๐๐ The One-Day Cupโs allure: familiar faces, cheap seats and relaxed places
England beat India by 27 runs to win the ODI series 2-1
England finish their innings - 387-3 ๐๐
82 runs in the last 5 overs.
Buttler 41 off 13 balls.
305-2 after 45 overs.
Duckett was out for 141.
A century for Ben Duckett in third England v India ODI. Bethell nearly got there too.
England, batting first, are now 250-1 with 12 overs remaining ๐
Northamptonshire Steelbacks win the final by 14 runs ๐๐
Hawks 90-5 after 12 overs - need 80 more runs for victory.
Hampshire Hawks beat Notts Outlaws by 27 runs.
So it’s a Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Hampshire Hawks T20 Blast Final ๐
Second semi-final. Notts Outlaws chasing 188 to win are 11-3 after 14 overs. Need 77 from 36 balls.
Northamptonshire Steelers win the first T20 Blast semi-final by 17 runs.
119-7 with 2 overs to go. 25 runs needed.
Sensational fielding by David Willey to dismiss Overton for 5. Somerset 111-7 with 15 balls left.
Somerset 100-5 after 16 overs. Need 44 off 24 balls.
Will Smeed fighting back for Somerset, hitting two sixes and four fours off the final over of the powerplay. Somerset moving to 52-3 after 6 overs.
Somerset 12-3 after 2.5 overs. David Willey taking 2 early wickets.
Northants all out for 143
T20 Blast Finals Day underway at Edgbaston ๐
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Somerset
Hampshire Hawks v Notts Outlaws
England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ vs ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐
Men’s One Day International Series - 1st ODI at Edgbaston.
Lunch.
England batted first, dismissed for 258 after 47.5 overs.
Not a great score but a fantastic recovery after they went from 60-0 to 80-5 to 107-6. Rescued by Joe Root 76no and Liam Dawson a career best 68.
England beat South Africa by 40 runs to reach the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final on Sunday.
Australia await them at Lord’s.
South Africa 119-6 after 18 overs
South Africa 95-5 after 14.2 overs. Now need 75 runs from 34 balls. Extremely difficult for them.
South Africa 63-2 after 10 overs.
South Africa innings starting - 170 to win.
England 169-5 after their 20 overs
Knight out for 58 off 47 only 2 balls later ๐ซค
Shiver-Brunt out for 75 off 47 in the 19th over.
Sciver-Brunt and Knight batting really well and providing an England recovery. 154-3 after 18 overs after being 23-3 after 3.2
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup - Semi-Final
England Women ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ vs ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa Women
Thu 2 Jul 2026, 18:30
The Kia Oval, Kennington
๐๐ Carlson leads Glamorgan to historic win over Surrey
Glamorgan’s last red-ball victory over Surrey in Cardiff was at Cardiff Arms Park in 1960, with a most recent home success at Swansea in 1983.
Glamorgan beat Surrey by seven wickets ๐
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Glamorgan 358 & 197-3: Carlson 67, Ingram 61*; Chahar 2-57
Surrey 105 & 447 (following on): Burns 115, Pope 73, Lawes 66*; Hadley 4-82
England’s openers survive 3 overs - 15/0 at lunch ๐
Emilio Gay playing a couple of very nice shots.
England v New Zealand, Day 2 of 5
New Zealand 391ao - England batting for 10 minutes before lunch
England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
Test Match Series - 2nd Test - Day 1 of 5 at The Oval
England won the toss and chose to bowl ๐
Root to captain in absence of Stokes. James Rew, Jordan Cox and Sonny Baker make their England Test debuts.
Close of play. New Zealand 36-3.
Kane Williamson and Will O’Rourke also dismissed at the end of the day.
Tom Latham caught for 0 off Gus Atkinson’s bowling. 3rd ball of the NZ innings.
England all out for 226. A lead of 253 ๐ฌ
Still difficult to bat. England 206-7 after 49 overs now have a lead of 233. Root out for 8, Brook and Stokes for ducks.
Matt Henry bowled by Ollie Robinson
New Zealand all out for 113
Robinson gets his 5-for. Figures of 10.5-3-39-5
England have a first innings lead of 27
Nathan Smith dismissed - bowled by Josh Tongue for 15
NZ 82/8 still trail by 58
Day 2
NZ 70/7 after 21 overs.
Josh Tongue bowls Glenn Phillips in the second over of the day.
No! Bad light stops play a little early with NZ 61/6 after 19.2 overs.
NZ 57/6 after 18 overs
Pay at Lord’s is continuing until 19:30
NZ 12/4 - Atkinson in the game ๐
NZ 2/3 after 2 overs
Correction - final ball of the over also takes a wicket! 3 wickets in his first over ๐๐๐
Ollie Robinson - 2 wickets in his first over ๐
England all out for 140
Early rain at Lord’s for the 1st England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand Test, after 45 minutes play ๐
England lost the toss and are batting - 24/1 after 10 overs.
24-1 is England’s equal lowest score after 10 overs in a Test during the Bazball era
Ben Jones, CricViz Analyst
Nice to see that both some domestic T20 Blast and the IPL Final are live on TV this Sunday afternoon ๐
Warwickshire Bears v Northamptonshire Steelbacks
and
Royal Challengers Bengaluru v Gujarat Titans
Warwickshire v Glamorgan
Match drawn
Tea Day 4
Warwickshire 252 (63.5) & 100/2 (29.0)
Glamorgan 360 (101.1) & 259 (78.5)
So probably heading for a draw ๐
Lunch Day 3. Glamorgan 12/0 lead Warwickshire by 120 runs.
Warwickshire 252ao so they trail Glamorgan by 108 runs after the first innings.
Tom Norton took 4-48 in 13.5 overs.
Back on the Day 3 livestream. Glamorgan 360ao, Warwickshire 149/7 are the first innings' scores at present.
Warwickshire v Glamorgan Stumps Day 1
Glamorgan 341/8 in 96 overs
Tom Norton, on 25, is batting well. Mason Crane on 14.
Warwickshire v Glamorgan
Day 1 of 4 in the County Championship at Edgbaston
Watching Warwickshireโs livestream on YouTube ๐บ
Glamorgan 300/7 after 84.2 overs.
Some twists and turns. Tribe and ul Hassan both out for 0 in the first 5 overs. Then a recovery - 85 for Carlson and 139 for Kellaway. Late in the day with the new ball wickets are falling … 300/8 after 85 overs, Crane and Norton now batting.
๐๐ Hat-trick hero Tom Norton named Player of the Round
Teenage debutant Tom Norton has been named Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round after a dream start to his first-class career in Glamorganโs tense two-wicket win over near-rivals Somerset.
Glamorgan win by 2 wickets!
Ryan Hadley 50no ๐๐
Tea. 269/7 … 14 runs needed by Glamorgan
Sean Dickson out for 76. Glamorgan 248/6. 35 more runs needed to win.
Lunch Day 4. Glamorgan 202/5, 81 runs needed.
Glamorgan 200 after 85 overs, just before lunch ๐
Glamorgan v Somerset Day 4
Glamorgan move slowly to 100 runs needed for victory against Somerset. 183/5 with a target of 283.
Stumps Day 3 - Glamorgam 140/5
Glamorgan require 143 runs to win with 5 wickets remaining
Glamorgan now 99/2 after 33.2 overs, requiring another 184 runs to win ๐ฌ
Tea Day 3. Glamorgan 80/0.
Somerset 2nd innings over. All out for 157. Glamorgan currently 34/0, requiring another 249 runs to win.
Lewis Gregory out for 45 to Timm van der Gugten - Somerset now 127/9
Somerset have lost 2 wickets this morning and are now 63/8, a lead of 188.
Not at Sophia Gardens today unfortunately but I am watching the Glamorgan vs Somerset Day Three Livestream ๐
Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social on Bluesky:
Tom Norton, for Glamorgan v Somerset at Cardiff, has become the youngest man to take a hat-trick on first-class debut aged 18 yrs, 274 days.
The previous youngest was: 19 yrs, 115 days Zohaib Shera for Karachi Whites v National Bank of Pakistan at Karachi-NBP in 2009.
Incredible ๐
Stumps and Somerset finish the day on 32/6
Tom Norton has taken 4 wickets for 22, including his hat-trick: 4-1-22-4
The debutant has become the first player in 120 years to claim a hat-trick on their first appearance in County Championship cricket
Ryan Hadley picked up the other 2 Somerset wickets.
Somerset will start tomorrow 157 ahead with only four wickets remaining.
Wow!
Tom Norton gets a hat-trick, taking the wickets of James Rew, Tom Lammonby and Archie Vaughan in successive balls of the fifth over of Somerset’s innings.
Somerset 7/3
Glamorgan all out for 229, trailing Somerset by 125 runs.
Glamorgan 206/9 ๐ฌ
Tea. Glamorgan 190/8.
Crane out for 2. 185/8 โน๏ธ
Cooke lbw b OVERTON 39
Glamorgan 175/7 after 40.2
Incoming batter Mason Crane to bat with Timm van der Gugten ๐
Glamorgan 173/6 after 39.5 overs.
Kellaway b LEACH 59
50 for Ben Kellaway of 88 balls ๐
Bowlers' marks ๐
Lunch Day 2
Glamorgan 66/4 after 19 overs.
Going a bit wrong for Glamorgan - Carlson out for 21, Ingram for a duck.
Craig Overton bowling to Kiran Carlson.
Asa Tribe out for 4, caught by Archie Vaughan off the bowling of Jake Ball.
Somerset all out for 354.
Mason Crane bowled Jake Ball for 9 to end their innings.
Glamorgan v Somerset, Day 2 ๐
Mason Crane bowling to Jack Leach.
Somerset end the day on 337/9 after 96 overs.
Tom Abell 86 and Josh Thomas 71 top scored.
Tom Norton, 18, making his first-class cricket debut, took 3 wickets for 75 runs from his 19 overs ๐
And Zain-ul-Hassan did get 2 wickets in the last 4 overs of the day ๐
Now I’m looking forward to tomorrow to see Glamorgan’s reply after Somerset’s final wicket falls.
Tea. Somerset 232/5.
ul-Hassan now 11-5-24-0. Batters not hitting him but still no wicket ๐
The sun has struggled out at Sophia Gardens
Couple of wickets in a half an hour spell after lunch finds Somerset 138/3 with two new batters in - Archie Vaughan and Tom Abell.
Lunchtime maintenance ๐
Glamorgan v Somerset. Lunch Day 1.
Somerset, batting first, are 104/1 after 32 overs.
James Rew, opening for Somerset, is the only batter to be dismissed - for 4 to Timm van der Gugten in the 3rd over.
Zain-ul-Hassan is bowling really well for Glamorgan. 6 overs including 4 maidens for 12 runs (8 of them in his 6th over as I’m writing this โน๏ธ). So unlucky not to get a wicket yet ๐