The first major international multisport event with spectators since the start of the pandemic is an exciting prospectWith more than one million tickets sold, a host of star athletes signed up, more than 41,000 volunteer applications received and dozen…
Australia beat India in final T20 to end series on a high– as it happened
Australia win by 14 runs at Metricon StadiumAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport3rd over: Australia 18-1 (Mooney 14, Lanning 0) Pandey to continue, but the left-hander doesn’t find her difficult at all. Mooney opens the face of her bat to slas…
Australia v India: first women’s T20 international – live!
Updates from the 20-over opener at Metricon StadiumPlay tonight starts at 7:40pm AEDT on the Gold CoastAny thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSportTwo in three balls! The delivery in between is smashed for six, tossed up by Gardner and slog-swept by V…
Australia v India: women’s Test, day one – live!
Lightning has stopped play at Gold Coast’s Carrara StadiumAny thoughts? Email Adam or tweet @collinsadam 11.39am BST Bernard Sayer enjoyed our Coodabeens inclusion about the Bears and Carrara. “Personal favourite of mine was song to the tune of Dylan’s…
England beat New Zealand by 203 runs to win fifth women’s ODI – as it happened!
New Zealand were set a record target and fell considerably short as England secured a 4-1 series victory 5.35pm BST And that’s it from me! A 4-1 series win for England, and another step forward for the women’s game after a dismal Covid summer in 2020. …
After 25 years of the Suits, is the spinning, self-interested ECB still fit for purpose? | Barney Ronay
Slick marketing Suits replaced the fusty Blazers 25 years ago but the cricket landscape now is very different to 1996Do you remember “The Blazers”? Cobwebbed and liver-spotted, ranged around the walnut-inlaid committee table in kipper-stained tie, regi…
England chase down 245 to beat New Zealand in fourth women’s ODI – as it happened
A century of understated brilliance from the captain Heather Knight inspired England to a series-clinching victory at Derby 8.19pm BST That’s all for today’s blog. A match report will appear shortly, as if by magic, and then we’ll be back for the final…
Maddy Green keeps New Zealand in series after England top order falters
3rd ODI: NZ 181-7, beat England, 178, by three wicketsLea Tahuhu takes five wickets but England lead series 2-1Despite eve-of-game nerves surrounding a potential security threat, the third one-day international between England and New Zealand took plac…
Security increased for England v New Zealand ODI after email threat
Third ODI at Leicester will go ahead at 1pm on TuesdayInvestigation deemed the threat against NZ Cricket not credibleSecurity at Tuesday’s third one-day international between England Women and New Zealand Women has been raised after the emergence of a …
England’s Danni Wyatt and Charlie Dean edge out New Zealand in second ODI
2nd ODI: England, 197, beat New Zealand, 169, by 13 runs (DLS)Wyatt leads recovery with 63*; Dean’s 4-36 secures 2-0 series leadThe idea that someone could play 199 internationals for England, score two Twenty20 international hundreds and yet never hit…