The Blaze’s left-arm seamer Grace Ballinger watches the Women’s T20 Blast Finals day taking place at The Oval on Friday. The summer of 2026 has already been colossal for English cricket. Fans across the country have been engulfed, often divided, by mid-match international withdrawals, women’s T20 World Cup and Test defeats, and currently, a competitive
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Batsman Stephen Eskinazi will captain Leicestershire during the upcoming One-Day Cup competition. The 32-year-old will fill the role vacated by Australian Peter Handscomb, who was ruled out of the season due to family commitments. Eskinazi is in his first full season with Leicestershire, having initially joined the club on loan from Middlesex in the summer
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Hampshire T20 Blast captain James Vince believes semi-final opponents Notts Outlaws will provide a “tough test” at Edgbaston on Saturday. The Hawks booked a spot on Finals day for a record 12th time after a 75-run victory over Essex in the Utilita Bowl on Wednesday night. Vince was his team’s top scorer with 125 off
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Somersaultwho has won two of the last three T20 titles, looked down and out when they needed 80 runs off 27 balls to beat yorkshire. The target of 162 set by the Tykes was the lowest in T20 matches at Headingley this season by 31 runs. Only Adam Lyth (64), with a third half-century of
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Third one-day international, Bready Ireland 193 all out (43.1 overs): Luis 50 (59), Pablo 32 (47); Ramharack 3-33 West Indies 257 all out (50 overs): Taylor 105 (113), Alleyne 33 (30); Prendergast 2-37 West Indies won by 64 runs and achieved a 3-0 series success. Scorekeeper The West Indies beat Ireland by 64 runs to
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Former England batsman Jonathan Trott has joined Cricket Ireland in a short-term consultancy role. Trott, whose four-year spell as Afghanistan head coach came to an end in February, has been linked as a replacement for Brendon McCullum, who was sacked as England coach on Monday. The 45-year-old has previously held coaching roles at England Under-19s,
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