NICK FRIEND: There is so much to like about Bracey, a 24-year-old Bristolian who had just turned nine when Jon Lewis became the last Gloucestershire player to turn out for England in a Test match

31/05/2021 | Nick Friend | News | ENG v NZ | England |

The England wicketkeeper scored 114 against Northern Diamonds in round one and followed it up with an unbeaten 163 against Central Sparks

31/05/2021 | ECB Reporters Network | Women's Cricket | Western Storm | Heyhoe Flint Trophy | Central Sparks |

Jenny Gunn put on an 81-run stand with Alex MacDonald to help Diamonds recover from 50 for 6 while Katherine Brunt took 4 for 23 with the ball

31/05/2021 | ECB Reporters Network | Women's Cricket | Northern Diamonds | The Blaze | Heyhoe Flint Trophy |

Alex Hartley's side suffered an agonising one-wicket defeat in their season opener against Western Storm but showed real character against a spirited Sunrisers side in Chester

31/05/2021 | ECB Reporters Network | Women's Cricket | Sunrisers | North West Thunder | Heyhoe Flint Trophy |

ELIZABETH BOTCHERBY AT CHESTER BOUGHTON HALL: Sunrisers’ top order pair Alice MacLeod and Fran Wilson appeared to be steering their side to an historic first victory before Hartley turned to the ICC’s no.1 ranked T20 bowler for inspiration

31/05/2021 | Elizabeth Botcherby | Women's Cricket | Sunrisers | North West Thunder | News | Heyhoe Flint Trophy |

NICK FRIEND AT BECKENHAM: The competition's leading wicket-taker last year is continuing from where she left off; her arm-balls have emerged as kryptonite to batters since being handed her Southern Vipers debut last September

31/05/2021 | Nick Friend | Southern Vipers | South East Stars | News | Heyhoe Flint Trophy |

Charlotte Taylor, who was last year’s top wicket-taker, bamboozled the Stars’ top-order batters with her crafty arm-balls to restrict Stars to 137

31/05/2021 | ECB Reporters Network | Women's Cricket | Southern Vipers | South East Stars | Heyhoe Flint Trophy |

The Cricketer looks at the star performers from the eighth round of the County Championship

31/05/2021 | The Cricketer | Worcestershire Men | Warwickshire Men | Surrey Men | News | Leicestershire Men | Lancashire Men | Essex Men | County Cricket | County Championship |

Jimmy Anderson, New Zealand’s record in England, and the next generation of seamers – the talking points ahead of England’s two-match Test series against New Zealand, scheduled to begin at Lord’s on June 2

31/05/2021 | Elizabeth Botcherby | New Zealand | News | International | ENG v NZ | England |

He has previously stepped up in Kerr’s absence when the Somerset head coach was seconded for an England Lions tour to Australia, while also filling in briefly in 2019

31/05/2021 | The Cricketer | Somerset Men | Men's One Day Cup | News | County Cricket |