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Brian Halford

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Reporter at Birmingham Mail

Cricket reporter and other things.

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  • Somerset Women fall to 69-run defeat against Warwickshire

    2 weeks ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Brian Halford

    Harris followed her 16-ball half-century on her debut in Birmingham last week with an equally spectacular 77 from 34 balls to lift Warwickshire to 172 for nine. Her barrage completed the team’s strong recovery from 30 for three after Mollie Robbins (three for 24) took three wickets in her first ten balls. Somerset replied with a meagre 103.

  • Third successive victory for Somerset Women at Warwickshire

    1 month ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Brian Halford

    Sophie Luff (Image: Somerset CCC) Somerset, 297 for six, beat Warwickshire, 249 all out, by 48 runs Somerset banked their third successive Metro Bank One-Day Cup women’s competition victory with an emphatic 48-run win over Warwickshire at Edgbaston, writes Brian Halford, ECB Reporters Network. Somerset totalled a solid 297 for six thanks to captain Sophie Luff’s accomplished unbeaten century - 111 from 105 balls - which built on Heather Knight’s punchy 70 (93 balls) up top.

  • Warwickshire vs Sussex - Match Report

    2 months ago | sussexcricket.co.uk | Brian Halford

    Warwickshire and Sussex banked solid points from a draw after their high-scoring Rothesay County Championship Division One match drifted up the predictable cul-de-sac at Edgbaston. Sussex batted themselves safe before declaring their second innings on 313 for seven (Tom Alsop 82 not out from 131 balls). That set the home side a notional target of 388 in a minimum of 44 overs.

  • The Greatest Ever? — Reports From Arbroath

    Mar 27, 2025 | reportsfromarbroath.com | Brian Halford

    Liam Norwell's 9/62 on the final day of the 2022 season was the 12th-best bowling analysis for Warwickshire in first class cricket. But factor in conditions and match situation and a case could be made for it to be the best ever bowling performance ever for the county. Here are the top 12 rated for greatness by a panel of experts exclusively gathered together by Reports from Arbroath. 1.

  • Shared love of cricket: How Gloucestershire is helping Afghan refugees in Bristol

    Feb 21, 2025 | ecb.co.uk | Brian Halford

    By Brian Halford, ECB Reporters NetworkA project created to welcome Afghan refugees into the Bristol community through cricket is about to expand having delivered “positive growth far beyond the areas expected”. Last year the refugees were offered weekly cricket coaching by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in partnership with City of Bristol College which has a campus neighbouring the county’s Seat Unique Stadium.

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