Thunder v Northern Diamonds at Sale CC, Sale on May 18 Making the highest scores of the Northern Roses Derby, Thunder’s openers Emma Lamb (50 runs from 41 balls) and Georgie Boyce (65 from 56) made more runs between them than Diamonds’ meagre total. Together faced 18 dot balls during their power play, reaching 36/0. By mid-way (10 overs) Thunder
Western Storm vs Thunder at Cardiff on 25 August (Charlotte Edwards Cup – Regional T20 – group B) Previous match was on 9 July when Storm won at Chester by 9 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) (D/L method) *This time saw the same result by a similar margin when a full match was played. *Batting first,
In the battle between two outstanding left-arm spinners, Kirstie Gordon outperformed Sophie Ecclestone to help complete a resounding win for Lightning. Scores: Lightning 259-5; Thunder 125 – Lightning win by 134 runs Lightning had suffered from two drawbacks in the past: a top order that wasn’t producing the runs and a lower order that wasn’t
Loughborough Lightning headed to Blackpool Cricket Club for their fourth game of the Kia Super League, desperately needing a win against Lancashire Thunder and they duly delivered with a clinical 50 run victory. In fact both Thunder and Lightning were eager for victory, neither side having managed a victory in the tournament so far. Lightning
Lancashire Thunder’s Laura MacLeod and Lancashire Lightning all-rounder Liam Livingstone visited Bowdon Cricket Club last Thursday 19 May to launch the Thunder and Lightning Roadshow. The Thunder and Lightning Roadshow will visit over 50 local schools and junior cricket clubs in the region to encourage children and their families to visit Emirates Old Trafford for
Manchester Thunder slumped to an agonising loss to Surrey Storm in the Superleague Grand Final in London. The defending champions won a final of high drama 53-55 after a sensational Thunder fightback fell just short. Ultimately, the Black and Yellows left themselves too much to do following a disappointing first half, which saw them trailing
Adelaide Thunderbirds assistant coach Dan Ryan has been named as the new Manchester Thunder head coach. Ryan heads to the Superleague from the Australian ANZ Championship side and is ‘excited’ to be joining Thunder at the ‘perfect’ time in his career. He takes over from Tracey Neville, who left Thunder to become interim England boss for this
Manchester Thunder limped to an unconvincing victory over Loughborough Lightning. The defending champions controlled the game for large patches, but Lightning offered significant resistance to Thunder’s noticeable off-colour attack. It is an attack that has been out of form in the past few Superleague rounds and Thunder will need to recapture their fire-power to beat
Former England and Manchester United football legends, England women’s footballers and stars from Coronation Street have joined forces with netball team Manchester Thunder for a special promotional video ahead of the team’s Superleague semi final match at the Manchester Arena on 18th April. In the video, Manchester United legends Gary and Phil Neville (whose sister
Manchester Thunder clinched another heartbreaking last-gasp win over their Roses rivals Yorkshire Jets at the Thunderdome: Manchester Thunder 57-56 Yorkshire Jets. Jets will leave Manchester wondering how they lost in the dying seconds for the second time in as many seasons in a match that was within their hands with four minutes to play. The
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