Posting Date Archive - 07/08/2018

Lee and Taylor lead from the front as Stars dazzle against Lancashire

Surrey Stars posted 167 for eight and defended it comfortably to win for the second time in six games, by 55 runs, and breathe life into their Finals Day hopes

07/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Kia Super League | Domestic |

Club cricketer banned for nine matches for controversially denying batsman a century

The unnamed Purnell Cricket Club member has received the substantial punishment from the Somerset Cricket League following the incident during a game against Minehead 2nd XI on Saturday

07/08/2018 | Sam Morshead | Grass Roots |

Flintoff stars as lead singer in World Cup promo video

WATCH: The likes of Kumar Sangakkara, Charlotte Edwards and Phil Tufnell, as well as Radio 1 DJ Greg James, appear among the crowd in the ticket-tap conclusion, which also includes dancing umpires and groundstaff, a brass band and a Beefeater

07/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Global Game | Ben Stokes |

De Kock steps up as temporary South Africa captain

Regular skipper Faf du Plessis damaged his shoulder while attempting to make a catch during the third ODI against Sri Lanka and will be out of action for around six weeks

07/08/2018 | The Cricketer | South Africa | Global Game |

Warwickshire snap up Norwell from Gloucestershire

Liam Norwell will team up with his new club for pre-season in November and has signed a three-year deal at Edgbaston

07/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Warwickshire Men | Gloucestershire Men | Domestic | County Championship |

Would you deliberately bowl four byes to prevent a batsman reaching a century?

Jay Darrell, playing for Minehead 2nd XI in the second tier of the Somerset league, was two runs shy of tonning up for the first time, with two runs required for victory against Purnell, when the bowler fired the ball away to the boundary

07/08/2018 | Jamie Crawley | Grass Roots |

New Zealand star Nicholls to replace Riaz as Falcons overseas star

The Blackcaps international will slot in for Pakistan seamer Wahab Riaz as the county's overseas player for the matches against Leicestershire Foxes and Durham Jets, and will be available for the quarter-finals in the event that Derbyshire qualify

07/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's T20 Blast | Domestic |

I should probably write a book about it all: Myburgh calls time on playing career with open letter

Somerset batsman Johann Myburgh, who has been at the club since 2014, has made more than 11,000 career runs across cricket's three formats during his career, including almost 3,000 for the Taunton outfit

07/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Somerset Men | Domestic | County Championship |

THE GOOGLY: Rotten apples of cricket get on my pip

HUW TURBERVILL: They are weekend warriors unleashed. They suffer from white-line fever. All the tensions of the week – scoldings from their boss, commuter fury, poor diets and hangovers – are ejaculated in a frenzy of obnoxiousness and cretinism

07/08/2018 | Huw Turbervill | Opinion | Domestic |

THE DEBATE: Should Australia come to England every two years?

Are England facing the Australians too often, or can we not get enough of the rivalry?

07/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Features |

Sussex pin down Finch to new deal after breakthrough season

Finch, who has made 1,466 first-class runs for the club since making his debut in 2013, has penned a "multi-year" contract, Sussex announced on Tuesday

07/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Sussex Men | Domestic | County Championship |

NATIONAL VILLAGE CUP ROUND-UP: Our finalists are decided

Mayfield of Sussex hosted Liphook & Rispley of Hampshire in the south; and Fillongley of Warwickshire were hosting Folkton & Flixton of Yorkshire

07/08/2018 | The Cricketer | National Village Cup | Grass Roots |

Parnell focussed on achieving a double target for Worcestershire ahead of personal goals

The South African all-rounder still has international ambitions – with the 2019 World Cup just around the corner

07/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Worcestershire Men | Domestic |

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