๐๐ The loneliness of the English spinner: Mason Crane bemoans a world of survival
The Glamorgan leg-spinner, who played a single Test at the end of the 2017/18 Ashes, says we always favour the seamers in this country
๐๐ The loneliness of the English spinner: Mason Crane bemoans a world of survival
The Glamorgan leg-spinner, who played a single Test at the end of the 2017/18 Ashes, says we always favour the seamers in this country
All’s well … sort of … the match ended in a draw although at on point CricViz switched to giving Glamorgan a 40% victory chance. Interesting, could have gone either way ๐ค
Glamorgan 302 (Ingram 103) and 218-5 dec (Ingram 75, Carlson 53; Bess 4-87)
Yorkshire 226 (Revis 50; Crane 5-55) and 239-7 (Lyth 97; Hadley 3-35, Crane 3-99)
๐ Glamorgan and Yorkshire play out pendulum-swinging draw
Tea Day 4. Yorkshire trail by 169 but have only lost 1 wicket. CricViz giving a 81% chance of a draw, 19% of a Yorkshire win ๐
Getting a little worried that Glamorgan declared too early. Yorkshire scoring quite quickly ๐ฌ
Sophia Gardens. ๐
Glamorgan 302ao and 218/5dec
Yorkshire 226ao and 79/1
Match is heading for a draw
On Saturday, Day 2 of the Glamorgan v Yorkshire match, I took an old digital camera (Olympus SZ-14) with me to the ground. The 24x optical zoom lens did give some slightly sharper and closer-up photos than my phone could provide. As a quick test of the camera I quite liked the some of the results.
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Glamorgan v Yorkshire
Today is Day 4. I will be heading for Sophia Gardens in a couple of hours.
As it stands before play starts today Glamorgan are 302ao and 111/3 after 45 overs of their 2nd innings. Yorkshire scored 226ao in their 1st innings.
According to the BBC, Crane five-for gives Glamorgan edge against Yorkshire. We’ll have to see!
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Glamorgan all out for 302.
Glamorgan 250/7 after 93 overs
Glamorgan 224/7 after 82.4 overs
Century for Colin Ingram. Gets to 103 then out next ball …
Glamorgan get to their 200
200/6 after 78.2 overs
Colin Ingram on 93 now
Glamorgan, batting first for a short time yesterday, started today on 99/4. Lunch Day 2 now and they’re 169/5 after 67 overs ๐ผ๐
Sophia Gardens. ๐
Glamorgan v Yorkshire Day 2
At Sophia Gardens for the first time this season ๐
I’ll be playing The Cricket Draft - @thecricketdraft on Twitter and Bluesky - again this year ๐
Team name Seagulls & Sardines - initial squad along the lines of
but I’ll be keeping an eye on the playing XIs.
I’ve also set up a small public league, Cow Corner. Join code 8ec2bf5a2f31
The 2026 County Championship starts today ๐
I hope to go to at least a day’s cricket at Sophia Gardens this long Easter weekend, but not today (Good Friday, 3rd April) because the weather forecast for Cardiff is potentially a little rainy!
Back to some cricket. The English County Championship starts in a few days - 3rd April, Good Friday - but the IPL 2026 started yesterday. The first match I’m going to watch has just started - Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders ๐
T20 World Cup Final - India beat New Zealand by 96 runs.
New Zealand 88-5 after 10 overs, so everything is going India’s way.
India 255-5 set New Zealand 256 to win. Not a good final over for New Zealand. Almost a repeat of the England semi-final but I don’t think New Zealand’s batting is as good. We’ll see.
New Zealand pulling it back a bit - India 211-4 after 17 overs.
India past 200 with 5 overs to go …
India 92-0 after the 6 over powerplay ๐
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final ๐
New Zealand ๐ณ๐ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India
India batting first and making a very strong start: 82-0 after 5.2 overs!
India beat England by 7 runs. England finish on 246-7.
So it will be a New Zealand ๐ณ๐ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final on Sunday ๐
England need 30 off the final over …
222-6 after 18.3 - Sam Curran out for 18.
Jacob Bethell passes 100 runs! 102 off 45 balls. England 222-5 after 18.2 overs.
England also lose a wicket in their 2nd over. Phil Salt out for 5 to Hardik Pandya. Brook in early at 3.
India finish their innings on 253-6. Some incredible batting ๐
Sanju Samson out for 89 off 42 balls ๐
India 119-2 after 10 overs ๐ณ
First wicket to Will Jacks - Abhishek Sharma out for 9 in the 2nd over.
And Harry Brook just dropped Sanju Samson in the 3rd - a straightforward catch ๐๐
England win the toss and opt to field first against India.
Yesterday New Zealand beat South Africa to reach the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final on Sunday.
Today at 13:30 GMT it’s the second semi-final, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
India best West Indies by 5 wickets. Great innings by Sanju Samson.
West Indies set India a target of 196 to win.
T20 World Cup ๐
India v West Indies at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Final game of the Super 8s stage. The winner will progress to a semi-final against England on Thursday.
South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India in the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup.
South Africa win by 76 runs!
Sri Lanka all out for 95 runs after 16.3 overs. England win by 51 runs. Disappointing batting by both teams though ๐ข
England 146-9 after 20 overs.
England 68-4 after 10 overs
T20 World Cup ๐ - Super 8s stage
Sri Lanka ๐ฑ๐ฐ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England in Pallekele
Sri Lanka won the toss and field first
Yesterday’s Super 8 match between Pakistan and New Zealand in Colombo was completely washed out ๐
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets
England beat Italy by 24 runs. That was too close, some impressive and ambitious batting by Italy.
But this victory confirms England’s progression to the Super 8s stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Italy 114-4 after 12 overs. Some quick scoring by J. Mosca and Manenti.
๐๐ From jaffas to the corridor of uncertainty โ revel in cricketโs rich language of bowling
Archer takes 2 wickets in the first over. Italy ๐ฎ๐น 1-2 ๐
No need to panic ๐ฑ
England set Italy a target of 203 to win, scoring 202-7. Jacks not out on 53 off 22 balls.
Only just noticed this result from Friday 13th …
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ 146 all out (19.3) v Zimbabwe ๐ฟ๐ผ 169-2 (20.0)
Zimbabwe win by 23 runs
Australia face Sri Lanka later today
Jacks hitting a few sixes - on 31 off 13 balls - but Curran caught for 25. England 160-6 after 17 overs. Should now get to a defendable total.
Brook and Banton didn’t stay in. England 114-5 after 14 overs. Curran and Jacks now trying to build a decent score.
England v Italy in the T20 World Cup ๐
England are 67-3 after 7.3 overs ๐ซข
Buttler, Salt and Bethell dismissed. Banton and Brook really need to stay in!
India beat Pakistan by 61 runs and progress to the Super 8s stage.
India set Pakistan a target of 176 to win.
India 127-4 after 15 overs. Slowed down a lot after the dismissal of Ishan Kishan.
India 92-2 after 10 overs.
Ishan Kishan scored 77 off 40 balls for India before being bowled by Saim Ayub. Batting first, India are now 88-2 after 8.4 overs.
Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, playing in Colombo.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
T20 World Cup ๐
England win by 5 wickets - 155-5 after 18.2 overs.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 86-4 after 10.4 overs. Brook out cheaply for 4.
England 82-3 after 10 overs, chasing 153.
England 13-2 after 2 overs!
Two very early wickets - Salt gone for 2, Buttler for 3
Scotland’s innings ends after 19.4 overs. They were all out for 152 runs.
At one stage it didn’t look like they were going to get to 150.
The England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ T20 World Cup match is currently underway at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. England won the toss and chose to bowl first ๐
Scotland are 90-3 after 10 overs.
West Indies beat England by 30 runs in the T20 World Cup. England all out for 166 after 19 overs.
England v West Indies in the T20 World Cup. England won the toss and chose to bowl first. West Indies scored 196/6 after their 20 overs.
Nepal very nearly beat England ๐ซฃ๐
England win by 4 runs ๐
Nepal 125-3 after 15 overs need 60 off 30 balls ๐ฌ
England finish their innings on 184-7.
Banton out for 2. England 57-3 after 6.1 overs ๐
Buttler out for 26. But England now 43-2 after 4.3 overs ๐
Salt out for 1! England 5-1 in the second over ๐ค
Salt and Buttler opening the batting.
England’s first T20 World Cup game about to start. England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ณ๐ตNepal. England won the toss and chose to bat first ๐
The T20 World Cup has started. Some early listening to some of Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands. Netherlands all out for 147, Pakistan about to start their innings.
England all out for 311. India Under-19sย win the U19 World Cup Final by 100 runs.
U19 World Cup Final. Just seen England lose 3 wickets in a few minutes - theyโre now 192-7, and now need 220 runs from 26 overs ๐ซค
ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Final ๐
England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India
India batted first and have set England a target of 412 to win.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi - 14 years old - scored 175 from 80 balls to become the tournament’s leading run scorer.
The Analyst T20 World Cup Preview ๐
ICC Under-19 Menโs Cricket World Cup Final is tomorrow - England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India in Harare ๐
ICC Menโs T20 World Cup starts in India and Sri Lanka early Saturday ๐
A first First Class century for Jacob Bethell ๐
103 off 162 balls.
The Ashes, 5th Test Day 4, SCG ๐
๐๐ Hugh Morris โ a tribute
Australia v England, Fourth Test, Day One
England win the toss and choose to bowl first.
Third Ashes Test, Adelaide Oval, day 5.
Australia won by 82 runs, to lead the five-match series 3-0
Stumps Day 4
England 207-6 need another 228 runs.
Crawley stumped by Carey for 85. 194-6.
Nathan Lyon bowls Ben Stokes for 5 ๐ข
England 193-5 still need another 242 runs.
Brook out for 30 off 56.
Australia v England - 3rd Test, Day 4
Late start from me today - up at 5am. And missed a lot of action.
England took the last 6 of Australiaโs wickets for 38 runs, setting themselves a second innings target of 435 to win the match (which would be a record Test run chase).
Then England lost 3 wickets. Duckett for 4, Pope for 17 and then Root for 39, all to Pat Cummins.
I woke up just in time to hear Rootโs dismissal on TMS which left England 109-3.
Now watching on TNT Sports and England are 131-3 after 37 overs. Crawley on 52 and Brook 7.
304 more runs needed to win ๐๐
England all out for 286 trail by 85 runs.
Stokes out for 83. England 274-9 trailing by 97.
And a half-century for Jofra Archer ๐ฎ๐
50 from 97.
His first Test 50.