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Just two teams now remain in the Metro Bank One Day Cup as Worcestershire Rapids and Hampshire booked their spot at the Trent Bridge final on September 20. The Rapids comprehensively brushed aside Somerset at Visit Worcestershire New Road on Sunday to rea...
02.09.2025
England Men U19s have announced a squad with six uncapped players for the Youth One-Day Internationals against Ireland Men U19s and Bangladesh Men U19s. Uncapped Will Bennison (Yorkshire), Jamie Feldman (Middlesex), Luke Hands (Lancashire), Joe Hawkins (D...
02.09.2025
Australia captain Pat Cummins has been diagnosed with a back problem, with less than three months to go before this winter’s Ashes series. The 32-year-old has lumbar bone stress in his lower back, a typical fast bowler’s reaction to a high workload. But C...
02.09.2025
When Herschelle Gibbs was on the field, it was an immersive experience for everyone, writes the Cricket Paper’s Mohan Harihar. He is a man that needs no introduction. However, I would be remiss if I did not give him one anyway. Between 2002 and 2008, Gibb...
02.09.2025
Harry Brook’s winning streak as England’s white-ball captain came to a shuddering halt against South Africa, with Sonny Baker’s painful debut summing up a torrid display in the first Metro Bank one-day international. Brook kicked off his limited-overs rei...
03.09.2025
Michael Vaughan is concerned by England’s handling of Jacob Bethell, stressing the risk of stifling his development with too much “pressure and expectation”. Bethell was one of many England players who failed to deliver as South Africa romped to a dominan...
03.09.2025
Pat Cummins is prepared to “take a few risks” and be “aggressive” in his recovery from a back injury to lead Australia in this winter’s Ashes series. Australia’s captain will be absent for their upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand and India bec...
03.09.2025
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05.09.2025
Following a hectic white-ball August and the long-awaited return for the Vitality Blast knockout stages, the Rothesay County Championship is also back on Monday with three rounds of fixtures remaining as Division One and Two look set for a thrilling concl...
05.09.2025
From seam to swing – not to forget the frightful pace that gets us ducking and weaving from behind our sofas – fast bowlers occupy their own echelon in Ashes lore. One hundred and forty-eight years of rivalry means there is no shortage of fodder for fans...
05.09.2025
SAM CURRAN has been called up to England’s beleaguered white ball side for the T20I series against South Africa and Ireland over the coming fortnight, while Ben Duckett will leave the squad to rest after a dramatic slump in form. Curran has not played for...
07.09.2025
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7 MEN’S ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL England v South Africa (3rd ODI, Southampton, 11am) WOMEN’S ONE-DAY CUP Durham v Hampshire (Chester-le-Street, 10.30am) Somerset v Blaze (Taunton, 10.30am) Surrey v Lancashire (Beckenham, 10.30am) Warwickshir...
07.09.2025
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07.09.2025
Record: Tim Seifert equalled the CPL’s fastest hundred PICTURE: Alamy NEW ZEALAND international Tim Seifert smashed a 40-ball century for St Lucia Kings in the Caribbean Premier League against Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, equalling Andre Russell’s fastest...
07.09.2025
AUSTRALIA’S PLANS for their home Ashes series have been rocked this week, with doubt cast over captain Pat Cummins’s fitness for the series. Cummins is set to miss Australia’s upcoming white-ball series’ against New Zealand and India due to a back injury....
07.09.2025
AUSSIE YOUNG gun Sam Konstas kicked off his bid to be part of Australia’s Ashes plans by starting his Australian summer with a century for New South Wales Country against New South Wales City. He hit six sixes in a whirlwind knock of 109, facing up agains...
07.09.2025
New Zealand great Ross Taylor has come out of retirement to play for Samoa in the upcoming T20 World Cup Asia-EAP Regional Final. The nine-team qualifying tournament will run from October 8 to 17. Samoa have been drawn in Group C alongside Oman and Papua...
07.09.2025
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND Devon will meet in a repeat of the 2023 NCCA Championship final at West Bromwich Dartmouth today after they clinched the Eastern and Western Division titles on a rain-affected final day of the regular season. Both sides secured top spo...
07.09.2025
THE SUSSEX League Division 4 West match last weekend between Burgess Hill 2XI and Slinfold 1XI might be one of the quickest of all time, with the entire match wrapped up in just 10.4 overs. Batting first, home side Burgess Hill were bowled out for 12 in 8...
07.09.2025
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07.09.2025
THE POTENTIALLY title-deciding clash between Smethwick and Shrewsbury in the Birmingham & District League was rained off with leaders Smetwich 21-1 after three overs having bowled out Shrewsbury for 191. A win for Shrewsbury would have closed the gap betw...
07.09.2025
All square: There was an unlikely tie in Bedfordshire PICTURE: Alamy THE BEDFORDSHIRE County League Division Two Sunday XI match between Letchworth Garden City and Stony Stratford ended in a tie after Letchworth Garden City miraculously couldn’t manage to...
07.09.2025
BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT Barnt Green 254-4 vs Berkswell – Match Abandoned Knowle & Dorridge 318-6 vs Harborne – Match Abandoned Moseley 161-8 vs Himley – Match Abandoned Ombersley 248-7 vs Halesowen – Match Abandoned Smethwick 21-1 vs Shrewsbury 191 – Match...
07.09.2025
The Ashes-winning spinner, Ashley Giles, recalls a transformative meeting when he was at a low ebb. Interview by Phil Walker I started the summer of 2004 almost at rock bottom. I had thoughts of taking a break from England, if you ever have that luxury. I...
07.09.2025
Founded by former Yorkshire and Northamptonshire seamer Moin Ashraf, the MACC Academy offers winter coaching programmes for young cricketers, both boys and girls, from across Yorkshire and beyond, allowing talented players already playing club and/ or rep...
07.09.2025
Davina Perrin’s Hundred in the Eliminator at The Oval was the kind of innings that will change her life.
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07.09.2025
The Kent strokemaker Joe Denly speaks to Jo Harman-McGowan about his rollercoaster career.
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07.09.2025
By Graham Hardcastle September 4, Old Trafford Lancashire Women 169-9Somerset Women 167-5 Somerset won by 5 wickets (DLS Method) Toss: Somerset Women won the toss and decided to field Cross at the crease: Lancashire’s Kate, who scored a half century, is w...
07.09.2025
The very best spinners won’t just test you off the pitch, they’ll beat you in the flight, and when it comes to flights, Adam Zampa can outdo everybody. The Australia leg-spinner completed the round trip to London from his homeland for the sole purpose of...
07.09.2025
After the most successful edition of The Hundred yet, in terms of both the quality of cricket and audience engagement, there are a lot of questions to answer ahead of next summer’s tournament. We have eight new sets of owners, and each will want to make t...
07.09.2025
August 31, Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood Oval Invincibles Men 168-5 (Jacks 72, Cox 40, Stoinis 2-40, Pennington 1-23, Ahmed 1-28) Trent Rockets Men 142-8 (Stoinis 64, Banton 23, Sowter 3-25, Mahmood 1-10, Zampa 1-21) Oval Invincibles Men won by 26...
07.09.2025
August 31, Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood Southern Brave Women 115-6 (Kemp 26, Wyatt-Hodge 25, Cross 2-23, Sutherland 2-23) Superchargers Women 119-3 (Carey 35*, Sutherland 28*, Devine 1-21, Tryon 1-19) Northern Superchargers Women won by 7 wickets...
07.09.2025
By Graham Hardcastle August 31 , North Marine Road, Scarborough Hampshire 304-6 (Dawson 142, Currie 61*, Milnes 3-73, Hill 2-52) Yorkshire 235-8 (Imam-ul-Haq 105, Luxton 30, Jack 2-63, Currie 2-47, Dawson 2-55) Hampshire won by 18 runs (DLS Method) Toss:...
07.09.2025
By Ben Kosky September 3 , The Kia Oval, Kennington Northants Steelbacks 154-4 (Bopara 105*, Robinson 20, Clark 3-13, Jordan 1-22) Surrey 147-6 (S Curran 69*, Pope 41, Scrimshaw 3-34, Sanderson 2-24) Northamptonshire Steelbacks won by 7 runs Toss: Surrey...
07.09.2025
By Thomas Ridley September 5 , Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street Hampshire Hawks 221-8 (Albert 68, Cartwright 61, Potts 2-35, Parkinson 1-40, Sowter 1-37) Durham 195-6 (Robinson 60*, Lees 26, Howell 2-28, Wood 1-30, Fuller 1-17, Currie 1-55) Hampsh...
07.09.2025
“There’s never much breathing space in the English cricket summer”, chuckles Jordan Clark, the 34-year-old seamer.
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07.09.2025
THE COUNTY Championship returns tomorrow for the first of the final three rounds of fixtures, with Surrey looking to secure back-to-back-to-back-to-back titles. The reigning Division One Champions are nine points ahead of second place Nottinghamshire and...
07.09.2025
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07.09.2025
MAHADEVA SATHASIVAM Rob Smyth profiles a Sri Lankan batting maestro who captained three national teams and spent time in a Colombo jail after being accused of murdering his wife Video killed a lot more than the radio star. Endless television coverage has...
07.09.2025
These days when the great Adil Rashid takes the field for England, the experience provokes a swirl of emotions among the faithful. Pride, that this shy Muslim boy from Bradford, whose father built his boys a makeshift net in the basement of the family hom...
07.09.2025
September 2 , Headingley, Leeds England 131 (Smith 54, Buttler 15, Maharaj 4-22, Mulder 3-33) South Africa 137-3 (Markram 86, Rickelton 31*, Rashid 3-26, Archer 0-8) South Africa won by 7 wickets Toss: South Africa won the toss and decided to field Offici...
07.09.2025
September 4 , Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood South Africa 330-8 (Breetzke 85, Stubbs 58, Archer 4-62, Rashid 2-33) England 325-9 (Root 61, Buttler 61, Burger 3-63, Maharaj 2-59) South Africa won by 5 runs Toss: England won the toss and decided to f...
07.09.2025
September 6 , Old Trafford, Manchester Kent Spitfires 153 (Joe Denly 28, Crawley 27, Evison 27, Wood 3-29, Aspinwall 2-12) Lancashire Lightning 156-7 (Livingstone 85*, Jones 28, Klaassen 3-14, Parkinson 2-46) Lancashire Lightning won by 3 wickets Toss: Ke...
07.09.2025
Jacob Bethell felt “goosebumps” when he reached the first century of his career – a calling card that set England up for the biggest victory in ODI history.
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08.09.2025
England head coach Brendon McCullum has dubbed this winter’s Ashes “the biggest series of our lives”.
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08.09.2025
Durham head coach Ryan Campbell says England captain Ben Stokes will be ready for this winter’s Ashes in Australia after returning to training following a shoulder injury.
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09.09.2025
Brendon McCullum admitted his frustration with the “disrespectful” way his style of coaching the England team has been characterised.
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09.09.2025
Earlier in the week, England and Surrey cricketer Jamie Overton announced that he would be taking an indefinite break from red ball cricket as he was at the point in his career where he wanted to focus on the white ball game, so he effectively ruled himse...
09.09.2025