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Porter four-for puts Sussex on the back foot
Coles half-century not enough for Sussex as visitors take early control with the ball
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22-Jul-2025
Essex 152 for 4 trail Sussex 204 (Coles 52, Porter 4-30) by 52 runs
Essex produced an opening day performance against Sussex which belied their disappointing season to date, bottom but one of the championship's first division, with just one victory. They bundled out Sussex - third in the table - for just 204 in only 52.4 overs and at the close were powerfully placed at 152 for four.
Essex's inability to pair up their opening attack of Jamie Porter and Sam Cook has been a major factor in their poor campaign. Cook has been involved with the England set-up and Porter, on paternity leave, missed the last championship match against Yorkshire.
Full postRehan, Hill, Handscomb turn the tables for Leicestershire
Table-toppers bounce back from 0 for 2 to post formidable first-day total against Derbyshire
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22-Jul-2025
Leicestershire 357 for 3 (Hill 132*, Rehan 115, Handscomb 99*) vs Derbyshire
Leicestershire displayed the quality and character of promotion contenders to stage an impressive fightback on the opening day of the Rothesay County Championship match against rivals Derbyshire at the Central Co-op County Ground.
The Division Two leaders recovered from 0 for 2 to close on 357 for 3 with England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed and Lewis Hill scoring centuries.
Full postHolden holds firm as Middlesex pile on the runs
Unbroken 197-run stand with Kane Williamson leaves Northants in the mire
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22-Jul-2025
Middlesex 319 for 1 (Holden 137*, Williamson 88*, Robson 57) vs Northamptonshire
Middlesex's Max Holden plundered an unbeaten century as he and New Zealand star Kane Williamson piled up runs on the opening day of their Rothesay County Championship clash against Northamptonshire.
Holden, opening to accommodate Williamson's red-ball debut for the county at number three, batted right through the day for 137, his third ton of the season, with the pair adding an uninterrupted 197 to reach 319 for one at Merchant Taylors' School.
Full postYorkshire make light of off-field dramas to dominate opening exchanges
Imam unable to play due to visa issues but stand-in Luxton impresses with half-century
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22-Jul-2025
Yorkshire 282 for 4 (Wharton 78, Luxton 71, Bean 57, Lyth 47) vs Surrey
Yorkshire's top order ensured a settled start to their Rothesay County Championship clash with leaders Surrey at Scarborough after their build-up was anything but.
Hovering just three points above the drop zone in Division One after nine matches, Yorkshire ended an engaging opening day on a healthy 282 for four from 86 overs.
Full postHarmanpreet century, Goud six-for seal 2-1 series win for India
Nat Sciver-Brunt gives England hope with 98 but hosts fall short after latest sloppy display
Valkerie Baynes
22-Jul-2025
India 318 for 5 (Harmanpreet 102, Rodrigues 50) beat England 305 (Sciver-Brunt 98, Lamb 68, Goud 6-52) by 13 runs
Harmanpreet Kaur's century and Kranti Goud's six-wicket haul handed India a 13-run victory over England and a 2-1 ODI series win in a high-scoring tour finale.
Harmanpreet's 84-ball 102 asked England to post what would have been a world record run-chase of 319 in their last competitive match before the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
Full postJaker-Mahedi and Shoriful-Tanzim give Bangladesh first T20I series win against Pakistan
Chasing 134, Ashraf took Pakistan close from a treacherous position of 15 for 5 but it wasn't enough
Mohammad Isam
22-Jul-2025
Bangladesh 133 (Jaker 55, Mahedi 33, Mirza 2-17) beat Pakistan 125 (Ashraf 51, Abbas 19, Shoriful 3-17) by eight runs
Bangladesh completed their first T20I series win against Pakistan, after prevailing in an eight-run win in the second game. The packed Shere Bangla National Stadium got a thrilling finish with the hosts staving off a late Faheem Ashraf onslaught.
Pakistan's top six couldn't reach double digits in this game, with five having missed out in similar fashion in the previous outing too. This time it was their bottom-half that gave them some hope. Ashraf top scored with his maiden T20I half-century, having added 41 runs for the ninth wicket with Abbas Afridi.
Full postSeifert, bowlers dominate South Africa in dress rehearsal for final
After New Zealand's bowlers restricted South Africa to their lowest total of the series, Seifert's half-century made it a one-sided contest
Firdose Moonda
22-Jul-2025
New Zealand 135 for 3 (Seifert 66*, Mitchell 20*, Muthusamy 2-24) beat South Africa 134 for 8 (Hendricks 41, Linde 23*, Milne 2-21, Santner 2-26) by seven wickets
New Zealand will take the advantage into the tri-series final after beating South Africa for the second time in two meetings in the group stage. The two sides will meet again on Saturday, and New Zealand will have one more opportunity to fine-tune when they play Zimbabwe on Thursday. Zimbabwe have already been eliminated.
In a competition where the chasing team have won four out of the five games so far (including this one), New Zealand played the situation to perfection. On a dry Harare surface, they restricted South Africa to their lowest total of the series and then chased it down inside 16 overs with seven wickets in hand. They made batting look relatively easy with an opening stand of 51, the highest powerplay score of the series, 55 for 1, and had the only half-century of the match courtesy of Tim Seifert.
Full postWeatherald pushes Ashes case with 183 for Australia A
Opener shared a 209-run stand with Australia A skipper Jason Sangha who also made an unbeaten 121
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22-Jul-2025
Australia A 379 for 3 (Weatherald 183, J Sangha 121*, Patterson 59, Nuwanidu 1-13) trail Sri Lanka A 485 for 6 dec (Rathnayake 122, Nuwanidu 102, Dinusha 88, Mishara 81, de Livera 50*, Jeh 3-132) by 106 runs
Darwin-born Jake Weatherald sealed a happy homecoming and put his name in the conversation surrounding Australia's opening batter conundrum for the Ashes with an imperious century for Australia A against Sri Lanka A.
Starting day three of the second four-day game on 45, Tasmania's Weatherald powered to 183 in a magnificent 275-ball innings punctuated by 16 fours and two sixes.
Full postEkansh Singh hundred steadies England U19s on rain-shortened day
No. 7 continues lower-order fightback before India lose Vaibhav Suryavanshi cheaply at start of reply
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21-Jul-2025
India Under-19 51 for 1 trail England Under-19 309 (Ekansh 117, Pushpak 4-76) by 258 runs
Ekansh Singh completed a superb hundred on a second day of England's Youth Test against India that was severely truncated by rain.
Only 28-and-a-half overs were possible between the cloudbursts but that was long enough for Kent right-hander Singh to compile 117 sprinkled with three sixes and 14 fours. Singh was last out, as England's youngsters totalled 309, having shared an eighth-wicket stand of exactly 100 with James Minto who made 46.
Full postRathnayake ton leads dominant Sri Lanka A batting display
Nathan McSweeney, who was opening the batting, fell before the close of play
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21-Jul-2025
Australia 76 for 1 trail Sri Lanka A 485 for 6 dec (Rathnayake 122, Nuwanidu 102, Dinusha 88, Mishara, de Livera 50*, Jeh 3-132) by 409 runs
Australia A's batters faced a searching test to save their two-game series against Sri Lanka A in Darwin after the visitors built a formidable first innings total, thanks mostly to a century from Pavan Rathnayake.
Resuming on day two of the second four-day match at 263 for 4, Sri Lanka A fully punished rival captain Jason Sangha's decision to send them in, powering on to make 486 for 6 declared.
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