Steve Smith, Meg Lanning, Megan Schutt and Rashid Khan among a superstar list of Direct Signings 148 places confirmed through retentions and Direct Signings, 68 left to fill at The Hundred Draft on 12 March England players retained include Jos Buttler, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Sophie Ecclestone Ellyse Perry, Tim Southee, Hayley
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has opened the process to secure private investment into the eight teams in The Hundred. The initial announcement of the process sparked global interest from a variety of investors for the annual short-format competition that is held across some of cricket’s most iconic venues. Since the inaugural season
‘The Hundred’ Women’s Cricket Tournament results for Summer 2024 Results are listed below with links to match reports, arranged by venue * Birmingham, at Edgbaston Saturday, 3 Aug – Birmingham Phoenix 137/7 beat Southern Brave 121/10 by 16 runs – match 13@url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/03/the-hundred-trophy-2024-match-13-phoenix-vs-brave/ Tuesday, 6 Aug – Northern Superchargers 115/5 beat Birmingham Phoenix 54/10 by
Welsh Fire vs London Spirit at Lord’s (St John’s Wood, north London) on 18 August 2024 A record crowd of 22,000 spectators for watching women’s cricket at Lord’s witnessed a ‘nail-biter’ that went down to the last three balls. Although the TV statisticians match-outcome predictor favoured Spirit to win, there was very little to choose
Oval Invincibles vs London Spirit at the Kia Oval, London (South) on 17 August 2024; ‘Spirit’ beat ‘Invincibles’ in a low-scoring match in which Spirit won convincingly with bat-and-ball before a crowd of 15,800 spectators. Firstly, nearly half of balls bowled by Spirit were non-scoring ‘dot’ balls (46/100 vs 31/91.) Secondly the standard of fielding became
The last two matches in the 2024 Hundred Three franchises have the chance of walking off with The Hundred trophy this year, but they don’t include permanent winners, Southern Brave. That’s one welcome effect of the Draft. Their bowling line-up in the last match looked ragged. Some ingredients for success in a cricket match as
Birmingham Phoenix vs Manchester Originals at Birmingham, (Edgbaston) on 15 August 2024; Match started on time, with Phoenix batting first until rain stopped play on 68/2. It rain continuously for at least an hour until Umpires had no appetite to continue, and decided the match was abandoned. Commentators for SkySports who presented highlights of the Women’s
Welsh Fire vs Birmingham Phoenix at Cardiff (Sophia Gardens) on 10 August 2024 Phoenix chalked-up a ‘major win,’ away to top-of-table Fire. Between innings commentators sounded confident that Fire would win after Hayley Matthews took a 3-fer (3/32.) Once Hayley Matthews had departed with her bat, Fire’s run chase began to falter. Four wickets fell for four
Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire at Southampton, East (Utilita Bowl) on 14 August 2024; Top-team Fire made a ‘commanding performance’ that knocked-out the defending champions by a wide margin of nine wickets. Batting first, Brave quickly lost Danni Wyatt and Smriti Mandhana to mis-timed shots from spin (Hayley Matthews) and pace (Shabnim Ismail. Commentators reported
Trent Rockets vs Oval Invincibles at Nottingham (Trent Bridge) on 14 August 2024; Spectators witnessed ‘great drama’ in which a ‘dog fight’ was said by the winning skipper to decide which team played the Eliminator, with Fire lying-in-wait for the tournament’s final. Batting first on a ‘dry pitch’ with ‘plenty of turn on offer’ and ‘quick
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