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Jofra Archer returned to cricket after an 18-month injury lay-off with a 3-27 bowling performance for MI Cape Town in the South Africa T20 League. The all format bowler last played in 2021 but has slowly been returning returning to fitness, including bowling for the England Lions in Pakistan in November. Archer stormed into international […]
Tuesday morning will see the 12th edition of Australia’s flagship T20 competition, the Big Bash get underway as the Sydney Thunder take on the Melbourne Stars at the Manuka Oval with England’s Alex Hales set to feature. There is plenty of representation from former Gloucestershire stars both past and present with some stalwarts of the […]
England beat Pakistan by 26 runs in the fourth day of their second test match in Multan to ensure an unassailable 2-0 lead in their first tour of Pakistan in 17 years. The hosts started the day in the driving seat after an impressive 80 run stand was shared between Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Nawaz […]
By Jemima Wittich It was announced yesterday that Jeremy Lloyds, Somerset and Gloucestershire all-rounder has died at the age of 68. Lloyds made his debut for Somerset in 1979, playing for West Country Club and went on to play for Orange Free State and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He began playing for Gloucestershire in 1985 […]
The T20 World Cup has ended, and England’s world dominance in white ball cricket shone through again as Jos Buttler led his side to the three Lions first World Cup win since 2010. This means that, England are the first nation to be reigning World Champions in both limited overs competitions. Here is ParkLife Sports’ […]
As the English cricketing summer fades away, attention turns to Down Under for the T20 Cricket World Cup in Australia, with what many fans believe might be the most open competition to date. With the preliminary group stage just around the corner, many new fans of the sport are wondering how the tournament will work […]
Neal Osborn says he’s proud of the effort of his University of Gloucestershire cricket team after falling to defeat to the University of Worcester in Varsity. Gloucestershire were beaten by 54 runs as they failed to reach Worcester’s total of 175, despite bowling them out in 48 overs. Osborn, who was Gloucestershire’s highest run scorer […]
Welcome to Park Life Sport’s live blog. Here you can keep up to date with the latest stories breaking around Gloucestershire and the UK. We’ll bring you updates from the Cheltenham Town (13:45) and Gloucester City press conferences, team news from Gloucester Rugby (12:00) plus build up to Varsity, as the universities of Gloucestershire and Worcester […]
Less than a month after an embarrassing 4-0 Ashes defeat, the England and Wales Cricket Board and Chris Silverwood have taken the decision to part ways and the search for a new head coach has begun. Silverwood’s record has not been the best and has seen England win only one of their last 14 test […]
England fell just 27 runs short in pursuit of Australia’s 205 in the first ODI as Meg Lanning’s side retained the Ashes for the fourth time in a row as Beth Mooney scored her tenth ODI 50 The visitors won the toss and chose to bowl first, there were three wickets a piece for Katherine […]