● The British singer-songwriter will headline the opening game of The Hundred to celebrate the start of the competition after the expected lifting of lockdown restrictions. ● Becky Hill, who has recently released her new single ‘Remember’, will perform on 21 July at The Kia Oval for the opening women’s game ● The opening game
Team Bath Netball’s players are going into the Vitality Superleague Finals Weekend excited, refocussed and determined to crown a brilliant season by lifting a first title since 2013. Some fantastic team and individual performances saw the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold lead the table for much of the 2021 campaign before a couple of disappointing
There’s been no lack of comment about the Bristol pitch England and India were invited to play their solitary test match on. Can we isolate the real culprit for what went wrong? The ECB had to find a venue that offered hotel accommodation on site or close at hand. Then a strip in line with
England Women have announced a 16-strong squad for the Royal London Series against India. Sophia Dunkley is included, and could make her ODI debut when the series gets underway at Bristol on Sunday June 27. Freya Davies and Sarah Glenn, who returned to their regional teams during the LV= Insurance Test match, are back in
Faulty team selection costs England win A tremendous test match petered out into a tame draw after a day of lurching fortunes. England failed to complete the job – why? Pre-match I suggested Lisa Keightley could do worse than pick three spinners. I contend that the way the fourth day unfolded this view was correct.
The rain held off at the start of play. Sophie Ecclestone exploited the conditions to continue India’s collapse with three quick wickets.
England v India – 2nd Day ‘Fancy a game of the Hundred? The pay’s good.’ ‘No thanks, I think I’ll stick to test cricket.’ The second day at Bristol was totally astonishing. The teams took it in turns to be in total command, only to have their good intentions swept away in a spatter of
England weren’t able to pull away to a position of command despite a fine start Izzy Westbury’s prediction of England’s XI proved as unreliable as mine: no Mady Villiers; instead Sophia Dunkley won a highly deserved first cap and Georgia Elwiss was shunted down to No 7. The way the day evolved let you question
Another question: if it is true that someone at BCCI decided on an England-India test match, why had ECB not already invited the Indians to include one on the fixture-list? It means that no-one at the head of English cricket thought it a good idea. So what was the reasoning? England’s schedule is packed, with
First the Good News A test match will take place. The weather is set fine, for one day at least. DRS will be in operation. Then the other news Pitchgate News that the 4-day game will be played out on a pitch used for a previous T20 match caused uproar. The ECB eventually put out
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