England have fired the first shots, or attempted to, in time-honoured fashion ahead of the men’s Ashes, now Issy Wong has joined in the salvo, saying it’s not a bad time to take on Australia Women with their multi-format series beginning next month. Wong made her debut in all three formats during South Africa’s tour
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Sarah Coyte, the hero of last season’s extraordinary finish in the WNCL final where Tasmania claimed back-to-back titles, will return to her original state of New South Wales on a two-year deal. It capped a magnificent season for Coyte who claimed 30 wickets in the competition. Overall, Coyte has been involved in nine WNCL titles,
Gloucestershire 248 (Hammond 87*, McAndrew 5-63) and 121 for 4 (van Buuren 55*, Hunt 3-36) drew with Sussex 455 for 5 dec (Pujara 151, Coles 74, Alsop 67) The weather was the only winner in the rain-ruined LV= County Championship match between Gloucestershire and Sussex at Bristol, which ended in a predictable draw. Only 41.2
Sunrisers Hyderabad 197 for 6 (Abhishek 67, Klaasen 53*, Marsh 4-27) beat Delhi Capitals 188 for 6 (Marsh 63, Salt 59, Markande 2-20) by 9 runs In a game of high drama where both sides kept landing punches at each other with neither backing off, Sunrisers Hyderabad pipped Delhi Capitals to arrest a three-match losing
Western Storm 215 for 4 (Prendergast 115, Wilson 74*) beat Thunder 214 (Lamb 74, Dottin 41) by six wickets Orla Prendergast scored a magnificent century on debut to propel Western Storm to a convincing six-wicket Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy victory over Thunder at Sophia Gardens. Having joined the staff only 48 hours previously, the Irish
Southern Vipers 287 for 6 (McCaughan 67, Bouchier 59, Elwiss 59) beat South East Stars 129 (Scholfield 31, Bell 4-37, Dean 3-18) by 158 runs Lauren Bell took 4 for 37 as the Southern Vipers routed the South East Stars by 158 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Beckenham. Bell was twice on
According to Rahul, the six-day gap between the two games helped the players take their minds off the defeat and come back stronger. “The last game was a bit of a downer and did hurt us as a team,” Rahul said at the post-match presentation. “But we had three or four days’ break after that,
Lucknow Super Giants 257 for 5 (Stoinis 72, Mayers 54, Pooran 45, Badoni 43, Rabada 2-52) beat Punjab Kings 201 (Taide 66, Thakur 4-37, Naveen 3-30, Bishnoi 2-41) by 56 runs Punjab Kings fought hard to get past 200 themselves, with Atharva Taide slamming a 36-ball 66, but they were never really in contention to
The ECB has announced that Andrew Strauss will stand down as a strategic advisor and chair of the performance cricket committee, part of a swathe of boardroom-level changes announced on Friday. Strauss, the former England captain, has fulfilled both duties since September 2020, and has been regarded as a respected figurehead throughout the English game,
Delhi Capitals will host Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday, five days after their scrappy encounter in Hyderabad. There is a lot in common between the two teams. Both are struggling at the wrong end of the table at the start of the second half of the league stage, separated only by