Southern Brave vs London Spirit at the Utilita Bowl, Southampton on 24 July 2024 Spirit won an exciting match, beating the defending champions playing before their home crowd of 9,000. Earlier, commentators were especially critical of Spirit’s performance after witnessing two dropping catches and they remained unimpressed by their bowling attack apart from Tara Norris
Oval Invincibles vs Birmingham Phoenix at the Kia Oval on 23 July 2024 Invincibles made a ‘perfect start’ to their campaign for a third title, playing before their home crowd of 10,000. Last year they finished fifth. Bowling for Invincibles for the first time, Australian World Cup medallist Amanda-Jade Wellington (pictured) bowled a 3-fer (3/9)
India batters Harmanpreet Kaur and Shafali Verma have moved up in the ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings as has Sri Lanka spinner Inoshi Priyadharshani, after the weekly update carried out on Tuesday. Captain Kaur and opener Verma are in joint-11th position after their performances in the ongoing Women’s Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. Kaur’s scores
The winners and runners up of Marylebone Cricket Club’s (MCC) Young Female Broadcaster of the Year competition were announced on Wednesday at Lord’s at the England v New Zealand Vitality women’s T20 International. The inaugural competition, supported by Sky Sports and leading cricket charity Take Her Lead, was launched in May to increase opportunities for
Facts about so-called ‘cricket with fireworks’ (as Monty Panesar once put it) What can you expect to happen during this year’s Women’s Hundredtournament: will A) Southern Brave win a second back-to-back title ? B) Oval Invincibles win their Third title? or C) will the title bagged by one of the other six teams? Batter scoring the most runs? Last year Danni
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have confirmed the formation of Tier 2 and Tier 3 in the revamped women’s domestic cricket structure, to be launched in full in 2025. Derbyshire, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Kent, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex, Sussex, Worcestershire and Yorkshire will make up Tier 2 in the 2025 season. The ten Counties will
England v New Zealand – fifth and last T20 Lord’s Cricket Ground England completed their expected unbeaten season, winning the T20 series 5-0. But this was far from a walkover. The top-order failed to function as hoped, and the White Ferns’ batting gave them hope for a while. In the end the hosts cruised home,
Beckenham, 14 July This was a thoroughly engaging match, played on a Beckenham track looking unusually green. Stars certainly seemed to agree, for they fielded a squadron of spinners just as large as England’s in their recent match (teams listed below). We were lucky: this was the only game played to a finish; the other
South East Stars vs Sunrisers Beckenham, at Kent County Ground on 14 July 2024 at 09h30 As forecast by a visiting groundsman, the ‘used’ wicket was well-suited to spinners, who took 15 of the 20 wickets that fell, with 8 batters from each side reaching double-figures. Commentators’ curse struck on 159/2, before Sunrisers’ Jodi Grewcock
Lancashire Thunder vs Southern Vipers, at Sedburgh School Cricket Ground (Cumbria) on 14 July 2024 *No result: ‘Match abandoned without a ball bowled’ Points shared: Lancashire Thunder 2pts, Southern Vipers 2pts. *Scorecard courtesy of ECB @url https://www.ecb.co.uk/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy/match-centre/104456#scorecard *Updated fixtures and results @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/05/12/updated-rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-fixtures-and-results/
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