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95% cricket badger, 5% WW1 & WW2 history enthusiast. ACO Umpire & Scorer Lancs Thunder & Melbourne Renegades supporter. All views are my own
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Expected that to be honest This is showing where this England team is probably at really The WI series was not any measure of what the England team are like right now Yes maybe was good to get some confidence back after the Ashes but didn’t really help imo #ENGvIND

Poor fielding and dropped catches cost England their I make it 6 dropped chances, they need to be taken. That being said Trent Bridge is a flat deck and a high run scoring ground. #ENGvIND

With all the noise around the Test I’d forgotten about the England E XI vs India W game today England W XI won by 44 runs England W XI 353-5 Bouchier 104* Lamb 94 Shree Charani 9-0-71-3 India W 335-9 Deol 100* Kaur 54 RMG 10-0-55-2

Things you love to see!! Ellie Threlkeld keeping for England!! Things you don’t like to see ECB not getting the name of their team correct It’s the select XI not Development XI

Rishabh Pant Only the second wicket keeper to score a century in both innings of a test match The only time completed in England The other Andy Flower against SA in 2001 in Harare (142 & 199*) #ENGvIND

Arguably England have put out stronger squads for the India warm up games than they have a full A series against NZ A Very little senior experience or guidance in the A sides Can see why the counties aren’t happy about the A games being on during the Return of the Blast, that’s a lot of names out

Some very interesting names being called up for the Development and Select XI squads. Ellie Threlkeld finally getting her reward for being the 2nd Best keeper in the country! Josie Groves captaining the Development XI! Certainly one to watch.

I feel a rant coming on!!! We can’t let this happen, I’m sure @rafnicholson.bsky.social & @crickether.com will have a few words to say www.espncricinfo.com/story/women-...

Women’s World T20 Final 2026 tickets Done ✅

This England team really does do odd things You pick players based on their domestic form, pick the leading domestic batter who is an opener and don’t give her a single game in her natural position!! I’m all for trying things out but give players a decent chance at least

So this doesn’t add up to me Yorkshire allow Lauren Winfield-Hill to go on loan to Essex for the Blast and then go and sign Georgie Boyce on loan to essentially fill the missing batting. Very odd to me Another example of the loan system loopholes @crickether.com

Interesting from KSB on TMS today. NSB was not due to be playing this series and not coming back until India series.

LANCASHIRE WIN THE T20 COUNTY CUP Not since 2017 have Lancashire Women won a major top flight trophy. And now they have, all those years of waiting have well and truly been worth it. I am one very very happy Lancashire supporter right now.

Halfway through the Surrey chase and they are 75-4 Can they do it?

So Lancs Thunder have not won a major trophy since the double trophy year of 2017. Can they defend 172 To take home the first Trophy of the season?

At the Half way stage in the Lancs innings, Thunder are rocketing along at 86-0. Excellent maiden 50 for young Tilly Kesteven from 37 balls with 10x4s

Surrey win the Toss and will Bowl first in the final. Patchy grey skies, possible rain in the air, feels like the right call

LANCASHIRE WIN by 7 wickets. So we have ourselves final Lancashire Thunder vs Surrey W Who will take home the T20 County Cup??

After a rain delayed reduction to 16 overs The Blaze end on 86-6. DLS adjusted score makes it 90 for Lancs Thunder to win the 2nd SF.

10 overs down and after a quick start Lancs Thunder have held The Blaze for 50-4 Crucial 10 overs coming up for The Blaze

Now we have Semi Final No.2 Lancs Thunder vs The Blaze Lancs have won the toss and will bowl first at an increasing blustery and darker clouded Taunton Good call I think from Ellie.

SURREY WIN BY 3 WICKETS What a Semi Final that was!! Arguably what would have been one sided on paper has turned out to be the tightest of Semi Finals. That’s the way to start of Finals Day!!

After 10 overs Surrey 70-6 Bears were 73-6 This could be very tight semi final here

Warwickshire end 133-9 of their 20 overs. Gives them something to defend but it’s good to need some very good bowling from a bears team without their star bowlers. Can Surrey make 134 to make it to the final? I think more than likely.

Not a great start for Warwickshire 73-6 off their first 10 overs. Going to need to fight back to reach a defendable score.

Good morning from a bright but overcast Taunton for T20 County cup Finals Day. First up Surrey W vs Warwickshire W Surrey W win the toss and will bowl first.

Given the current weather forecasts And the fact that there is no reserve day in place 😡 We could be looking at a very strange damp day of cricket on Monday, and the Knockout cup could end up shared (that’s assuming we get bowl outs in the SFs!)

Surprise Surprise the ECB being the ECB have gone and changed their published schedule for no reason and swapped the Semi Finals around. One day they will actually stick to there word

Finals day 2025 of the T20 County Cup is confirmed SF1- Lancashire Thunder vs The Blaze SF2- Surrey vs Warwickshire Who will be playing under lights to take the trophy home in Taunton??

Well that’s it The first semi final of the T20 Knockout Cup is set Lancashire Thunder vs The Blaze Come on Lancs!!!

Womens T20 County Cup QF Update; Very quietly without any reasoning given 2 of the Quarter Finals that were due to be completed on Saturday 24th have now been moved to Friday 23rd mid-afternoon. You can only assume that this because are being played on club grounds

Not a great day for the development XI loosing to WI by 80 runs. Qiana Joseph with a quick fire 62 off 35 balls at the top of the order for WI I do think WI will win 1 if not 2 games during these upcoming series

Confirmation with Devon knocked out, Yorkshire will play Warwickshire in the QFs of the T20 County Cup Venues TBC

Just a step too far for Devon who loose to Warwickshire by 38 runs and are knocked out of the T20 cup Hannah Rainey the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3-2-7-2