The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
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 […]
Kane Williamson’s 121 not out saw the Black Caps chase down 285 on a rain-shortened fifth day in Christchurch. The hosts needed eight off the final over and scrambled a bye from the last ball to seal a dramatic win as Williams took a single to the Wicket Keeper. The defeat ended Sri Lanka’s hopes […]
The 2023 Varsity pledge is set to be signed by both the University of Gloucestershire and their rivals the University of Worcester today as both sides set their aims to the event in March. More than 20 teams from the University will showcase their abilities over nine days of sporting action as they go head […]
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 […]
University of Gloucestershire’s first team cricket captain Neal Osborn is looking to exact revenge upon Worcester in Tuesday’s varsity fixture with UOG looking to extend their varsity lead this year, currently leading 7-4. Worcester have won the previous three meetings between the two sides with last year’s victory seeing Worcester clinch the varsity title by […]
Summer is on the horizon, and that means the County Championship isn’t far from getting underway. One of the staples of the English cricket season, which was first officially played in 1890, begins on Thursday and runs until the end of September. After a couple of Covid-effected seasons, the tournament will return to two separate […]
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 […]
University of Gloucestershire graduate James Tomson has finished his impressive first season as data analyst at Chattogram Challengers in the Bangladesh Premier League. Surrey batsman Will Jacks starred for the Challengers, topping the run scoring charts. Tomson spoke exclusively to ParkLife Sport during the tournament, revealing Jacks’ unique qualities which make him valuable in franchise […]
You wouldn’t have to sit in a laboratory wearing a long white coat, goggles, illegible scribbles on a flipped whiteboard and have a masterfully scientific mind to deduce that English cricket is a mess. You could point to the recent white ball success and say only half of English cricket is in inexcusable disarray. That […]
Gloucestershire’s Tom Borrman and Worcestershire’s Dan Holland are in the academies at their counties and have been doing well for Dumbleton CC the past few weeks. Both cricketers play for Dumbleton CC, located in the outskirts of Cheltenham, who started their 2021 league campaign this weekend, Holland has already scored a century and two other […]