Teams Bristol Bears 15 Meryl Smith 14 Reneeka Bonner 13 Phoebe Murray 12 Holly Aitchison 11 Courtney Keight 10 Amber Reed (co-captain) 9 Keiira Bevan 1 Hannah Botterman 2 Lark Atkin-Davies 3 Sarah bern 4 Delaney Burns 5 Abbie Ward (co-captain) 6 Alisha Joyce-Butchers 7 Evie Gallagher 8 Rownita marston-Mulhearn 16 Jess Sprague 17 Simi
Once more Jon Lewis has proved to be a selector who sees no need to take chances. Here is his selection for the T20 series starting on 6 July: Heather Knight (captain, Western Storm), Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers), Maia Bouchier (Southern Vipers), Alice Capsey (South East Stars), Charlie Dean (Southern Vipers), Sophia Dunkley (South East
It’s a fool’s task to predict the outcome of the last day of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, so here goes. Why a fool’s task? Well, to start with, the spectator arriving at the ground in Derby doesn’t even know who will be playing. It’s one of the inexplicable mysteries of cricket that captains aren’t required
Ciaran Beattie has announced his squad for the Olympics. It is: Amy Wilson Hardy, Ellie Boatman, Ellie Kildunne, Emma Uren, Grace Crompton, Heather Cowell, Isla Norman-Bell, Jade Shekells, Jasmine Joyce, Lauren Torley, Lisa Thomson, Megan Jones. The two reserves are Abi Burton and Kayleigh Powell. There are very few surprises. One big disappointment is the
Hove, 19 June 1 Psychology Sports psychologists have no doubt submitted learned theses on how cricketers react to playing in the game before the one that matters. I haven’t, but I do know that SE Stars put up one of their poorest performances ever against Vipers. So dismal were the bowling spells of certain leading
Now comes the startling news we should have expected: for 2024-25 the PWR season will be cut back to allow the World Cup the breathing space it deserves. Last year, the new PWR league was delayed to make way for the first edition of WXV. It meant that the final still lies in front of
The weekend of 15-16 June saw four matches completed. That now leaves one more mid- week round before the finals take place at Derby on 22 June. Here are the bare results: 1 SE Stars 153-4 Blaze 111-5 SES won by 19 runs (DLS method) 2 Southern Vipers 98 Central Sparks 99-5 Central Sparks won
1 Tongue in cheek Last week I had my tongue (half hidden) in my cheek when I wondered whether Sophie Ecclestone had played her last game for England. I was referring to the vaulting ascent of Tilly Corteen-Coleman as England’s next slow left-armer. Well, I was left looking like an oracle when she came on
More of the same As we glance at the squad Jon Lewis has selected for the ODIs against New Zealand, you and I might think we could have chosen it with our eyes shut. Our only doubt might have been the number of players thought sensible for the three games. In the end he plumped
Both Sides of the Pond Confirmation of an Under 20 Transatlantic Quad Series involving Canada, England, USA and Wales is the latest good news to come from the world of age-group rugby. For England it means supporting an in-between group, the Under 19s, in their transition from U18 to U20 level. For past generations this
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