South Africa won the opening Royal London One-Day International of the summer, beating England by seven wickets at Blackfinch New Road. Lizelle Lee and captain Dane van Niekerk formed the backbone of their side’s 193-3, comfortably overcoming England’s 189-9 with Lee ending unbeaten on 92. That England had anything to bowl at all was testament
England Women have named a squad of 14 for the first two Royal London ODIs of the summer, against South Africa at Worcestershire and Hove respectively. It will be the first time the two sides have met since last summer’s dramatic ICC Women’s World Cup semi-final at Bristol, while the opening game at Worcester will
The Royal London One-Day Cup, Round 6 With only one round left to play, the top three positions remain as before: Hampshire 1st, Yorkshire 2nd, Kent 3rd. When Hampshire lost by 5 runs to Yorkshire last week, none of the eight sides were left unbeaten. With dramatic floods hitting certain parts of the kingdom this
Kent came to the lovely Mill Hill School Ground on 13 May hoping to continue their fine start to the season against a Middlesex side determined to put a 10-wicket defeat by Lancashire firmly behind them. Since Kent had beaten the Red Roses by 9 wickets the next day, everyone knew what the outcome would
Kent Women got their Royal London One-Day Cup season off to the best possible start by defeating Yorkshire and Lancashire, the current champions, over a sun-drenched weekend at Beckenham. The margins, 8 wickets, then 9 wickets, hint at the encouragement these displays will give the squad for the rest of a demanding season. Tammy Beaumont
Lancashire Cricket Foundation has announced the launch of the 2018 Women’s Soft Ball Cricket festival programme. The festivals will run from early May to September and have been created to increase female participation in cricket, with over 40 clubs from across the county set to host one this year. The game uses a soft ball
Lancashire Thunder is delighted to announce that former Australian international Alex Blackwell has joined the backroom staff as a coach at Emirates Old Trafford ahead of the 2018 Kia Super League campaign. The batter from New South Wales will join Thunder following her retirement at the end of the recent Australian season. After making her
ECB today presented its proposed approach for the new eight-team domestic competition – starting in 2020 – to Chairmen and Chief Executives of the First-Class Counties and MCC. The competition will be based on the simple format of 100 balls for each team. Featuring aligned competitions for both men’s and women’s teams – sharing a
England lost the IT20 Tri-series final in Mumbai by 57 runs after Australia made 209/4, a record for women’s IT20 cricket. Captain Heather Knight missed the game with a low-grade hamstring strain but her stand-in Dani Hazell was powerless as Meg Lanning and Elyse Villani put on 139 for the fourth wicket to take their
Danni Wyatt scored a remarkable hundred to marshal another record chase for England and overcome India’s total of 198/4, securing a seven-wicket win in Mumbai. The opener, who scored her first IT20 ton against Australia in Canberra, reached her landmark from just 52 balls and went on to make 124, the second-highest individual total in the
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