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
It may have ended in a 40-37 defeat but Team Bath Netball produced their best performance of the Superleague season to give defending champions Manchester Thunder an almighty scare at a highly-charged Sports Training Village on Monday. Jess Thirlby’s team went toe to toe with the runaway leaders throughout an enthralling contest, winning the first
England Netball have made a sensational swoop for Manchester Thunder head coach Tracey Neville. Neville has been signed on a preliminary basis until after the World Cup in Sydney, and her current assistant at Thunder, Karen Greig, will follow her into the national set up. Neville, 37, and Greig, 35, will remain with the reigning Superleague
Thunder made hard work of their win over Hertfordshire Mavericks in round nine of the Superleague. They headed into the game on the back of a bruising win over Surrey Storm just two days earlier and despite not being at their best tonight, will be happy with taking six points home to Manchester. It was a
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