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After a full preseason spent outdoors in the Queensland winter sun, Darcie Brown believes she is primed to tackle her second ODI World Cup. Australia’s lengthy break between international tours – their last series was against New Zealand in March – saw most of the country’s contracted female players bank valuable time at home, while others packed their bags and headed to England’s new county cricket competitions.South Australia quick Brown, meanwhile, took the opportunity to base herself on the Gold Coast through the winter, with the chance to train outdoors and work closely with Australia head coach Shelley Nitschke and…
THE HUNDRED MENS COMPETITION 2025 Warner’s 71 off 51 went in vain. © Getty David Warner’s 51-ball 71 went in vain as London Spirit fell 10 runs short to hand Manchester Originals their maiden win of the season. Ashton Turner and Jamie Overton’s late surge wasn’t adequate as Scott Currie held his nerves in the final set to help Originals over the line at Old Trafford on Monday (August 11). Electing to bat, Phil Salt led the early attack, by swatting three boundaries off the first six deliveries. Ben McKinney joined in soon and carted away Liam Dawson and Richard…
While the majority of Australia’s likely World Cup squad are currently plying their trade in The Hundred, Tahlia McGrath believes a stint with Australia A in Brisbane this week will provide her with the perfect build-up to the ICC tournament. Australia’s vice-captain is one of five CA-contracted players included in the 50-over squad to meet India A in three one-day games, alongside skipper Alyssa Healy, allrounder Tess Flintoff and quicks Darcie Brown and Kim Garth.McGrath said she had opted against putting her name forward for this year’s edition of the ECB’s 100-ball tournament to extend her time on home soil…
For the third match in a row Grace Harris has steered London Spirit to victory in the Hundred, maintaining the defending champions’ 100 per cent start in the English competition. In the tournament’s opening match she scored an unbeaten 42-ball 89, in Spirit’s second she bowled the death over, successfully defending six runs with two to spare, and now she has hit an unbeaten 32-ball 50 to guide Spirit to victory at Old Trafford. Chasing Manchester Originals’ 7-122, Spirit won by three wickets with two of their 100 balls remaining, thanks to a late flurry of boundaries by the Queenslander.…
Manchester Originals chalked up their first win of the season after a solid all-round batting performance, London Spirit coming up just short in their chase after a late flurry set pulses racing. Match Analysis The Originals’ score, based on their powerful top four all totalling above 20, proved to be enough despite the evergreen David Warner’s half-century in response, an innings which made him this year’s leading men’s run-scorer. Ben McKinney wowed the crowd early on with three monster sixes and two fours in his 12-ball 29, while Phil Salt for once played second fiddle. When he was out for…
Manchester Originals earned their first win of The Hundred men’s tournament at the third attempt as they beat London Spirit by 10 runs at Emirates Old Trafford.England stars Jos Buttler and Josh Tongue impressed for the hosts, the former white-ball captain cracking 46 from 37 balls as Originals posted 163-6 batting first – the joint-highest score of 2025 – before Tongue claimed 3-29 in Spirit’s reply. Australian opener David Warner smashed 71 off 51 at the top of the order for the London outfit, sharing in a 75-run partnership for the opening wicket with Kane Williamson (19). Please use Chrome…
THE HUNDRED WOMEN’S COMPETITION 2025 Harris hit a fifty in the chase. © Getty London Spirit Women overcame a tense chase to edge past Manchester Originals by three wickets in a low-scoring contest at Old Trafford. Grace Harris’ power-packed fifty proved decisive in hauling the visitors over the line with two balls to spare as Spirit registered their third win in as many attempts. Chasing 123, Spirit were rocked early when Georgia Redmayne (11) and Danielle Gibson (0) fell in quick succession to leave them 27/2. Kira Chathli held firm with a steady 34 off 30, building a partnership with…
London Spirit continued their perfect start in The Hundred 2025, defeating Manchester Originals in a nail-biting finish. Grace Harris led the way with a match-winning unbeaten 50. Match Analysis Reigning champions London Spirit made it three from three as they downed the Manchester Originals in a nail-biter at Emirates Old Trafford, Grace Harris’s beautifully paced unbeaten 50 the stand-out performance. Brimming with confidence, the Spirit won the toss and elected to bowl first, enjoying a dream start as Georgia Redmayne brilliantly caught Kathryn Bryce down the leg-side before Melie Kerr was needlessly run out going for a non-existent second from…
London Spirit’s perfect start to their Hundred title defence continued as the women’s side claimed a third-straight victory with a three-wicket win over Manchester Originals at Emirates Old Trafford.After edging out Welsh Fire by only two runs in their last match on Saturday, two days later Spirit secured another tight and tense victory, this time with only two balls to spare. Grace Harris continued her sensational form to start the competition, following up her 89 not out in the opening win over Oval Invincibles with another half century here to help her side over the line. Score summary – Manchester…
TEST SHAKE-UP The two-tier Test Championship, which has dominated recent cricketing discourse, may remain more in theory than in practice © Getty The two-tier Test Championship, which has dominated recent cricketing discourse, may remain more in theory than in practice. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has openly opposed the proposed format – two divisions of six teams each, with one or two sides promoted and relegated after every cycle – and the England board is not alone in its indifference to the plan. That has now become something of a red flag for many member boards, as every…