Jack Leach scoring 92<\/a> as a Test opener, Lord\u2019s has witnessed a few unlikely sights over the years and that of Tempah, jets of fire screaming skywards behind him, was another to add to the list. But despite at one stage uttering the dreaded words \u201cLord\u2019s, this is a brand new one\u201d he produced a masterclass in scepticism-obliteration.<\/p>\nTinie Tempah performing, with fire screaming skywards behind him, was an unlikely sight at Lord\u2019s. Photograph: Adam Davy\/PA<\/p>\n
Helpfully, he spent very little of it on his heavily branded stage, favouring wading into the crowd to hug mildly bemused paunchy white blokes. \u201cHe was,\u201d Eoin Morgan later enthused on Sky, \u201cmagnificent.\u201d This might not have been the future Tempah envisaged when Pass Out was conquering the charts 16 years ago but it was one he embraced with winning enthusiasm.<\/p>\n
Quick GuideSouthampton to host first men’s Ashes Test next yearShow<\/p>\n
Southampton\u2019s Utilita Bowl will host a men\u2019s Ashes Test for the first time next year with the men\u2019s and \u2060women\u2019s series against Australia again running concurrently, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced.<\/p>\n
Trent Bridge will host the first men\u2019s Test, starting on 18 June, while the \u2060first match of the \u2060multi-format women\u2019s series, the \u200bsole test match, begins at Headingley on 24 June.<\/p>\n
Southampton will host the fourth men\u2019s Test starting on 21 July. England last played a Test match at the venue, \u2060also known as the Rose Bowl, in 2020 when Pakistan were the opposition during the Covid pandemic. The World Test Championship final was also played at the ground in 2021 when New Zealand beat \u2060India.<\/p>\n
A packed summer of cricket in England will also include 10 ODIs for the England men\u2019s team, the final of \u200bthe World Test Championship at London\u2019s Oval and England \u200cmen\u2019s Mixed Disability team hosting Australia.<\/p>\n
The \u200cmen\u2019s and women\u2019s Ashes were also held at the same time in England in 2023, boosting crowds for the women\u2019s \u200cfixtures. Reuters<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Ashes series:<\/p>\n
1st Test – June 18-22 – Trent Bridge<\/p>\n
2nd Test – June 30-July 4 – Lord\u2019s<\/p>\n
3rd Test – July 8-12 – Edgbaston<\/p>\n
4th Test – July 21-25 – Southampton<\/p>\n
5th Test – July 29-August 2 – London Oval.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s Ashes series:<\/p>\n
Test – June 24-27 – Headingley.<\/p>\n
T20I: July 3 – Trent Bridge<\/p>\n
T20I: July 6 – London Oval<\/p>\n
T20I: July 9 – Old Trafford<\/p>\n
ODI: July 13 – Southampton.<\/p>\n
ODI: July 16 – Lord\u2019s<\/p>\n
ODI: July 20 – Edgbaston<\/p>\n
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It was not so much Pass Out as fail and out for London Spirit\u2019s women, even if they started beautifully, with Grace Harris hitting the opening delivery for four. But that was very much as good as it got: by the end of the powerplay they were 23 for four and having to reset their ambitions to mere survival.<\/p>\n
In the end they did not manage that, bowled out after 91 balls having scored just 80. No team in the history of the women\u2019s Hundred has successfully defended a score below 106 and Spirit never looked likely to become the first, Super Giants cantering to a total that was neither of those things in just 59 balls to win by seven wickets, with Paige Scholfield carrying her side over the finish line with a four and a six off successive Josie Groves deliveries and in the process becoming the game\u2019s top scorer with just 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London Spirit launched their new era with double defeat at Lord\u2019s, and though they may have new owners,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-707914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}