Olympics, here we come! 1 June Hong Kong China 22 Kazakhstan 0 1 June Elisa Riffonneau (Stade Rennais and France) leaves Trailfinders at the end of her course at Brunel University 1 June Madrid 7s: Canada 26 New Zealand 16 2 June Madrid 7s; Australia beat France 26-7 to claim HSBC Championship trophy 2 June
Without thinking too hard, I can offer you: French cricket in the back garden; tip-and-run; both these, but removed to the beach, the Hundred (soon to be replaced in turn by the Fifty and the Twenty, I suspect; T20s, ODIs; afternoon club cricket, one-day club cricket, 3-day cricket, the 4 or 5-day test match, ‘endless’
It’s not often you find hypocaust complaining ‘There’s too much women’s cricket today!’ – but he was right. (x.com/_hypocaust) As the Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy resumed in England with four matches, the England side continued their ODI series against the White Ferns at Worcester. Meanwhile the remarkable test between India and South Africa completed its
The weekend, 29-30 June, saw vital steps taken in qualifying for both global competitions. The least surprising was Wales’ 52-20 home win against Spain. This gave Cymru the key to an invaluable RWC place, and ensured they wouldn’t suffer the ignominy of diving from WXV1 to 3 in a single jump. So now we know
India v South Africa This is a very rare one-off test match, due to last four days. We are supposed not to draw lengthy conclusions from insufficient evidence, but one single day of test-match cricket in Chennai makes us wonder about the future of multi-day women’s cricket. India finished on a quite massive 525-4. This
This game marks the latest stage in the build-up to the second version of WXV. The winners qualify for WXV2, the losers join WXV3. An important addition to the rewards is a direct qualification for the World Cup next year. Players and supporters will need to be in full control of their emotions as the
Now that the final is done and dusted, we can take a look at the remaining four clubs I omitted from Part One Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but there can have been few doubts about the likely play-off clubs. Bristol Bears, Exeter Chiefs, Gloucester-Hartpury and Saracens had such depths of talent that the whole
The first season of the PWR finished barely a week ago. Already, managements of the nine clubs will be deciding the most sensible steps forward. These traditionally mean signings first and foremost. We have seen relatively few thus far, but the trends are disturbing. Let me assemble the names I’ve spotted up to now (21
The Blaze v South-East Stars Derby, Saturday 22 June The semi-final winners proved to be last year’s runners-up, Blaze, and previous winners, SES. Kirstie Gordon won the toss, and, to underline the predictability of the format, chose to bowl first. Bryony Smith pulled Grace Ballinger’s first ball for four. Eighteen more runs followed from the
Bristol Bears v Gloucester-Hartpury – PWR Final, Sandy Park, Exeter Another enthralling final that divided sharply into two pieces. Bears showed their colours at once, running the ball out to the wing with deep passes, then back the other way. But a last loose offering showed the risks of that approach to life. It was
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