NICK FRIEND – INTERVIEW: Payne was rewarded for a T20 campaign that drove Gloucestershire to Blast glory with a £120,000 Hundred payday, less than two years after an ankle injury forced him onto a white-ball contract and threatened his future
15/03/2025 | Nick Friend | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | Features | Premium | Nick Friend | News | Gloucestershire Men | County Cricket |
HUW TURBERVILL: Sanjay Govil, who purchased a 50 per cent stake in Welsh Fire, may use Sophia Gardens as inspiration for Washington Freedom's new home
13/03/2025 | Huw Turbervill | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | All Members-Only | Premium | News | Huw Turbervill | Glamorgan Men | County Cricket |
New Zealand trio Rachin Ravindra, Lockie Ferguson and Michael Bracewell earned big deals after Jamie Overton was picked up for £200,000 as the first signing
12/03/2025 | Nick Friend | Welsh Fire | Trent Rockets | The Hundred | Southern Brave | Premium | Oval Invincibles | Northern Superchargers | News | Manchester Originals | London Spirit | Birmingham Phoenix |
Twenty-nine players are added across the eight squads, with Heather Knight and Sophia Dunkley finding familiar homes
12/03/2025 | Oscar Ress | Women's Cricket | Welsh Fire | Trent Rockets | The Hundred | Southern Brave | All Members-Only | Premium | Oval Invincibles | Northern Superchargers | News | Manchester Originals | London Spirit | Birmingham Phoenix |
The draft will take place on Wednesday, March 12, as the eight teams fill their remaining men's and women's spots after last month's retentions
05/03/2025 | Oscar Ress | Women's Cricket | Welsh Fire | Trent Rockets | The Hundred | Southern Brave | All Members-Only | Premium | Oval Invincibles | Oscar Ress | Northern Superchargers | News | Manchester Originals | London Spirit | Birmingham Phoenix |
Jamie Smith and Chris Woakes will both play for new teams next season after being signed by London Spirit and Welsh Fire, respectively, in the England Men's central contract draft
27/02/2025 | Oscar Ress | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | All Members-Only | Premium | Oscar Ress | News | London Spirit | England | England Men | Birmingham Phoenix |
Meg Lanning moves from London Spirit to Oval Invincibles while Ellyse Perry, Alana King, Annabel Sutherland, Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner are all scheduled to return
25/02/2025 | Nick Howson | Welsh Fire | Trent Rockets | The Hundred | Southern Brave | All Members-Only | Premium | Oval Invincibles | Northern Superchargers | News | Manchester Originals | London Spirit | Birmingham Phoenix |
A tranche of recent internationals will be looking for new teams when the draft takes place on March 12. Meanwhile, a host of new overseas players have been confirmed in the new £200,000 salary band
25/02/2025 | Nick Howson | Welsh Fire | Trent Rockets | The Hundred | Southern Brave | All Members-Only | Premium | Oval Invincibles | Northern Superchargers | News | Manchester Originals | London Spirit | England | England Men | Birmingham Phoenix |
Forty-nine per cent of the finalists of the women's competition in 2024 have been claimed by a Silicon Valley consortium and a US-based tech entrepreneur
31/01/2025 | Nick Howson | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | All Members-Only | Premium | News | London Spirit |
NICK FRIEND AT LORD'S: Sign Meg Lanning, and you're likely to be there or thereabouts, but only Nat Sciver-Brunt scored more runs than Knight in the tournament as Spirit, armed with two of the great leaders in the women's game, came out on top
18/08/2024 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | Premium | Nick Friend | News | London Spirit |
Deepti Sharma's maximum with two balls to spare secured victory for Heather Knight's side on their home turf
18/08/2024 | ECB Media | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | News | London Spirit |
OSCAR RESS AT UTILITA BOWL: Southern Brave were reeling at 21 for 2 in pursuit of Welsh Fire's 181 and coach Stephen Fleming admitted his side were relieved to squeeze through thanks to the match being abandoned
14/08/2024 | Oscar Ress | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | Southern Brave | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | Oscar Ress | News |
Welsh Fire smashed 181 off their 100 balls before reducing Southern Brave to 21 for 2 but rain intervened and the match was called off meaning the points were shared
14/08/2024 | ECB Media | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | Southern Brave | News |
OSCAR RESS AT THE UTILITA BOWL: Last season's Hundred champions suffered a dismal Hundred campaign this year, winning just one game and going winless at home
14/08/2024 | Oscar Ress | Women's Cricket | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | Southern Brave | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | Oscar Ress | News |
Hayley Matthews took 4 for 14 with the ball and ended the innings unbeaten on 35 to mastermind a comfortable Wesh Fire win which guaranteed them qualification to the knockouts
14/08/2024 | ECB Media | Women's Cricket | Welsh Fire | The Hundred | Southern Brave | News |
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