Ireland player Curtis Campher is joining Essex for three 50-overs games. #Cricket https://cricketireland.ie/news/curtis-campher-to-essex/

Smith scores half-century as Spirit end Rockets perfect start

England's Jamie Smith hit 52 off 34 balls to help London Spirit to their second win of this year's Hundred as they beat Trent Rockets by 21 runs at Lord's.

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I had a cricket goal of scoring 22 runs with 3 games to go to take me to 100 runs in a season. I scored 7 leaving 15 off two.

Sadly I had a bit of a mental health wobble, meaning I needed the last 15 against a good Rainhill side.

I achieved it tonight #cricket

Sixes, fours and two drops - Smith's entertaining Hundred innings

England's Jamie Smith is dropped twice on the way to making a quickfire 52 off 34 balls for London Spirit as they set Trent Rockets 163 to win in the men's Hundred.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/videos/c4gm3kv47yno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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London Spirit win by 21 runs. Gleeson put Rockets into no-balls required territory and Dawson successfully closed things out for the London side.
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Joe Root goes for 27 (24), caught by Worrall off Dawson to make it 90-4 from 65 balls, 73 needed off 35.
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Willey goes for 11 (5) trying one big shot too many. Rockets 86-2 after 58 balls. Worrall then completes his allocation by bowling Rehan Ahmed for 0 to make it 86-3, 77 needed off 40 balls. Worrall 2-32 from 20 balls. Marcus Stoinis comes in for Rockets.
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Banton tries to guide a Jamie Overton delivery to third man and chops on for 46. Rockets 73-1 after 52 balls. David Willey in at number three.
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Richard Gleeson, at the age of 37, has just been clocked at 94mph in tonight's match, the quickest ball of this year's tournament so far, and the only one of the top five fastest of the tournament to have been bowled by anyone not named Archer.
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New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/08/14/welsh-fire-gored-by-a-gaur/
An account of a bowling masterclass from the Manchester Originals women, spearheaded by Mahika Gaur, with a side note on the species of Asian wild cattle called the gaur. Also an image gallery containing both #photographs and #scans from today at work.
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Sciver-Brunt stars as Rockets get first win

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt hits an unbeaten 51 to help Trent Rockets secure their first win of this year's Hundred as they beat London Spirit by 33 runs, ending the defending champions' perfect start.

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Spirit's winning run ended by resurgent Rockets

Nat Sciver-Brunt's unbeaten fifty sets up Trent Rockets' first win of The Hundred 2025 as they beat defending champions London Spirit by 33 runs.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/ce836337j0yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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Just in time to catch the last rites of London Spirit women against Trent Rockets women. The visitors have won by 33 runs, a thumping in this format. Scottish left arm spinner Kirstie Gordon has takes 4-15 from her 20 balls.
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'Beautifully timed' - Sciver-Brunt hits rapid 50 as Rockets score 149

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt hits an unbeaten 51 runs off 29 deliveries to help Trent Rockets set London Spirit 150 to win in the women's Hundred.

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**Thwack** is *officially* the word that describes the sound of “leather on willow” #cricket #linguistics #makeitso #youhearditherefirst #davebarragreeswithme #thwack #tellyourfriends