India's R Sai Kishore will play for Gloucestershire in the final six matches of the 2026 County Championship season. The 29-year-old spinner previously played for Surrey in 2025 and is eager to compete in English conditions.
Somerset, the reigning T20 Blast champions, began their title defense with a dominant seven-wicket win over Hampshire Hawks. Other opening night victories included Yorkshire, Kent Spitfires, Surrey, Worcestershire Rapids, Gloucestershire, and Northamptonshire Steelbacks.
Conservative leader Adam Kent suspended for forming coalition with Greens, Lib Dems, and independents to oust Reform UK from Worcestershire council, ending their controversial minority rule.
Conservative councillor Adam Kent suspended after forming alliance with Green Party, Liberal Democrats, and independents to oust Reform UK from Worcestershire County Council, leading to new coalition under Green councillor Matt Jenkins.
Ben Stokes needs only eight deliveries to take a wicket in his first action since England's dismal Ashes tour on a truncated opening day of Durham’s County Championship match at Worcestershire.
England captain took new ball along with two victims in 11 overs in Championship comeback for Durham against WorcestershireTo little fanfare, Ben Stokes has slipped out of the shorter formats. His last one-day international was at the 2023 World Cup, his last Twenty20 international helped England win its equivalent a year earlier. His most recent white-ball match of any description came during the Hundred in 2024, a tournament he has since shouldered arms to.Red-ball cricket is the thing that gets the England captain’s juices flowing these days and had he not fractured his cheekbone in the nets back in February, the plan was to be available for Durham from the start of the season. Fair play, given the additional money he could earn by diversifying in his final years. Continue reading...
England captain Ben Stokes has recovered from cheekbone surgery and is set to play in Durham's red-ball game against Worcestershire.
Emilio Gay's third century of the season guided Durham against Middlesex at Lord's, while David Bedingham also scored a hundred. Northamptonshire secured their first win of the summer as Ben Sanderson took a career-best 7-31 against Worcestershire. At the Oval, 19-year-old Adam Thomas scored a century on Championship debut alongside Dom Sibley's 187. Joe Root contributed 64 for Yorkshire against Somerset, while Stevie Eskinazi's century powered Nottinghamshire.
Metal-detecting enthusiasts discovered 63 Anglo-Saxon silver coins in Bickmarsh, Worcestershire, with most minted during King Burgred of Mercia's reign (AD 852-874). Historians believe the hoard was intentionally buried between AD 871-874 to protect it from invading Viking armies. The find is unprecedented, providing rare archaeological evidence for money circulation in medieval England and highlighting the importance of reporting regulations for treasure finds.
Updates from day four of the latest round of matches Sign up to The Spin | Email Tanya or comment BTLAnd another one down for Derbyshire, Andersson for a two-ball duck to Will Williams, who is having quite a game.Good and bad news for Derbyshire fans – Matthew Montgomery has 50, but nightwatchman Ben Aitchison is out. Derbys 125-4, still trail Gloucs by 92. Continue reading...
Dom Sibley helped shore up shaky Surrey on day two of their match against Essex at the OvalMore on working from The Oval, in case anyone is interested. You just buy a normal ticket and go to whichever area has been set aside for that purpose (the function room etc moves according to events). It is first come, first served, for a laptop and power point.A couple of early wickets, leavering out yesterday’s set batsmen – Marcus Harris caught for 146 off Ben Raine up in at CLS; and Jake Libby bowled by Kent’s one-man-band Matt Milnes for 52. Continue reading...
