Posting Date Archive - 12/09/2018

Warwickshire ease to innings win at Grace Road as promotion steam train rumbles on

Keith Barker's haul gave the left-armer seamer eight wickets in the game, and with Warwickshire skipper Jeetan Patel picking up four second-innings victims on a pitch that offered both bounce and turn, the match was done well before tea

12/09/2018 | The Cricketer | Warwickshire Men | Leicestershire Men | Domestic | County Championship |

Taunton pitch 'below average' but no points penalty handed out to Somerset

The ECB cricket liaison officer at the game, Dean Cosker, handed the pitch a "below average" due to the fact it had "demonstrated excessive turn". The rating which was subsequently corroborated by a second liaison officer and a pitch consultant

12/09/2018 | Sam Morshead | Somerset Men | Lancashire Men | Domestic | County Championship |

Gubbins as opener, resting Broad and Buttler or Bairstow up to No.3... Simon Hughes' squad for Sri Lanka

SIMON HUGHES: The key for England in Sri Lanka will be having a stable opening partnership which can handle low, spinning pitches... and I'd want a right-hander in the top three who has an ability to score reasonably quickly against the new-ish ball

12/09/2018 | Simon Hughes | Opinion | England |

You can't ask for a better distraction: Myburgh prepares for Finals Day hurrah with Somerset

SAM MORSHEAD: At the end of a 21-year career, the South Africa allrounder will call time after T20 Finals Day this weekend - a fitting finale for a man who has so heartily embraced white-ball cricket in recent years

12/09/2018 | Sam Morshead | Men's T20 Blast | Somerset Men | Domestic |

Billings sees Kent to three-wicket victory at Lord's, all but ending Middlesex's promotion hopes

The Kent skipper wrapped up his side’s ninth win of the Division Two campaign with a streaky inside-edged boundary to fine leg to secure the 19 points that move the Hop County above Warwickshire and into first place, at least for the time being

12/09/2018 | The Cricketer | Middlesex Men | Kent Men | Domestic | County Championship |

Miles becomes second Gloucestershire seamer to seal Warwickshire switch

Craig Miles has agreed a three-year deal at Edgbaston and follows current team-mate Liam Norwell in moving to the Midlands

12/09/2018 | The Cricketer | Warwickshire Men | Gloucestershire Men | Domestic | County Championship |

Anderson, Buttler and Moeen available for T20 Blast Finals Day

The trio, along with opener Keaton Jennings, could take part in the Edgbaston extravaganza after receiving permission from England to feature

12/09/2018 | The Cricketer | Worcestershire Men | Men's T20 Blast | Lancashire Men | England news | Domestic |

THE GOOGLY: Will long away trips become the norm for fans as T20 cricket takes hold?

HUW TURBERVILL: Hardy Sussex Sharks fans drove 335 miles and back again to Durham (an 11-hour round trip). It seems unfathomable. But then football fans have been making such eccentric expeditions for years

12/09/2018 | Huw Turbervill | Men's T20 Blast | Opinion | Domestic |

No one is working harder than Rory: Morkel says Burns is definitely knocking on England's door

The Surrey opener hit his fourth County Championship century of the season against Worcestershire at New Road on Tuesday to further enhance his credentials for a place on England's tour of Sri Lanka in November

12/09/2018 | The Cricketer | Surrey Men | England news | England | County Championship |

Russell stays put at Player Performance Index summit as CPL heads towards its finale

Andre Russell, the West Indies allrounder, now holds a 23-point lead over his nearest rival Sunil Narine in the standings - a definitive list of the best T20 players around the world

12/09/2018 | The Cricketer | Domestic | CPL |

Kohli calls for ruthlessness ahead of Australia tour after series defeat by England

Virat Kohli wants his players to be more clinical when they find themselves in positions of superiority - as they did in the first and fourth Tests against England before squandering the advantage - if they are to make history Down Under

12/09/2018 | The Cricketer | India | Global Game |

Very well deserved: McGrath sends tribute to Anderson after England bowler takes his crown

Glenn McGrath magnanimously congratulated his rival via social media, writing: "Congratulations on becoming the most successful fast bowler in the history of the game"

12/09/2018 | The Cricketer | England news | England | Australia |

Anderson is England's best ever, says Cook after seamer claims fast-bowling record

Jimmy Anderson claimed his 564th wicket by bowling Mohammed Shami to secure England a 118-run victory over India in the fifth and final Test of an absorbing series on Tuesday

12/09/2018 | The Cricketer | England news | England |

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