India defeated Pakistan by 64 runs in a Women's T20 World Cup match at Edgbaston, setting a new attendance record of 18,814. Smriti Mandhana scored 68, and Deepti Sharma took 5 wickets.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur stated her team's sole focus is on cricket ahead of their T20 World Cup match against Pakistan. Despite recent instances of non-handshakes between teams, Kaur emphasized that discussions within the squad revolve only around the game and how to handle the inherent pressure.
England began their World Cup campaign with a dominant 87-run victory over Sri Lanka at Edgbaston. Danni Wyatt-Hodge scored a thundering century, powering England to a record 219, before Freya Kemp took a career-best four wickets.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge scored an unbeaten 105 as England began their ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 campaign with a commanding 87-run victory over Sri Lanka at Edgbaston. England posted a record 219/1, the highest team total in the tournament's history, before their bowlers dismissed Sri Lanka for 132.
Former Warwickshire wicketkeeper Keith Piper has died at the age of 56. Piper was a key player in the club's 1994 treble-winning season, securing 10 trophies during his 16-year career with the Bears.
Glamorgan teenager Tom Norton pegged back Somerset while Warwickshire skittled Yorkshire to take control of their match at EdgbastonNo hundred for Falconer on Championship debut, a chorus of bouncing slips and an imploring Tom Bailey enough for the umpire to raise an off-you-go finger to an lbw shout.Poor Zak Crawley out again cheaply, chopping on . I really hope this doesn’t disintegrate into a Haseeb Hameed 2019 summer and that someone has an arm round his shoulder. Kent 13-1. Continue reading...
England and Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham has acquired a 1.2% minority stake in Birmingham Phoenix, The Hundred cricket franchise based at Edgbaston. The deal, worth over £800,000, sees the 22-year-old take 0.6% from Warwickshire County Cricket Club and 0.6% from American investment partners Knighthead Capital. Bellingham, who grew up in Stourbridge and started his career at Birmingham City, said he wanted to give back to the city that supported his rise in football.
James Rew's unbeaten 58 guided Somerset to 139-3, needing 148 runs to beat Hampshire in Southampton. At Edgbaston, Essex need 195 runs to win despite Sam Cook's five-wicket haul. In Division Two, Middlesex hold a 41-run lead over Northants, while Lancashire chase 201 against Gloucestershire.
Updates from the third day’s play in the latest round Sign up for The Spin | Mail James or comment BTLMatt Critchley is gone now, carving loosely to backward point and Essex are digging themselves into a bit of a hole at Edgbaston. They’ve lost four wickets this morning and are still 34 runs adrift, from nowhere Warwickshire look like they could event take a small first innings lead into their second innings.Leach is looking dangerous at the Utilita, probing away and getting some spit and drift. I wonder if we’ll see him in England whites again? Continue reading...
Updates from the third day’s play in the latest round Sign up for The Spin | Mail James or comment BTLMatt Critchley is gone now, carving loosely to backward point and Essex are digging themselves into a bit of a hole at Edgbaston. They’ve lost four wickets this morning and are still 34 runs adrift, from nowhere Warwickshire look like they could event take a small first innings lead into their second innings.Leach is looking dangerous at the Utilita, probing away and getting some spit and drift. I wonder if we’ll see him in England whites again? Continue reading...
