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Rehan Ahmed stars for Leicestershire as Lancashire's winning start ends
Legspinner claims 3 for 16 to breach Old Trafford's defences in five-wicket win
ECB Reporters Network
04-Jun-2025
Leicestershire 149 for 5 (Kimber 40, Cox 38*) beat Lancashire 145 for 7 (Jennings 39, Green 36, Rehan 3-16)
Rehan Ahmed put Lancashire Lightning in a spin with a superb three for 16 from four overs and later a crucial 27 as Leicestershire Foxes breached fortress Emirates Old Trafford to claim an impressive Vitality Blast victory.
Legspinning allrounder Ahmed is due to link up with England for their T20I series against the West Indies later this week, and he claimed season's best figures across all formats, limiting the Lightning to 145 for seven on a used pitch.
Full postMcCaughan, Tyson seal the spoils as Hampshire outgun Lancashire
Eight-wicket victory settles rivalry between two in-form teams
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04-Jun-2025
Hampshire 125 for 2 (McCaughan 68*) beat Lancashire 122 for 8 (Lister 37, Tyson 3-27) by eight wickets
Hampshire Hawks won the battle of the two in-form sides in women's county cricket this summer as three wickets for impressive spinner Bex Tyson set up a commanding Vitality Blast win over Lancashire Thunder at Emirates Old Trafford.
Left-armer Tyson returned an excellent season's best three for 27 from four overs as Thunder scrambled to 122 for eight, including 37 not out off 20 balls for Ailsa Lister.
Full postJones, Beaumont make back-to-back centuries as England seal 2-0 lead
Kate Cross takes 100th ODI wicket as West Indies succumb in pursuit of unlikely 367
Valkerie Baynes
04-Jun-2025
England 366 for 6 (Jones 129, Beaumont 106, Lamb 55) beat West Indies 223 (Grimmond 53, Glasgow 44, Capsey 3-41, Smith 2-27, Filer 2-44) by 143 runs
Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont both scored back-to-back centuries to deliver an unassailable 2-0 ODI series lead and put England on the cusp of a complete sweep of West Indies' tour.
Reprising their successful first-wicket partnership from the opening match in Derby, Jones and Beaumont drove the hosts to 366 for 6 against a severely understrength West Indies, who fell 143 runs short in the second game in Leicester despite a bright half-century from ODI debutant Realeanna Grimmond.
Full postSurrey get off the mark as England stars come to the party in Cardiff
Jason Roy, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan play key roles to set up then secure seven-run win over Glamorgan
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03-Jun-2025
Surrey 149 for 8 (Roy 69, Douthwaite 3-23) beat Glamorgan 142 (Curran 3-18, Jordan 3-31) by seven runs
Surrey picked up their first win of the Vitality Blast with a disciplined bowling display that sealed a seven-run win over Glamorgan in Cardiff.
Sam Curran impressed with the ball, taking 3 for 18 to secure his first win as Surrey captain. Earlier, Jason Roy scored a second consecutive half-century to lift Surrey to a competitive 149 for 8 before the experienced, international-filled bowling contingent took charge.
Full postKohli and RCB are finally IPL champions
An 18-year wait for a first trophy ended on Tuesday night thanks to key contributions from Krunal Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Karthik Krishnaswamy
03-Jun-2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 190 for 9 (Kohli 43, Arshdeep 3-40, Jamieson 3-48) beat Punjab Kings 184 for 7 (Shashank 61*, Inglis 39, Krunal 2-17, Bhuvneshwar 2-38) by six runs
Eighteen years spent in the belief that ee sala cup namde (this year the cup is ours), 17 of them ending in wretched disappointment for one of the IPL's biggest and most passionate fan bases, three of them ending with defeat at the final hurdle.
Eighteen seasons in, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are finally IPL champions. Their victory in their fourth final came at the expense of another trophy-less team that had put together a heartwarming IPL 2025 campaign; it wasn't to be for Punjab Kings (PBKS), but their time will surely come too.
Full postEngland rush to 3-0 series win as Smith, Buttler star in rain-reduced chase
Traffic jams cause delayed start as hosts make up for lost time in final ODI at Kia Oval
Matt Roller
03-Jun-2025
England 246 for 3 (Smith 64, Duckett 58, Root 44, Buttler 41*) beat West Indies 251 for 9 (Rutherford 70, Motie 63, Rashid 3-40) by seven wickets (via DLS method)
England were held up by the late arrival of the West Indies team bus at the Kia Oval, then charged to victory like a team determined to beat the traffic. Jamie Smith's 25-ball half-century, his first in ODIs, led them to 100 for 1 in a reduced eight-over Powerplay, and they cruised to a DLS-adjusted target of 246 with 10.2 overs to spare.
It meant a perfect start to captaincy for Harry Brook, sweeping his first series in permanent charge three-nil to draw a line under England's wretched white-ball results earlier this year. "It's a hell of a lot of fun when you're enjoying it with a lot of mates," Brook said. "I think we've got such a good side. The depth in batting is amazing, and we have a lot of skilful bowlers as well."
Full postKaran the hero as Nepal beat Scotland in dramatic finish
Everyone - the bowler, the batter, the wicketkeeper, the non-striker and the umpire - played a role in the frenetic finish to the Scotland vs Nepal game
ESPNcricinfo staff
03-Jun-2025
Nepal 297 for 9 (Karan 65*, Bhurtel 53, Jha 42, Sharki 40, McMullen 3-47, Leask 2-40, Jarvis 2-42) beat Scotland 296 for 7 (Tear 80, McCreath 55, Berrington 40, Karan 2-43, Kami 2-66, Dhakal 2-78) by one wicket
Nepal beat Scotland in most dramatic circumstances in their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 match in Dundee on Monday when, off what turned out to be the last ball of the match, Scotland appeared to have got the last wicket - which would have pushed the game to a Super Over - but a delayed signal for wide from the umpire broke their hearts, and sparked joy in the Nepal camp.
Here's what happened.
Full postIndia A bowlers toil but batters shine in drawn match against Lions
Four India A batters scored half-centuries in the second dig after Lions took a 30-run first-innings lead
Nagraj Gollapudi
02-Jun-2025
India A 557 (Nair 204, Jurel 94, Sarfaraz 92, Hull 3-72, Akhter 3-73) and 241 for 2 dec (Abhimanyu 68, Jaiswal 64, Jurel 53*, Reddy 52*, Rehan 2-41) drew with England Lions 587 (Haines 171, Mousley 113, Holden 101, Mukesh 3-92)
In the end, the first unofficial Test in Canterbury was mostly an extended batting session for both teams with bowlers toiling hard on a benign pitch. After England Lions were bowled out on the cusp of the lunch break on Monday having taken a 30-run lead, four India A batters scored brisk half-centuries before the teams agreed to a draw an hour after tea.
Those picking some easy runs included the India A opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhimanyu Easwaran, as well as Dhruv Jurel and Nitish Kumar Reddy. Jaiswal and Abhimanyu got off to aggressive starts and got to the 50-mark without breaking much sweat. While Jaiswal would be slightly disappointed about playing a loose stroke for the second time in the match, he did not berate himself on his way out like his captain did.
Full postSensational Shreyas Iyer powers PBKS to second IPL final
For the first time in their history, Mumbai couldn't defend a total in excess of 200
Alagappan Muthu
01-Jun-2025
Punjab Kings 207 for 5 (Iyer 87*, Wadhera 48, Inglis 38, Ashwani 2-55) beat Mumbai Indians 203 for 6 (Suryakumar 44, Tilak 44, Bairstow 38, Dhir 37) by five wickets
The Jasprit Bumrah yorker isn't invincible. Not even when it starts to tail. Shreyas Iyer met it with extraordinary coolness and an open face of the bat to find a boundary. It gave him the 61st run of an enormously impressive innings and reinforced a feeling of helplessness on Mumbai Indians (MI). They were staring into the eyes of the man who was single-handedly beating them. The five-time champions came up short, and for the first time, couldn't defend a total in excess of 200. This means IPL 2025 will mark the arrival of a new power. Punjab Kings (PBKS) or Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
Shreyas=Kohli
James Anderson stars on T20 comeback as Lancashire make it three from three
Former England bowler takes 3 for 17 in old-school display as Durham are pipped in a thriller
ECB Reporters Network
01-Jun-2025
Lancashire 151 for 6 (Jones 55, Neesham 2-31) beat Durham 150 for 6 (Neesham 40*, Anderson 3-17) by four wickets
James Anderson took the remarkable figures of three for 17 from four overs in his first T20 match since August 2014 to inspire Lancashire to a four-wicket victory over Durham at the Banks Homes Riverside.
Anderson's spell helped to restrict the home side to 150 for six in their 20 overs but it needed Michael Jones to score 55 against his former county to give Keaton Jennings' side the impetus they needed.
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