County cricket: Surrey v Hampshire, Durham v Essex, and more on day one – live
Durham 84-3. Most unexpected.Durham so far.Derbyshire had already shelled one catch at first slip and let another very catchable ball go between keeper and the same fielder.”Hampshire like a champion chef, Hants are now 49-4, after Worrall removed Vince and…
Testmatch review – smart satire hits casual racism for six
Stepping up to bat in this show of two very different innings are the enduring legacies of vitriolic nationalism and the violence of colonialism. But for the most part, in this story of sport and superiority, we’re just watching people…
England T20 selectors face headache after Jamie Overton’s back injury
England have seen their selection for the T20 World Cup complicated by a back injury to Jamie Overton and now face an anxious two-week wait to discover the full extent of the all-rounder’s problem. Though uncapped in T20 internationals, Surrey’s…
The Spin | Head-to-head stats highlight why Test cricket is greatest sporting format
Let’s start, as all bad pieces of writing should, with a cliche: cricket is an individual sport dressed as a team game. Every match comprises hundreds or thousands of contests between a batter and a bowler. That unusual gameplay is…
County cricket: Essex and Surrey look to be the teams to beat again | Gary Naylor
Ball one: Porter and co carry off points Three rounds in, and Division One has begun to take on a familiar shape, led by the winners of all but one of the pennants awarded since 2016. Essex, the only side…
County cricket: Warwickshire v Hants, Kent v Surrey, Notts v Somerset and more
Derbyshire. Surrey’s Jordan Clark has just dropped a slippery caught and bowled, but Kent are giving a good account of themselves 183-6, Compton the only man out. Warwickshire are still two down at the Rose Bowl, Rob. Yates continuing his…
County cricket: Middlesex beat Yorkshire, Essex thrash Lancashire and more – as it happened
Lancashire had no reply after losing four top order batters in 16 balls. Jamie Porter took home three for 24, Shane Snater pocketed seven in the match. Surrey are eyeing victory at Canterbury, after centuries for Dan Lawrence and Dom…
Ignorance still stalks the land
Beth Riding writes of the “five giants” William Beveridge wanted to overcome in 1942 still stalking the land (I’m 17 and haven’t seen a dentist for four years. This is life in England’s NHS dental deserts, 17 April). Agenda Publications…
Master blasters Travis Head and Jake Fraser-McGurk trade IPL blitzes
Australia can currently boast the IPL’s two leading master blasters – but Travis Head’s latest blitz ended up trumping Jake Fraser-McGurk’s pyrotechnics in an extraordinary duel of big-hitting in Delhi. Head, fresh from his remarkable 39-ball hundred for Sunrisers Hyderabad…
County cricket: Harris blasts double century as Dukes ball blunted on day two
Lancashire then lost Keaton Jennings, lbw to Jamie Porter, as they crawled along at one an over. It was a slow-go day at the pastry-flat Rose Bowl, where the ball repeatedly went out of shape, and Warwickshire were finally dismissed…