England star Nat Sciver-Brunt has consolidated her position as the No.1 batter in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after her match-winning century in the final ODI of their ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) series against Sri Lanka. The 31-year-old’s 74-ball knock of 120 that helped her team win the ODI in Leicester by
The Eliminator shifted If you believe in a quiet life, free from all controversy, I advise you not to listen to crickether.com’s latest Vodcast, No 182 , nor to read the rest of this piece. The Eliminator, to decide who will face the Vipers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final (details at end), will
The Blaze vs Southern Vipers at Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough (Leics), on September 16 Beefed-up by two England internationals (Maia Bouchier and Charlie Dean): three ‘Vipers’ batters (Maia Bouchier, Georgia Elwiss & Emily Windsor) scored ‘fifties’; to boost their net-run-rate. By comparison, only one ‘Blaze’ batter (Marie Kelly) scored ‘fifty,’ as Blaze went down to their third successive defeat.
North West Thunder vs Northern Diamonds – at Sale Cricket Club at Rookwood (Lancs) on September 13 Previously, ‘Diamonds’’ had optimism to ‘make something happen’ to reach the up-coming Eliminator to defend last year’s title. With one group-stage match remaining, neither ‘Roses’ team could make the top three teams, so the Roses match was a ‘dead
Memorabilia Some more excellent cricket, spoiled only by rain at Chester-le-Street, which reduced the game to an 18-over slog. Results come lower down. It didn’t prevent Sunrisers from completing their third successive victory, to total five. For me, theirs is the team achievment of the tournament. But the plaudits go to SE Stars and Blaze,
Western Storm vs Central Sparks – at Taunton, at The Cooper Associates County Ground (Somerset) on September 13 Expectations were high for ‘Sparks’ to win remaining fixtures to finish the group stage in second-or-third place. Setting the scene, commentator Ed Seabourne was quick to mention that although both teams were looking to finish their group stage ‘on a high,’
Southern Vipers vs South East Stars – at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton on September 13 All twenty wickets fell during the Southern Derby, with both teams missing players on England call-up; with equal expectations to qualify beyond the group stage to play the Eliminator if they won two-out-of-three of their remaining matches. Previously, ’Stars’ unexpectedly defeated
England v Sri Lanka – Third and Last ODI Grace Road, Leicester NSB’s holiday tip: take a few day’s off and return to find you’ve been appointed the company CEO and awarded a £100k bonus. In cricketing terms it meant, take over the England captaincy (Heather Knight under the weather) and score one of the
The Blaze vs Sunrisers at Haslegrave Ground, (Rutland Way, Loughborough) on September 13 ‘Sunrisers’ chalked-up their third consecutive win under England u19s skipper Grace Scrivens’s captaincy in a high-scoring match that was said to give spectators sat on deckchairs ‘much to do.’ Grace Scrivens [107 runs (from 136 balls)] hit her maiden ‘A-listed’ century and took her
Four games took place around the country. They leave one round still to play. The Blaze v Sunrisers (Loughborough) Sunrisers continued their vigorous form by compiling a mammoth 295-5 against the table- toppers. They were given the perfect start by new skipper, Grace Scrivens, and new girl, Ariana Dowse (ex- Vipers), with a stand of
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