South East Stars vs The Blaze at Beckenham (Kent County Ground) on 30 June 2024 at 09h30 (delayed start) History was made when Blaze posted their highest all-time total (to date at 50 overs for ‘List A’: 313/9) with ‘fifties’ from A) Ella Claridge(pictured) posting career-best figures [71 runs (from 45 balls)]; B) Sarah Bryce 81(71), & C) Marie Kelly 52(54.) Firstly,
Without thinking too hard, I can offer you: French cricket in the back garden; tip-and-run; both these, but removed to the beach, the Hundred (soon to be replaced in turn by the Fifty and the Twenty, I suspect; T20s, ODIs; afternoon club cricket, one-day club cricket, 3-day cricket, the 4 or 5-day test match, ‘endless’
It’s not often you find hypocaust complaining ‘There’s too much women’s cricket today!’ – but he was right. (x.com/_hypocaust) As the Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy resumed in England with four matches, the England side continued their ODI series against the White Ferns at Worcester. Meanwhile the remarkable test between India and South Africa completed its
India v South Africa This is a very rare one-off test match, due to last four days. We are supposed not to draw lengthy conclusions from insufficient evidence, but one single day of test-match cricket in Chennai makes us wonder about the future of multi-day women’s cricket. India finished on a quite massive 525-4. This
In an interview with SportsBoom Proteas Captain Laura Wolvaardt discussed the concerns and the hopes for the forthcoming test. Laura Wolvaardt has been a standout player for the South African side but it was not enough as the side suffered a 3-0 ODI series defeat in India. “It has been disappointing, with our record in
Chester-le-Street, 26 June 2024 England won the opening match of the series by a worryingly wide margin The Kiwi management has some serious thinking to do before the next game. The weather was friendly, the outfield fast, so England had to be patient. Lauren Bell’s start wasn’t an accurate indicator of the outcome. Suzie Bates
Ryana MacDonald-Gay has been called up to England Women’s ODI squad for the series against New Zealand. The South East Stars seamer represented England Women A in their tour to New Zealand in March and will link up with the squad in Durham later today. Heather Knight’s side begin their Metro Bank ODI series against
The Blaze vs South East Stars at Derby on 22 June 2024 at 16h00 The Blaze become the third team to hold the trophy; previously won by Southern Vipers (2022 & 2023) & South East Stars (2021). Commentators pointed out that their fellow finalists included familiar faces who’d previously won the trophy. After Stars openers
Southern Vipers vs South East Stars at Derby on 22 June 2024 at 11h30 Double-defending champions were defeated by Stars in a dramatic rematch earned three days ago, when Vipers clangorous home crowd of 3000 schoolchildren saw their favourite team beat Stars by 113 runs at Hove. By contrast, this semi-final played between second-and-third placed
Central Sparks vs The Blaze at Derby on 22 June 2024 A carbon-copy result from the dress-rehearsal four days beforehand saw Sparks chalk-up the same total, plus one run. Blaze beat Sparks by the same margin of five wickets, with Josie Groves (England u19s) playing a valuable role not only by stepping-up ‘as asked’ in place of
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