The RFU is marking a significant milestone: exactly a decade since England beat Canada in Paris to win a second World Cup. A reminder of the team: 15 Danielle Waterman 14 Kat Merchant 13 Emily Scarratt 12 Rachael Burford 11 Kay Wilson 10 Katy Mclean (captain) 9 Natasha Hunt 1 Rochelle Clark 2 Vicky Fleetwood
The last two matches in the 2024 Hundred Three franchises have the chance of walking off with The Hundred trophy this year, but they don’t include permanent winners, Southern Brave. That’s one welcome effect of the Draft. Their bowling line-up in the last match looked ragged. Some ingredients for success in a cricket match as
Black Ferns The Ferns are coming northwards! You can read the official news here. The list contains plenty of names familiar to European eyes. In the backs Ayesha Leti-I’iga is restored after a lengthy injury, almost inevitably an ACL. She caused the Red Roses a heap of problems on her last visit, and England didn’t
A second ramble through the undergrowth of a unique competition 51 The eight head coaches are: Jon Batty (Oval Invincibles); Danni Hazell (Northern Superchargers); Charlotte Edwards (Southern Brave); Jon Lewis (Trent Rockets) – not the England head coach, though he applied for the post; Stephen Parry (Manchester Originals); Ashley Noffke (London Spirit); Ben Sawyer (Birmingham
The new fixture-list (www.thepwr.com/news/fixtures-announced-for-premiership-womens- rugby-season-2024-25) was heralded long and loud by PWR and the nine clubs. It presents a shortened and interrupted programme, which other tournaments made inevitable. The calendar apart, we have the same pattern as last year, remaining less than satisfactory through the absence of a tenth club. So it’s four matches per
One hundred thoughts about The Hundred sounds like the opposite of an un-put-downable book, so here are a mere 50. A dip into the odd game with one round to play. 1 After seven rounds of The Hundred the table could hardly be tighter. Just three points separate franchises 1-7. That leaves Southern Brave –
Here is a potential XI that will not be appearing in next season’s Tier One: Tammy Beaumont (captain) Sarah Bryce (w-k) Tilly Corteen-Coleman (Canterbury) Alice Davidson-Richards (Tunbridge Wells) Tash Farrant (Sevenoaks via Athens) Phoebe Franklin (Greenwich) Kirstie Gordon Ryana Macdonald-Gay (Maidstone) Kalea Moore (Greenwich) Grace Scrivens (somewhere in Kent!) Alexa Stonehouse (Ashford, Kent) Co-coaches: Laura
Rain fell on Cardiff, to prevent Welsh Fire from consolidating their place at the top of the tree in the 2024 Hundred. If it allows any of their other opponents the chance to snatch the trophy from their grasp, that will be another of cricket’s meaner tricks. To allay our disappointment, Sky cricket offered us
Trent Rockets v London Spirit Spirit represent the historic counties of Essex, Middlesex and Northamptonshire. But not the most famous city in the world. Please explain that one in plain English. So no great need for any of the squad to be born in London. Who’s the odd-woman out? Ellie Anderson, Wolverhampton; Erin Burns, Wollongong;
Here are a few disconnected thoughts about the current cricketing scene Commentary PA: “10, 9, 8, 7 – whoops, what comes next?” ‘Commentator’s curse’ – this phrase should be banned. Result: silence reigns “She’s a world-class player” – out next ball “She’s a world-class player” – takes a wicket next ball. “There, what did I
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