London Spirit vs Birmingham Phoenix at Lord’s (London, St John’s Wood) on 27 July 2024 Spirit chalked-up their highest score on a ‘really good pitch’ before their home crowd of 16,600 (said to be 5th highest number of spectators for the Women’s Hundred.) Spirit’s second win sent them top-of-table with two wins from two matches played-to-date.
Northern Superchargers vs Trent Rockets at Headingley, Leeds; on 26 July 2024 Rockets Alana King (Australia) received POTM ‘Meerkat match hero’ cap-and-medal for taking two key wickets (Georgia Wareham & Bess Heath); and also took one catch. Bess Heath’s dismissal drew parallels with the late Shane Warne’s ‘ball-of-the-century’ (1993) – please see short video below. Alana King’s
Manchester Originals vs Welsh Fire at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester on 25 July 2024 Playing on a ‘belter-of-a-pitch’ at Old Trafford,’ Originals posted a ’slightly under-par score’ with no batter scoring ‘fifty.’ Commentators looked forward to some future ‘heavy lifting’ (from middle-order batters said to have made light-scores.) They commended Fire’s bowlers for their ‘fine performance with the ball,’
Southern Brave vs London Spirit at the Utilita Bowl, Southampton on 24 July 2024 Spirit won an exciting match, beating the defending champions playing before their home crowd of 9,000. Earlier, commentators were especially critical of Spirit’s performance after witnessing two dropping catches and they remained unimpressed by their bowling attack apart from Tara Norris
Two matches started the 2024 version of The Hundred, between the Oval Invincibles and Birmingham Phoenix. Results: Women: OI 150-5; BP 105 Men: BP 89; OI 93-2 Here are a few disordered thoughts, centred on the women’s match. The Shape of the Game Did the crowd feel it got its money’s worth? Neither game had
Oval Invincibles vs Birmingham Phoenix at the Kia Oval on 23 July 2024 Invincibles made a ‘perfect start’ to their campaign for a third title, playing before their home crowd of 10,000. Last year they finished fifth. Bowling for Invincibles for the first time, Australian World Cup medallist Amanda-Jade Wellington (pictured) bowled a 3-fer (3/9)
Facts about so-called ‘cricket with fireworks’ (as Monty Panesar once put it) What can you expect to happen during this year’s Women’s Hundredtournament: will A) Southern Brave win a second back-to-back title ? B) Oval Invincibles win their Third title? or C) will the title bagged by one of the other six teams? Batter scoring the most runs? Last year Danni
Women’s Fixtures are listed below, arranged by venue for Summer 2024 * Birmingham, at Edgbaston Saturday, 3 Aug (11h00) – Birmingham Phoenix W vs Southern Brave W – match 13 Tuesday, 6 Aug (15h00) – Birmingham Phoenix W vs Northern Superchargers W – match 19 Monday, 12 Aug (15h00) – Birmingham Phoenix W vs Trent Rockets W
England internationals and overseas star names available to sign in The Hundred Draft, powered by Sage The Hundred Draft to take place at The Shard on Wednesday 20 March, live-streamed from 5.30pm on thehundred.com, YouTube and TikTok. First game to be played on Tuesday 23 July with The Kia Oval hosting the opening double-header For
Women’s ‘The Hundred’ Cricket Tournament results arranged by venue Birmingham, at Edgbaston *August 5: Phoenix vs Rockets – match abandoned without a ball being bowled @URL http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2023/08/05/the-hundred-trophy-2023-match-7-phoenix-vs-rockets/ *August 10: Fire 137/7 beat Phoenix 134/4 by 3 runs @URL http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2023/08/11/the-hundred-trophy-2023-match-14-phoenix-vs-welsh-fire/ *August 13: Invincibles 142/5 beat Phoenix 132/6 by 10 runs @URL http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2023/08/14/the-hundred-women-trophy-2023-match-19-phoenix-vs-invincibles/ *August 24: Spirit 172/5 beat Phoenix
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