Well before the Australian slip cordon took their mark shortly after lunch on day two, a good two paces further back than their Kent counterparts, it was clear this was to be a Canterbury tale of two very different teams. The imposing total of 507, set by Australia, had set the tone. Here was arguably the best Test team in the world against an eager yet inexperienced Kent side at the bottom of the County Championship Second Division.
Walking into the kitchen of the Shrubsole family home on the outskirts of Bath you’re met with all the day-to-day trappings one expects of urban life. A closer look however and it dawns, this is no ordinary household. Tucked away behind the fruit bowl and perched next to the toaster a tall, gleaming, jewel-studded trophy sticks out. The engraving on the base gives the game away: 2014 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Player of the Tournament – Anya Shrubsole.
BBC County Cricket commentary
NatWest T20 Blast
Middlesex v Kent
28 May 2015
Lord’s, Middlesex
Geek & Friends 90 – 3/5ths of a Cricketer
21st May 2015
Peter is joined by Izzy Westbury to discuss the women’s game and make oblique references to antebellum era America.
Charlotte Edwards and Clare Connor talk about captaining England, rooming together, and how they used a 15-year-old to plot the downfall of Australia
Isabelle Westbury 