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Bryce sister-act powers Lightning as Sparks face play-off roulette
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Saturday, 18 September 2021 09:48
Lightning 320 for 6 (K Bryce 162, S Bryce 90) beat Sparks 296 for 6 (Kelly 62, Jones 60) by 24 runsA brilliant career-best 162 from skipper Kathryn Bryce helped Lightning end Central Sparks' hopes of avoiding the play-off round in their bid to reach the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.Sparks were already sure of finishing in the…
Daniel Bell-Drummond leads command performance as Kent power into Blast final
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Saturday, 18 September 2021 10:16
Kent 168 for 8 (Bell-Drummond 82, Stevens 47*; Mills 3-33) lead Sussex 147 (Garton 41; Klaassen 4-17, Milnes 3-22) by 21 runsIt comes to something when one of the players of the match in a T20 Blast semi-final is less than five years away from being eligible for Covid booster jab but Darren Stevens won't give a stuff about that.…
Jordan Cox seizes the night as Kent end their long wait for T20 glory
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Saturday, 18 September 2021 14:48
Kent 167 for 7 (Cox 58*, Smeed 43, van der Merwe 3-19) beat Somerset 142 for 9 (Smeed 43, Denly 3-31) by 25 runsKent ended a 12-year drought without a trophy with a decisive 25-run victory against Somerset in the final of the Vitality Blast. And no matter how often it might be repeated that they deserved their success because…
Former Bengal spinner Murtaza Lodhgar dies aged 45
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Friday, 17 September 2021 20:36
Murtaza Lodhgar, the former Bengal left-arm spinner and Mizoram's Under-19 coach, died of cardiac arrest on Friday night in Visakhapatnam, Cricket Association Bengal (CAB) president Avishek Dalmiya has confirmed.Lodhgar, 45, was in the port city with the Mizoram colts, who were set to play the league phase of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy as BCCI's domestic season is set to commence."The…
Katherine Brunt calls on wealth of experience to help England home
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Friday, 17 September 2021 08:00
Katherine Brunt had been here before.So when England slumped from 109 for 1 to 140 for 5 in their first ODI against New Zealand, she teamed up with her skipper, Heather Knight, for a steadying 88-run partnership and contributed 43 valuable runs to the hosts' cause.Then, defending a below-par total of 241, Brunt came out and bowled four maidens in…
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