Munro smashes 120 as Knight Riders beat Patriots
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'First blind women's World Cup will put cricket team on the map'
A visually-impaired cricket player is hoping to take the world stage in November at the first Blind Women's T20 World Cup in India. Jess Lowe, from West Bridgford in Nottinghamshire, grew up in a "cricket family", spending summer enjoying matches at the Trent Bridge Cricket Ground. As a teenager the sports fan - who has cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and a visual impairment - found a community in playing the sport. Now the 25-year-old is hoping to join England Women's Visually Impaired Team for the first international competition of its kind. "It would be amazing. I don't really have the words to describe [how it would feel]," Miss Lowe said of making it to well as being a leap forward in her cricketing career, the competition in India could also be the first time Jess has travelled abroad. Miss Lowe had participated in various sports before she was introduced to cricket for the visually impaired in 2017. It was a step up from the batting and bowling with her dad, Nick Lowe, in the back garden, but "she gave it a go and loved it", he said. Mr Lowe said due to his daughter's various needs, cricket was the first sport that offered her a "level playing field".It also helped her and her parents realise the severity of her sight the game, Miss Lowe is classed as a B2 player within the three-tier classification system which categorises the players' level of sight. "I have tunnel vision," she said. "So if you think of looking through a Polo mint, that's what I can see." Miss Lowe previously played for blind cricket teams based in Nottingham and Derbyshire before they both closed, and currently plays for the Yorkshire Vikings."I absolutely love it. I really don't want it to end," she said. Mr Lowe added: "It's great to see her being able to do something she loves, on her level, and with players of a like mind. "It's quite empowering to see that happening." 'Desperate and excited' The Blind Cricket England and Wales charity is now fundraising to raise enough money for the team to be able to travel to India for the competition. The overall cost of the team's travel and other expenses during the T20 is expected to be £60,000. Kathryn Jelfs, captain of England Women's Visually Impaired Team, said she hoped the team's involvement in the world cup would encourage others to get involved. "We're all incredibly excited and we're all trying to think of ways to raise funds," she added. "We're desperate and excited in equal measure." The 44-year-old said there had been men's World Cups since 1998 but there had never been one for the women's game. "This World Cup would mean the world to us," Ms Jelfs said.
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12 hours ago
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Munro smashes 120 as Knight Riders beat Patriots
Colin Munro hit a remarkable 120 from 57 balls as Trinbago Knight Riders beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 12 runs in the Caribbean Premier 38-year-old former New Zealand international struck 14 fours and six sixes from the top of the order after his side were put into bat, before he was finally caught in the covers for the joint third-highest individual score in the CPL. Munro put on 114 for the first wicket with Alex Hales, who struck 47 from 27, with Knight Riders closing on 231-5 - the seventh-highest score in the tournament's Mayers (32) and Andre Fletcher (41) staged their own opening stand of 80, but the pair fell in the space of five balls to spinners Usman Tariq and Akeal Hosein Holder struck 44 from 22 balls, but his team were well behind the required run-rate and finished on 219-7.A win in their opening game puts Knight Riders top of the early table, while Patriots drop one place to third with one win from three fixtures & table
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13 hours ago
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One Day Cup: Group leaders Yorks and Gloucs win
Pakistan international Imam-ul-Haq passed 50 for the fourth time running as One Day Cup Group B leaders Yorkshire hammered Middlesex in their top-of-the-table hosts were bundled out for just 129 at Radlett as wicketkeeper Harry Duke took a List A club-record of six catches, before an unbeaten 54 from Imam steered the visitors to a seven-wicket win with 23 overs in left them four points clear of four teams all level on 12 points, including Warwickshire, who chased down 310 to beat Somerset with just three balls to spare despite Tom Lammonby's maiden List A in Group B, Charlie Tear hit a career-best 159 as Sussex Sharks thrashed Northamptonshire Steelbacks to move on to 12 points, and Kent Spitfires beat Lancashire by 22 runs in a tight match at defeat, Somerset moved up to second on net run rate from Warwickshire in third, and Sussex in fourth, while Middlesex slipped to made it five wins from five and moved six points clear at the top of Group A after easing past Worcestershire Rapids by six wickets in another top-of-the-table Critchley made 103 and Luc Benkenstein blasted a 52-ball 75 as Essex beat Leicestershire in Leicester for back-to-back Jack Haynes' second List A ton helped Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat winless Glamorgan and move up to fourth.
