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Annabel Sutherland, Phoebe Litchfield and Nicola Carey helped fire Northern Superchargers into the Hundred final Annabel Sutherland, Phoebe Litchfield and Nicola Carey have helped power their Northern Superchargers into tonight’s final of the women’s Hundred. The trio continued their sparkling form in Saturday’s comprehensive ‘eliminator’ triumph over defending champs London Spirit at The Oval, all making substantial contributions on a day when even they were upstaged by their teenage English teammate Davina Perrin, who blasted an extraordinary record-breaking ton. Sutherland nearly took a hat-trick, while Litchfield and Carey both delivered dazzling batting cameos in support of Perrin, whose 42-ball ton…

Trent Rockets advanced to Sunday’s men’s Hundred final against Oval Invincibles at Lord’s after Saturday night’s wild eliminator versus Northern Superchargers at The Kia Oval was washed out.Superchargers reached 119-5 from 75 balls around two rain delays, while a third downpour came just as Rockets had begun a revised target of 134 from 75 deliveries and Superchargers Jacob Duffy started with a wide down the leg-side. Rockets’ ask was then altered to 105 from 55 balls but the wet weather returned after just five of those with the batting side 12-0 – Tom Banton six not out and Joe Root…

NETHERLANDS TOUR OF BANGLADESH 2025 Taskin Ahmed registered figures of 4/28 © BCB Bangladesh began the T20I series against Netherlands with a convincing eight-wicket win in the first match in Sylhet, chasing down a target of 137 with 6.3 overs to spare. Taskin Ahmed starred with the ball, picking four wickets in a fiery spell before Litton Das anchored the chase with a fluent half-century. Saif Hassan contributed with both bat and ball, picking a couple of wickets to go along with an unbeaten cameo to wrap the chase with 6.3 overs to spare. Put in to bat, Netherlands made…

THE HUNDRED WOMEN’S COMPETITION 2025 Courtesy Perrin’s 43-ball knock, Superchargers posted a mammoth 214/5, the highest team total in the Women’s Hundred © Getty Davina Perrin’s unbeaten 101 – the second ever century in The Women’s Hundred Competition – powered Northern Superchargers into the final with a commanding 42-run victory over London Spirit at the Oval on Saturday. Perrin cracked 15 boundaries and five sixes in her 43-ball innings as Superchargers posted a mammoth 214 for 5, the highest team total in the tournament’s history. The total proved too far beyond the reach of Spirit despite brisk knocks from Charli…

Northern Superchargers’ opener Davina Perrin credited Sir Viv Richards and Brian Lara as sources of inspiration as she smashed a record-breaking ton to lead her side to a 42-run win over London Spirit at The Oval in the women’s eliminator as they booked their place in Sunday’s final.The 18-year-old opener broke multiple records during her 43-ball outing, hitting the fastest ton in the women’s Hundred and the second fastest overall while also becoming only the second batter in the women’s competition to make triple figures after Tammy Beaumont in 2023. Perrin (101) shared a stunning 105-run opening partnership with Alice…

THE BIG EXIT Rahul Dravid parted ways with Rajasthan Royals ahead of IPL 2026 © Getty Rahul Dravid’s exit from the Rajasthan Royals side may be sudden, but it is certainly not surprising. There have been whispers about it for some time, and the move had been in the pipeline since the conclusion of the recent IPL season, in which the team finished an underwhelming ninth, with just four wins from 14 games. A better performance was surely expected from a side helmed by a coach who had just lifted the World Cup with the Indian team. At that time,…

When analysing the wretched displays of Welsh Fire in the 2022 edition of The Hundred, Sky Sports Cricket pundit Nasser Hussain did not hold back.”Not much Welsh and not much fire,” was his take as the men’s side lost all eight games and the women’s five from six. You cannot accuse Oval Invincibles Men – who, on Sunday, will be eyeing the tournament’s first threepeat – of not living up to their name, though. They have a lot of Oval and an air of invincibility.Among the two-time defending champions’ squad are a host of Surrey players who have an affinity…

To butcher a phrase from Star Trek, Southern Brave Women have gone boldly where no one has gone before.No women’s or men’s side had previously achieved an unbeaten record in the league stage of The Hundred since the ECB’s 100-ball tournament was first played in 2021. But Brave have become the first, with Georgia Adams’ squad winning all eight of their matches so far, securing flawlessness with victory over Welsh Fire on Thursday. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Brave seamer Lauren Bell took 4-6 from 20 balls in a brilliant display against Welsh Fire They…

When analysing the wretched displays of Welsh Fire in the 2022 edition of The Hundred, Sky Sports Cricket pundit Nasser Hussain did not hold back.”Not much Welsh and not much fire,” was his take as the men’s side lost all eight games and the women’s five from six. You cannot accuse Oval Invincibles Men – who, on Sunday against Trent Rockets, will be eyeing the tournament’s first threepeat – of not living up to their name, though. They have a lot of Oval and an air of invincibility.Among the two-time defending champions’ squad are a host of Surrey players who…

Pakistan won their Twenty20 International tri-series match against the United Arab Emirates at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium by 31 runs on Saturday. The tri-series of Twenty20 international matches is to tune up for the Asia Cup and features Pakistan, the UAE and Afghanistan. Each team will play the others twice, giving all sides at least four matches before the top two teams qualify for the final, scheduled on September 7. Pakistan batted first after skipper Salman Agha won the toss and set a target of 208 for the UAE. The UAE only managed to make 176 runs. Salman had hit…