Day: July 8, 2011

Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 72 from 45 balls as Somerset strengthened their chances of reaching the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals with a 15-run win over Gloucestershire at Taunton

Worcestershire moved into third place in the Friends Life t20 North Group after squeezing home by six runs in a tense, low-scoring battle with Midlands rivals Warwickshire at New Road

For one more day this is very much Alastair Cook’s England team and regardless of the result in the deciding one-day international there has been enough evidence to suggest he can make a success of his role.

It was overcast and damp in Manchester on Friday, the sort of conditions that make England a force to be reckoned with in one-day cricket, but the forecast for match-day is more sunshine and less cloud

Australia A registered a thrilling two-run win against South Africa A in the final of the Zimbabwe A Team Tri-Series in Harare

Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka is going ahead as scheduled, after the Australian department of Foreign Affairs and Trade raised no objection to Cricket Australia’s plans