England women have been granted a spot at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, after the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the qualification process. Lisa Keightley’s side will be joined by the six other highest ranked ICC Members in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings, with the remaining place allocated to the winner of a qualifier. The eight-team competition will be the first time women’s cricket has been played at the games, and only the second time that cricket will feature after a men’s competition in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. https://twitter.com/birminghamcg22/status/1328999802638651394 England captain…
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Solihull Moors will travel to League Two Morecambe in the next round of the Emirates FA Cup. Derek Adams’ side, who currently sit ninth in League Two, confirmed their place in the second round with a narrow 1-0 win over Maldon & Tiptree. https://twitter.com/SolihullMoors/status/1325881367679406080 This comes after Moors beat another League Two side in Scunthorpe United 3-2 at Glanford Park on Sunday. Jimmy Shan’s side saw their five-game unbeaten streak come to an end at Maidenhead United a week before, but bounced back against a Scunthorpe side who hadn’t played a fixture since 24th October following Covid-19 cases, and sit…
The daily schedule for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has been released, confirming which sports will be held on each of the 11 days of competition. The games, running from Thursday 28th July – Monday August 8th, will feature 19 sports in total and include eight para-sports, making it the biggest para-sports offering in Commonwealth Games history. https://twitter.com/birminghamcg22/status/1317040563271630849 A gif of all the sports taking place at Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 – @birminghamcg2022 on twitter Swimming and Diving will feature every day at the brand new Sandwell Aquatics Centre, currently under construction in Smethwick, along with Badminton and Table…
Warwickshire CCC’s Chris Woakes and Amy Jones have kept their places in the Birmingham Phoenix’s men’s and women’s playing squads respectively for the Hundred. Woakes’ Warwickshire team-mate Dom Sibley has been signed as a Test-contracted player after the 25-year-old batsman was awarded his first ECB Central Contract last month. “It has been a great year for me after making my England debut in New Zealand and then enjoying a first summer in the Test team so this is a welcomed little extra, especially as I get to stay at Edgbaston. I’m very grateful to Birmingham Phoenix for giving me that chance.”Dom Sibley The trio join…
It was a great night at Wembley for Midlands based players last night, with Jack Grealish putting in a man of the match performance and Conor Coady scoring, as the Three Lion’s comfortably dispatched Ryan Giggs’ side 3-0. Wales’ last visit to Wembley came just over nine years ago, when Gary Speed’s team were the opposition in a EURO qualifier, losing 1-0. The Three Lions took the points in the last encounter with the Red Dragons too, courtesy of a dramatic late winner from Daniel Sturridge at the EURO 2016 group stages in France. Villa captain Jack Grealish, making his full…
With Premier League clubs spending around £1.2bn on 107 permanent signings during the summer transfer window, we look at who spent the most, but more importantly, who bought the best. Premier League spending was slightly down from recent years but it was still much higher than Europe’s other top leagues. There is still an additional domestic window between Premier League and EFL clubs from October 5-16, so those sums are expected to shift slightly. Chelsea spent the most during the window and it was no real surprise having been banned from the previous window. They shelled out for the sum…
Wolverhampton’s Aaron Rai edged out Tommy Fleetwood in a dramatic play-off to win the 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open. Former Wolverhampton Grammar School student Rai, went one better than last week after finishing runner-up to John Catlin in Ireland, emerging from the pack on the final day, scoring a superb seven-under par round of 64 at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick. That left him on 11-under, level with former US Open and The Open runner-up Fleetwood, meaning a play off was required on the par four 18th hole. A bogey on the 18th cost Staffordshire’s Robert Rock a…
Wolverhampton and Warwick will host the start and finish of the road cycling events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The games, set to be staged from 28 July to 8 August 2022, will see West Park in Wolverhampton as the setting for the Time Trial, while St Nicholas Park in Warwick will have the cycling Road Race. https://twitter.com/birminghamcg22/status/1311666592141385728 Wolverhampton has strong links to road cycling, with the first mass start cycling road race being held in the city in 1942. More recently, Andy Tennant, who was born and still lives in the city, was part of Team England…
After five years and almost 250 appearances, captain Conor Coady has committed his long term future to Wolverhampton Wanderers by signing a deal keeping him at Molineux until 2025. The Liverpool Academy graduate joined the ‘pack’ in 2015 from Huddersfield Town and has played every minute of Premier League football since Wolves were promoted back to the top-flight in 2018, helping the club to consecutive seventh-place finishes. “It’s an incredible day, honestly,” Coady told Wolves TV. “I look at what this club has given me over the years, and it feels like home to me – it has done since…
Pep Clotet will leave his role as Birmingham City head coach at the end of the season the club have announced. The Spaniard has been allowed to leave the Championship club to “explore other coaching opportunities”. In a statement Clotet said: “It’s been a really difficult decision to take because it’s a privilege to be part of the Blues family, but it’s the best step for everyone and it allows the club to continue to move forward with their vision and strategy. “I’m very grateful to the club, its board and the supporters for placing their faith in me to…