essentially to fill the three roles t...
16.08.2026
By Tawhid Qureshi It’s the time of year when cricket tournaments, professional or otherwise, are heading to a conclusion throughout the country. The Remitly Cup, organised by the South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA), might be an unknown event for most crick...
16.08.2026
TWO CRICKET men, with bowling at their core, sadly passed away last week. One was Henry Pryor, the inventor of the incredible Merlyn bowling machine. The other was Steve Barwick, Glamorgan’s master of cut and swing, whose gaunt, pale looks made him a shoo...
16.08.2026
derek pringle It was almost routine in the 1970s and ‘80s for England cricket captains to have two stints at the job. David Gower, Mike Brearley, Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch – each had a second bite at the red cherry. Yet, it rarely worked out for the bett...
16.08.2026
By Evan Gallagher Game knows game: Buttler picks out Harry Brook as potentially the best ever PICTURE: ECB Images THE INFAMOUS shoulder shuffle is usually the first warning. Then comes the stillness, the bowler charges in, and suddenly Jos Buttler is some...
16.08.2026
By Guy Williams JOE ROOT’S status as one of the greatest batters in England’s history – and certainly the best currently for the last decade – is beyond dispute. A brief look at his record emphasises his reputation as Root, newly reappointed England’s cap...
16.08.2026
WHEN BEN Stokes resigned as England Test captain, it seemed fanciful that the man who last played 50-over cricket in 2023 and hadn’t played a full One-Day Cup campaign for Durham since 2014 would be turning out in this year’s competition. But Durham holds...
16.08.2026
The English Men’s 100 League 2026 reaches its decisive stage with Trent Rockets meeting Manchester Super Giants in the Final at Lord’s, London, on 16th August at 10:30 PM IST. Get the best ‘ Dream11 prediction, fantasy cricket tips, probable playing XI, a...
16.08.2026
The title fight arrives at Lord’s as Trent Rockets Women meet Sunrisers Leeds Women in the Final of the English Women’s 100 League 2026 on 16th August at 6:45 PM IST.Get the best TRT-W vs SUL-W Dream11 prediction, fantasy cricket tips, probable playing XI...
16.08.2026
Cameron Green held firm for Australia but the home side led by just 15 with three wickets in hand
16.08.2026
His 201-run third-wicket partnership with Sediqullah Atal ensured smooth passage in the 299 chase
15.08.2026
Afghanistan captain Rahmat Shah hits an unbeaten 143 at Stormont to help his side complete a 4-0 one-day series win over Ireland.
15.08.2026
Afghanistan captain Rahmat Shah hits an unbeaten 143 at Stormont to help his side complete a 4-0 one-day series win over Ireland.
15.08.2026
Ace batter Steve Smith created a unique Test cricket moment during Australia’s first Test against Bangladesh in Darwin. The former Australia captain took a DRS review before umpire Kumar Dharmasena had even completed his finger-raising signal after Ebadot...
15.08.2026
Ajit Agarkar’s future as the chairman of India’s selection committee has come under the scanner. Ajit Agarkar was earlier expected to get an extension and continue with the job until the 2027 ODI World Cup, especially after India’s strong results in recen...
15.08.2026
Jamaica Kingsmen, Rovman Powell, will host defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders, led by Nicholas Pooran, in Match 8 of the Caribbean Premier League 2026 at Sabina Park in Kingston on Saturday, August 15 (local time).The Kingsmen are searching for th...
15.08.2026
Young India National Cricket Team opener Yashasvi Jaiswal got out in a very unlucky way in the historic Test match against the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team at the Galle International Stadium in Galle. Yashasvi Jaiswal was batting aggressively in his ra...
15.08.2026
Former India National Cricket Team fast bowler Zaheer Khan could be the next selector-in-chief if the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials refuse to extend the current chief selector Ajit Agarkar's contract. BCCI top officials are report...
15.08.2026
England Test captain Joe Root has ended the midnight team curfew just seven months after its introduction. In his recent column for the Telegraph, former captain Michael Vaughan backed the change, praising the common-sense approach alongside new head coac...
15.08.2026
The BCCI is working on a new leadership structure involving VVS Laxman after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma raised concerns about the current setup, according to Cricblogger. The senior duo reportedly wanted greater balance in decision-making and less conce...
15.08.2026
Former IPL winner Manvinder Bisla has picked the five players he feels Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) should build their team around for the 2027 IPL season. Interestingly, he left out the Australian all-rounder Cameron Green, who was bought for a massive ₹2...
15.08.2026
Former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) keeper-batter and the winner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Manvinder Bisla, said that KKR could be the best fit for Hardik Pandya for the IPL 2027 season.Since the conclusion of the IPL 2026 campaign, Hardik Pandya...
15.08.2026
Marnus Labuschagne’s struggle for his next Test century continues as the Australian National Cricket Team’s middle-order batter fell cheaply against the Bangladesh National Cricket Team spinner Taijul Islam in the second innings of the ongoing Test match...
15.08.2026
Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that Jofra Archer has the talent to be one of the biggest weapons in the team, but he feels the fast bowler has still not shown his full potential in Test cricket. His comments came in the build-up for the t...
15.08.2026
Former Sri Lanka national cricket team captain Angelo Mathews compared Indian keeper-batter Rishabh Pant with the former Team India opener Virender Sehwag amid the India vs Sri Lanka Test match in Galle.The retired Sri Lankan cricketer mentioned that Rish...
15.08.2026
Devdutt Padikkal creates a supremely rare record in the history of Indian cricket. He becomes the first-ever Indian batter to secure a century on Independence Day, August 15. The middle-order batter achieves the record in Galle today, during India's Test...
15.08.2026
Indian middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan continued his training despite missing the playing XI for the ongoing first Test of the two-match series against Sri Lanka. The 28-year-old cricketer used lunch and tea breaks to work on his batting and fielding as...
15.08.2026
The title fight arrives at Lord’s as Trent Rockets Women meet Sunrisers Leeds Women in the Final of the English Women’s 100 League 2026 on 16th August at 6:45 PM IST.Get the best TRT-W vs SUL-W Dream11 prediction, fantasy cricket tips, probable playing XI...
15.08.2026
His 201-run third-wicket partnership with Sediqullah Atal ensured smooth passage in the 299 chase
15.08.2026
The title fight arrives at Lord’s as Trent Rockets Women meet Sunrisers Leeds Women in the Final of the English Women’s 100 League 2026 on 16th August at 6:45 PM IST.Get the best TRT-W vs SUL-W Dream11 prediction, fantasy cricket tips, probable playing XI...
15.08.2026
The new No. 3 scores an unbeaten 131 while Rahul retired hurt on 77 as India ended the rain-hit day with 288 for 2
15.08.2026
The new No. 3 scores an unbeaten 131 while Rahul retired hurt on 77 as India ended the rain-hit day with 288 for 2
15.08.2026
BBC Sport looks at the numbers behind the drop in attendances at The Hundred compared to 2025, in the tournament's first year under new private ownership.
15.08.2026