Tag: Umpires

South East Stars beat Vipers to make Rachel Heyhoe Flint final

15 September 2024 0 comments

South East Stars will join Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final after a thrilling fightback against the Southern Vipers.

Afghanistan v New Zealand Test abandoned without a ball bowled

15 September 2024 0 comments

The one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand was called off without a ball being bowled in only the eighth such instance in history.

Worcestershire dig in to give Essex tricky chase

1 September 2024 0 comments

FIFTIES BY Jake Libby, Brett D’Oliveira and Adam Hose ensured Worcestershire would make Essex bat again in their rollercoaster match at Chelmsford.

Colin Ingram masterclass sees Glamorgan dominate Leicestershire

1 September 2024 0 comments

LEICESTERSHIRE’S INTERNATIONAL pair Ajinkya Rahane and Peter Handscomb battled hard to give their side a chance of saving the game, after Glamorgan’s Colin Ingram had hit a brilliant double hundred.

Morley magic as Derby close in on rare win

25 August 2024 0 comments

By Nigel Gardner August 22-25, Derby Derbyshire v Glamorgan Toss: Derbyshire, who elected to field Officials: Ben Debenham, Ben Peverall, […]

Nostell make complaint after abandoned game

25 August 2024 0 comments

FOLLOWING THEIR abandoned match with West Bretton during which the teams were taken off the field due to it being […]

Powell pyrotechnics secure consolation win for Rockets

18 August 2024 0 comments

OVAL INVINCIBLES MEN V TRENT ROCKETS MEN AT TRENT BRIDGE The already-eliminated Trent Rockets claimed a stirring consolation win over […]

Spoils shared at soggy Cardiff

11 August 2024 0 comments

WELSH FIRE and Northern Superchargers shared the points as their The Hundred women’s competition match was abandoned due to a […]

Desmond Haynes

7 July 2024 0 comments

A Cricket Life As the tourists get ready for the first Test at Lord’s on Wednesday, the West Indies and […]

Pepper powers Essex to big win over Kent

23 June 2024 0 comments

By Fred Atkins June 21, Canterbury Kent Spitfires 156-7 Essex Eagles 157-5 Essex won by 5 wickets Toss: Essex, who […]

England overpower plucky Namibia

16 June 2024 0 comments

By Matt Thacker June 15, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound England 122-5 (Brook 47*, Bairstow 31, Ali 16, Trumpelmann […]

Cardiff wash-out dents the World Cup preparations of England and Pakistan

29 May 2024 0 comments

England’s T20 World Cup preparations were again hit by the weather as their third Vitality international series clash against Pakistan […]

Charity to help clubs with defibrillators

26 May 2024 0 comments

While the Government dithers over the removal of VAT from defibrillator sales, one charity has solved the problem for cricket […]

Wins for Somerset and Kent but Essex stay top

12 May 2024 0 comments

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIV 1 RESULTS Kent 261 (Evison 71*) and 166-3 (Bell-Drummond 79*) beat Lancashire 92 (Gilchrist 6-24, Agar 4-35) […]

Bell-Drummond leads Kent to victory at Lancashire

7 May 2024 0 comments

Daniel Bell-Drummond’s unbeaten 79 steered Kent to a seven-wicket Vitality County Championship victory over Lancashire before lunch on day four […]

Heroic Handscomb holds up Middlesex as Foxes build

5 May 2024 0 comments

By Ben Kosky “I hadn’t scored 100 here before so it is a nice feeling to tick that off. It […]

A Cricket Life with David Lloyd

28 April 2024 0 comments

A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week Bumble looks back on a colourful […]

Long live the battle of the bridge, and rip deadly

21 April 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS It was great to see my old team Kent hold out for a draw in the Battle of […]

Laying down Marshall law

27 August 2023 0 comments

Scott Oliver on perhaps the greatest fast bowler who ever lived, Malcolm Marshall, playing in the leagues Tasty signing: Malcolm […]

Skippers’ skills still can’t beat weather

23 July 2023 0 comments

SAT JULY 22 11: Northern Diamonds 105-4 (Armitage 48) v The Blaze match abandoned Captains Hollie Armitage and Georgia Adams […]

Mazhar’s big 200 in vain amid downpour

2 July 2023 0 comments

By Adam Hopkins BLACKLEY Cricket Club in Manchester won their John Barrow Trophy second round clash with Radcliffe in controversial […]

Tale of two pitches in Essex mix-up

25 June 2023 0 comments

By Adam Hopkins CLUB cricket up and down the UK is generally played over two innings, one for each side. […]

Weather wins the day and douses the Blaze

11 June 2023 0 comments

THE Southern Vipers and The Blaze will have to wait to see who lifts the Charlotte Edwards Cup after thunderstorms […]

Not-so reluctant umpires

28 May 2023 0 comments

By Rich Edwards Pivotal: Umpires are vital to grassroots cricket and key figures in any club A SHORTAGE of umpires […]

ICC ditch soft signal in change of playing conditions

21 May 2023 0 comments

THE ICC is scrapping the soft signal for umpires, starting with England’s upcoming Test against Ireland. The use of the […]