The Hundred women’s competition, Sophia Gardens Southern Brave 121-5 (100 balls): Wolvaardt 48 (45); Potts 2-14 Welsh Fire 122-6 (100 balls): Graham 35* (28); Corteen-Coleman 3-27 Welsh Fire won by four wickets Scorecard. Table Welsh Fire condemned Southern Brave to their first defeat of this season’s Hundred as they earned a dramatic four-wicket victory in
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Should Ireland meet Wilson’s ambitions, it will be in spite of a lack of 50-over cricket. In the three years since the 2023 edition of the World Cup, they have scheduled just 15 ODIs with three of those lost to the weather. The series against Afghanistan – which Cricket Ireland CEO Sarah Keane has said
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United States international Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy has been banned from all forms of cricket for eight years after being found guilty of match-fixing. An International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruption Tribunal found Reddy breached three counts of the sport’s anti-corruption code during the Abu Dhabi T10 League in the United Arab Emirates last year. The 26-year-old
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Netherlands all-rounder Colin Ackermann has signed a two-year contract extension to stay with Durham until the end of the 2028 season. Ackermann, 35, moved from Leicestershire ahead of the 2024 campaign and has been a regular across all three formats. He has scored five first-class centuries for the county and shared in the largest first-class
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Leicestershire Foxes all-rounder Ruan de Swardt has returned home to South Africa after suffering an injury against Notts Outlaws in the One-Day Cup. The 28-year-old sustained an injury in his quadriceps while bowling and was forced to leave the field of play during the match. De Swardt could only get through two overs as the
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Perhaps the biggest additions from the MI investment have come in the form of commercial expertise and global reach. “MI have got teams around the world and business around the world, so that’s something we’ve learned from them,” Elworthy said. “The Hundred previously was pretty local. Whereas now, I think we’ve actually got a global
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