Record breaking win!!! 

England women took on the West Indies women today at Leicester, as the summer of women’s cricket started. 

Heather Knight won the toss and elected to field putting Stefanie Taylor’s young team into bat. 

England started well with Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont opening up however in less than 8 overs Beaumont had made 32 and was caught by seaman off of the bowling of Matthews. The new batter, Taylor, lasted less than an over scoring 4 before being caught out. The skipper was next to the crease and stables things with Jones. Together they made a partnership of just under 150 before Amy Jones was caught on 91. However with 15 overs left and the score being 207-3 England started to push on, Knight made a solid 94 before getting out. From there on England batted very cautiously but quick wickets meant they finished on 318-9 (50). 

Matthews and Knight opened for WI and started okay however when Hayley Matthews was out in the 8th over WI never really got going again. England managed to bowl them out for 110. An incredible feat and record for the English ladies!!!!

Jones 91.                     Matthews 4wicks

Knight 94.                    Selman 2wicks

Nation 42*.                  Marsh 3wicks

Matthews 17.              Ecclestone 3wick

Also day 7 at the CWC19 brought WI vs Australia. 

The Aussies batted first and got bowled out by Jason Holders men for. 288 and need a big miracle if they wanted to win. Unfortunately for them tight bowling meant they couldn’t really get going and ended up losing. However they fought until the very end to try and win. And although it wasn’t as good as Stokes’ catch Cottrell took a screamer (link at bottom) to remove Steve Smith! 

Both WI sides ended up losing however both sides they were beaten by were very strong! 

Cottrell catch: https://www.cricketworldcup.com/video/1237453

Day 6 CWC19

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Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka

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Afghanistan won the toss and put Sri Lanka into bat at in Cardiff. 

After a difficult start Afghanistan began to pick up momentum after 13 overs when they took their first wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne, for there on they took wickets in quick succession. The first in the 22nd over, and within the same over there was 2 more leaving Sri Lanka on 145-4. In the 23rd came another and by the 26th over the score was 159-6. Sri Lanka tried to keep on going and settle the very rocky boat however they couldn’t and were bowled out in the 37th over for 201. 

Afghanistan were chasing the lowest score of the tournament so far, however with the English weather being as it is it was going to be difficult due to the rain delays.

Afghanistan were going at a good run rate for a while until the weather decided to change it up a bit, having been on and off for rain delays and the overs being shortened Afghanistan need 50 more runs whilst in the 31st over a reachable target however they only had 4 wickets left. 

The task proved too much for Afghanistan and the fell 34 runs short on DLS method after being bowled out for 152. 

Big games tomorrow between:

India vs South Africa 

              &

Bangladesh vs New Zealand 

But, most importantly, manor y9/10 girls take on AHS and Ampleforth College at the Kia summer smash at St Peters! 

Good luck and enjoy!!!🏏🏏

Day 5 CWC19

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England Vs Pakistan

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England hosted Pakistan today at Trent Bridge for their second game in their worlds cup campaign.

Eoin Morgan won the toss and put the opposing side into bat- a tactic that worked in their first game against South Africa.

Pakistan started started well before losing their first wicket in the 15th over, Fakur Zahman 36. They continued to battle in with Imam Ul Haq and Barbar Adam at the crease and reached the 200 mark within 34 overs. With a final push in the remaining 16 overs on a high scoring ground Pakistan scored 348 for the loss of 8 in their 50.

Not bad score considering that England only reached 311 against South Africa.

Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow opened up again for the Lions, however Shadab Khan struck early in the 3rd over getting Roy trapped lbw for 8. However England’s bad luck continued for a short period losing 3 wickets in 19 overs. With Jos Buttler and Joe Root at the crease things started to improve, they were now scoring at around 8 an over needing 86 off of 10 overs. Joe Root made his 107 before shortly departing after being caught by Haffeez. Things looked good for a while with Moeen Ali joining Jos however short after making his ton (103) he was also out and walking back to the pavilion. Wahab Riaz then took 2 wickets in 2 balls to practically sealing the victory for Pakistan and Sri enough England fell just 14 runs short meaning they have now won one and lost one in the tournament.

India play South Africa tomorrow in their first game with South Africa looking for their first win after losing against England in the opener on Thursday!!

Enjoy!!!! 🏏🏏🏏🏏

Day 4 at CWC 19

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Bangladesh vs South Africa

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Tigers hunt the Springboks!!!

South Africa 🇿🇦 were left astounded after suffering a big defeat to underdogs Bangladesh 🇧🇩.

After suffering a blow on Thursday against England Hashim Amla sat out today so there was no risk.

South Africa won the toss and put Bangladesh into bat. Some quick striking took Bangladesh to 60-1 in 8.2 overs were Tamim Iqbal was caught behind from the bowling of Phehlukwayo for 16. Bangladesh then started to push on to reach 250 in 42 overs. With Shakib al Hasan an Mushfiqur Raheem reaching 75 and 78 respectively Bangladesh finished on 330-6 in their 50 overs.

M.Raheem 78 C.Morris 2-73
S.Hasan 75 A.Phehlukwayo 2-52
Mahmudallah 46* I.Tahir 2-57

Quinton De Cock and Aiden Markram started for South Africa they lasted together for just under 10 overs before De Cock was run out by Rahim for 23. For there on South Africa completely began to crumble being stumped with the balls Bangladesh were bowling!
South Africa however battled on to the end not getting bowled out to finish on 309-8 21 runs short of the win.

D.Plessis 62 Hasan 1-44
JP.Duminy 45 Saiffudin 2-57
A.Markram 45 Rahman 3-67

South Africa now with 2 losses so far from 2 will be looking to get a win over India on Wednesday.

England play Pakistan at Trent Bridge tomorrow and will no doubt be looking for their second win in the competition!!!!

Enjoy!! 🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏

Gayle and West Indies stroll to victory

Match 2 @CWC19 saw Pakistan 🇵🇰 play West Indies at Trent Bridge Nottingham .
The game may as well have been a T20 game as West Indies won by 7 wickets reaching 108-3 off just 13.4 overs .
Chris Gayle not renowned for running singles blasted 50 from 33 balls thus saving his legs ! When he departed at 77-3 Pooran 34 not out and Hetmyer 7 not out finished the game .
Earlier Pakistan collapsed to 107 all out from just 21.4 of their 50 overs with Fakhar and Babar joint top scoring with 22 as West Indian bowlers Holder 3-42 , Russell 2-4 and Thomas 4-27 bowled well .

A short day today @CWC19 but with two matches on Saturday Lets hope for more cricket

New Zealand 🇳🇿 v Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 at Cardiff 10:30

Afghanistan 🇦🇫 v Australia 🇦🇺 at Bristol 13:30

Enjoy your cricket 🏏

CWC19
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Opening Party

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Yesterday afternoon the Cricket World Cup opening party took place on the Mall in London.

Legends and Heroes including Freddie Flintoff, Sir Viv Richards and Nobel peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai took to the stage to perform an hour long Television broadcast to the world!

After visiting Buckingham Palace, all ten team captains appeared on stage in front of the 4,000 people on the mall (including me and Steve Ovenden) and the billions of people watching at home to watch and take part in the first ceremony of its type!!!

Each country took part in the 60 second challenge in which a celebrity and a former player from each country took turns to hit the ball as far as possible to score the highest score possible. India finished last with 19 however England’s KP and Chris Hughes score 74 to win!!!!

Following that Micheal Clarke and Graeme Swann walked the World Cup to the stage where it was greeted by Rudimental and LORYN who performed the official World Cup anthem ‘Stand By’ to finish off the show.

Link to Stand By: https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/icc-world-cup-2019-official-anthem-stand-by-released-2145273.html

Part 1 of my interview with Ryan ‘Slidebottom’. Former Yorkshire and England cricketer and most recently Dancing on Ice skate off champ! Enjoy!

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton