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The Hundred will commence on Wednesday when the current holders Southern Brave open up this season’s tournament when they face Welsh Fire at the Ageas Bowl. The competition itself goes from strength to strength, with plenty of exciting action to come in the next few weeks.
Only Germany stand in the way of the Lionesses when the final of the Women’s Euros 2022 reaches its conclusion with the final at a sold out Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
With just three matches remaining in another fascinating county championship season, the battle to see who is crowned Division One champions looks like going down to the wire with both Surrey and Hampshire likely top fight it out to see how will be champions come late September.
England reached their first tournament final since 2009 after brushing aside Sweden in the semi-final of the Women’s European Championship at Bramhall Lane in Sheffield on Tuesday.
County cricket members have been short changed for many seasons without their voices being heard.
Ian from LAG, Lancashire Action Group recently spoke to Prost International. I started by asking Ian how LAG came about.
Reigning Commonwealth Games champions England enter the defence of their netball title with head coach Jess Thirlby saying that the girls are really excited and can’t wait to get things going. And feels that the squad she has picked has the perfect balance.
The top two sides in the LV=County Championship Division One, Surrey and Hampshire both recorded victories in the latest round of matches.
Germany became the second side to book their place in the semi-finals of the European Women’s Championship with victory over near neighbours Austria at the Brentford Community Stadium on Thursday.
England defeated the pre-tournaments favourites Spain in dramatic fashion to earn a semi-final place against either Sweden or Belgium next week.
Essex recovered from a perilous position of 81-6 to eventually be bowled out for 271 thanks to a century from Matt Critchley. At the close Surrey lost Ryan Patel to the last ball of the day to close on 24-1.
A rare Tuesday start for the next round of county championship matches starts this week with leaders Surrey taking on in form Essex at the Kia Oval in Division One.
After another round of county championship matches the battle to see who will be crowned county champions in Division One intensified with leaders Surrey maintaining their lead at the top after a thrilling finish to their match against Yorkshire at Scarborough.
Poole Pirates returned back to winning ways with a welcome home victory against the visiting Glasgow Tigers 51-39.
Eight time European Champions Germany defeated favourites Spain 2-0 at the Brentford Community Stadium last night to secure top spot on Group B and maintain their unbeaten start to the tournament.
The 150th British Open Championship will start on Thursday from the Old Course at St. Andrews.
England hit back after the disappointing first test defeat last week to the Wallabies by levelling the series after a superb opening fourty minutes saw England eventually hold of a spirited second half performance by Australia to gain a 25-17 win.
India completed a comprehensive 49 run victory against England in the second Twenty 20 at Edgbaston to clinch the three match series with one match to go.
Eight times European champions Germany sent out a message of intent at the early stages of the tournament by hammering Euro 2017 runners up Denmark 4-0 at a sold out Brentford Community Stadium on Friday night.
Monday will see the start of another round of LV=Insurance County Championship matches, after a week of Blast knock out stages of the competition it is back to the red ball version of the game.
Germany women will lock horns with Denmark women in their Women’s Euro 2022 opener at the Brentford Community Stadium on Friday with a 8 pm kick off.
Yorkshire qualified for Finals day after a pulsating finish at the Kia Oval on Wednesday. Surrey were chasing 161 to win and had slumped to 91-5 before an explosive innings from Jamie Overton dragged the home side back into the contest and favourites for victory, but a superb last over from Jordan Thompson which yielded only three runs saw the visitors edge home by the slimmest of margins.
Centuries from Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow ensured England reached their target with plenty of time to spare to level the series 2-2 and maintained new coach Brendon McCullum’s winning record as for the fourth time in a row they chased down a total.
Great Britain’s Number One tennis player and world ranked number 12 Cameron Norrie has reached the Wimbledon semi-finals where he will face World number one and current holder Novak Djokovic on Friday.
Wednesday evening will see the first quarter-final in this seasons Vitality Blast, when Surrey will be facing Yorkshire Vikings at the Kia Oval.