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26-05-2025
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Ecclestone stars as Lancs beat Surrey in T20 final
Vitality T20 Women's County Cup, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton Lancashire Thunder 172-6 (20 overs): Kesteven 77; Moore 4-27 Surrey 140-7 (20 overs): Franklin 41; Ecclestone 4-12 Lancashire won by 32 runs Match scorecard Lancashire Thunder became the first winners of the new Vitality T20 Women's County Cup with a 32-run victory over Surrey in the final at Taunton. Opener Tilly Kesteven hit 77 off 60 balls, putting on 86 for the first wicket with Emma Lamb (27), while Fi Morris made a rapid 27 as Lancashire posted 172-6. Chasing the highest total on a day which also saw the two semi-finals played, Surrey made a fast start through openers Bryony Smith (25) and Kira Chathli (21). Phoebe Franklin added a brisk 41, but spinner Sophie Ecclestone (4-12), left out of the England squad for the West Indies series, helped put the brakes on as Surrey fell well short. Earlier Lancashire beat The Blaze by seven wickets in a rain-affected second semi-final to set up a showdown with Surrey who edged to a three-wicket win over Warwickshire, with two balls to spare, in a low-scoring game. After showers had delayed their successful semi-final chase, Lancashire soon found themselves batting again after Surrey skipper Smith won the toss and opted to field first. She may have regretted the decision when 20-year-old Kesteven raced to her first senior fifty, off just 37 balls, as the Red Rose raced to 86-0 after 10 overs. Lamb fell the very next ball to Tilly Corteen-Coleman, but Lancashire continued to attack. Off-spinner Kalea Moore removed Seren Smale for a brisk 19 and three balls later knocked back Kesteven's off-stump. Yet Morris maintained the tempo with some late hitting, striking three fours and a huge six in a 12-ball 27, before falling to Moore (4-27) who picked up two more wickets in the final over. In an explosive start to the chase, Chathli launched Kate Cross for two sixes, but was castled next ball by the England seamer, and Smith then hit four successive boundaries off Grace Potts before holing out going for a fifth. Ecclestone - who sent down 15 dots - removed Paige Scholfield and Emma Jones in successive balls to pull back Surrey to 75-4 at the halfway mark. As the run rate required climbed above 10, Franklin holed out for an enterprising 41 off 36 balls to give a third wicket to Ecclestone as Surrey slipped to 105-6. There was defiant hitting from Moore (22 not out) and Ryana Macdonald-Gay (18), but it was too little, too late as Ecclestone had the final word by removing the latter. The women's T20 Blast competition, which runs alongside the men's, gets under way on Friday with Surrey back in action at Taunton against Somerset. Lancashire Thunder begin their Blast campaign on Saturday against The Blaze at Old Trafford. Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport
BBC News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Ecclestone stars as Lancs beat Surrey in T20 final
Vitality T20 Women's County Cup, Cooper Associates County Ground, TauntonLancashire Thunder 172-6 (20 overs): Kesteven 77; Moore 4-27Surrey 140-7 (20 overs): Franklin 41; Ecclestone 4-12Lancashire won by 32 runsMatch scorecard Lancashire Thunder became the first winners of the new Vitality T20 Women's County Cup with a 32-run victory over Surrey in the final at Tilly Kesteven hit 77 off 60 balls, putting on 86 for the first wicket with Emma Lamb (27), while Fi Morris made a rapid 27 as Lancashire posted the highest total on a day which also saw the two semi-finals played, Surrey made a fast start through openers Bryony Smith (25) and Kira Chathli (21).Phoebe Franklin added a brisk 41, but spinner Sophie Ecclestone (4-12), left out of the England squad for the West Indies series, helped put the brakes on as Surrey fell well short. Earlier Lancashire beat The Blaze by seven wickets in a rain-affected second semi-final to set up a showdown with Surrey who edged to a three-wicket win over Warwickshire, with two balls to spare, in a low-scoring showers had delayed their successful semi-final chase, Lancashire soon found themselves batting again after Surrey skipper Smith won the toss and opted to field may have regretted the decision when 20-year-old Kesteven raced to her first senior fifty, off just 37 balls, as the Red Rose raced to 86-0 after 10 fell the very next ball to Tilly Corteen-Coleman, but Lancashire continued to Kalea Moore removed Seren Smale for a brisk 19 and three balls later knocked back Kesteven's Morris maintained the tempo with some late hitting, striking three fours and a huge six in a 12-ball 27, before falling to Moore (4-27) who picked up two more wickets in the final an explosive start to the chase, Chathli launched Kate Cross for two sixes, but was castled next ball by the England seamer, and Smith then hit four successive boundaries off Grace Potts before holing out going for a - who sent down 15 dots - removed Paige Scholfield and Emma Jones in successive balls to pull back Surrey to 75-4 at the halfway the run rate required climbed above 10, Franklin holed out for an enterprising 41 off 36 balls to give a third wicket to Ecclestone as Surrey slipped to was defiant hitting from Moore (22 not out) and Ryana Macdonald-Gay (18), but it was too little, too late as Ecclestone had the final word by removing the women's T20 Blast competition, which runs alongside the men's, gets under way on Friday with Surrey back in action at Taunton against Thunder begin their Blast campaign on Saturday against The Blaze at Old Trafford.
The Guardian
13-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Nat Sciver-Brunt starts life as England captain but Charlotte Edwards is the one in control
England's 16-0 whitewash at the hands of Australia earlier this year sparked widespread calls for change. On Tuesday, as new captain Nat Sciver-Brunt gave her first press conference since she was appointed last month, the curtain finally rose just enough to give the public a tantalising glimpse at a very new-look England setup. Twenty-four hours previously, the head coach, Charlotte Edwards, and the newly chosen national selector (whose identity is yet to be revealed) had sat down to select England's squad to face West Indies in the series beginning on 21 May – without Sciver-Brunt. Edwards, Sciver-Brunt revealed, has taken the decision to remove her new skipper from all formal selection committees. 'My views are heard pre-meeting,' Sciver-Brunt said. 'I haven't been part of the big meeting. The new national selector will take that role, to lighten the burden of being captain.' Perhaps Edwards simply felt that Sciver-Brunt – who in the past six weeks has watched her wife give birth, undergone electroshock therapy for an achilles injury, and received a phone call from Edwards to tell her she was about to become the new England captain – already had enough to be going on with? Except that this is a permanent change. In fact, it is the clearest signal yet that this new era of England women's cricket will be driven forward by Edwards: she will set the standards and write the plans, and Sciver-Brunt will implement them. Sciver-Brunt described her role as 'focusing on pitch things and winning games for England'. That is a 180-degree shift from her predecessor, Heather Knight, whose voice on and off the pitch was heard more loudly than either of England's previous head coaches, Jon Lewis and Lisa Keightley. If the world really is divided into Type As (ambitious and driven) and Type Bs (carefree and even-tempered), then Sciver-Brunt is an archetypal Type B, recently described by Edwards as 'laid-back and unassuming'. Edwards wanted a captain who could lead from the front: Sciver-Brunt emerged from the wreckage of last winter's Ashes still one of the world's leading all-rounders. But the leadership style of a Type B is likely to be more focused on inspiring and motivating those around them than imposing decisive plans. Sciver-Brunt is a textbook example. 'As a leader, I want to empower people to be the best version of themselves,' she said. 'As a group, I want us all to work really hard for each other and the team. I'll be having conversations with everybody to work out the best way to work with them when we're on the pitch and what they would need from me to help them best work.' There are two problems for the softly spoken Sciver-Brunt. The first is that she takes office at a nadir for England women's cricket: the scrutiny-genie of last winter's Ashes is never getting put back in the bottle. Asked what she was most dreading about the England captaincy, her answer came instantly: 'Press conferences.' She might well prefer a more limited role, where she can focus purely on the cricket, without having to answer difficult questions from journalists – but that is not the one on offer any more. Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion The second is that she will be required to deal with the unprecedented dynamic of her Type-A predecessor Knight remaining in the dressing room as she attempts to take charge of her new team. 'I'm going to be signing her up for a few coffees when we get on tour and getting into a few details of captaincy and how she found it,' Sciver-Brunt said – a statement which did nothing to dispel concerns that Knight may yet find a new role as backseat driver of an England team which she led for almost a decade. But anyone with real concerns need look no further than the reassuring figure of Edwards. Is Edwards really likely to allow Knight to lead by stealth? No. Will Edwards tolerate a poor team culture? Also no. Edwards has worked with Sciver-Brunt long enough – most recently at Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League – to know exactly the kind of leader she will make. The key to understanding her choice of captain is this: Edwards – herself a Type A, if ever there was one – has picked the player who will best complement her own coaching style. It's as simple, and as complicated, as that.
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Women's One-Day Cup - Hants beat Essex to top table
Lancashire completed a Metro Bank Women's One-Day Cup double over leaders The Blaze at Emirates Old win means Hampshire take over top spot in the table after Georgia Adams' century helped them beat Essex, while there were also wins for Durham and Potts' 4-37 led an excellent bowling effort by the Lancashire attack on a slow wicket that restricted the visitors to a below-par 222 all out from 48.2 overs, with half centuries by England wicketkeeper Amy Jones and Ella Lamb, the leading run scorer in the competition, boosted her chances of gaining international selection with an excellent 74 in front of the watching England head coach Charlotte Edwards, but three wickets from The Blaze skipper Kirstie Gordon threatened to swing the game the way of the visitors with Lancashire 155-6 after 32 took a vital partnership of 71 runs in 15.2 overs between captain Ellie Threlkeld and England all-rounder Kate Cross for the seventh wicket to take Lancashire to a four-wicket victory with 16 balls to Smith posted a superb hundred to steer Surrey to a convincing 101-run win over Somerset on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in by example, Surrey's captain scored 110 from 103 balls, striking 15 fours and one six as the visitors made 306-7 in a contest reduced by rain to 44 overs a Dunkley raised an attractive 79 from 81 balls and Danni Wyatt-Hodge contributed 44 including eight fours, while Australian spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington returned figures of a revised target of 317, Somerset came up short in the face of accurate bowling and sharp fielding, being dismissed for 215 in 40.5 overs. Ton-up captains Adams won the battle of century-making captains as Hampshire beat Essex by 17 unbeaten 110, with assistance from Rhianna Southby's 61, helped Hampshire to a healthy skipper Grace Scrivens replied with a classy 101, her second ton in successive innings, to put herself firmly in the frame for England left-arm spinner Linsey Smith took 4-33 to give Hampshire their fourth victory in six matches to remain amongst the pacesetters, while Essex remain rooted to the bottom of the excellent all-round performance from Mady Villiers led Durham to a three-wicket win over Warwickshire at bowlers restricted Warwickshire throughout their innings with regular wickets from the likes of Sophia Turner and Villiers, but a late flurry of runs from half-centurion Charis Pavely helped them to a competitive total of hosts got off to a great start in reply, with the brilliant Suzie Bates combining well with skipper Hollie Armitage for a partnership worth 105. However, some quick wickets for Warwickshire unsettled the home side until Villiers' maiden List A fifty for Durham secured her side a first win since the opening day.
NDTV
11-05-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
Smriti Mandhana Slams 11th ODI Century, Rises Into Top Three In Elite Women's Cricket List
Team India opener and left-hand batter Smriti Mandhana on Sunday became the third cricketer in Women's Cricket history to slam the most number of tons in the One Day Internationals. Mandhana achieved this milestone during the ODI tri-series final against Sri Lanka Women, which was played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The southpaw smashed 116 runs off 101 balls, which was laced with 15 boundaries and two maximums in her innings. The 28-year-old player scored these runs at a strike rate of 114.85. This was Mandhana's 11th ODI ton, going past England's Tammy Beaumont to become the third-highest century maker in ODIS. Former Australia skipper Meg Lanning (15) and New Zealand right-hand batter Suzie Bates (13 so far) are the two players above Mandhana in the highest century-maker list. Recapping the Women in Blue's batting, India reached the 50-run mark in 11.2 overs. Inoka Ranaweera conceded a couple of fours against Mandhana, but broke the 70-run partnership by removing Pratika for 30 in 49 balls, with two fours. India was 70/1 in 14.5 overs. Mandhana reached her 32nd ODI fifty in 55 balls, with five fours and two sixes. India reached the 100-run mark in 21.4 overs, whereas they reached the 150-run mark in 29 overs. A huge highlight of the inning came in the 31st over, with SL skipper Chamari Athapaththu conceding four successive boundaries against Mandhana and giving away 17 runs in total. Mandhana reached the milestone in 92 balls, with the help of 12 fours and two sixes. Mandhana and Pratika reached the century partnership in 95 balls. The 120-run stand between the duo was over as Dewmi Vihanga removed Mandhana for 116 in 101 balls, with 15 fours and two sixes. India was 190/2 in 32.3 overs. India reached the 200-run mark in 34.2 overs. Dewmi took the third wicket, removing Harleen for 47 in 56 balls, with four boundaries. India was 219/3 in 36.4 overs. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues had the responsibility to guide India to a massive total in death overs, with both finding some quick boundaries. Their 48-run stand was over as Sugandika Kumari dismissed Harmanpreet for a quickfire 41 in 30 balls, with three boundaries and a six. India was 267/4 in 42 overs. Indian then went on to lose Richa Ghosh (8) and Jemimah (44 in 29 balls, with four boundaries). India was 304/6 in 46 overs. Amanjot Kaur was run out for 18 in 12 balls on the penultimate ball of the innings. India ended their innings at 342/7 in their 50 overs, with Deepti Sharma (20* in 14 balls, with three fours) and Kranti Goud (0*) unbeaten.
