The Blaze 134 for 6 (K Bryce 57, Arlott 2-23) beat Central Sparks 124 for 7 (Gordon 2-22, K Bryce 2-28) by 10 runs Allrounder Kathryn Bryce played the starring role as The Blaze maintained their 100% cent record with a fourth win from four in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, defeating Central Sparks by 10 runs at Trent Bridge. Bryce top-scored with 57 for out of 134 for 6 for…
Western Storm 134 for 8 (Luff 41, Villiers 2-20) beat Sunrisers 106 (Anderson 4-9, Smale 3-15, Filer 3-19) by 28 runs Sophia Smale played a starring role with the ball as Western Storm produced an impressive performance in the field to beat Sunrisers by 28 runs in a low-scoring Charlotte Edwards Cup match at the Cooper Associates Ground in Taunton. The England Under-19 spinner claimed three wickets in a devastating…
South East Stars 127 for 4 (Smith 57*) beat Northern Diamonds 124 (Dobson 55, Corteen-Coleman 5-19) by six wickets A remarkable spell of bowling from teenager Tilly Corteen-Coleman propelled South East Stars to a six-wicket win over the winless Northern Diamonds in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. Having elected to bat first, Diamonds suffered a dramatic collapse from 88 for 0 to 124 all out at the Seat Unique Riverside, despite…
Virat Kohli has linked up with the India squad in New York on Friday for the T20 World Cup 2024, days after his team-mates arrived. However, it is still unclear if he will play the warm-up game against Bangladesh at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on June 1. Kohli, who is coming on the back of a superb IPL season where he scored 741 runs in 15 games, will…
South Africa opening batter Tazmin Brits is in line for an international comeback after suffering a meniscus tear and sprained ligament on her left knee in April. Brits has been named in the ODI and Test squads to face India next month and will undergo a fitness assessment before the group departs to determine the extent of her involvement in the three ODIs and the one-off Test. Brits had sustained…
New Zealand wicketkeeper Bernadine Bezuidenhout has announced her retirement from international cricket. She played four ODIs and seven T20Is for South Africa before switching over to New Zealand, whom she represented in 16 ODIs and 22 T20Is. “It’s been such a great ride,” Bezuidenhout said in a New Zealand Cricket statement. “Playing for the White Ferns has been a huge privilege and honour and it’s left me with the fondest…
West Indies 257 for 4 (Pooran 75, Powell 52, Zampa 2-62) beat Australia 222 for 7 (Inglis 55, Ellis 39, Motie 2-31) by 35 runs Blistering half-centuries from Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell helped West Indies make a statement ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024 as they hammered an undermanned Australia in their final warm-up game in Trinidad. Australia fielded a team with just nine players and coaches for…
Northamptonshire 163 for 5 (Bopara 56*, Vasconcelos 42, Brown 3-33) beat Derbyshire 162 for 7 (Lloyd 41, Willey 2-17, Scrimshaw 2-38) by five wickets Veteran all-rounder Ravi Bopara hit an unbeaten 56 from 42 deliveries as Northamptonshire Steelbacks made a winning start to their Vitality Blast campaign in a final-ball thriller against Derbyshire Falcons. Former England all-rounder Bopara, 39, shared a partnership of 67 from 52 balls with 38-year-old Zimbabwe…
Surrey 163 for 5 (Curran 37*, Evans 34, Neser 2-33) beat Hampshire 162 for 9 (Albert 46, Curran 3-32) by five wickets Tom Curran produced heroics with bat and ball to give Surrey a Vitality Blast Off victory over Hampshire Hawks – and get revenge for last weekend’s Vitality County Championship mauling. With the ball, fast bowler Curran claimed 3 for 32 to peg the Hawks back and help restrict…
Gloucestershire 142 for 5 (Bracey 49, Bancroft 32, Benkenstein 2-24) Essex 141 for 9 (Cox 48, M Taylor 4-22, Payne 4-24) by five wickets David Payne and Matt Taylor claimed four wickets apiece as Gloucestershire opened their Vitality Blast account with an impressive five-wicket victory over Essex at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol. Making his first appearance of the season, Payne took three wickets with the new ball and…