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Nair pushes for Test case with 186* on opening day of England tour
Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel also hit steady half-centuries - the latter unbeaten on 82 - to make Lions' bowlers toil
Nagraj Gollapudi
30-May-2025
India A 409 for 3 (Nair 186*, Sarfaraz 92, Jurel 82 *, Hull 2-51) vs England Lions
While the opinion might be divided whether Karun Nair should be in the India XI for the first Test against England starting June 20 in Leeds, the batter strengthened his case with a stroke-filled century on the opening day of the unofficial Test between India A and England Lions in Canterbury. Cuts, upper cuts, steers, punched drives, pulls, inside-out drives and several reverse sweeps - Nair exhibited all those strokes while easing his way to his 24th first-class century, which he made big to end the day unbeaten on 186.
Nair walked in early in the morning after India A opener and captain Abhimanyu Easwaran was trapped plumb for 8 in the sixth over by left-arm fast bowler Josh Hull. As a cloudy and slightly nippy first hour cleared way for a picture-perfect sunny afternoon, Nair warmed up to the conditions and the bowling. It was not Nair who was in focus until Yashasvi Jaiswal played an erroneous stroke about half hour before lunch. Jaiswal, who has a penchant to make big centuries, showed all signs of having a good first day on this long England tour, before he decided to attempt a wild slog against a length delivery from Eddie Jack.
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Blaze fail to close out run chase as Bears sneak a share of the spoils
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30-May-2025
The Blaze 160 for 4 (K Bryce 60*, Elwiss 52) tied with Bears 160 for 8 (Pavely 46, Gordon 2-26)
The Blaze and Bears Women shared the points after opening their Vitality Blast season with a tie at Trent Bridge.
Charis Pavely, who hit a career-best 46, shared a 75-run partnership with Katie George as Bears Women finished on 160 for 8 from 20 overs.
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Somerset batters graft to post 131 for 6 but come up well short in final analysis
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30-May-2025
Surrey 135 for 2 (Scholfield 63, Wyatt-Hodge 53*) beat Somerset 131 for 6 (Griffiths 36*, Corteen-Coleman 2-21) by eight wickets
Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Paige Scholfield raised a match-winning stand of 112 as Surrey women launched their Vitality Blast campaign with a convincing eight-wicket win over Somerset at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.
Both hit half-centuries, Scholfield top-scoring with an enterprising 63 from 48 balls with 11 fours, while former England star Wyatt-Hodge made 53 not out from 35 deliveries in a sparkling innings that included six fours and a six as the visitors chased down a modest target with 4.3 overs to spare to claim a bonus point.
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The series win over Bangladesh is Pakistan's first at home in three years
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Pakistan 201 for 6 (Farhan 74, Nawaz 51*, Tanzim 2-36) beat Bangladesh 144 (Tanzim 50, Tanzid 33, Abrar 3-19) by 57 runs
Pakistan won their first T20I series at home after three years when they beat Bangladesh by 57 runs in the second game in Lahore. Sahibzada Farhan and Hasan Nawaz struck fifties to set up Pakistan's 201 for 6, before Abrar Ahmed's three wickets sparked a collapse that saw Bangladesh go from 44 for 0 to 56 for 5 in three overs.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib, in at No. 9, struck his maiden T20I fifty to finish as the innings' top scorer for the visitors. He became the first batter to score a half-century from No. 9 or lower in T20Is for a Full Member nation. Tanzim's 50 came off 31 balls, with five sixes, after he came to bat with the side reeling on 77 for 7 in the tenth over.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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