Ron is an avid cricket follower and a former player with over 20 years playing experience. He supports Sussex CCC and England, and watches his local side Hailsham CC throughout the summer.
England selected their squad to face New Zealand in the first Test at lord’s starting June 4th. We thought it would be a good idea to pick our team for that first Test. I have included some stats to justify my selection, so please enjoy and give us your thoughts. ReadCricket’s England XI to face […]
Bangladesh are on the verge of a historic series win over Pakistan, needing just three wickets to wrap a 2-0 sweep. Pakistan require a further 121 runs to tie the series, which will make the first session of the final day very interesting. Bangladesh 278 (Das 126, Shahzad 4-81) & 390 (Mushfiqur 137, Shahzad 4-86) […]
Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace feels that “the sooner the counties and the England team are more aligned than they have been, the better”, when it come to selecting in form players. Farbrace once said that England’s head coach Brendon McCullum hd ‘no interest’ in the county game. England’s dismal display in the Ashes last […]
At a glance Delhi Capitals head coach Hemang Badani has criticised their home pitch, after calling playing at home “an up and down curve.” Strangely enough, the comments came after their five wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their last home game of this season’s IPL. After the game, Badani said that the team have […]
At a glance The cricketing world lost one of it’s famous sons, as Warwickshire and England captain Mike Smith has died at the age of 92. A minute’s silence was held in Smith’s honour before the day’s play against Glamorgan, with flags at Edgbaston at half mast. MJK, as he was known, made his England […]
At a glance Bangladesh 278 (Das 126, Shahzad 4-81)& 390 (Mushfiqur 137, Shahzad 4-86) Pakistan 232 (Babar Azam 68, Nahid Rana 3-60) & 0-0 Pakistan need 437 runs to win You can read the full scorecard here Bangladesh have put themselves in prime position after three days, as they have set Pakistan a massive 437 […]
At a glance Leicestershire 333 (Budinger 89, Snater 3-59)& 60 (Green 20, Snater 4-12) Essex 293 (Mulder 79*, Holland 4-54) & 104-3 (Critchley 40*, Hull 2-20) Essex win by seven wickets. You can read the full scorecard here Essex wrapped up a massive seven wicket win over Leicestershire, to go top of the table, before […]
At a glance Pakistan will be relying on Gull Feroza at the top of the order after she smashed two centuries in the recent ODI series against Zimbabwe. However their strong point is their bowling. Fatima Sana, Diana Baig and Tasmia Rubab will bring the pace, while Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Tuba Hassan and Rameen […]
At a glance Set on the banks of the River Trent, and in sight of both Nottingham Forest and Notts County football grounds, Trent Bridge has hosted cricket since the 1830’s. However, in July 1826, a team from Nottingham travelled to take on a combined Sheffield-Leicester XI, which was the first ‘official’ match for Nottinghamshire. […]
At a glance The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced the England Lions squad to face South Africa in two four-day matches set to take place at Arundel Castle (22-25th May) and Beckenham (May 29-Jun 1). England squad Name County Dan Mousley (c) Warwickshire Charlie Allison Essex Henry Crocombe Sussex Eddie Jack Hampshire […]
At a glance Scotland will be looking to pick up their first tournament win, as they make their second appearance in the competition’s history. As like last time, they qualified through the Global Qualifier, with the Netherlands. Squad list Scotland will be captained by Kathryn Bryce, the experienced all-rounder, for the second successive time, as […]
At a glance South Africa welcome back Shabnim Ismail and Marizanne Kapp to their T20 World Cup squad. The beaten finalists for the last two tournaments will be looking to go one better this time around. However, there are in the same group as Australia and India, so it won’t be an easy task. Squad […]
