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England Women 220 (Winfield 79, Sciver 58) beat West Indies Women 108 (Gunn 2-8) by 112 runs
ScorecardLauren Winfield restored England’s series lead•Getty Images

Lauren Winfield top-scored with 79 and Nat Sciver made 58 as England’s women reclaimed the lead in their ODI series against West Indies in Jamaica with a crushing 112-run victory at Sabina Park.Despite a repetition of the batting frailties that cost England dearly in the second match of the series in Trelawny earlier in the week, Winfield and Sciver’s efforts proved more than enough as West Indies crumbled to 108 all out in reply to 220.Jenny Gunn, recalled to the side in place of Anya Shrubsole, who was ruled out of the remainder of the tour with a side strain, was the pick of England’s attack with 2 for 8 in five overs.After winning the toss and choosing to bat, England started badly with the loss of Tammy Beaumont and Georgia Elwiss inside the first eight overs. When Heather Knight fell for 22 to make it 74 for 3, Winfield and Sciver combined for a fourth-wicket stand of 95 to lay the foundations of victory.However, from the moment Winfield was bowled by Deandra Dottin, England lost their last seven wickets for 53, including five for 12 in 17 balls as Shaquana Quintyne finished with 3 for 36.England’s total, however, proved to be more than enough. Katherine Brunt trapped Hayley Matthews lbw for 5 before Gunn prised out Stafanie Taylor and Quintyne in quick succession, and when Merissa Aguilliera was run out for a duck, West Indies were 4 for 48 and sinking fast.

ScorecardCallum Ferguson made his highest List A score of 154•Getty Images

South Australia amassed the highest total in the history of one-day domestic cricket in Australia. Their 420 for 7, fuelled primarily by centuries from captain Callum Ferguson and opener Jake Weatherald, was enough to shatter Cricket Australia XI and the previous record – 4 for 405 – set by Queensland against Western Australia in 2004.The game plan was simple. The pitch was flat. CA XI had invited their opposition to bat. The rest became history. The 21-year old Weatherald, playing his first season of List A cricket, raced to his half-century in 31 balls. He was celebrating a century 35 balls later, his first in the format. He finished with 141 off 107 balls with 17 fours and six sixes.Weatherald’s opening partner Alex Carey was one of the few who missed out, dismissed by left-arm quick Tom O’Donnell, who was CA XI’s best bowler on the day with 3 for 84, but Ferguson came out and the run-fest continued. The Redbacks captain eased to his sixth List A hundred and turned it into a career-best score – 154, which included 17 fours and three sixes.”We talk about getting two guys set at the crease together and the sort of damage you can do when that happens,” Ferguson told . “We’ve managed to do that a couple of times in the past few games and voilà, we’ve ended up with two wins. It’s great to see that come to fruition. When you’re playing in good conditions like this you’ve got to make the most of your starts and Jake and I were able to do that today.”There was little under seven overs left when both men were dismissed, which Alex Gregory used to smack an unbeaten 42 in 24 balls to claim the record.CA XI’s response were build around half-centuries from Josh Inglis (68), Ryan Gibson (68) and Jake Carder (98). They were 226 for 3 in the 29th over but the middle and lower orders were unable to combat the humongous scoreboard pressure. They were dismissed for 318 in 42 overs. In a stroke of irony, on a pitch where 738 runs were scored, Cameron Valente, the 22-year old seamer, picked up a career-best 4 for 49 to seal Redbacks’ victory.According to a report on the Cricket Australia website, offspinner Arjun Nair injured his leg in the first over and needed 16 stitches. He completed his 10 overs though, picking up 1 for 68.

Sri Lanka allrounder Ramith Rambukwella has been arrested following a car accident in Colombo. Rambukwella was driving the car, which struck a wall in the early hours of Thursday. No one was hurt in the incident. He is expected to appear in court in the next 48 hours.An offspinner who can hit the ball hard, Rambukwella, 25, has played two T20s for Sri Lanka. He debuted against New Zealand in at home in 2013, before being recalled to the squad on Sri Lanka’s tour to England earlier this year.Rambukwella was involved in a bizarre incident in July 2013, when playing for Sri Lanka A, when he was fined for causing mild panic on a flight by attempting to open the aircraft’s cabin door at 35,000 feet. He has had other disciplinary problems, dating back to his time with the Under-19 team.

ScorecardSamit Patel provided a match-winning turn•Getty Images

Merely the mention of the phrase “T20 quarter-final” has been enough for Nottinghamshire and Essex to need psychological counselling. When the two English counties who, above all others, have flattered to deceive when it most matters were thrown together in the first NatWest Blast last-eight tie at Trent Bridge something had to give and it was Nottinghamshire who progressed to Finals Day by a 39-run margin.Such a convincing win looked improbable as Essex set off in pursuit of Nottinghamshire’s 162 for 7, but Samit Patel’s left-arm slows emphatically turned the tie in their direction, beginning Essex’s decline with three wickets in four balls. Patel finished with 4 for 20, his best T20 figures, drawing a standing ovation from a 13,500 crowd at Trent Bridge as he danced around in celebration, a tranquil, barrel-shaped soul as pumped up as at any time in his career.Add the understated craft of Steven Mullaney and the flamboyant legspin of Imran Tahir to Patel’s night to remember and Nottinghamshire’s trio of slow bowlers returned figures of 7 for 60 in 12 overs.Jesse Ryder termed the Trent Bridge surface “one of the best I have batted on this season” – the majority view in the Nottinghamshire dressing room was that they were 10 runs light – and, after riding his luck in the opening over, he punched some glorious back-foot cover drives as evidence in his 47 from 30 balls.But there were mental gremlins to contend with and, although Essex’s opening pair were 62 runs to the good in the Powerplay, dread quickly set in once the spinners took a hold in the middle overs. Suddenly, every dot ball was cheered as the mood of the crowd was transformed in a few overs. Ryder struck 10 boundaries; the rest managed two between them.Once Ryder had departed, run out backing-up when the bowler, Mullaney, deflected the ball back onto the stumps, Nick Browne’s poise departed with him. Browne mishit Patel to long-on, Ashar Zaidi (reminded in no uncertain terms that his black-sprayed bat should not make a reappearance) cleared long-on first ball then holed out against his second, his black bat replaced by black looks. Against the first ball of Patel’s next over, Tom Westley was bowled as he made room to a flatter delivery.Essex were not helped when Dan Lawrence pulled a hamstring in the field, diving in a failed attempt to prevent a boundary, and by the time he came in with a runner, at six down, with 58 still needed from 22 balls, Nottinghamshire were in total control.Finally, then, relief for Nottinghamshire, who had qualified for the knockout stages in six of the last seven seasons but had lost their last four quarter-finals, all on home turf, including a defeat to Essex three years ago.But for Essex, the disappointments go on. Their reputation for failing on the big occasion led to the removal of Paul Grayson as coach a year ago: for all their five successive quarter-finals, they had not reached Finals Day since 2013. For some players, such as Graham Napier, who retires next month, and David Masters, the sequence will never be broken. Masters summoned a pre-match speech at Lord’s, pronouncing that he was sick of not winning things; Napier summoned an 87mph yorker to bowl Mullaney. Neither did the trick.There was also an edginess to the first half of Nottinghamshire’s innings. Threatened by relegation in the Championship, out of the Royal London Cup, and aware of their tendency to freeze at this stage of the tournament, their emergence as winners of the North Group had not given them a noticeable strut.Inserted by Essex’s captain, Ravi Bopara, they reached the 10-over stage at 75 for 2, their prolific openers Michael Lumb and Riki Wessels both departed. Paul Walter’s three overs cost 43 as he lacked the subtle changes of pace of more battle-hardened colleagues, but the young left-armer did prise out Lumb at slip: always something of an event as no county batsman leaves the crease with a haughtier air. Wessels fell to a leg-side pick up against Ryan ten Doeschate, Masters relieved to hold a swirling skier behind square.Greg Smith kept Notts on course with 50 from 33 balls before he dragged on Bopara, but even Smith carried a reminder of failure on a big occasion, his greatest day in a Notts shirt coming in the semi-final of the Royal London Cup last season when his 124 at the Kia Oval turned a potential trouncing against Surrey into a four-run defeat but defeat nonetheless. The crowd was strangely muted: English T20 crowds do apprehension like no other country.There are few more seasoned Twenty20 cricketers than ten Doeschate and, at the grand old age of 36, he discovered an appetite for bowling to disguise Essex’s frailties, making light of his record of eight wickets in the past two seasons to claim three big wickets – Wessels, Dan Christian and Patel – in a return of 3 for 19.”I have had a bit of bowling to do because we have been short of overseas bowlers,” he said. “We have a very workmanlike attack: two proper bowlers and the rest of us have to be canny and do a lot of thinking.” There would have been too much thinking time on the coach journey home.There are conflicting views a plenty about the future of Twenty20 cricket in England, and they could yet leave blood on the carpet next month, but no matter what side of the debate you are on few could observe events at Trent Bridge without a certain amount of frustration. The same will be true of the quarter-finals to come.Although a near-capacity crowd had packed into the ground on a sunny, blustery evening, the quarter-finals will be staged without England Test players and with the absence of many of the star overseas players already lost to injury, exhaustion, international call-ups or the CPL. Only those so committed to Test cricket that they actively want T20 to remain downtrodden would view that as a satisfactory outcome.

ScorecardDan Lawrence sparkled with his strokeplay to help Essex build a useful lead•Getty Images

At half-past five, midway through an evening session blessed by gentle, unexpected warmth Essex’s Dan Lawrence reached the third century of his career with a pushed single off Kieran Noema-Barnett. The Cheltenham crowd gave him a generous ovation for they can spot a fine young cricketer in these parts. Lawrence only celebrated his 19th birthday two days ago and he could still play age-group cricket. But what would be the point in that now?As if liberated, Lawrence took 27 runs off his next 14 balls, repeating the straight- and cover- drives that had already elicited ripples of approval. When he lashed Noema-Barnett straight to Craig Miles at midwicket, he received yet more applause as he returned to the pavilion and the ex-players attending their annual get-together at the College Lawn End joined in appreciatively. Essex were all out 11 balls before the scheduled close but their 78-run lead has left them well placed in this game.And Lawrence, of course, is only the most recent of a long line of young players to have received laurels in this sacred space…To the right of Cheltenham College’s pavilion and at the Chapel End of the ground are rows of trees, cracked willows and American limes, mostly. In front of almost every tree is a plaque marking a Cheltonian’s notable performance in an important school match. For example: Duleep Sinjhi, 1921, 7 for 35 v Marlborough; E M Wellings, 1927, 7 for 113 v Marlborough; P B C Moore 1939, 197 v Malvern.In addition to being a record of achievement, the list is something of a litany, petitioning whatever power there may be for more games like this, more days on cricket’s fields of praise. In many cases the request received a brutal answer; Cheltenham also has a war memorial.And at lunchtime on the second day of this game, as Josh Shaw, Gloucestershire’s loanee from Yorkshire, took refreshment in the middle of an eight-over spell in which he took three prime wickets, another tree was planted. It is a poplar and it commemorates the centenary of the death of Percy Jeeves, who died on the Somme on July 22, 1916. As many now know, thanks to Brian Halford’s outstanding biography, Jeeves was playing for Warwickshire at Cheltenham in August 1913 when his style was spotted by P G Wodehouse, who wanted a name for a “gentleman’s personal gentleman” in a forthcoming short story. “I remember admiring his action very much,” said Wodehouse.Yet as one watched the tree being planted and the speeches made, one thought not only of Wodehouse and Jeeves but also of the other trees on the ground and, perhaps, of Edward Thomas, who might have made an elegiac poem out of such events. Thomas died at Pas-de-Calais in 1917.Shaw, meanwhile, whose West Riding birthplace is just six miles away from that of Jeeves, was doing his best to prevent Essex establishing a winning position in this game. After Nick Browne had edged a good ball from David Payne to Chris Dent at slip in the fifth over of the Essex innings, Shaw, another 20-year-old with all before him, had brought one back a little to have Tom Westley lbw for 24. The young seamer appealed with all the certainty of a barrister who has sweetened the jury.At the beginning of his next over Shaw inflicted a first-ball duck on Ravi Bopara, Dent again taking the catch, and when Jaik Mickleburgh, who was ailing with a strain, slapped a half volley straight to Jack Taylor at midwicket, Essex were 80 for 4, still trailing Gloucestershire on first innings by 175.The visitors’ recovery to 333 at the close was led by Lawrence, who treated the former players in the corporate hospitality marquee to a fine exhibition of elegant batsmanship. He adapted well to a wicket on which bowlers are dangerous if they hit an exact length but fodder if they over-pitch even a fraction. Lawrence took four boundaries off what became the last over of Shaw’s first spell and added 102 with Ryan ten Doeschate, getting to his fifty in the over before the Essex skipper brought up the same landmark with a whack over midwicket off Graeme van Buuren’s anaemic slow left-arm.But ten Doeschate perished more or less as Westley had to the first ball of Shaw’s next over and it was eventually left to Lawrence and James Foster to give Essex the lead with a seventh-wicket stand of 83 in 14 overs. Gloucestershire’s seamers were now tiring, the ball was old and the support bowlers had to buy their wickets. Yet Lawrence’s 14th four, a majestic off drive to a ball from Payne which took him to 97, was still the shot of the day and he got to three figures 11 balls later.Once Lawrence was out, Foster bolstered Essex’s position by scoring 29 more runs very rapidly but this was something of a vaudeville act after a command performance. The crowd meandered away in a thoughtful mood and a Housmanish haze lingered on the distant slopes. On Cleeve Hill, stretching away towards Charlton Abbots, were all the trees of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire.

Abahani Limited became Dhaka Premier League champions for the 18th time after their incomplete match against Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club on June 12 was declared no result. Each team was awarded one point, helping Abahani finish on top with 23 points, and Doleshwar second, with 21. This was decided by the four-member committee that was asked to investigate why the umpires for that game had walked off the field.BCB president Nazmul Hassan said he wanted a re-match between the two sides, but later decided that he would go with the committee’s recommendation of a no result.This is Abahani’s first title since 2010-11 season and their first since the DPL turned into a List A tournament in 2012-13.They had put themselves in pole position after crushing Prime Bank Cricket Club by 115 runs in Mirpur on Wednesday. Left-arm spinner Saqlain Sajib took 7 for 58 to become the second Bangladeshi bowler to take a seven-wicket haul in List A matches, and set up the win as well.Captain Tamim Iqbal struck his second century this season as Abahani reached 316 for 7 in 50 overs.They were stuttering at one point though. Liton Das had fallen in the first over and the score had meandered to 97 for 3 in the 23rd. But Tamim added 173 runs for the fourth-wicket with the in-form Mosaddek Hossain.Tamim reached his fifty off 70 balls and sped to his hundred in the next 44 balls. He eventually holed out at long-on after making 142, the tournament’s highest individual score. Mosaddek made 78 off 74 balls with five sixes and three fours.Chasing 317, Prime Bank opener Mehedi Maruf hit 69 off 82 balls with five fours and three sixes. But he became part of a middle-order wobble as the team slipped from 115 for 1 to 126 for 5.Sajib first removed Jony Talukdar for 13 and then had Nurul Hasan stumped for 9 in his next over. Maruf and Taibur Rahman fell to Sajib in successive deliveries and Prime Bank were left needing 191 runs in 142 balls with only five wickets in hand.Sajib then took the last three Prime Bank wickets – Raihan Uddin, Rubel Hossain and Shuvagata Hom, who made 51 off 33. Nazmul Islam didn’t bat due to an injury.Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club beat Legends of Rupganj by seven wickets at the BKSP-3 ground to finish second on the league table.Batting first, Rupganj were bowled out for 143 in 41.2 overs with Asif Ahmed unbeaten on 59. Raqibul Hassan then guided the chase with an unbeaten 66 as Doleshwar made 144 for 3 in just 25.5 overs.Rupganj were 67 for 5 after being put in, before Asif and Pawan Negi added 28 runs for the sixth wicket – the highest partnership Rupganj could manage.Rahatul Ferdous, the left-arm spinner, took 4 for 36 in his quota of 10 overs, while Al-Amin Hossain picked up 3 for 29.Raqibul lost Imtiaz Hossain, his opening partner, early in the chase, but added 70 runs for the second wicket with wicketkeeper Rony Talukdar, who made 42. After the duo was separated by Alauddin Babu, the right-arm medium pacer, Raqibul added 57 more for the third wicket with Sachin Baby, who got out with Doleshwar requiring just one more run.At the Fatullah Cricket Stadium, Victoria Sporting Club signed off with a 17-run win over Mohammedan Sporting Club.Batting first, Victoria were bowled out for 205 in 48.3 overs after half-centuries from Mominul Haque and Al-Amin. In reply, Mohammedan were shot out for 188 in 42 overs despite having got off to a strong start.Victoria’s batsmen couldn’t capitalise on the partnership between Mominul and Al-Amin, who came in at 17 for 2 and added 83 for the third wicket. Left-arm spinner Enamul Haque jnr took 3 for 45 in 10 overs, while Habibur Rahman and Faisal Hossain took two each.Mohammedan were cruising at 141 for 3 in the 31st over, but lost seven wickets for 47 runs and were bowled out within the next 12 overs. Nazimuddin struck 50, while Mushfiqur Rahim contributed with 46.Mominul took 3 for 29 in nine overs, while Fazle Mahmud picked up 2 for 25.

ScorecardNeil Dexter’s third hundred of the season made for an even opening day•Getty Images

Neil Dexter continued to stake his claim to be one of the signings of the season as Leicestershire reached 299 for 7 against Worcestershire on a hard-fought opening day in the Specsavers County Championship at New Road.The former Middlesex batsman completed a third century for his new county and at the same time made it back-to-back hundreds when adding 109 to last week’s 136 against Gloucestershire.He was by no means completely fluent, more than one of his 18 boundaries coming off the edge during an impressive first spell by Ed Barnard, but his application could not be faulted following the early dismissal of Paul Horton.Barnard claimed that wicket with his fifth delivery, Tom Kohler-Cadmore holding a fizzing overhead chance at first slip, and he should have had another when Angus Robson was dropped at gully.The opener was on 27 and went on to make exactly 50, his third half-century in four Championship innings, before he gave a low catch to wicketkeeper Ben Cox in Barnard’s second spell.The second-wicket partnership yielded 79 from 32 overs and this was followed by a stand of 54 as Mark Cosgrove perked up the innings until he became another victim for Cox, aiming to force legspinner Brett D’Oliveira square on the off-side.There was something in the pitch to encourage Worcestershire – if not for Kyle Abbott on his Championship debut for the county – but tight bowling by Barnard and Jack Shantry only served to underline the value of Dexter’s performance. He maintained his focus throughout and made it clear that he is enjoying life with his fourth county.If Barnard was the pick of the seam attack with three for 49, D’Oliveira showed impeccable control, and a nice variation, in bowling 23 overs for his 2 for 53.He was also involved in the fourth wicket, not as the bowler but in running out Mark Pettini for 16 with a direct hit from backward point. Dexter was on 98 at the time and eventually got to his century after taking 22 minutes to add four singles to his score at tea.The end for him came with a smart third catch for Cox, standing up to Joe Leach, and Robert Taylor soon drove D’Oliveira to extra cover, but Ned Eckersley and Clint McKay added valuable runs late in the day. McKay was leg-before to Barnard, bowling with the second new ball.While not taking total control, Leicestershire have gone some way towards burying a bad memory from earlier in the season. They were dismissed for 43 on their own ground in May when Worcestershire registered their only win so far in a Division Two campaign following relegation last year.The home side have included Tom Fell after his recovery from two forms of cancer since making a career-best 171 against Middlesex in his final innings of last summer.

Steven Smith is on track to be fit for Australia’s second Test against West Indies in Grenada after the compound dislocation he suffered against South Africa at Lord’s during the World Test Championship final.Smith has spent the last week in New York where he has had a net against a tennis ball and an “incredi-ball” (a soft cricket ball) and rejoined the squad in Barbados on Saturday evening following their three-day victory in the opening Test.He still needs to tick off a few protocols with the medical staff, with Tuesday’s training session in Grenada likely to be the key day, but head coach Andrew McDonald expected him to be ready to return at No. 4, which is likely to see Josh Inglis drop out of the XI.Related

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“It’s really about functionality around the finger rather than anything else,” McDonald said. “There’ll be no risk to long-term health of that finger. He’ll return and I think it’s likely he’ll play. Leading into the next game, he’ll have the main session two days out.”He’ll [also] train the day before [the match]. If that all goes well, then I’d expect Steve to resume at No. 4.”When Smith suffered the injury, dropping a catch offered by Temba Bavuma on the third day at Lord’s, he was told he would need to wear a splint for eight weeks. He won’t be able to field in the slips on his return and will need to patrol the outfield somewhere, which may need some management given the problems he has had with his elbow.While there is no question that Smith, if fit, will resume his role at No. 4 the problems at the top of Australia’s order have prompted the debate about whether he should resume the No. 3 job to allow Cameron Green to come in a position lower.”In terms of why we see him as No. 4, I think we’ve settled on that,” McDonald said. “We could slide him up higher if we wanted to. He’s been excellent at number three. But I think if you look at the last 12 months at No. 4 and his ability to stabilise that position, two down, arguably our greatest batter, we want to keep him at four and build around that rather than potentially risking too many moves in the order.”Knowing that Smith may only miss the first Test, McDonald was also keen not to create further uncertainty in the batting order which is why Travis Head has not moved from his No. 5 position despite being a senior player.Marnus Labuschagne could be released from the squad if Steven Smith is available•Getty Images

Should Smith be available for the remainder of the series, there is a possibility that Marnus Labuschagne, who was dropped for the first time in the format since 2019 ahead of the first Test, may be released from the squad in order to play some cricket, either for Glamorgan or in the Australia A series against Sri Lanka A in Darwin, which starts next month. The first four-day game of the ‘A’ series begins on July 13, which would run concurrently with the final Test in Jamacia.”If we do have a surfeit of batters then we’ll explore match opportunities for sure,” McDonald said. “I think we’ve done that with the fast bowlers over time. We’ve sent Scott Boland back from India. So if we feel as though we’re carrying too many, we’ll look for game time.”[But] it’s a long way for players to get here as well. If we release someone and then someone has to come in late, then it’s a big journey. So we’ve just got to balance that out.”However, McDonald indicated that Labuschagne was set to be part of the ODI squad that will face South Africa in the Top End during August.”He’s important in our one-day structure,” he said. “[With] Steve Smith’s recent retirement, Glenn Maxwell retiring as well. We don’t want to compromise one-day cricket in the build towards 2027.”

Offspinner Shreyanka Patil is among three Indians who will be in action in the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) 2025. Patil, who had missed WPL 2025 with injury and has not played competitive cricket since October 2024, is set to return to action in the WCPL, where she will represent Barbados Royals (BR), the defending champions.Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) have signed seamer Shikha Pandey and uncapped legspinner Salonee Dangore, who was a net bowler for Delhi Capitals (DC) in WPL 2025.Pandey had also played for TKR last season, picking up four wickets in five matches at an economy rate of 6.80. Patil, meanwhile, had turned out for Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) in 2023, taking a chart-topping nine wickets in their run to the final that season. Patil was also the leading wicket-taker in WPL 2024.Related

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Big-hitting Sri Lanka allrounder Chamari Athapaththu will join Patil at BR for the upcoming season. Australians Laura Harris and Madeline Penna will be part of GAW’s overseas contingent, which will also include Shabnim Ismail, one of the fastest bowlers in the women’s game.As expected, Dottin (TKR), Hayley Matthews (BR) and Stafanie Taylor (GAW) were the top retentions for the franchises. Having won the WCPL in 2023 and 2024, BR are eyeing a three-peat this season.Guyana is set to host the fourth season of the WCPL, starting on September 6. The final will be played on September 17. All seven games – including the final – will be played at Providence Stadium. The tournament will have six league games spread across 11 days, with the final scheduled just one day after the final league-stage match. All matches are afternoon games. Four fixtures, including the final, start at 2pm. There are two 3pm starts and one 4pm start.The tournament’s highest run-scorer is BR’s Hayley Matthews (424). She is also the highest wicket-taker (23).

WCPL squads

Barbados Royals: Hayley Matthews, Chinelle Henry, Afy Fletcher, Aaliyah Alleyne, Kycia Knight, Steffie Soogrim, Shamilia Connell, Sheneta Grimmond, Qiana Joseph, Trishan Holder, NaiJanni Cumberbatch, Chamari Athapaththu, Georgia Redmayne, Courtney Webb, Shreyanka PatilGuyana Amazon Warriors: Stafanie Taylor, Ashmini Munisar, Cherry-Ann Fraser, Chedean Nation, Plaffiana Millington, Britney Cooper, Kaysia Schultz, Shemaine Campbelle, Karishma Ramharack, Nyia Latchman, Realeanna Grimmond, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Shabnim Ismail, Laura Harris, Madeline PennaTrinbago Knight Riders: Deandra Dottin, Shabika Gajnabi, Shawnisha Hector, Rashada Williams, Nerissa Crafton, Jahzara Claxton, Zaida James, Jannillea Glasgow, Keila Elliott, Abigail Bryce, Samara Ramnath, Jess Jonassen, Lizelle Lee, Shikha Pandey, Salonee Dangore

Warwickshire captain Alex Davies became the first player to score 1,000 runs in Division One of the Vitality County Championship this summer on a severely truncated second day against local rivals Worcestershire at Visit Worcestershire New Road.The 30-year-old began his innings needing a further 34 and turned Logan van Beek square of the wicket for a boundary to reach the milestone during the morning session.Surrey batter Rory Burns started the day as Davies’ nearest challenger but he was dismissed for 21 against Somerset with his total on 974.It was the second time Davies had completed 1,000 runs in a campaign after, in 2017, becoming the first Lancashire wicket-keeper to achieve the feat.He moved to Warwickshire for the 2022 season and the first two years at Edgbaston produced first class returns of 649 at 28.21 and 437 at 25.70.This summer he has struck four centuries and averages 56.88.He eventually fell to Ethan Brookes who delivered an impressive nine-over spell which yielded two wickets before bad light and rain ended play for the day at 2.15pm after 37 overs were possible.Those spectators who waited until the play was officially called off were entertained via the club PA to a series of weather anthems including ‘Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head’ and ‘It’s Raining Men.’Warwickshire needed only four overs to polish off the Worcestershire first innings but not before the home side had secured a second batting point.Jack Home, who was making his Championship debut, pulled Chris Rushworth for successive boundaries to bring up the 300.But then Rushworth struck twice in the space of three balls.He ended a stand of 65 between Tom Taylor and Home by trapping the latter lbw for 29 and then knocked out the off stump of on loan Surrey spinner Amar Virdi.It left Taylor unbeaten on 36 from 49 balls.Taylor then took the new ball but only five balls were possible before bad light stopped play with Warwickshire 6-0.When play resumed after a short delay, Taylor made the first breakthrough when Rob Yates tried to work the ball on the leg side and was caught off a leading edge at mid on by Virdi.Taylor bowled an excellent opening spell and constantly beat the bat.Davies went to his four-figure milestone in spectacular fashion against Logan van Beek during his first over.He twice hit the New Zealander for sixes backward of square and then a square drive to the boundary took him past 1,000 in an over costing 16 runs.Davies completed a 59-ball half-century with three sixes and six fours as Warwickshire reached 76 for 1 off 20 overs by lunch.But former Warwickshire all-rounder Ethan Brookes struck with the first delivery after the resumption when Will Rhodes aimed to work to leg and inside edged through to keeper Gareth Roderick moving away to his right.There was more joy for Brookes with the prized scalp of Davies (58) who went for a drive but took his one hand off the bat and inside-edged onto his stumps at 91 for 3.Van Beek switched ends and claimed his first scalp when Sam Hain (11) tried to turn a delivery on the on-side and was bowled shortly before the players left the field for the final time.