Sam Curran stars with bat and ball for Surrey in victory over Hampshire
Sam Curran shone with bat and ball as Surrey maintained their winning start in the Vitality Blast with an emphatic victory over winless Hampshire on Thursday.
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Former England Cricketer Jim Parks Dies At 90
Former England wicketkeeper-batsman Jim Parks, who played 46 Tests between 1954 and 1968, has died aged 90, his county Sussex announced on Tuesday. At the time of his death, he was England's oldest living Test cricketer. "Sussex Cricket is deeply saddened to announce the death of Jim Parks at the age of 90," the club said in a statement. "Jim died in Worthing hospital this morning after a fall at home last week." Born in 1931, Parks made his debut for Sussex at the age of 18 and went on to play in 739 first class matches and 132 List A games for the county.
Former England cricketer Jim Parks dies aged 90
England wicketkeeper-batsman Jim Parks, who played 46 Tests between 1954 and 1968, has died aged 90, his county Sussex announced on Tuesday. At the time of his death, he was England's oldest living Test cricketer. "Sussex Cricket is deeply saddened to announce the death of Jim Parks at the age of 90," the club said in a statement. "Jim died in Worthing hospital this morning after a fall at home last week." Born in 1931, Parks made his debut for Sussex at the age of 18 and went on to play in 739 first class matches and 132 List A games for the county. He was picked purely as a batsman for a single Test against Pakistan in 1954 but he only really made an impact once he took up wicketkeeping four years later. "It came about by accident," he once said. "I didn't keep wicket at the start of my career. I was a specialist batsman. A couple of years after that, Sussex were playing against Essex in a Championship game at Chelmsford, when our wicketkeeper, Rupert Webb got injured. Robin Marlar, the Sussex captain, looked at me and said 'You're doing it'."
National Counties Trophy review - Browne brilliance fires Suffolk past Norfolk
Essex opening batter Nick Browne marked his first appearance for Suffolk in nine years with an unbeaten 90 which took them to a nine wickets win over Norfolk in their opening National Counties Trophy match at Mildenhall. Browne also made a half century on his only previous appearance for Suffolk, also against Norfolk, at Bury St Edmunds in May 2013 but on that occasion it came in a losing cause.
Kent Spitfires (184-4) lost to Essex Eagles (188-6) by four wickets in T20 Blast
Kent Spitfires suffered a second T20 Blast defeat inside three days at Canterbury, losing to Essex Eagles by four wickets on Friday night.
Spurs fan fined £300 for homophobic chanting at Chelsea
A Tottenham fan who chanted homophobic abuse during a Premier League game at Chelsea has been fined £300 after being convicted of a hate crime.
Football hooligan who caused chaos at nine venues and yelled abuse banned from matches
A yob who wreaked havoc at UK and European football grounds has been banned from matches for three years.
Football hooligan who was on MI6 watchlist and 'abused Manchester United fans' banned from matches
One of Britain's most prolific football hooligans who was accused of goading and abusing Manchester United fans has been banned from attending matches. Liam Newton, 32, has been on an MI6 watchlist of known troublemakers at West Ham games both in the UK and abroad since 2014, a court heard.