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Seifert, Ravindra and Sodhi keep NZ's 100% record intact
Zimbabwe end their tri-series campaign with no wins in four games with serious questions around their batting depth
Firdose Moonda
24-Jul-2025
New Zealand 190 for 6 (Seifert 75, Ravindra 63, Ngarava 4-34) beat Zimbabwe 130 (Munyonga 40, Sodhi 4-12, Henry 2-34) by 60 runs
New Zealand smashed the highest score of the tri-series and any hope of Zimbabwe earning a consolation win as they laid down a marker ahead of Saturday's final against South Africa.
After choosing to bat first - despite captains in this tri-series usually bowling - a second-wicket stand of 108 between Tim Seifert and Rachin Ravindra set New Zealand up well. Both went on to score half-centuries before a Michael Bracewell cameo of 26 of 16 balls pushed New Zealand to 190. They bowled Zimbabwe out in 19 overs, as only three Zimbabwean batters got into double figures.
Full postIndia, England draw second Youth Test after final-day run-fest
Ayush Mhatre raced to an 80-ball 126 but with all results on the table, rain had the final say again
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23-Jul-2025
England 309 (Ekansh 117, Rew 59, Pushpak 4-76) and 324 for 5 dec (Dawkins 136, Thomas 91, Rawat 4-80) drew with India 279 (Malhotra 120, Mhatre 80, Albert 6-53) and 290 for 6 (Mhatre 126, Kundu 65, Albert 4-76)
Ben Dawkins struck a century and Ralphie Albert claimed a ten-wicket haul as England Under-19 drew against India Under-19 in the second Youth Test in Chelmsford. Kent opener Dawkins made an impressive 136 and shared a 188-run opening stand with Adam Thomas before England declared on 324 for 5 thanks to some middle-order firepower, as they looked to pursue an unlikely win. But Ayush Mhatre's century extinguished those hopes despite Surrey spinner Albert's eventual match figures of 10 for 129. The result meant that the two-match series finished level.
With the pitch offering little assistance at the Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, England's openers picked up where they left off and Dawkins brought up his half-century with a flick off his pads for two in the fourth over of the day.
Full postEthan Brookes ton leaves Worcestershire pressing for much-needed win
Khurram Shahzad chimes in with dynamic six-for
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23-Jul-2025
Worcestershire 333 (Brookes 140, D'Oliveira 57) and 31 for 0 (Roderick 16*, Libby 15*) lead Warwickshire 184 (Smith 68, Webster 57, Shahzad 6-42) by 180 runs
Ethan Brookes' dazzling century and Khurram Shahzad's dynamic six-for left Worcestershire pressing for a much-needed Rothesay County Championship win over Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
Brookes' career-best 140 off 169 balls against the club that released him lifted Worcestershire's first innings to 333 before Shahzad took 6 for 42 to send the home side all out for 184. Kai Smith struck 68 (100) and Beau Webster 57 (84) to narrowly avert the follow on but Worcestershire closed the second day on 31 without loss, 180 ahead.
Full postDu Plooy, Williamson centuries grind Northamptonshire down
Visitors rattled in reply to massive 625 for 8 declared, after trio of hundreds
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23-Jul-2025
Northamptonshire 126 for 4 (McManus 39) trail Middlesex 625 for 8 dec (Holden 151, Williamson 114, du Plooy 105*, Cracknell 73, Robson 57) by 499 runs
Kane Williamson and Leus Du Plooy scored centuries as records wanted and unwanted were set on day two of Middlesex's Rothesay County Championship clash with Northamptonshire at Merchant Taylors' School.
Former New Zealand Test skipper Williamson's 114 came on his Championship debut for the Seaxes, while Du Plooy's unbeaten 105 was his first in four-day cricket this season.
Full postJames double-century bags maximum batting points for Nottinghamshire
Hampshire reply with resolve after title-chasers post imposing 578 for 8 declared
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23-Jul-2025
Hampshire 90 for 0 (Weatherley 43*, Middleton 34*) trail Nottinghamshire 578 for 8 dec (James 203*, Haynes 103, McCann 79, Hutton 71) by 498 runs
Lyndon James masterfully struck his maiden double-century as title-chasing Nottinghamshire took control of their Rothesay County Championship clash with Hampshire.
James helped his side to maximum batting points with an awesome 203 not out, overtaking his previous personal best of 164.
Full postSai Sudharsan fifty guides India after they lose Pant to injury
Jaiswal scored his third fifty-plus score on the tour and was involved in a 94-run opening stand with Rahul
Matt Roller
23-Jul-2025
Stumps India 264 for 4 (Sai Sudharsan 61, Jaiswal 58, Rahul 46, Stokes 2-47) vs England
Harry Brook's performative sprinting between overs could not mask the fact that this was a slow day, with neither team in the ascendancy. India fought hard after being inserted under gloomy Manchester skies, personified by B Sai Sudharsan's dogged maiden Test half-century, but they never got away from England and lost Rishabh Pant to a serious-looking foot injury.
This was not the day that Ben Stokes had in mind when he won his fourth consecutive toss and chose to bowl, with India's openers batting through the morning session and only four wickets falling in 83 overs. But in conceding barely three runs per over, England's bowlers kept them in the game, even if the sluggish tempo left Brook making his own fun at slip.
Full postHundreds for Jordan Cox, Matt Critchley strengthen Essex grip
Jordan Cox makes 132, Matt Critchley 123 as Essex reach 475 for 9 before bad light, rain steal 28 overs
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23-Jul-2025
Essex 475 for 9 (Cox 132, Critchley 123) lead Sussex 204 by 271 runs
Hundreds by Jordan Cox and Matt Critchley strengthened Essex's position on the second day against Sussex at Hove.
Cox made 132 and Critchley 123 as Essex reached 475 for 9 before bad light and rain took 28 overs off the day's allocation after tea.
Full postHartley, Green star with centuries as Lancashire break batting records
Gloucestershire reply with gusto through Charlesworth and Phillips but still trail by 378
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23-Jul-2025
Gloucestershire 179 for 1 (Charlesworth 104*, Phillips 60*) trail Lancashire 557 (Green 160, Hartley 130, Hurst 106, Zaman 4-85) by 378 runs
Chris Green and Tom Hartley produced record-breaking performances with the bat as Lancashire assumed the upper hand on day two of the Rothesay County Championship Second Division match against Gloucestershire at the College Ground, Cheltenham.
Both made their highest individual first-class scores, Green raising a superb 160 from 199 balls with 13 fours and eight sixes, and Hartley 130 via 153 deliveries with 14 fours and six sixes as the Red Rose county posted a formidable 557 in their first innings. Together, the pair staged Lancashire's biggest ever ninth-wicket partnership of 212, eclipsing a long-standing record set by Australians Les Poidevine and Alexander Kermode in a match against Sussex in Eastbourne way back in 1907.
Full postRehan's six of the best puts Leicestershire in total control
Legspinner takes 6 for 51 as Division Two's leaders tighten grip on contest
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23-Jul-2025
Derbyshire 189 (Rehan 6-51) trail Leicestershire 398 (Hill 151, Rehan 115, Handscomb 101, Reece 6-56) by 209 runs
England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed claimed career-best figures as Leicestershire took control of the Rothesay County Championship match against Derbyshire on a record-breaking day at the Central Co-op County Ground.
Rehan followed his hundred on day one by taking 6 for 51 from 20 overs with his leg spin to bowl the hosts out for 189 in reply to the Division Two leaders 398.
Full postKellaway, Ingram propel Glamorgan into healthy lead before Kent resist
Ben Compton digs deep in second innings to reduce deficit to 66
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23-Jul-2025
Kent 155 (Bell-Drummond 55, van der Gugten 3-27, Harris 3-35) and 106 for 1 (Compton 38*) trail Glamorgan 327 (Kellaway 90, Ingram 87, Agar 4-58, Parkinson 4-103) by 66 runs
Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram combined to give Glamorgan the ascendancy on day two before Kent frustrated the bowlers in the beginning of their second innings.
Kellaway, who struck a mammoth 181 not out maiden century in the reverse fixture, gave fears of déjà vu with 90, together with Ingram's 87 to combine for a 174-run partnership resuming from overnight.
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