Harry Brook guided England to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, delivering a captain’s inning of the highest order in a nail-biting two-wicket win over Pakistan at Pallekele. Brook’s swashbuckling 100 off 51 balls with four sixes and 10 fours helped England negotiate a chase of 165 on a turning pitch. The 27-year-old was […]
England suffered a major scare at the start of their T20 World Cup campaign but Sam Curran held his nerve to complete a four-run win over minnows Nepal at a raucous Wankhede Stadium. With Nepal needing ten from the final to secure a famous win in the first ever meeting between the two sides, Curran […]
Brendon McCullum is enjoying England’s bid for a third World T20 title and believes his side have shown the tactical flexibility to succeed. England’s 2-1 ODI win against Sri Lanka, who had won the previous seven 50-over series on home soil, has boosted confidence ahead of the tournament. That belief only grew after a clean-up […]
England defeated Sri Lanka by 12 runs in a low-scoring thriller to seal a 3-0 T20 series victory in their final match before the World Cup. Sam Curran’s 58 off 48 balls led England’s recovery from 60 for six to Sri Lanka 129 to win in Kandy, while Dushmantha Chameera’s five for 24 gave Sri […]
Great Australian batsman Hilton Cartwright returns to Utilita Bowl for a second stint with Hampshire Hawks. The 33-year-old joined the club for the second half of last year’s Vitality Blast and made an immediate impact, catching the second ball of the innings against Sussex Sharks and completing a direct hit as the Hawks defeated their […]
Hampshire Cricket has partnered with the GOAT Boys mentorship programme, providing positive male role models for young people in our community. Hampshire Cricket says it is proud to support the GOAT Boys mentorship programme, an initiative aimed at providing positive male role models for young people in our community. The program addresses the challenges highlighted […]
Australian head coach Andrew McDonald has suggested next week’s New Year’s Test in Sydney feels like a minor event, saying: “The Ashes were done at 3-0”. The Baggy Greens claimed a series win within 11 days of wins in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, but saw their hopes of a 5-0 whitewash vanish as the tourists […]
Captain Ben Stokes marked the end of Australia’s 15-year winning streak by sharing a little hug and a few words of relief with former skipper Joe Root. Stokes will not take home the urn after defeats in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, but he also leaves an unwanted record after overseeing his country’s first away Ashes […]
England’s long wait for an Ashes victory on Australian soil is finally over as they came out on top after two days of chaos in Melbourne. Ben Stokes’ dreams of bringing the urn home may already be over after three successive defeats, but the grim prospect of a 5-0 whitewash is off the table after […]
Some of Ashes cricket’s biggest names have attacked the state of the MCG pitch after a record crowd saw 20 wickets fall during a Boxing Day blowout between England and Australia in Melbourne. An official crowd of 94,199 broke the attendance record at the country’s largest sporting venue, eclipsing the 2015 World Cup final and […]