Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has today launched its Community Cricket Heroes campaign for 2025 to find 11 unsung grassroots cricketing heroes from across the country. The campaign, now in its third year and run in partnership with The Cricketer magazine, has seen 22 heroes of grassroots cricket welcomed to Lord’s, over two years, as guests
The final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 will be held at Lord’s on Sunday 5 July, it has been announced. Lord’s, which was also the venue for the thrilling final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup between England and India in 2017, is one of seven venues confirmed for the ICC
Leicestershire Foxes Women vs Worcestershire Rapids Women at Uppingham School (Upper field) Oakham – on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30) Returning this season from two year’s absence All-rounder Clare Boycott (pictured) ‘anchored’ Rapids’ innings ‘superbly’ contributing top score with six ‘fours’ and also taking a wicket. Clare Boycott’s 75 set-up Rapid’s win by 63 runs;
Charlotte Edwards had given us a strong clue: “the field is very narrow”. The choice of a new England captain might have been between two or three. As things transpired, it was the orthodox, middle-of-the-road decision we might have expected: a single candidate, Natalie Sciver-Brunt. There has been plenty of public reaction, much of it
Glamorgan Women vs Middlesex Women at Spytty Park Newport (Wales) – on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30) Middlesex women narrowly beat Glamorgan women by eleven runs, leaving the hosts appreciative of an exciting match that went down to the final over. By mid-way, the visitors looked certain of winning comfortably, boosted by Fifty Trussler’s inaugural
Northampton Steelbacks women vs Gloucestershire women, at Geddington Sports field (Kettering) on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30) Making top-score for Steelbacks, Michaela Kirk [88 (from 106 balls)] when added to 125*not out(126) from match 4: goes top of the competition’s batting leader board racing past 200 runs after just two rounds, with top batting average
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today confirmed that all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt has been appointed as the new captain of the England Women’s team. Sciver-Brunt succeeds Heather Knight, who left her role following England’s 2025 Women’s Ashes series after a near nine-year tenure and will lead in all three formats working alongside recently
Kent Women vs Derbyshire Falcons Women at Canterbury, The Spitfire Ground St Lawrence (Kent) on Saturday 26 April 2025 (10h30) Kent women bowled out their visitors and chased down the required runs with ease to win by a wide margin of nine wickets. Astonishingly, the visitors failed to chalk-up a defendable score as they ran
Sussex Sharks Women vs Yorkshire Women at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove on Saturday 26 April 2025 (10h30) Yorkshire women chalked-up their first win, following their shock opening match defeat. By contrast, commentators felt that as before, Sharks ‘never really got going’ and were said to be ‘disappointed’ with failing to muster a defendable
South African women’s cricket team has touched down in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with their sights firmly set on the upcoming Tri-Series against hosts Sri Lanka and regional powerhouse India. However, their arrival comes against the backdrop of significant off-field changes: the loss of long-time title sponsor, Momentum. A Farewell to Momentum Momentum, a key supporter
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