Southern Vipers 294 for 6 (Adams 82, McCaughan 72, Windsor 47*) xxx Lightning xxx for x (Groves 55, S Bryce 49, Taylor 3-31, Norris 3-35) by 66 runs Even with five of their squad on international duty, defending champions Southern Vipers were too strong for East Midlands side Lightning as they made it three Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy wins from three at the Incora County Ground, Derby. Maia Bouchier and…
Western Storm 257 for 7 (Luff 100*, George 74) beat Sunrisers 254 for 6 (Griffith 74, Scrivens 69) by three wickets Sophie Luff and Katie George broke Sunrisers’ hearts as their stunning partnership carried Western Storm to a three-wicket win in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Chelmsford. It looked for all the world as if the hosts would secure a first-ever win in the 50-over competition at the 16th…
South East Stars 198 (Smith 73*, Brewer 49, Hartley 6-24) beat Thunder 146 (Boyce 68, Miles 3-15) by 52 runs Lauren Smith made 73 not out and Bethan Miles took 3 for 15 on her debut as South East Stars fought back from 122 for 9 to inflict a third defeat in three games on the north-west based side, Thunder in this year’s Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. After posting a…
Ottis Gibson lamented Yorkshire’s “worst bowling performance of the season” as they failed to defend 204 in their Vitality Blast semi-final against Lancashire. The margin of defeat by six wickets with eight balls to spare looked a fair way off when Tom Kohler-Cadmore set the foundation for the total with 66 from 44, before allrounder Jordan Thompson blitzed 50 from 18 – five of his six sixes came in the…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed concern about the rising number of T20 leagues competing for space in the calendar and has written to the ICC suggesting that a working group be formed to evaluate the impact of franchise cricket on international cricket. The PCB outlined its issues in a letter to the ICC earlier this month; it proposed that the ICC CEO head the working group and prepare…
In 2018-19, India became the first Asian team to win a Test series in Australia. Two years later, despite struggling with the absence of several key players, India achieved one of the greatest Test victories at the Gabba to beat Australia 2-1 once again. On both occasions, there were calls for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be contested over five Tests, and that has now become a reality with the BCCI…
Lancashire 208 for 4 (Jennings 75, Vilas 63*) beat Yorkshire 204 for 7 (Kohler-Cadmore 66, Thompson 50) by six wickets What do we know about Keaton Jennings? A long-game accumulator, good enough to win 17 England Test caps. So highly valued by the former England coach, Andy Flower, that he saw him as a future England Test captain. A good man, with good habits, but 30 now and has never…
The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) is relaunching its T20 tournament this August, three years after the competition was hit by a series of corruption allegations and, subsequently, the Covid-19 pandemic. The Karnataka Premier League (KPL), as it was known then, will now be called the Maharaja Trophy T20. The rebranding aside, the KSCA has made some structural changes in the way the six-team tournament will be run going forward….
Big picture The last time India came away from a multi-format tour of Australia, England, New Zealand or South Africa without a series loss in any format was in 2018-19 in Australia. To find the next-most-recent instance, one will have to go all the way back to 1986, when India drew their ODI series in England 1-1, and won the Test series 2-0. On Sunday, India will have an opportunity…
New Zealand piled up 360 for 6 – the second-highest total in ODI cricket at The Village in Malahide – but it appeared lighter once Paul Stirling and Harry Tector hit full-tilt in the chase. After New Zealand ultimately scraped home by one run, Martin Guptill , who had set up the narrow victory with 115 off 126 balls, conceded that they “potentially left a few [runs] out there” and…