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The Independent
5 days ago
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- The Independent
James Vince helps Hampshire to Vitality Blast win over Surrey on DLS
Hampshire claimed their second win of the Vitality Blast on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern after rain brought an early end to play against Surrey. The visitors had reached 63 without loss from 8.2 overs when the weather forced players from the field, which ultimately earned them victory by 15 runs. Earlier, Hampshire had limited Surrey to 141 for seven. Scott Currie was the pick of the bowlers with two for 17 from his four overs, while Jason Roy top-scored with 37. That never looked like being enough and James Vince (33 not out) and Toby Albert (28no) were making solid progress towards the target when the rain came. Kent and Middlesex had to settle for two points each after the weather prevented a result at Lord's. Kent reached 172 for nine off their 20 overs after a briefly delayed start, Zak Crawley scoring a half-century, but Middlesex did not get the chance to start their reply. Australian Grace Harris starred on debut as Surrey defeated Hampshire by 32 runs to move to the top of the women's standings. Harris hit 63 in Surrey's total of 213 for four and then took three wickets as Hampshire were limited to 181 for eight in reply. Harris scored at nearly two runs a ball to give Surrey a great platform along with Danni Wyatt-Hodge, who made 62, and Paige Scholfield, who smashed an unbeaten 49 from only 18 balls. The Hawks had a chance while Ella McCaughan was at the crease, but Harris ended her innings at 81 with a caught and bowled before dismissing captain Georgia Adams in the same over.
BBC News
5 days ago
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- BBC News
Harris stars as Surrey down Hawks
Grace Harris posted a blistering half-century and took three vital wickets on debut as Surrey inflicted a first defeat on Hampshire to go top of the Women's T20 Blast Australian rattled 63 from 35 balls as the hosts amassed an imposing 213-4 from their 20 overs, with the evergreen Danni Wyatt-Hodge cracking 62 and Paige Scholfield smashing an unbeaten 49 from just 18 the Hawks just ahead of the ask with five overs remaining, Harris then ousted opener Ella McCaughan after an imperious knock of 81 and sent skipper Georgia Adams on her way two balls later to end the visitors' 31-year-old off-spinner - who has more than 50 T20 appearances for Australia under her belt - finished with figures of 3-18 as Surrey won by 32 runs in their first game at the Oval under the county's name. After being asked to bat first, the hosts built a solid foundation with openers Wyatt-Hodge and skipper Bryony Smith posting 57-0 in the six-over clearing the rope three times, Smith fell to her opposite number Adams going for number four, caught at deep mid-wicket by Charli Knott for 33 from 20 deliveries in the eighth over with the score on opener Wyatt-Hodge was dropped three times as she put the pedal down but added 54 in just over five overs with Harris before skying seamer Freya Davies off a top edge to deep backward point after making 62 from 41 balls with seven fours and two would have been run out for one had it not been for a mis-field by keeper Rhianna Southby but then combined with Scholfield to add another 62 from the next 32 deliveries before the Australian miscued a ramp shot and departed for 63 from 35 balls, with five fours and four sixes, to start the 19th over, with Davies finishing with 2-36 from her four Kira Chathli was run out without scoring, setting off for a leg-side single which wasn't there, Scholfield motored on, cracking five fours and adding three maximums to finish unbeaten on 49 from just 18 deliveries as the hosts posted Bouchier made a blistering start to the reply with two fours and a straight six as the Hawks were 16-0 from the opening five deliveries only for the England batter to hole-out to Phoebe Franklin at deep mid-wicket to finish Kalea Moore's making 16 from nine balls Australia star Knott then cut Tilly Corteen-Coleman straight to Wyatt-Hodge diving forward at Kemp was pushed up the order but feathered an edge through to the keeper off Alexa Stonehouse to depart for and Franklin stemmed the flow for Surrey and at the mid-way point of the chase the Hawks were 96-3, two runs fewer than the hosts at the same looked in good touch throughout and brought up her third straight half-century from 32 balls with her 10th four as light rain began to fall in south a slow start, Adams had a stroke of luck as she skied Franklin back to the non-striker's end, only for Franklin to uncertainly put down the catch with Adams running within a couple of feet of her to complete the Hawks skipper hit fit-again Tash Farrant for back-to-back boundaries to bring up the 50 partnership with McCaughan from 33 balls as the visitors stayed in touch while McCaughan was given another life as the diving Scholfield put down a high chance running around from long-on as the opener moved to 66 from 40 balls.A total of 62 was needed from the final five overs but Harris picked up the prize wicket of McCaughan who miscued an attempted pull back to the bowler to take a towering catch and send her back to the pavilion for 81 from 50 balls later, Scholfield pulled off a stunning catch at long-on, diving forward to cling on to send Adams on her way for 29 from 24 balls, taking the Hawks hopes with her and Harris bowled Mary Taylor from the final delivery as Surrey made it two wins from two and edged ahead of Essex at the top of the table on net run rate. Surrey all-rounder Grace Harris told the ECB Reporters Network: "It's a fantastic start. It was very good to get 200 on the board and then defend it."Bryony and Danni got us off to a fantastic start. I might have ridden my luck a bit early on, but as long as you cash in you're good to go right?"I was happy with the way I played. I was surprised to get a role in the death overs and a few cheeky wickets at the back end there."I just enjoy cricket and whatever role I'm given I try and embrace that."Hampshire skipper Georgia Adams said: "I think we are pretty happy with the way we went about that chase. I think we probably let them get 20 too many which in the end was probably the difference between the two sides."I think in a funny sort of way trying to stay ahead of the DLS score was actually helping us because it kept us on track throughout the overs. "I thought Ella was brilliant and we were ahead of the rate for a lot of it, but just fell away in the last five overs."We were playing cat and mouse with the rain a bit and it is difficult mentally because as batters at the crease you are always thinking what do we play for. "We battled through, but the Grace Harris over where we lost Macca (McCaughan) and I killed us really."
Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
American expat slams Aussies for 'bizarre' phrase everyone uses: 'I'd never say that'
An American expat has called out numerous common Aussie sayings as completely 'crazy' to her - but Australians clapped back to defend one particular expression. Nashville woman Grace Harris recently shared a TikTok video, which has been watched over 1.5 million times, where she detailed the cultural differences she'd observed since moving to Australia. The video sees Grace list numerous Aussie anomalies, including well-known norms like 'shortening' first names into nicknames and both driving and walking 'on the left hand side'. But the cultural observation that caused the most contention was her confusion over the way Aussies referred to their parents in conversation. She explained: 'If I'm talking to somebody, and they're referring to their dad, you would think they would say, "my dad", right?' Grace continued that Australians did not appear to use the word 'my' when speaking about their own parents. She imitated: 'Dad took me to the store. Dad dropped me off.' 'What do you mean, "dad"? Grace questioned. 'That's your dad, babe. That's not my dad. That's your daddy.' The social media video was inundated with thousands of replies, particularly from Aussies who failed to see the issue with the turn of phrase. 'Well I'm not calling your dad, "dad". So I'm obviously talking about my dad. That's the logic,' read the top liked reply. 'Why on earth would I be talking about your dad,' read another comment. 'Interesting. It never occurred to me to specify. I feel like I'd never call someone else's dad "dad",' read another comment. Other more general comments referred to the phrase being a broader extension of Australian speaking mannerisms. 'Why use many words when few words do the trick?' one person explained. 'If we [Aussies] can say something with fewer words, we do. if we can say something with fewer syllables, we do,' confirmed another reply. One commenter, who was currently living with an Australian university roommate, chimed in to say that they'd presumed the turn of phrase was a 'weird habit' specific to the person - and was shocked to discover it's a wider 'Australian thing'. However, some video viewers agreed that they understood Grace's confusion over the absence of the word 'my' within this context. 'Americans use "dad" as a common noun and Australians use "Dad" as a proper noun,' explained one comment. 'If someone says "dad" instead of "my dad" I would assume they're siblings or family,' they said. 'You just have to add [the] possessive in the US or it's confusing.' Grace's observation about the way Australians refer to their dad also prompted another discussion from Aussies who'd presumed she was going to question the common term of endearment, 'my old man'. 'I thought you were going to say Australians say "my old man" [when referring to their dad],' read one reply. The viral video also saw Grace refer to a number of other Australian-isms that she was surprised to have encountered since moving abroad. In addition to reducing people's names to nicknames, she was additionally surprised at the shortening of other common words too. 'If you look at a menu, it never will say avocado. Avo. "Can I have avo toast?"' Grace said. 'Or "arvo" means afternoon.' These shortened words were confirmed in the comment section, but many added that Grace needed to remove the American accented 'A' sound to pronounce them correctly. 'Avocado is pronounced like apple or axe. It is a short 'a' sound,' explained one comment. 'In the Australian accent it sounds like avo = av-o, arvo = ah-vo,' added another. Grace also noted that Australians similarly shorten the phrase 'how are you doing' to simply 'how you going'. But some comments cheekily adjusted Grace's interpretation of the common greeting phrase. 'It's never, "how are you going" - it's, "how ya garnnn", read one joking reply. Some of Grace's other observations about Australian life proved to be more contentious, with commenters saying they were likely 'sweeping generalisations' specific to her particular beach-side location. For instance, Grace asserted that 'everybody here is barefoot' and that 'everybody here has heaps of tattoos, piercings, mullets, mustache'. She also stated: 'Nobody here is fat. Everybody's always working out. Everybody has abs, everybody's fit.' However, buried among the responses were sympathetic replies from fellow expats who related to many of Grace's remarks. 'Help! I'm an American in Australia too,' laughingly wrote one person.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Surrey sign Australia all-rounder Harris
Australia all-rounder Grace Harris has signed for Surrey as this year's overseas player. The 31-year-old, who plays for London Spirit in The Hundred, will be available from the fixture against Hampshire Hawks at the Kia Oval on 5 June - the county's first home Vitality Blast fixture of the season. Harris has played 51 T20 matches for her country, averaging 22.19 with the bat and has nine wickets at an average of 19.77. She plays for Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League and for Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League, plus UP Warriorz in the Women's Premier League in India.
BBC News
19-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Surrey sign Australia all-rounder Harris
Australia all-rounder Grace Harris has signed for Surrey as this year's overseas 31-year-old, who plays for London Spirit in The Hundred, will be available from the fixture against Hampshire Hawks at the Kia Oval on 5 June - the county's first home Vitality Blast fixture of the has played 51 T20 matches for her country, averaging 22.19 with the bat and has nine wickets at an average of plays for Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League and for Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League, plus UP Warriorz in the Women's Premier League in India.
