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Ian Harvey

Hants struggle to adapt to four-day mode

Hampshire are batting after winning the toss TEA Hampshire 200-6 (Mascarenhas 14*, Lamb 8*) from 64 overs 179-6 Having reached 50 for the 12th time in his 27th first-class innings against Notts, John Crawley (50) played on to...

Plastic gets smart

IAN HARVEY Special to Globetechnology.com The plastic in your wallet is getting a brain. To combat fraud and encourage more consumers to shop online with more confidence, Visa, MasterCard and Canadian banks are upgrading more...

Kaneria bowls Essex through

Hampshire miss out on last eight Twenty20 Cup - South Division Chelmsford Essex 159 (C T Tremlett 4-25) v Hampshire 105 (Danish Kaneria 4-22) Essex beat Hampshire by 54 runs Essex claimed their place in the quarter-finals with...

PixelArts make grand entrance

UK - Lloyds TSB recently organised an interactive conference for 1,300 CSMs (Customer Service Managers) in Olympia as the launch to a new training initiative. Echoing the coaching and training aspect and in line with Lloyds...

Hampshire stay on track

Twenty20 Cup - South Division The Rose Bowl Surrey 147-7 Innings Complete (S A Newman 52) v Hampshire 151-4 (M J Lumb 63) Hampshire beat Surrey by 6 wkts A timely half century from Michael Lumb kept alive Hampshire's hopes of...

Out of Darkness cometh Stone Gods

Stone Gods are going to have to carry the tag of “the band formerly known as The Darkness” for a while yet, but on their showing at Birmngham’s Carling Academy 2 it won’t be for long, writes Ian Harvey. … [visit site to read more]

Hampshire defy Udal efforts

Momentum is a key factor with the crunch stage of the Twenty20 Cup nearing and Middlesex are just threatening to lose theirs at the wrong time. After five straight victories, the six-run defeat against Hampshire at Richmond was...

Hants' ICL players OK for Champions final - for now

The president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India has declared that English county clubs are free to select players connected with the rebel Indian Cricket League for the proposed Champions League Twenty20 tournament -...

Hampshire thrashed by Sussex in Twenty20

Chris Liddle steered Sussex to their first Twenty20 Cup win of the season as the Sharks humiliated south coast rivals Hampshire by nine wickets with more than 10 overs to spare. Seamer Liddle (four for 15) claimed a stunning...

Mobile phone features

IAN HARVEY Globe and Mail Update We've come to rely on our mobile phones for so much more than just talking. Some people sleep with them lest they lose touch with their e-tribe for a single nanosecond. But what do we really...