BBC County Cricket commentary
LV= County Championships, Division Two
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire
6 – 9 August 2015
St Helen’s, Swansea
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – England turn to Fran Wilson to check Aussie momentum
Features, Print, Sport, The IndependentEngland head into the first and only Test of their Ashes series on Tuesday knowing that Australia, now 4-2 up in the multi-format series after taking the One Day Internationals 2-1, have found the X-factor so sorely lacking at present in their men. Captain Meg Lanning is living up to her status as number one batter in the world having struck a sublime century in the second ODI to take her series tally to 195.
Sports Integrity Initiative: Film Review – Death of a Gentleman – is cricket dying in more ways than one?
Governance, Sports LawCricket is unique. It is considered the world’s second most popular sport. Yet, unlike football, some of the biggest countries in the world – the USA, China, and Germany for instance – barely know it even exists. Earlier this summer the FIFA corruption scandal made headlines the world over and it was the US’s Department of Justice who were the instigators of legal action against those involved. In cricket, the actions of the game’s administrators are less obvious, less accountable. It is for this reason that the film, Death of a Gentleman, is so integral to drawing attention to the game’s administration. The film’s producers claim that ‘a lack of independent regulation means cricket is being run in a way that fans become chequebooks and players become pawns.’ The Sports Integrity Initiative, an independent sports law platform created to air key issues in sports integrity and to provide a platform for change, has reviewed the film to highlight the integrity and governance aspects of the sport.
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – Australia take command of series with 89-run win in final ODI meeting
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The IndependentEngland will have to come from behind if they are to retain the Women’s Ashes after Australia won the last of the three-match Royal London one-day internationals in Worcester by 89 runs.
The Daily Mail: How England bowler Katherine Brunt shed the burden of bullying to face the Aussies
Interviews, Print, Sport, The Daily MailKatherine Brunt, England’s passionate opening bowler, never set out play to play cricket.
Not seriously at least. ‘I never saw cricket as a long-term career,’ says Brunt.
The Independent: Natalie Sciver is going places thanks to roving lifestyle
Interviews, Print, Sport, The IndependentNatalie Sciver was just another fan when, along with two and a half million others, she tuned in to watch England beat Germany for the first time in 31 years at the Women’s football World Cup last month.
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – Lanning leads the way as Australia pull level in Ashes
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The IndependentEngland’s vice-captain, Heather Knight, last night rued the missed opportunities that propelled England towards a 63-run defeat to Australia in the second oneday international of the women’s Ashes which leaves the series level at 1-1.
The Sun: Women’s Ashes – Nat’s amazing
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The SunEngland’s women cricketers showed Alastair Cook and Co how to do it with a convincing Ashes win over Australia.
The Independent: Women’s Ashes – Natalie Sciver and Lydia Greenway give hosts first blood in series
Match Reports, Print, Sport, The IndependentNatalie Sciver and Lydia Greenway combined in devastating fashion to give England Women a winning start to their Ashes campaign here as they led their side to an ultimately comfortable victory over Australia.
The Independent: Record-breaker England must halt to win the Ashes
Interviews, Print, Sport, The IndependentEnglish cricket is seeking solace after the debacle at Lord’s but while the men were left bruised and battered by Mitchell Johnson, for the women, who begin their Ashes series on Tuesday, the name that strikes fear into the hearts is Meg Lanning.
Isabelle Westbury 