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Beaumont, Jones tons, Smith five-for on debut hand England big win
West Indies fall well short in ODI series opener despite 91-run opening stand
Valkerie Baynes
30-May-2025
England 345 for 6 (Jones 122, Beaumont 107, Sciver-Brunt 52) beat West Indies 237 (Joseph 62, Smith 5-36) by 108 runs
England's experiment with Amy Jones at the top of the order paid dividends as she and opening partner Tammy Beaumont scored centuries in a 108-run victory over West Indies in the first ODI in Derby.
It was Jones' maiden international century after 12 years and more than 200 games across formats for England, helping to set a lofty victory target of 346 after captain Nat Sciver-Brunt, who chimed in with a 35-ball fifty, won the toss.
Full postDewald Brevis's six-filled debut powers Hampshire to huge win
Essex go down by 106 runs after fifties from Brevis, Vince and Albert set up Hawks' 230 for 7
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30-May-2025
Hampshire 230 for 7 (Brevis 68, Vince 62, Albert 54) beat Essex 124 (Pepper 51, Dawson 4-26) by 106 runs
Dewald Brevis introduced himself to Hampshire Hawks fans with a dazzling 68 as Hawks posted their highest-ever score at Utilita Bowl to annihilate Essex by 106 runs.
South African Brevis hammered his 68 in 32 balls to go along with James Vince's returning 62 off 31 and Toby Albert's 54 off 34 as Hampshire posted 230.
Full postHaynes trumps Hain as Nottinghamshire seal record chase
Birmingham Bears swept aside despite posting 226 on run-filled night at Trent Bridge
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30-May-2025
Nottinghamshire 229 for 3 (Haynes 89*, Clarke 58) beat Birmingham 226 for 5 (Hain 92*, Barnard 55) by seven wickets
Sam Hain extended an extraordinary run-scoring record for the Bears at Trent Bridge with an unbeaten 92 off 49 balls - but his efforts were eclipsed as the Outlaws pulled off a record-breaking Vitality Blast victory.
Jack Haynes was the match-winner with an unbeaten 89 off 41 balls with three sixes as the home side countered the Bears' 226 for 5 with 229 for 3 - the biggest score they have achieved to win a match batting second in their T20 history, after skipper Joe Clarke's 23-ball 58 had provided a launch pad.
Full postBouchier, McCaughan plunder record score as Hampshire down Essex
Lauren Winfield-Hill smokes rapid fifty in response but visitors left with too steep a climb
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30-May-2025
Hampshire 215 for 3 (Bouchier 92, McCaughan 68) beat Essex 190 for 7 (Winfield-Hill 69, Tyson 3-40) by 25 runs
Maia Bouchier and Ella McCaughan pulverised 158 runs together as Hampshire recorded the fifth-highest T20 score in Utilita Bowl history to thrash Essex in the Women's Vitality Blast.
Bouchier hammered 92 off 53 balls, and McCaughan 68 in 39 in a brutal batting display on a stunning batting track.
Full postJennings leads from the front as Lancashire put Championship woes aside
Croft oversees victory in first match as interim coach to soothe county cricket's crisis club
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29-May-2025
Lancashire 176 for 8 (Jennings 66, Singh 2-23) beat Worcestershire 169 for 7 (Wood 2-39) by seven runs
Steven Croft got cricket's equivalent of the new manager bounce in his first game as Lancashire's interim head coach as the Lightning beat Worcestershire Rapids by seven runs in their Vitality Blast opener at Emirates Old Trafford.
Red Rose legend Croft, a Blast-winning captain in 2015, was elevated from his position on the coaching staff when Dale Benkenstein left the club on Wednesday following a winless first seven Championship matches.
Full postJames Coles stars for Sussex as Middlesex are thwarted in Blast curtain-raiser
Williamson finishes on losing side in maiden appearance as Robinson three-for seals victory
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29-May-2025
Sussex 202 for 4 (Coles 77*) beat Middlesex 186 for 7(Geddes 51, Higgins 44, Robinson 3-27) by 16 runs
James Coles smashed a career-best unbeaten 77 from 44 balls to set up a winning start to the Vitality Blast for Sussex Sharks as they held off Middlesex at Lord's.
The 21-year-old's destructive knock, which included five sixes and five fours, underpinned his unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 88 from 47 with Tom Clark and ensured that last year's Blast semi-finalists totalled 202 for four.
Full postBowlers, Salt shine as RCB march into first IPL final since 2016
Hazlewood, Suyash and Dayal shared eight wickets as PBKS folded for 101 in Qualifier 1
Sidharth Monga
29-May-2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 106 for 2 (Salt 56*, Mayank 19, Jamieson 1-27) beat Punjab Kings 101 (Stoinis 26, Suyash 3-17, Hazlewood 3-21, Dayal 2-26) by eight wickets
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) waltzed their way into their first IPL final since 2016 as they blew Punjab Kings (PBKS) away for 101 on a surface with seam and extra bounce. Batting didn't get any easier in the second innings, but Phil Salt broke the back of the small chase in the powerplay that went for 61 despite a wicket-maiden in it.
The RCB fast bowlers kept bashing the hard lengths as PBKS refused to dial down the aggression on the challenging surface, taking seven wickets between them. The legspinner Suyash Sharma was the beneficiary of some reckless sweeping; the PBKS batters didn't pick any of the wrong'uns, losing three wickets to him.
Full postBethell the headline act as Brook era begins with crushing 238-run win
England post 400 for 8 to win at a canter, with captain claiming a record five catches in Windies' innings
Vithushan Ehantharajah
29-May-2025
England 400 for 8 (Bethell 82, Duckett 60, Brook 58, Root 57, Seales 4-84) beat West Indies 162 (Overton 3-22, Mahmood 3-32) by 238 runs
Born in Barbados but stunning in Birmingham, Jacob Bethell's devastatingly crisp 82 from 53 deliveries led England to 400 for 8, their second-highest score at Edgbaston, on their way to burying West Indies by 238 runs at the start of this three-match ODI series.
For Harry Brook's first assignment as full-time limited-overs captain, it was the perfect start. However one-sided this might have been, the dominance goes some way towards bolstering confidence at the start of a new era. The result alone is a godsend, ending a run of seven consecutive defeats.
Full postHasan Ali bags five as Pakistan blow Bangladesh away in first T20I
Shadab Khan puts in a strong all-round show as Bangladesh fall for 164 in pursuit of 202 in the first T20I in Lahore
Mohammad Isam
28-May-2025
Pakistan 201 for 7 (Salman 56, Shadab 48, Nawaz 44, Haris 31, Shoriful 2-32) beat Bangladesh 164 (Litton 48, Jaker 36, Tanzid 31, Hasan Ali 5-30, Shadab 2-26) by 37 runs
Hasan Ali bagged career-best figures of 5 for 30 in his first T20I in a year and Shadab Khan produced a strong all-round performance as Pakistan eased past Bangladesh in the series opener in Lahore on Wednesday.
After captain Salman Agha, who top-scored for Pakistan with 56 off 34 balls, and Shadab, who scored 48 off 25 balls, lifted Pakistan to 201, Hasan led their defence. After removing the Bangladesh openers with the new ball, Hasan returned to dismiss the dangerous Jaker Ali, Tanzim Hasan and Shoriful Islam.
Full postJitesh 85* trumps Pant 118* as RCB make Qualifier 1
Jitesh added an unbeaten 107 with Agarwal, who scored 41 not out, to complete an unlikely chase
Hemant Brar
27-May-2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 230 for 4 (Jitesh 85*, Kohli 54, Agarwal 41*, O'Rourke 2-74) beat Lucknow Super Giants 227 for 3 (Pant 118*, Marsh 67, Thushara 1-26) by six wickets
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) stormed into Qualifier 1 of IPL 2025 as stand-in captain Jitesh Sharma's 85 not out off 33 balls helped them pull off the third-highest successful chase in the tournament's history.
Rishabh Pant's unbeaten 118 off 61 balls had powered Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to 227 for 3, but RCB chased it down with eight balls and six wickets to spare. They will now face table-toppers Punjab Kings (PBKS) in New Chandigarh on Thursday.
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