Some great results in the T20 Knock out cup, including a bowl off! So round 3 with the Tier 1 sides enter the comp will be; Middlesex v Warwickshire Essex v Gloucestershire Yorks v Somerset Worcestershire v Surrey Glamorgan v Hampshire Lancs v Buckinghamshire Derbyshire v Northants Blaze v Durham

I am all for keeping the game going for as long as possible during the rain but this is all getting a little farcical now and unsafe out there

Let’s not forgot today is Suzie Bates final ODI game -183 Matches- 4th all time -5970 runs- 4th highest ODI (23 runs to over take Charlotte Edwards to go 3rd) -13 100s & 37 50s -HS 168 -38.02 Average with 79.41 SR - 83 W @ 34.13, Best figure 4-7 - 94 catches What a career from Suzie

Think I definitely made the right choice to go to Durham on Sunday instead of Northampton today. The weather looks bleak at best today, I don’t think we will be getting much play.

So that leaves English Womens cricket with no woman in charge of it come July!!

Alexa Stonehouse to be added to the England Squad, with Issy Wong looking to be out and reassessed. So that’s another injury for England!! Almost as if not playing games and playing soldiers hasn’t worked!!!

If England are going to play like that all summer, they are not winning a World Cup. The game management at points was poor, taking a single of the first ball of the over and leaving 10 & 11 to face the rest! Maybe a camp at school rather than the Army next time!

Very disappointing to see that BBCsport having an England Women full international fixtures being placed underneath mens county championship Not good at all

England win toss and bowl at Durham Lamb Grewcock Knight Boosh Kemp Jones Gibson Dean Wong Bell TCC Team feels a bowler light to me, can see why they want to bowl first.

The start of the Womens T20 County Cup kicks off in earnest today Some really interesting games going on around the country, keep your eye out on the games today. www.ecb.co.uk/womens-count...

So at Lancashire we’ve just had the standing umpire hit flush with a delivery back at her and looks like she may have to go off with concussion Lancs coaching staff will now perform Square leg duties for the remaining 9 overs

Not a cloud in the sky, Manchester in fine glorious weather Roses Derby taking place That warm that the Panama is making its first sighting of the summer Weekends don’t get better than this.

Cricket doesn’t get much better than this really. Beautiful ground, Sun shining, Kate Cross & Mahika Gaur bowling in tandem Ellie Threlkeld & Fi Morris in the runs What more do you want??

England women have not played a competitive game since October last year. Had no cricket over the winter due to the FTP being full and have been playing games between themselves since. Now rather than playing competitive fixtures they are in another camp, baffling way to prep for a WC

Emma Lamb last season in all formats 1592 runs 2- 100s 14-50s HS 142 Leading run scorer in One Day Cup Only woman to pass 1500 runs in a season Won 2 titles with a Lancashire Yet not good enough to be a wisden player of the year

Disappointing to see no women in the Wisden 5 this year. While there might not have been international performances there were domestic performances worthy of selection.

Here we go, Back 9 on Sunday at the Masters, Rose looking like he could break his duck as the nearly man, now the drama begins. Nothing beats the back 9 at The Masters #TheMasters

After round 1 we have some interesting stats England batting Arlott 90 (74) Bouchier 7 (11) Capsey 9 (14) Dunkely 31 (18) Gibson 6 (13) Grewcock 80 (97) Kemp 46 (43) Knight 5 (10) Lamb 6 (10) Pavely 1 (6) Perrin 8 (11) Scrivens 0 (9) Wong 45 (47) Wyatt-Hodge 124 (80)

Women Metro Bank Cup Round 1 finishes Lancashire beat Durham by 149 runs Hampshire beat Essex by 5 wickets Somerset beat Yorkshire by 1 run Surrey beat Warwickshire by 52 runs Lancashire top the table with 5 points and a very strong NRR #MBODC

Back to Back Centuries for Gaby Lewis to start off Lancashires Back to Back defence of the title

Danni Wyatt-Hodge with the First century of the women season off 66 balls Danni is back!?

A hatrick 5 wickets in 5 balls A 3 wicket Maiden A 4 wicket Maiden Over This is remarkable bowling

This isn’t great if she is supposed to be the England VC and potentially captaining games this summer. www.espncricinfo.com/story/charli...

I have completed my usual end of County Championship round one wrap up for 2026 On the whole this year has dropped down on last years opening round Both Runs & Wickets are down on last year and we have had a complete swap of results from 2025 with Wins & Draws swapping positions

So in the battle of the back up keepers Threlkeld - 2 games, 7runs, 0 Catches & 0 byes (1 game had 0 wickets in it) Southby-3 games, 1run, 3 catches & 3 byes So can safely say we have learnt nothing there then.

So what exactly what the point of taking Jodi Grewcock South Africa for her to spend 2 weeks carrying drinks and not playing a single game?? Much better for her to have been with Essex actually playing cricket, than being an expensive water girl.

Reports from South Africa that Charlie Dean will miss the last two games of the tour. That’s both captains now out of the series. To lose one captain ..etc

Love this Youngest ever player (male or female) to hit a T20i 100 and first ever woman to hit a century on debut in T20 www.wisden.com/cricket-news...

That was a classy knock from Grace Harris Coming in at 4 and scoring a century in a final. While I want NSW to win, got to love those kind of knocks #WNCL

You’d think if you’re going to score and do a live stream for England you would know the difference between Bell and Filer by now!!

Cunningham- South sounds like a constituency in the Home Counties #SixNations

As much as I love these pale blue French shirts. I’m really surprised they’ve allowed England to be in white with them. Both sides essentially look the same, and when you’ve got a fast paced game that’s not great. #SixNations

And people still like to argue that an auction is a good think and best way to do it. The argument that because it’s large amount of money it should be an auction is just wrong on so many levels.

Manchester Super Giants are not out of the auction, they only have 10.5k left and the minimum is £15k a player Squad is all wrapped up for them with their 14 players. #TheHundred

IF and it’s a big IF (as they shouldn’t happen) you are going to have an auction At least make sure that they get the names right and show the correct pictures of the players!! #TheHundred

There is a Shakespeare quote that I always remember when it come to these situations and is so true “They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing" Just think on that people

So they put up a picture of Sarah Bryce instead of Kathryn Bryce!!!

Player auctions manage to combine all the mind-numbing tedium of transfer windows and drafts, with an extra layer of antediluvian ick factor that only seems amplified when applied to women's sports. (IMO)

I dislike so much about this auction business

The Hundred Auction I’ll give a list each time a set has passed to make it more straight forward First up England contracted players Dav Perrin to BP for £50k Amy Jones to LS for £70k Sarah Glenn to SB for £75k Tammy Beaumont to BP for £70k Dani Gibson to SL for £190k #TheHundred

Some interesting choices in the two squads Clear shoot out between Threlkeld and Southby for the back up Keeper spot, with Bess Heath in neither squad TCC in the same side as Ecclestone with No Sarah Glenn (injured) & Grewcock in as the Leggie

England Women will now play 5T20s in South Africa instead of UAE Team Brittin vs Team Heyhoe-Flint 2 squads of 15 each with there own coach. NSB & Charlie Dean to captain the sides Some interesting names included in the squads, some definitely looking at the future

Jacob Bethell becomes the youngest England player to reach a century in all 3 formats Beating Harry Brook who achieved the feat 10 days ago. #T20WC2026

Someone needs to have a word with who ever has done the classifications for The Hundred long list Seren Smale a higher WK than Threlkeld!! AJW a Tier 2 spinner!! Madness

Such a boss move from Alyssa to bow out on! Absolutely love it!

Pep Guardiola didn't back down about the boos at Elland Road as play paused to allow Muslim players to break their fast for Ramadan. “It’s a modern, modern world, right? You all [saw] what happened in the world again today, right? Respect the religions, respect the diversity, that is the point.”

Zimbabwe Women have fought back well to post a score against New Zealand. From 10-7 in the 8th over to post 64-9 Adel Zimunu 20 (23) Audrey Mazvishaya 20* (37) Gives Zimbabwe something to defend

Did someone put the NZ anthem on 1.5x speed just then, certainly sounded like they were rushing through that.

Not a great start for the new captain to be injured already after only doing 1 series. Does bring into question again if she was the right choice.

Harry Brook becomes the 3rd England mens player to have a century in all formats Jos Buttler Dawid Malan Harry Brook The other two England players to hold the record are Heather Knight Tammy Beaumont