Anthony McGrath admits Yorkshire’s red-ball efforts have been well below par so far this season but called on supporters to keep the faith as they switch to white-ball action on Friday. Yorkshire sit just one place off the Division One basement, with only one win from seven matches in the County Championship ahead of the...
Earlier Lancashire beat The Blaze by seven wickets in a rain-affected second semi-final to set up a showdown with Surrey who edged to a three-wicket win over Warwickshire, with two balls to spare, in a low-scoring game. After showers had delayed their successful semi-final chase, Lancashire soon found themselves batting again after Surrey skipper Smith...
England withstand all-rounder Hayley Matthews’ brilliance to win the third and final T20 by 17 runs and complete a dominant series clean sweep in Charlotte Edwards and Nat Sciver-Brunt’s first series in charge. READ MORE: England withstand Matthews to claim T20 clean sweep Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
There was plenty of discussion and hope that losing the England captaincy would allow Knight more freedom as a batter, and in her first two knocks since, that has already come to fruition. She made 43 not out in the first T20 at Canterbury, and was not required to bat in the second, before finishing...
Skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt hits an unbeaten 55 as England easily chase down an 82-run target inside ten overs to beat West Indies by nine wickets and take a 2-0 lead in the three match T20 series. MATCH REPORT: England Women v West Indies Women – second T20 Available to UK users only. Read full article...
England took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the T20 series with a dominant nine-wicket thrashing of West Indies at Hove. Chasing just 82 to win, England reached their target off 9.2 overs with new captain Nat Sciver-Brunt unbeaten on 55 from 31 balls and Sophia Dunkley scoring 24 not out. Danni Wyatt-Hodge fell to the...
Jersey have picked their squad for their Women’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Italy. The Division Two event sees the top two sides from six taking part promoted to the top tier of qualifying in the Netherlands in August. Jersey make one change from the squad that impressed in Cyprus last month where...
A new era for the England women’s team gets underway in Canterbury. Read full article at source...
England’s Lauren Bell makes a “sensational” diving catch at short fine-leg to dismiss Mandy Mangru for 17 runs to leave West Indies on 134-7 in the first T20 international at Canterbury. FOLLOW LIVE: England Women v West Indies Women – first T20 Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Durham have signed New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham for this season’s T20 Blast competition. The 34-year-old left-hander is a veteran of 83 T20 internationals and 76 ODI games for the Black Caps. Neesham, who also bowls right-arm seam, will play for his sixth county after previous stints with Derbyshire, Essex, Kent, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire as...
Australia batter D’Arcy Short has joined Gloucestershire for the defending champions’ 2025 T20 Blast campaign. The left-hander, who can also bowl spin, has played for his country in both white-ball formats and has twice been named ‘Player of the Tournament’ in Australia’s Big Bash. He averages just over 30 with the bat for Australia in...
India have announced their squads for the white-ball series against England, with opener Shafali Verma making a return to the T20 side. Verma, 21, was dropped from India’s squads in November but impressed in the Women’s Premier League for Delhi Capitals with 304 runs at a strike-rate of 152.76. However, she remains out of favour...
Northamptonshire have confirmed they are searching for an overseas replacement for the T20 Blast after Australian all-rounder Ashton Agar was ruled out with injury. Agar had been booked to reprise his 2024 role at Wantage Road for the domestic T20 competition which starts on 29 May. But the 31-year-old confirmed he will not now return...
In cricket you have never seen it all. At the Asia qualifier for the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup in Thailand, the United Arab Emirates were getting twitchy. They had raced to 192-0 in 16 overs against Qatar but rain was looming in Bangkok. With only one team progressing from the group, the UAE needed...
Essex have re-signed Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir for this season’s T20 Blast. The 33-year-old, who previously played for the club from 2017 to 2019, has taken 371 wickets in 322 T20 games around the world. He also claimed 119 wickets in 36 Tests for Pakistan and has played 61 one-day internationals and 62 T20...