As Finals Day (August 27) creeps ever closer, every game takes on added meaning. Southern Vipers clash with Surrey Stars at Hove had almost everything a spectator could want, not least a thrilling finish. Suzie Bates turned to Danni Wyatt to bowl two closing overs. In the twentieth, she let a foot clip a stump
As Round 8 of the Kia Super League is completed, results continue to baffle. Yorkshire Diamonds have found dismissing the opposition tough this summer, but not when facing Surrey Stars at York CC. Stars all out for 66? Vying for the lowest total of the competition? No Diamonds bowler going for worse than 5½ per
When Loughborough Lightning beat Lancashire Thunder by a whacking 9 wickets at Haslegrave, they opened up a margin of 12 points over their nearest rival, Surrey Stars. The table-toppers Western Storm have a 2-point advantage over them after seven rounds. The competition has been characterised by its unpredictability. But as we move into its final
KIA Super League Champions 2017 Western Storm have forged a new partnership in 2018. Western Storm have announced that they have joined forces with Advanced Certification. Formed in 2014 and based in Portishead, Advanced Certification are a UKAS Accredited Conformity Assessment Body covering Quality, Environmental and Health and Safety Management System Certifications and they work
Loughborough Lightning continued their outstanding run of form in the 2018 Kia Super League, player of the match Elyse Villani hitting a six with the third last ball of the game to clinch victory. Vipers were much improved from their previous five outings, a measured batting performance seeing them set an extremely strong 172/6 target
Lightning v Vipers August 4 – Haslegrave, Loughborough Your colour-coding for this week is purple with blush-pink. Deckchairs are set out around the ground alternately in these colours. You take your pick, look up and there are the home team striding out wearing a purple shirt and blush-pink caps. We are at the delightful Haslegrave ground
Here is an update on KSL games played on Tuesday 31 July. Surrey Stars v Lancashire Thunder Surrey Stars’ move back to the Oval and the TV cameras from Guildford was a switch from yellow to green. Somehow grass in SE11 had not lost its traditional colour to the prolonged drought. They faced Lancashire Thunder
KSL Games played over the weekend 28-29 July 2018 Two odd events took place on the last weekend of July: rain fell, causing the Stars-Diamonds game at Guildford to be called off (a long, long coach journey for nothing for the White Roses); and a 6-over farce at Taunton, where Lightning were the visitors. For
Loughborough Lightning Cricket played in front of a home crowd for the first time in almost year, putting on an entertaining display for the 600 strong crowd who’d come out to support to get the better of Yorkshire Diamonds. This result makes it three wins from four for Rob Taylor’s side, putting them in a
Vipers v Lightning – Ageas Bowl 25 July 2018 Snakes bitten ‘This is the strongest batting line-up in the league’ (Wyatt, Bates, Beaumont, du Preez) said the pundits of the Vipers; so of course they flopped – Wyatt, Bates and du Preez totalled 20 between them. This accepted wisdom ignored the facts that Wyatt has had
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