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Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue blew India away with pace at Trent Bridge as England condemned the world champions to a record 125-run T20 defeat.
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07.07.2026
Tammy Beaumont will retire from international cricket at the end of England’s Test match against India, which starts on Friday.
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09.07.2026
Nat Sciver-Brunt confessed to “mixed emotions” as she prepared to lead England in the first women’s Test at Lord’s, just five days after experiencing World Cup heartbreak at the home of cricket.
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09.07.2026
Harry Brook and Phil Salt smashed unbeaten half-centuries as England cruised to a nine-wicket victory over India in Bristol to seal the T20 series with one match still to play.
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10.07.2026
England can replace India at the top of the T20 world rankings with victory in Saturday’s series finale at Southampton.
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10.07.2026
By William Munt TAMMY BEAUMONT has announced her retirement from international cricket, following the conclusion of England Women’s Test match against India at Lord’s. The ongoing Test is her 261st appearance for England across all-formats, with her 12th...
12.07.2026
50/50: England men are back in ODI action this week PICTURE: Alamy SUNDAY JULY 12 WOMEN’S TEST MATCH England v India (Only Test, Lord’s, Day 3 of 4, 11am) MEN’S T20 BLAST Lancashire v Durham (Old Trafford, TBC) Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire (Headingley, TBC...
12.07.2026
Historic Test: England Women are facing India at Lord’s PICTURE: Alamy ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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12.07.2026
By Harry Anderson LEINSTER LIGHTNING beat Northern Knights by two wickets at Dublin, in a match where a staggering 832 runs were scored, to take them to second place in the Cricket Ireland Inter-Pro competition. Leinster won the toss and opted to bowl, Kn...
12.07.2026
By Harry Anderson AFTER PLAYING out a draw with Sri Lanka on the final day at North Sound, the West Indies have finally secured a home Test series win, ending a drought that lasted four years. 180: Justin Greaves was in the runs at North Sound PICTURE: Al...
12.07.2026
AFTER A long battle with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a disease which causes the immune system to slowly fail, Shapoor Zadran (below) has passed away in a Delhi hospital one day short of his 39th birthday. Shapoor was one of the most recognis...
12.07.2026
BOTHA, 44, has joined the Netherlands as a consultant ahead of their upcoming Cricket World Cup League 2 matches against Namibia and Nepal. The former South African international’s last coaching role was a two-year stint as the head coach of the Queenslan...
12.07.2026
NEWS IN BRIEF ZIMBABWE ARE 2-0 up in their three-match ODI series with Bangladesh after a 25-run win and 13-run win, both at Harare. In the first match they bowled out the Bangladeshis for 116 to defend 141, Richard Ngarava and Brad Evans both taking thre...
12.07.2026
THIS YEAR’S National Schools Under 18 finals day was held in the beautiful surroundings of the Wormsley estate, due to the unavailability of Lord’s due to the Women’s T20 World Cup. Epsom College beat a spirited Rugby School side by seven wickets to win t...
12.07.2026
A GLOUCESTERSHIRE club side may have made the highest-ever total in T20 cricket after smashing an incredible 417-2. Dumbleton, of the West of England Premier League, racked up the huge total against Hatherley and Reddings last Tuesday. Opening batter Ewan...
12.07.2026
STAFFORDSHIRE, NORFOLK, Berkshire and Devon will host the Super 12s stage of the National Counties T20 competition after finishing top of their respective groups. Staffordshire overtook Shropshire, who completed their group programme two weeks ago, to go...
12.07.2026
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12.07.2026
Daddy hundred: Sam Arthurton hit a double-ton for Copdock & Old Ipswichian PICTURE: Alamy WIMBORNE CLOSED the gap on leaders Chalke Valley after an emphatic victory in Dorset. Chalke Valley were bowled out for 179, with Hamish Anderson (3-15) and Chaik Ha...
12.07.2026
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12.07.2026
FORMER ENGLAND international Owais Shah showed his class with a brilliant 128 as Totteridge Millhillians chased 299 to beat Flitwick in the Hertfordshire Premier League. The right-hander’s century was his second of the season, following 123 against Radlet...
12.07.2026
The Kent strokemaker speaks to Jo Harman-McGowan about overcoming the batting yips, receiving a lifeline from Rob Key and getting a second crack with England that he didn’t see coming.
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12.07.2026
Richard Clarke reveals his connection with the Utilita Bowl, home of Hampshire Cricket, a venue at the centre of an ownership revolution which will redefine county membership.
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12.07.2026
JULY 5 DURHAM V THE BLAZE Mady Villiers returned career-best T20 figures of 4-14 and Hollie Armitage made 69 not out off 47 balls to help Durham defeat The Blaze by five wickets at the Riverside. Villiers’ spell restricted the visitors to 147-9 in their 2...
12.07.2026
THE BLAZE V SOMERSET Australian all-rounder Charli Knott’s unbeaten 63 from 43 balls enabled The Blaze to clinch a Finals Day place with a seven-wicket win over Somerset at Trent Bridge. Three defeats in a row for The Blaze had left their hopes at risk of...
12.07.2026
George Munsey says representing Scotland remains his priority despite enjoying the most prolific T20 Blast campaign of his career with Nottinghamshire and sampling the growing franchise circuit.
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12.07.2026
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12.07.2026
JULY 4 GLOUCESTERSHIRE V SURREY D’Arcy Short hammered 92 not out as Gloucestershire recorded a one-sided 57-run victory over Surrey at Bristol. The 2024 champions posted 191-5 after losing the toss, opener Short facing 56 balls and striking eight fours an...
12.07.2026
By Sam Rhymes July 10, New Road, Worcester Worcestershire Rapids 181-5Gloucestershire 182-8 Gloucestershire won by 2 wickets Toss: Worcestershire Rapids won the toss and decided to bat All in vain: Kashif Ali’s swashbuckling 50 was not enough for the win...
12.07.2026
By Brian Halford July 10, EdgBLASTon, Birmingham Glamorgan 188-4Warwickshire Bears 191-6 Warwickshire Bears won by 4 wickets Toss: Glamorgan won the toss and decided to bat WARWICKSHIRE DRAGGED Glamorgan out of the Blast qualification race with them by de...
12.07.2026
By Richard Latham July 10, County Ground, Taunton Northants Steelbacks 162-8Somerset 164-3 Somerset won by 7 wickets Toss: Somerset won the toss and decided to field EXPLOSIVE BATTING from openers Will Smeed and Thomas Rew saw Somerset keep their hopes of...
12.07.2026
By Jon Culley July 10, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Leicestershire Foxes 143-7Notts Outlaws 149-4 Notts Outlaws won by 6 wickets Toss: Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and decided to bat NOTTS OUTLAWS, chasing a home quarter-final in the Vitality Blast, made...
12.07.2026
By Ben Kosky July 10, Northwood Sussex Sharks 213-3Middlesex 195-9 Sussex Sharks won by 18 runs Toss: Middlesex won the toss and decided to field DANIEL HUGHES gave a batting masterclass to register his maiden T20 hundred and set up a rare Sussex win in t...
12.07.2026
By Graham Hardcastle July 10, Old Trafford, Manchester Lancashire Lightning 216-6Yorkshire 194-8 Lancashire Lightning won by 22 runs Toss: Lancashire Lightning won the toss and decided to bat SIR JAMES Anderson removed former England teammate Joe Root for...
12.07.2026
By Glenn Pearson July 10, Canterbury Toss: Surrey won the toss and decided to field Kent Spitfires 102 Surrey 106-1 AN UNBEATEN half-century from Jason Roy helped Surrey to a thoroughly dominant nine-wicket victory against Kent Spitfires to keep his side...
12.07.2026
By Alex Smith July 10, Chelmsford Hampshire Hawks 130 Essex 134-3 Essex won by 7 wickets Toss: Essex won the toss and decided to field MATT CRITCHLEY continued his 2026 domination over Hampshire Hawks as Essex kept quarter-final qualification in their own...
12.07.2026
By Thomas Ridley July 10, Riverside, Chester-le-Street Durham 165-7Derbyshire Falcons 160-6 A BRILLIANT half-century from Colin Ackermann led Durham to a narrow five-run win against Derbyshire Falcons, a victory that kept their slim qualification hopes al...
12.07.2026
By William Munt July 5, Lord’s, St John’s Wood England 150-4 (Sciver-Brunt 58*, Kemp 44*, Hamilton 1-19, Garth 1-20) Australia 153-3 (Mooney 64, Litchfield 48, Ecclestone 1-24, Dean 1-28) Australia Women won by 7 wickets Toss: Australia Women won the toss...
12.07.2026
Lauren Winfield-Hill believes England’s T20 World Cup final defeat to Australia should not overshadow the progress made under Charlotte Edwards, despite the gap between the two sides remaining clear.
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12.07.2026
India took control of the first women’s Test at Lord’s after day two as Smriti Mandhana’s brilliance and Kranti Gaud’s five-wicket haul put England under pressure despite Sophie Ecclestone’s record-breaking day.
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12.07.2026
A publication built on all things grassroots cricket in Yorkshire, Cricket Yorkshire is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month with owner John Fuller publishing his fourth grassroots cricket book, Brews on the Boundary to celebrate.
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12.07.2026
Ben Raine lifts the lid on the emotional rollercoaster of The Hundred draft, explaining what it feels like to be picked, overlooked and finally rewarded with a coveted wildcard call-up.
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12.07.2026
Mark Butcher believes Harry Brook is the standout candidate to replace Ben Stokes as England’s Test captain.
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12.07.2026
By William Munt July 7, Trent Bridge, Nottingham England 201-7 (Salt 70, Curran 41*, Yadav 2-30, Rana 2-40) India 76 (Sooryavanshi 13, Kishan 13, Tongue 4-28, Archer 3-29) England won by 125 runs Toss: India won the toss and decided to field Officials: Ma...
12.07.2026
By William Munt July 9, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol India 158-7 (Iyer 80, Dube 22, Archer 2-20, Tongue 2-36) England 159-1 (Brook 79*, Salt 59*, Singh 1-41) England won by nine wickets Toss: India won the toss and decided to bat Officials: Mike Burns, Ru...
12.07.2026
Jos Buttler and Harry Brook produced a record-breaking partnership as England sealed a 4-0 T20I series win over India and climbed to No.1 in the world rankings.
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12.07.2026
WE’RE NO.1 Top class: England's Jos Buttler smashed a magnificent century as England piled on the runs PICTURES: Alamy ENGLAND completed a stunning 4-0 demolition of India in the T20I series at Utilita Bowl to knock the world champions off their perch and...
12.07.2026
Heather Knight has announced she will retire from international cricket after England’s historic women’s Test against India at Lord’s, bringing the curtain down on a record-breaking 16-year career.
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12.07.2026
Brendon McCullum has left his role as England Test head coach following a poor run of results but will continue to lead the white-ball side.
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12.07.2026
Yastika Bhatia’s historic Lord’s century put India on course for victory before England’s top order crumbled, leaving the hosts facing defeat on the final day.
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13.07.2026
Sophie Ecclestone’s maiden Test half-century for England delayed the inevitable as India completed a dominant 270-run victory in the first women’s Test at Lord’s.
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13.07.2026