Cricket news

• T20 Blast 2019 Highlights: Ed Barnard shines for Worcestershire Rapids against Notts Outlaws

  18-07-2019 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch as Ed Barnard produces a stunning all-round display to inspire Worcestershire Rapids to victory against Notts Outlaws in the T20 Blast at Trent Bridge.
  
  Read more

• T20 Blast: AB de Villiers stars in Middlesex victory, Worcestershire & Somerset win

  18-07-2019 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  A dream debut for AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali gets among the wickets - catch up with Thursday's T20 Blast action.
  
  Read more

• Women’s Ashes: Advantage Australia as Ellyse Perry torments England in Test

  18-07-2019 22:20
  • Day one of four: Australia 265-3
  • Perry scores 84 not out in hard day for EnglandThe first day of women’s Test cricket in two years concluded with the series pendulum still firmly in favour of Australia, who clocked up 265 runs for the loss of only three wickets. England have to win this Test if they are to stand any chance of regaining the Ashes but already, after 100 overs of attritional cricket and with rain likely to interrupt play across the second and third days, a draw
  
  Read more

• Zimbabwe’s participation in World T20 qualifiers in doubt after ICC suspension

  18-07-2019 22:12
  • Zimbabwe suspended over concerns of ‘political interference’
  • ICC also approve concussion replacements at board meetingZimbabwe’s participation in the upcoming World T20 qualifiers is in doubt after the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended their membership.At an ICC board meeting in London, the sport’s governing body ruled that Zimbabwe Cricket had failed to ensure its board was free from government interference. Related: Tatenda Taibu: ‘I shou
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Women's Ashes: England toil against Australia on day one of the Test

  18-07-2019 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  England's chances of regaining the Women's Ashes are even slimmer after having to toil on the opening day of the Test match at Taunton.
  
  Read more

• Women's Ashes: England's hopes of winning the series look bleak

  18-07-2019 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia's Ellyse Perry makes 83 not out as England manage just three wickets on first day of must-win Test.
  
  Read more

• County Championship: Gloucestershire snatch last-over win against Leicestershire

  18-07-2019 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Gloucestershire chase a target of 48 to snatch a last-over win against Leicestershire at Cheltenham.
  
  Read more

• England v Australia: Women's Ashes Test, day one – as it happened

  18-07-2019 19:50
  Ellyse Perry tormented England again, this time with the bat as she ended the first day on 84 not out, with Australia a commanding 265-3 at Taunton 6.50pm BST Our full match report from Taunton will follow, but here’s a quick wires version until then:Ellyse Perry was again England’s tormentor as Australia moved a step closer towards retaining the Women’s Ashes by closing on 265 for three in the only Test between the sides. 6.19pm BST Right, I’m not sure England are going
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• ICC suspend Zimbabwe Cricket for political interference

  18-07-2019 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The International Cricket Council (ICC) suspends Zimbabwe for failing to ensure there is no government interference in its running of the game.
  
  Read more

• Women's Ashes: England v Australia - Sophie Ecclestone bowls Meg Lanning

  18-07-2019 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Sophie Ecclestone picks up an important wicket as she bowls Australia captain Meg Lanning for 57 in England's must-win Test against Australia at Taunton.
  
  Read more

• England v Australia: Women's Ashes Test, day one – live!

  18-07-2019 14:07
  Live updates from day one of the Test in TauntonYou can email Adam here or tweet him here 1.07pm BST Healy dominant; England hold their nerve. Striking 12 boundaries in her 58, Healy looked like she was on the cusp of doing something special. But England’s new spinner Sophie Gordon found her range and after creating a couple of chances against Lanning, slipped by the opener’s front pad with a straight one. The Australian captain should have followed her but Knight put her down just b
  
  Read more

• Women's Ashes: England and Australia - Katherine Brunt bowls Nicole Bolton in Test match

  18-07-2019 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Katherine Brunt bowls Nicole Bolton as England take an early wicket in their must-win Test against Australia at Taunton.
  
  Read more

• Trevor Bayliss: England coach to take over at Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL

  18-07-2019 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  England's World Cup-winning coach Trevor Bayliss will take charge of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League next year.
  
  Read more

• The Edge review – the glorious reinvention of English cricket

  18-07-2019 12:00
  With its closeup duels and aerial shots of teeming stadiums, this perfectly timed doc plugs into the sport’s cinematic powerThe stars align around certain releases. Landing days after the extraordinary scenes at the Cricket World Cup final at Lord’s, Barney Douglas’s documentary account of the reinvention of English cricket under the aegis of coach Andy Flower and captain Andrew Strauss is almost as well-timed as a Joe Root cover drive.That World Cup final demonstrated how, at
  
  Read more

• England's darker cricket days, wild water polo and Ultimate Dodgeball | Classic YouTube

  18-07-2019 11:18
  This week’s roundup also features the World Chase Tag championships, a glorious own goal and ‘Nobody’1) Now we can laugh about it. OK, we laughed about it then too – here are some of the most humiliating World Cup moments endured by the England men’s cricket team. In the 1987 World Cup final, they were doing so well that Allan Border brought himself on to bowl, which was, of course, the perfect moment for Mike Gatting to deploy his fabled reverse-sweep. In 1996, Nei
  
  Read more

• England hoping 'grandma' Katherine Brunt can inspire Ashes turnaround

  18-07-2019 09:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND are hoping ‘grandma’ Katherine Brunt can inspire a fightback against Australia in their win or bust clash.
  
  Read more

• World Cup feedback forms: fans, forced fun and fab fielding – The Spin podcast

  18-07-2019 05:00
  Emma John presents the second part of our World Cup celebration. Aatif Nawaz, Barney Douglas and Bharat Sundaresan nominate some other contenders for Player of the Tournament and fill in their feedback forms for the ICC. Plus Barney talks about his new cricket film The EdgeContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Why women's Test cricket must become more regular and widespread | Megan Schutt

  18-07-2019 03:59
  It doesn’t sit right with me that my baggy green lies in a cupboard unused for years at a timeMy strongest memories of growing up and falling in love with cricket are watching the men’s team play Test matches. We never had women’s cricket on TV in those days, so they were who I wanted to emulate. Glenn McGrath, in particular, was my hero. And I’ll never forget as a kid watching Mike Hussey hit the winning runs in the “Amazing Adelaide” Test of 2006.There is an
  
  Read more

Follow @Cricket_News_UK on Twitter!