An unlikely eighth wicket partnership of 69 between Thea Brookes and Paige Scholfield saw Loughborough Lightning come close to pulling off an amazing comeback before Lancashire Thunder completed their first win in the new Kia Super League. Lightning had looked dead and buried when they collapsed to 88-7 in the 13th over, chasing a formidable
Western Storm reaped the benefit of some quite brilliant fielding at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, to kick off their Kia Super League season with a four wicket victory over Lancashire Thunder. In front of almost 1200 supporters, the west country women, led by England captain Heather Knight, were sublime in the field as
Lancashire Thunder defeated Loughborough Lightning by six wickets in a warm-up match at Emirates Old Trafford before the start of the Kia Super League tomorrow. The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain with Thunder winning the toss and electing to field. Thunder started well as Kate Cross and Sophie Ecclestone
History will be made this weekend when the inaugural Kia Super League (KSL) kicks-off in Leeds, Southampton and Taunton with all six KSL teams in action for the first time across Saturday and Sunday. Yorkshire Diamonds captain Lauren Winfield will lead her team out on home soil at Headingley in the opening match of the
Surrey Stars players got a bit of a boost yesterday when they welcomed England great, Alec Stewart to their training session. Stewart is a Surrey Cricket Club director and was happy to share some wise words with the players in advance of the Super League Series. Natalie Sciver will lead the Stars against the Southern Vipers, captained by
New Zealand right-arm seamer, Lea Tahuhu (pictured above), has signed to play for Surrey Stars in the inaugural edition of the Kia Super League (KSL), which gets underway this weekend. Tahuhu steps into Natalie Sciver’s Stars dressing room in place of Meg Lanning, after the Australian captain was ruled out from taking part in the
Danish audio visual company, Bang & Olufsen, has given its backing to the Kia Super League (KSL) by becoming an official supporter of the new competition. Domestic women’s cricket in England will enter another exciting new era this weekend when the inaugural KSL gets underway, with all six teams in action across Saturday (30th July)
With just one week to go until the start of the Kia Super League, twelve of the competition’s star players were in Manchester last night to celebrate the launch of the inaugural tournament. A mixture of the six team captains – Amy Satterthwaite (Lancashire Thunder), Georgia Elwiss (Loughborough Lightning), Charlotte Edwards (Southern Vipers), Natalie Sciver
Surrey Stars will be without Australian captain Meg Lanning who has withdrawn from the inaugural Kia Super League due to a right shoulder injury. Her replacement in Natalie Sciver’s squad will be announced in due course. The absence of Lanning will be a big loss both to the Stars and the competition as a whole. Meg
New Zealand all-rounder Amy Satterthwaite will take on the captaincy duties for Lancashire Thunder in the Kia Super League (KSL) this summer, after it was confirmed that Sarah Taylor will not play in the inaugural edition of the competition. The announcement follows the news in June that the 27-year-old wicket-keeper batsman is taking an indefinite
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