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Time of India
5 days ago
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- Time of India
Cricket with a side of popcorn: The Hundred lights up Lord's with fire, fun & future vision
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 05: Ashton Turner of London Spirit celebrates with team mate Kane Williamson after taking the wicket of Sam Curran of Oval Invincibles (not pictured) during the The Hundred match between London Spirit Men and Oval Invincibles Men at Lord's Cricket Ground on August 05, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by) in London: A visit to the Lord's on Tuesday felt a bit different. Two weeks back, the neighbourhood was buzzing for the India-England Test at the iconic venue, ticket resellers were on an overdrive and the turnstiles saw thousands go in on what turned out to be a thrilling game of cricket. Cut to Tuesday, the gates of the Home of Cricket opened again but for the season opener of The Hundred. The venue was shining in its full glory under lights and there was a lot of activity on the concourse where families were out in big numbers for an evening of cricket, even on a weekday. It wasn't as busy as the Test but the numerous food carts and beer taps were in business as usual. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Inside, the largely filled stadium was dancing to the tunes of the DJ and not swaying to the Barmy Army trumpet. There was a nice fire show after a wicket or a boundary and the occasional fan engagement - loudest fan of the day and random fan cams on the big screen - made sure there was something for everyone. The product is clearly packaged in a manner which appeals to everyone - the cricket enthusiasts and the families. LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 05: Spectators watch as a fox runs past Ryan Higgins of London Spirit during the The Hundred match between London Spirit Men and Oval Invincibles Men at Lord's Cricket Ground on August 05, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by) There were three giant screens inside the stadium and interestingly, two of them only mentioned balls and runs. No batter, bowler names or the details of the innings underway. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Pirates Climb Aboard Cargo Ship - Watch What The Captain Did Next Tips and Tricks Undo No distractions and just one giant screen, on the left of the media centre flashed the detailed scorecard. Unlike the Test, there was a healthy footfall of young children and when they got bored of the cricket, the concourse became their own pitch. Inside Lord's: Exclusive Stadium Tour & Must-Do Experiences For first-timers, the format will take some time getting used to. The idea of hundred deliveries, no mention of overs requires some attention but once you get the hang of it, cricket, like it always does, takes over. The first men's competition fixture between London Spirits and Oval Invincibles was a bit dampener as far as cricket is concerned but it was a very healthy turnout with future owners, after the recent investment drive, keeping a close tab from the hospitality suites. Both teams were unable to complete the quota of hundred deliveries as the London unit was dismissed for 80 off just 94 and Oval had a comfortable chase in just 69 balls. There was no dearth of star power in the middle with Rashid Khan, David Warner , Kane Williamson and others in action, and there was a loud cheer for the Afghan when his face flashed on the giant screen during a post-match chat. Poll What do you think about the new format of The Hundred cricket tournament? Exciting and innovative Needs improvement Prefer traditional formats Not interested Winds of change have already gripped the tournament and while the new owners will come in with a fresh approach and set of ideas, the foremost priority should be to build on the London rivalry. Not an ideal comparison, but at least think on the lines of football. Adequate star power, player continuity and the right direction could make that happen. There will be challenges: Lack of history, fan connect and continuous engagement but if it is made into a year-long activity instead of just the tournament window, something very big could be developed. LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 05: Musician Mick Jagger watches during the The Hundred match between London Spirit Men and Oval Invincibles Men at Lord's Cricket Ground on August 05, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by) "That looks like the idea but there will be a lot of challenges to have that kind of connection with the people. With the people who feed on Test cricket because of the history and other things. For starters, it just cant be restricted to the tournament's window and that's where the new owners would like to come in. If you work in a particular direction, who knows how big this London rivalry of cricket can become," says an industry source tracking developments in the UK. The opener ended earlier than usual, the bars were shut at 9pm but the families stuck around for a bit. Cricket continued on the concourse and on the way out, the resellers were still at it. Either looking for spare tickets for tomorrow or selling theirs. Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
The Guardian
02-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Surrey v Durham, Somerset v Notts, and more: county cricket day four
Update: Date: 2025-07-02T09:29:39.000Z Title: Tuesday's round-up Content: Leicestershire dropped the form book in a puddle, tumbling to an innings defeat in three days. After Middlesex had flayed 534, Leicestershire collapsed to 204 and then 202, despite some stoical tail wagging. Naavya Sharma and Noah Cornwell, 19 and 20 and playing in only their third first-class games, finished with six and four wickets in the match. Yorkshire's Matthew Revis and Ben Coad bashed their highest first-class scores, turning the game on its head at York. Coad then grabbed two Essex second-innings wickets to set up an intriguing final day. Tom Taylor tickled Worcestershire towards victory over Hampshire while James Coles' 150 and six wickets for Warwickshire off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli enlivened a hot day against Sussex at Hove. Dan Worrall's new ball brilliance gave Surrey a sniff of a chance against Durham, despite Alex Lees' 125; Lancashire are on the brink of their first victory after a wonderful century from Ashton Turner against Derbyshire. Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram, ingenu and veteran, made twin hundreds for Glamorgan against Gloucestershire as events at Sophia Gardens drifted towards a draw. There were four hundreds for Northamptonshire at Canterbury – for Ricardo Vasconcelos, Justin Broad, Saif Zaib and Calvin Harrison. Zaib's unbeaten 150 was his fifth hundred of a prolific season, while Harrison continued his campaign to become loan signing of the year. Jack Leach toiled through 53 overs for Somerset, finishing with six for 121 as leaders Nottinghamshire built a lead of 130. The main architects were Jack Haynes (157) and Indian IPL star Ishan Kishan with a sparky 77. Somerset had one over to face before stumps, and nightwatchman Matt Henry chopped the final ball into his stumps. Update: Date: 2025-07-02T09:29:39.000Z Title: Scores on the doors Content: DIVISION ONE Southampton: Hampshire 221 and 86-3 v Worcestershire 679-7dec Taunton: Somerset 379 and 4-1 v Nottinghamshire 509 The Oval: Surrey 820-9 v Durham 343-9 Hove: Sussex 533 v Warwickshire 415 and 88-1 York: Yorkshire 459-8 v Essex 368 and 33-3 DIVISION TWO Chesterfield: Derbyshire 261 and 139-3 v Lancashire 367 and 406-6dec Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 528 v Gloucestershire 380 and 12-0 Canterbury: Kent 566-8dec v Northamptonshire 624-6 Grace Road: Middlesex 534 BEAT Leicestershire 205 and 202 BY AN INNNINGS AND 127 RUNS Update: Date: 2025-07-02T09:29:39.000Z Title: Preamble Content: Good morning! This is our last day of championship cricket for a while, so come huddle in for some final day japes. Middlesex duly pulled off their heist at Grace Road yesterday, so all eyes to Chesterfield and Southampton – and, possibly, York. Elsewhere, the run-fests look certain to trickle into five o'clock draws. Play starts at 11am.
BBC News
01-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Turner century steers Lancs within sight of first win
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Queen's Park, Chesterfield (day three)Lancashire 367 & 406-6 dec: Turner 121*, Balderson 82, Jones 63, Aitchison 3-64 Derbyshire 261 & 139-3: , Madsen 39*; Came 32Derbyshire (4 pts) trail Lancashire (6pts) by 374 runs with seven second-innings wickets remainingMatch scorecard Ashton Turner scored his second century in three innings to put Lancashire on course for their first Rothesay County Championship victory of the season in the Division Two match against Derbyshire at Australian made an unbeaten 121 from 135 balls and was well supported by George Balderson, 82 off 60, and 63 from Michael Jones before Lancashire declared on 406-6, with Ben Aitchison taking set the hosts the small matter of 513 which would be their highest ever fourth innings total but by the close they were 139-3, still 374 runs began the day already well placed with a lead of 220 but Aitchison took three wickets in an eight over spell from the Lake Bohannon was drawn into pushing at one that did enough to take the edge before Keaton Jennings aimed a big drive and was given out caught behind, although his reaction suggested he did not think he made Matty Hurst was lbw to one that kept slightly low, Derbyshire sensed there might be an opening but first Turner and Jones and then Balderson emphatically reasserted Lancashire's pulled Aitchison for six on his way to a 67 ball fifty while Jones was even more dominant, reaching his half century, which contained two maximums, from only 41 swept Mitch Wagstaff for another six and was eying a fourth until Aitchison at deep mid wicket knocked the ball up for Zak Chappell to complete a smart relay by lunch, Lancashire's lead was 377 and that soared as Balderson engaged the turbo, racing to a 42-ball fifty before Turner drove Wagstaff for his 10th four to reach a fine century from 124 lead was over 500 when Balderson drove Martin Andersson to cover, ending a stand of 157 in 21 overs, which was the signal for Lancashire to declare leaving Derbyshire a highly improbable target.A more realistic proposition was to hold out for a draw but they lost Caleb Jewell in the fifth over when he was squared up by Jimmy Anderson and caught at third was the fourth time this season that Anderson has dismissed Jewell who, as an Australian, is in good was Lancashire's last success for 24 overs as Wagstaff and Harry Came stood firm but the odd ball was keeping low and Balderson broke the stand when he squeezed one through Wagstaff's defence and Came went in the next over, caught behind pushing at Tom position would have been even more parlous if Wayne Madsen on eight and Brooke Guest on 14 had not been dropped in the slips but Lancashire remain strong favourites to complete the job on the final Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Stewart trumps Green as Aussies shine in county drama
An English county championship match with a distinct Aussie flavour has ended in an enthralling draw in the seaside town of Blackpool after two very special tons and an inspired wicket-taking burst from among the green-and-gold contingent. In his first county match as Lancashire skipper, 42-year-old legend Jimmy Anderson also played his part in a remarkable second-division match in which a quartet of Australians all starred. Pride of place went to Grant Stewart, an Australian with an Italian background who has earned his spurs at Kent as a crowd-pleasing, fast-bowling allrounder. Grant Stewart's magnificent 130 from only 122 deliveries today saw him pass 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ First-Class Kent Grant 👏🇮🇹 — Kent Cricket (@KentCricket) June 25, 2025 This time he went ballistic at No.9 as Kent fought to save the match against a Lancashire side helped to a massive 9-639 declared in large part thanks to a county debut innings of 154 on Tuesday from West Australian Ashton Turner (11 fours, six sixes). As Kent, 265 runs behind, knuckled down to try to save the match on Wednesday, Lancashire's Australian offspinning allrounder Chris Green put them on the rack, grabbing four wickets, including three victims in just 15 balls, as the visitors slumped to 5-84. But with defeat looking inevitable at 7-116, Stewart teamed up for an amazing, counter-attacking eighth-wicket partnership with Joey Evison to save the day. Deciding attack was the best form of defence, Stewart went on the rampage either side of tea, going to his 50 off 42 balls by smiting three big sixes. Less than 45 minutes later he had scorched his way to a 79-ball hundred, featuring eight sixes and nine fours. The Kalgoorlie-born Stewart, who is not deemed an "overseas player'' because he has a European Union passport through his Italian mother, had in May played an even more destructive innings at No.8, plundering 182 against Gloucestershire at Bristol. This time he and Evison smashed 182 together - an eighth-wicket record for Kent against Lancashire - only for the Aussie to fall to Anderson for 130 (122 balls, 12 fours, nine sixes) with safety having not yet been quite achieved. Step forward another Aussie, Wes Agar, who got them to the draw with his 21 not out alongside Evision's unbeaten 77 as Kent finished on 8-328. Green picked up 4-104. Another Australian batter who enjoyed the introduction of the Kookaburra ball to the county season was Gloucestershire captain Cameron Bancroft, whose mammoth knock of 176 against Derbyshire at Bristol followed his first-innings 58. His monumental second-innings effort, which was ended for the addition of just six runs to his overnight total, had spanned nearly seven and three-quarter hours and 366 balls, and helped him set Derbyshire a victory target of 316 in a minimum of 67 overs. Derbyshire went for broke early, with their Tasmanian opener Caleb Jewell cracking 83 off 80 balls in a 177-run first-wicket partnership with Harry Came (91), who just missed out on his second ton of the match. Australian Test spinner Todd Murphy bowled 58 overs and took five wickets in the match (3-120 and 2-114), which finished in a compelling draw with Derbyshire on 8-296, just 20 short of their target.
The Guardian
25-06-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Durham v Sussex, Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire and more: county cricket day four
Update: Date: 2025-06-25T09:31:26.000Z Title: Tuesday's round-up Content: Lancashire accelerated flamboyantly at Blackpool, the tower peering curiously around the clubhouse as Ashton Turner (154 on debut), Josh Bohannon (124) , Luke Wells (152) and Michael Jones (a preppy 41) peppered the boundaries. Two balls were lost over the wall and into trees, one landed dangerously near the two shiny red showroom cars parked on the top of the grassy bank as Kent conceded 639, the highest total in matches between the sides. Surrey strode into June by dispatching Worcestershire in two-and-a-half days. Nathan Smith – six for 38 – and Matt Fisher – four for 47 – nipped them out for 125, leaving Surrey 49 to win. They sit, temporarily at least, back at the top of Division One. Jacob Bethell had time to hit an effortless six on his return to county cricket, before he was sent on his way, bottom-edging a pull for 20. Warwickshire just avoided the follow-on against Somerset, and the game seems destined for a draw. Tilak Varma's century on debut and Liam Dawson's hundred and double-wicket day put Hampshire on top against Essex, despite Simon Harmer's 500th wicket for Essex. Gurinder Sandhu, Sussex's 6ft 4in fast bowler, collected five wickets on a damp day at Chester le Street, as Durham lost their last four wickets for 26. Jofra Archer added four overs to his comeback campaign. Runaway Leicestershire declared with a lead of 223 over Glamorgan, after some hearty bat swinging from Logan van Beek and Ben Green, though a defiant 72 not out from Sam Northeast took the game into day four. Finlay Bean's 224 helped Yorkshire fight back against Notts. Gloucestershire fought back against Derbyshire thanks to an all day unbeaten 170 from Cameron Bancroft and 105 from Graeme van Buuren. Middlesex's Ryan Higgins grabbed a hat-trick against Northants, after Saif Zaib reached his fourth century of the summer. Update: Date: 2025-06-25T09:30:51.000Z Title: Scores on the doors Content: Chester le Street: Durham 327 v Sussex 361 and 111-4 Bad light Chelmsford: Essex 296 and 108-3 v Hants 453 Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 487 v Yorkshire 414-6 Edgbaston: Warwickshire 351 v Somerset 498 and 116-3 New Road: Surrey 291 and 53-1 BEAT Worcestershire 214 and 125 by nine wickets DIVISION TWO Bristol: Gloucestershire 187 and 364-3 v Derbyshire 398 Blackpool: Lancashire 639-9 v Kent 374 Grace Road: Leicestershire 576-7dec v Glamorgan 353 and 131-3 Wantage Road: Northamptonshire 435 v Middlesex 413 and 215-3 Update: Date: 2025-06-25T09:28:00.000Z Title: Preamble Content: Good morning! I am still on a train shuttling north-east as I went to the wrong Manchester station this morning and was puzzled why my train wasn't on the timetable…
