Cricket

[summerisle]

England playing their first match in New Zealand :
New Zealand Eleven - 172-4 (20 overs)
England - 42-1 (3.1 overs) already 16 extras including 11 wides.

 

[summerisle]

England 112-4, 12.5 overs. Bairstow 40 n.o. Need 61 off 7.1 overs.

 

[summerisle]

England 144-4, 16.1 overs. Bairstow 63 (40 balls), need 29 off 3.5 overs.

 

[summerisle]

A nice boost for England with a win at the start of the tour.
New Zealand Eleven - 172-4 (20 overs)
England - 178-4 (18.1 overs), Bairstow 78 off 45 balls, Curran 28 off 15 balls.

 

[summerisle]

Australia giving Sri Lanka some welly in their T20 match : 229-1, 19.1 overs.

A report on England's win.

Bairstow leads England to opening warm-up win

Lockie Ferguson took three wickets on his return from injury ahead of the T20I series

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[summerisle]

Matt Parkinson makes his England debut tonight (24.00) in tonight's second warm-up T20 match against a New Zealand 11.

Matt Parkinson & Lewis Gregory handed England chance in T20 warm-up

Leg-spinner Matt Parkinson and all-rounder Lewis Gregory make their first senior appearances for England in a T20 warm-up on tour in New Zealand

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[cronullasharks]

Australia giving Sri Lanka some welly in their T20 match : 229-1, 19.1 overs.

A report on England's win.

Bairstow leads England to opening warm-up win

Lockie Ferguson took three wickets on his return from injury ahead of the T20I series

www.espncricinfo.com

Flat track bully davey warner "back into form"

 

[summerisle]

So, in the height of summer, no championship matches.

 

[summerisle]

England v New Zealand 11, England batting, 127-4, 15.3 overs.

 

[summerisle]

England 188-5, New Zealand 11, 56-2, 8.1 overs. Matt Parkinson, in his first England match, with a wicket in his first over. Mahmood with the other wicket.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

Shakib all Hasan banned for corruption

Shakib Al Hasan: Bangladesh captain banned over 'corrupt approaches'

Bangladesh Test and Twenty20 captain Shakib Al Hasan gets a two-year ban for "failing to report corrupt approaches".

www.bbc.co.uk

Imagine not just the hugely lucrative franchise cricket but all those sponsorship deals plus his reputation and worldwide respect, all that money too, and now he's gone and flushed the whole lot down the toilet.

Career over as he's not an inexperienced green rookie like the Pakistani quick bowler who rightly was given a second chance after his ban. He's a superstar who has caught Big Fat Sam disease and tried to make even more on the side.

Tbf to Sam although he broke the spirit of the contract the FA gave him, by the letter of his contract he arguably didnt do anything that wrong, whereas this is just blatant.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

England 188-5, New Zealand 11, 56-2, 8.1 overs. Matt Parkinson, in his first England match, with a wicket in his first over. Mahmood with the other wicket.

England have left virtually all their top players at home, development squad with Morgan and a sprinkling of new names and the likes of Bairstow Billinge and.... oh no James Vince ...(proved such a disaster in the 50 overs world cup when in for Jason Roy) but a lot of future hopefuls really.

 

[summerisle]

Lancashire's Mahmood and Parkinson in the England team for the first T20 match against New Zealand on Friday.

Eoin Morgan backs England rookies for T20 action against New Zealand

The first Twenty20 match in Christchurch on Friday could feature fresh faces feature as Eoin Morgan expressed eagerness to use the five uncapped players in England’s squad

www.theguardian.com

Darren Gough is to work with the seam bowling attack for the two tests in New Zealand.

 

[summerisle]

First T20 match, England going well : New Zealand 96-4, 14 overs, Chris Jordan 2 wickets.

 

[summerisle]

New Zealand 153-5 (20 overs)