BBC viewers will finally get to see Welsh Fire’s women play this weekend. The Cardiff side weren’t allotted a live broadcast from the group games, ironic given they have contributed most of the highlights on their side of the tournament. On Sunday they secured their place in the knockout stages, […]
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What do you do after an Ashes series like that one? Well, if you’re English cricket, you throw your kitbag in the back of your car and hotfoot it up the M1, stopping at Toddington services to change into your jazziest clothes. The Hundred launched itself at Trent Bridge on […]
Nirvana cracked it, so did Blur, but the second album is never easy. The fanfare is bigger, but the expectations greater, last year’s innovations already old hat. The BBC viewing figures for the Hundred’s second season, revealed by the Telegraph on Thursday, did not make particularly cheerful reading for the […]
At 6.57pm on Wednesday 3 August, as the final notes of Freed From Desire by Gala (Full vocal club mix) lingered in the eaves of the Rose Bowl, Hampshire, as the lights of the smoke-shrouded player tunnel gleamed like nuggets of high carbon Llanelli anthracite – like fire, Welsh fire […]
Will Smeed hit the first century in the Hundred as Birmingham Phoenix thrashed the reigning champions Southern Brave by 53 runs at Edgbaston. On NHS Heroes Night in Birmingham, with workers and support staff invited along as a thank you, a 14,000 crowd was royally entertained by Smeed blazing an […]
Eoin Morgan has said that the often controversial novelty tournament the Hundred has the potential to save the England team from the exodus of talent away from national squads and domestic tournaments and towards lucrative international franchise events that is already starting to impact on other sides. Having retired from […]
Pat Cummins will be rested for Australia’s ODIs against Zimbabwe and New Zealand but the Hundred will not take precedence for four other star players. Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa are all set to cut their Hundred campaigns in England short after been included in a […]
Ben Stokes has pulled out of the Hundred as well as the forthcoming T20 series against South Africa as he prioritises Test cricket over white-ball competitions following his appointment as England captain. Stokes made two appearances for Northern Superchargers last summer and was expected to play for them again in […]