Hampshire (women) vs Essex (women) – match 2 – League One – at the Utilita Bowl, Southampton on Saturday 11 April 2026 Skippered by Naomi Dattani (pictured), hit the winning two runs for Hants women beating Essex women with just two balls to spare. Naomi Dattani also took two wickets. Described by commentators as an
Durham Cricket (women) vs Lancashire (women) – match 1 – League One – at Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street (Co. Durham) on Saturday 11 April 2026 Lancashire women staged a ‘dominant’ performance as defending champions of last year’s women’s competition, beating their Northern derby rivals by a wide margin of 149 runs. Play got underway after
Warwickshire Bears (women) vs Surrey (women) – match 4 – League One – at Birmingham, Edgbaston on Saturday 11 April 2026 Surrey women posted another mammoth record score of 389; beating last season’s previous best (348 vs Durham Cricket on 30 April 2025.) Key batters were Danni Wyatt-Hodge (pictured wearing England colours) who scored 124 runs (strike
Australia leg-spinner Alana King’s slide from the top of the ICC Women’s ODI Bowling Rankings lasted only four days as she took a remarkable five for 19 to reclaim the number position from England spinner Sophie Ecclestone. King’s spell, along with Phoebe Litchfield’s 68 not out (56 balls), helped Australia to a nine-wicket win and
Somerset spinner, Olivia Barnes has signed a new contract extension. The 19-year-old’s current deal was due to expire this winter, but the Club have moved to secure her services until at least the end of the 2028 campaign. ‘Liv’ made 14 appearances for Somerset across the formats last summer claiming nine wickets with a best
Inaugural MetroBank One Day Cup(2025): Women’s top ten bowlers strike rates and economy in both leagues *Understanding a bowler’s impact considers the number of wickets they took; as well as runs conceded against the number of balls played. *Bowler’s ‘strike rate’ is helpful to predict when a bowler may take a wicket. *Total number of balls delivered are divided
Inaugural Vitality Blast (2025): Women’s top ten bowlers strike rates and economy in both leagues *Understanding a bowler’s impact considers the number of wickets they took; as well as runs conceded against the number of balls played. *Bowler’s ‘strike rate’ is helpful to predict when a bowler may take a wicket. *Total number of balls delivered are divided
Inaugural MetroBank One Day Cup (2025): Women’s top ten batters strike rates and averages in both leagues As might have been expected, professional batters scored at faster rates for ‘league one’ with highest ranked individuals scoring fastest for the shorter format of the game; even though the standard ODI ‘power play’ is longer (60 balls
Inaugural Vitality Blast (2025): Women’s top ten batters strike rates and averages in both leagues As might have been expected, professional batters scored at faster rates for ‘league one’ with highest ranked individuals scoring fastest for the shorter format of the game; even though the standard t20 ‘power play’ is shorter (36 balls versus 60
England Women Under 19s have named a 16-strong group for a tri-series against Australia and Sri Lanka. The team flew out yesterday for six games: one 50-over game and two T20s against both the hosts and Sri Lanka. Head Coach Chris Guest said: “We’ve worked with this group of players across the winter and the
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