Lancashire Thunder women vs Hampshire Hawks women (match 9 league one ‘double-header’) at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester on Wednesday, 4 June 2025 North-South derby, both strong sides pushing for the top-four places to qualify beyond the group stage. When comparing each innings, commentators noted that where Thunder were slow-off-the-mark, Hawks openers scored 32 runs from their first
Essex women vs Somerset women (match 7 league one ‘double-header’) at the Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford on Sunday, 1 June 2025 Visitors who arrived seeking back-to-back ‘big’ wins, were by mid-way ‘really happy,’ according to Somerset women’s Head Coach Trevor Griffin. He thought that by halfway Essex women’s total score was ‘about par.’ Essex top-scorer Lauren
A sideways look Derby First, records Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones take pride of place. After their remarkable opening stand of 222 at Derby, with both scoring tons (Jones’ her very first after a dozen years of trying), they repeated the dose at Leicester, falling 20 runs short of their previous effort. Both scored another
Durham Cricket women vs Lancashire Thunder women (match 6 league one ‘double-header’) at Chester-le-Street, Banks Homes Riverside on Sunday, 1 June 2025 Northern derby won by Thunder women whose bowlers took unprecedented double-wickets during four single overs. Home-team commentators realised that certain players were missing, either ‘preparing for The Hundred,’ or recovering from injury. The
Middlesex W v Sussex Sharks W (match 1, league two ‘double-header’) at Lord’s (St John’s Wood, North London) on Thursday, 29 May 2025 Middlesex women launched their Vitality Blast women T20 with a resounding win, with eight wickets in hand. To mark the ‘landmark occasion’ for the home crowd, former Middlesex women’s skipper Naomi Dattani
Middlesex women v Glamorgan women (match 2, league two ‘double-header’) at the Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood (Middx) on Sunday 1 June 2025 Middlesex women bagged two wins from two following a low-scoring thriller in which neither side scored 100. ‘Commentator’s curse’ struck during Glamorgan women’s innings, when three batters known to be ‘in decent form’
Northamptonshire Steelbacks women vs Leicestershire Foxes women (match 3, league two ‘double-header’) at Northampton County Ground (Wantage Road) on Sunday, 1 June 2025 Steelbacks women won by a narrow margin of eight runs, following a closely-contested Midlands derby, on their home ground. Both teams played ‘almost identical innings’ until mid-way. Thereafter, both teams struggled to
Men’s shortlist comprises Brendon McMullen of Scotland, Milind Kumar of the USA and Muhammad Waseem of the UAE Women’s shortlist features Hayley Matthews of the West Indies, Chloe Tryon of South Africa and Jemimah Rodrigues of India. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the shortlists for the Player of the Month awards for May,
Bears vs Durham Cricket women (match 4 league one ‘double-header’) at Birmingham, Edgbaston Stadium on Saturday, 31 May 2025 (15h00) History unfolded as Australian International Laura Harris broke Sophie Devine’s (NZ) long-standing record ‘fastest fifty’ that had stood for ten years. Beyond mid-way (on 72/1) Bears new signing Laura Harris took four overs to score
Five venues including one in Sri Lanka announced for ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 being hosted by India from 30 September to 2 November Dates and venues of opening matches and knockouts of both the Women’s World Cup and the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 to be hosted by England confirmed The International
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