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England once again gave away a strong position to lose a third Test match on the bounce in their tour of India in Ranchi, with the series scoreline now 3-1 with one game to play in Dharamshala. Despite Joe Root’s stunning century in the first innings of the test, in a fashion somewhat akin to […]
England’s Over 50s have a perfect record after two games in the Cricket World Cup. After the success of the England Over 60s side in the Caribbean Cup, the younger side have started the tournament with comfortable wins over Namibia and United Arab Emirates. In the second win over UAE, Gloucestershire’s Richard Trotman starred with […]
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 […]
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 […]
England have beaten Pakistan by 74 runs at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on day five of their series opener. James Anderson and Ollie Robinson collected four wickets each with Pakistan bowled out for 268 in the second innings. The win is England’s first victory on Pakistan soil since 2005 and many are saying it’s one […]
Welcome to the ParkLife Sports blog. Here you can keep up to date with the latest stories breaking around Gloucestershire and the UK. We’ll provide updates on the Formula 1 testing, England vs West Indies and a look ahead to next week’s Cheltenham festival. And, after a spell of bad weather, the Players Championship is […]
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 […]
England’s luckless start to the Ashes continued, as clear skies, no balls and missed opportunities saw the Australian batting order charge into to a commanding 196 run lead. Following Marcus Harris’ early dismissal, a 156-run partnership from David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne saw the Aussies go ahead of the 147 total the English amassed in […]
England’s intra-squad warm up match against England Lions has been abandoned overnight due to a heavy rainfall, with no play possible on the third and final day of the match in Brisbane With only 29 overs played in the first morning of the three-day match: England were unbeaten with the openers adding 98 without the […]