The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
The Cricket World Cup is well and truly underway with some big results coming in since the tournament began on Thursday. Reigning champions England were humiliated in their first match as they were well beaten by New Zealand who won by nine wickets. Jos Buttler’s side put up a score of 282 which could have […]
With a month until cricket’s greatest competition gets underway, England fans have already had their first worry with seamer James Anderson suffering a “mild strain to his right groin,” in Lancashire’s draw against Somerset last week. The 40-year-old has been inspired form in the County Championship this term and as England’s all-time leading wicket taker […]
England lost by 16 runs in the third and final T20 against Bangladesh as the hosts completed a 3-0 clean sweep.Bangladesh set the visitors a target of 159, which looked comfortable at 110-1 with Jos Butler and Dawid Malan at the crease. But the pair lost their wickets in consecutive balls before the middle order […]
Welcome to the Park Life Sport live blog! The Cheltenham Festival finally gets underway. Join us for build-up and reaction from the races that take place throughout the day, with the featured meet, The Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy, starting at 15:30. In football, we’ll have previews for the second legs of the UEFA Champions […]
Welcome to Park Life Sport’s official live blog for today. Stay up to date with all the current goings on in the sporting world. Today we’ll have all the reaction to England women and their victory over Italy in the Arnold Clark Cup. We’ll also analyse Cheltenham Town and Forest Green’s results over the weekend […]
Eoin Morgan, who captained England to 2019 World Cup victory, has officially announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket. Morgan played over 350 matches internationally for both England and Ireland, retiring as the all-time leading run scorer for England in ODI cricket with 6,957. He also retires as one of only three men to […]
England Under 19’s Women’s team have lost the T20 World Cup final to India by seven wickets after been bowled out for a disappointing 68 after only 17 overs and one ball. Having lost the toss and been sent into bat; captain Grace Scrivens and Liberty Heap could only stretch the opening partnership by four […]
Former Gloucestershire opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite did more than just thwart England as he valiantly helped his team bat out day five of the second test in Barbados. His mammoth match performance saw him face a huge 673 balls across two innings, a number that falls just seven short of his total for his county […]
England have shown yet another poor display by drawing again, this time in their second test in the West Indies, as captain Joe Root admitted that he “could have been a bit braver” with declaration as England head to Grenada for third test. Day five of England’s second test in Barbados was thwarted by West […]
Root and Stokes hit big hundreds as England post 500+ for the first time in over a year. It was a rare good day for the English batsman as Joe Root’s men dominated the Windies bowlers in Barbados. The innings was led by the captain and vice-captain as both of them ended the innings with […]