Jon Bateson-Clarke, who was with the region for seven years, will be Craig Cumming's assistant head coach for the first tier-one season
21/03/2025 | Oscar Ress | The Blaze | All Members-Only | Premium | Oscar Ress | News | County Cricket | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
NICK FRIEND - THE CRICKETER'S REVIEW OF 2024: Sunrisers and The Blaze claim the final pieces of silverware of the regional era which ends with much excitement, and a degree of uncertainty, ahead of the tiered system beginning next summer
28/12/2024 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | Western Storm | Sunrisers | Southern Vipers | South East Stars | All Members-Only | Premium | North West Thunder | Northern Diamonds | News | The Blaze | Heyhoe Flint Trophy | Charlotte Edwards Cup | Central Sparks |
THE CRICKETER'S MOMENTS OF 2024: The last Charlotte Edwards Cup Finals Day was one of redemption for the East Midlands region writes NICK HOWSON
25/12/2024 | Nick Howson | Women's Cricket | All Members-Only | Features | Nick Howson | News | The Blaze | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
The tier-one teams will play in the Vitality Blast and Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competitions from next summer
05/09/2024 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | Men's T20 Blast | Men's One Day Cup | News | Heyhoe Flint Trophy | County Cricket | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
They have signed Hannah Baker, Katie George, and Charis Pavely ahead of their first season as a Tier One side in 2025
25/07/2024 | Oscar Ress | Women's Cricket | All Members-Only | Premium | News | Heyhoe Flint Trophy | England Women | Charlotte Edwards Cup | Central Sparks | Birmingham Phoenix | Bears |
The Cricketer assesses how Birmingham Pheonix, London Spirit, Manchester Originals, Northern Superchargers, Oval Invincibles, Southern Brave, Trent Rockets and Welsh Fire stack up ahead of the 2024 Women's Hundred
22/07/2024 | Oscar Ress | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | Southern Vipers | Southern Brave | South East Stars | All Members-Only | Premium | Oval Invincibles | Oscar Ress | Northern Superchargers | News | London Spirit | Charlotte Edwards Cup | Birmingham Phoenix |
NICK HOWSON AT DERBY: Capturing the Charlotte Edwards Cup sees a team reformed from the ashes of Loughborough Lightning reach the pinnacle after years of perseverance and disappointment
23/06/2024 | Nick Howson | Women's Cricket | South East Stars | All Members-Only | Premium | Nick Howson | News | The Blaze | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
NICK HOWSON AT DERBY: After winning successive Charlotte Edwards Cups and five trophies in the regional era, the South Coast team finished the T20 competition in the unfamiliar position of being empty-handed
22/06/2024 | Nick Howson | Women's Cricket | Southern Vipers | South East Stars | All Members-Only | Premium | Nick Howson | News | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
NICK HOWSON: Back at the sharp end of the T20 competition, a promising season ended with a deflating defeat to the chasing specialists in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
22/06/2024 | Nick Howson | Women's Cricket | South East Stars | All Members-Only | Premium | Nick Howson | News | The Blaze | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
OSCAR RESS: Freeborn, 27, is the Central Sparks top run scorer in the competition. Ahead of Finals Day on Saturday, she discussed her promotion up the batting order and the team's change of mindset
21/06/2024 | Oscar Ress | Women's Cricket | All Members-Only | Premium | Oscar Ress | News | The Blaze | Charlotte Edwards Cup | Central Sparks |
NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: It has been five years since the left-arm spinner last played for England, but Gordon is the leading wicket-taker in the country for 2024 and is content as captain of The Blaze, hunting for a first regional title
21/06/2024 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | Features | Premium | Nick Friend | News | The Blaze | England Women | England | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
NICK FRIEND: Corteen-Coleman went on Stars' pre-season tour so coaches could see what she was made of, and she hasn't looked back – only three bowlers took more Charlotte Edwards Cup wickets in the group stage
21/06/2024 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | South East Stars | Features | Premium | Nick Friend | News | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: Sunrisers have never beaten South East Stars and are running out of opportunities to do so; here, they were swept aside once again on the same day that Surrey signed up three more of their Stars' cohort
06/06/2024 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | Sunrisers | South East Stars | Nick Friend | News | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
NICK HOWSON AT THE UTILITA BOWL: A late surge by the Vipers put them beyond the reach of a Storm side who one off the bottom of the table and face another failure to progress to the knock-out stage
30/05/2024 | Nick Howson | Women's Cricket | Western Storm | Southern Vipers | All Members-Only | Premium | Nick Howson | News | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: The Blaze's head coach holds the same role with England Women Under-19, whom he led to the inaugural World Cup last year, and has been coaching in the women's game for almost two decades
20/04/2024 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | Features | Nick Friend | News | The Blaze | Heyhoe Flint Trophy | Charlotte Edwards Cup |
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