Rain and an unpredictable pitch with variable bounce hindered play in the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's, with only 58 balls bowled in intermittent cricket, resulting in two New Zealand wickets.
Updates from the third ODI in Cardiff; start 11am BST Sign up for The Spin | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail JimTanya is on the County Blog tools, not everywhere is as wet as Cardiff thankfully.There’s an inspection due at 11:15am. We have an hour before we start to lose overs, Ian Ward and Tash Farrant have got their cagoule and winter coat on respectively. They seem to be hopeful we’ll get some play at some point. Continue reading...
Updates from the third ODI in Cardiff; start 11am BST Sign up for The Spin | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail JimTanya is on the County Blog tools, not everywhere is as wet as Cardiff thankfully.There’s an inspection due at 11:15am. We have an hour before we start to lose overs, Ian Ward and Tash Farrant have got their cagoule and winter coat on respectively. They seem to be hopeful we’ll get some play at some point. Continue reading...
England win by one wicket in a dramatic opening match of the series in Durham4th over: New Zealand 11-1 (Plimmer 3, A Kerr 2) Plimmer clips a single into the leg side and Kerr opens her account with a flick off an in-swinger into the leg side. All eyes on England’s fielding, that is an area that Charlotte Edwards has really been drilling them on to improve, dropped catches and sluggish efforts were becoming all too common sight in the years preceding.3rd over: New Zealand 8-1 (Plimmer 2, A Kerr 0) Georgia Plimmer works a single down to deep third to bring Kerr on strike to Lauren Bell. It’s a top over from the lissom limbed seamer, she keeps Kerr honest for three dots. Continue reading...
Over-by-over reports from the action at Durham County cricket: day three – live | And mail JamesThe sun is shining in Durham but it still looks like top coat temperature. Charlie Dean has no hesitation in sticking the opposition in. She says there are three debutants in the side today and mentions “turning the page” with this ODI side. Kerr admits that she would have bowled first too, there should be some life in the wicket early on.Confirmed sides in two tics. Continue reading...
