South East Stars vs Lancashire Thunder at Beckenham (The County Ground, Kent) on 26 August 2024 at 10h30 North-South Derby leaving Thunder with more ‘work to do’ to qualify for a semi-final. By contrast, despite losing, Stars need to win at least half their remaining matches – by no means easy for either side, both
Western Storm vs Central Sparks at Taunton (The Cooper Associates County Ground, Somerset) on 26 August 2024 Sparks chalked-up their highest-ever score at 50 overs, beating their previous best by one run. Scoring her second ‘130’ century of the season, skipper Eve Jones was partnered by keeper-batter Abbey Freeborn (who stood-in for Amy Jones) to set not only
Southern Vipers vs The Blaze at Arundel (Castle Cricket Ground, Sussex) on 26 August 2024 at 10h30 Blaze beat the defending champions in a close contest in which both sides lost all their wickets, with both sides equally depleted without their front-line Internationals. Despite losing, Vipers have better chances to qualify for the semi-finals. Earlier, England
Sunrisers vs Northern Diamonds at Chelmsford (The Cloud County Ground, Essex) on 26 August 2024 Sunrisers chalked-up their sixth victory taking third-place from South East Stars with superior net-run-rate. Skipper Grace Scrivens’ fifty guided Sunrisers to victory over a depleted Diamonds side, without power-hitters Lauren-Winfield-Hill or Bess Heath. Despite facing 37 ‘dot’ balls during Diamonds’
Jon Lewis has announced the names of 15 players to represent the country, not in Bangladesh as originally planned, but in the UAE. I’ll leave you to decide why that location was selected by the ICC. The Squad: Heather Knight (captain), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Danielle Gibson,
England Women have named their squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 which takes place in United Arab Emirates in October. Wicketkeeper-batter Bess Heath and all-rounder Freya Kemp are selected in a T20 World Cup squad for the first time as is Danielle Gibson who was a travelling reserve for the last edition
The England Women ODI and IT20 squads to tour Ireland next month have been confirmed. Kate Cross will captain the group who will play three One Day Internationals and two IT20s in Belfast and Dublin respectively. Jon Lewis, who has been leading the England A squad over the past 12 months, will take charge as
Women’s ‘Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy’ Cricket Tournament (for 50 overs) concludes on September 21, 2024 Remaining fixtures from August 26 are underlined below, arranged by venue; listed together with results and links to match reports from previous rounds played:- *Arundel (Sussex), at the Castle Cricket Ground Bank Holiday Monday, August 26@10h30: Southern Vipers vs The Blaze
MCC has announced that Lord’s will host its first women’s Test match in 2026, exactly 50 years since Rachael Heyhoe Flint first led out an England Women’s team at the Ground. Today’s news came as part of the announcement of a packed men’s and women’s season at the Home of Cricket in 2025. Fresh from
‘The Hundred’ Women’s Cricket Tournament results for Summer 2024 Results are listed below with links to match reports, arranged by venue * Birmingham, at Edgbaston Saturday, 3 Aug – Birmingham Phoenix 137/7 beat Southern Brave 121/10 by 16 runs – match 13@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/03/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-13-phoenix-vs-brave/ Tuesday, 6 Aug – Northern Superchargers 115/5 beat Birmingham Phoenix 54/10 by
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