Today marks 27 years of the legendary King of T20 Leg Spin!!!

Having played for Trent Rockets and Oval Invincibles in the Hundred, I always look forward to seeing his bowling even if it destroys the Brave occasionally 😅.

Here’s hoping he’s having a brilliant day!!!!

While Jos has never played for the Brave, he is one of my absolute favourite players so I felt it’d be nice to celebrate him here. He recently captained the Manchester Originals in the Hundred, bringing in a fresh team to lift the trophy at the end of the season. Known as “The Boss”, this wicket keeper batter is one of England’s best, often being called the best Englishman in white ball Cricket… and they’re not wrong 😅. In this year’s Hundred he got 4 half centuries, that’s just mad. Today he turns 36, he is starting to get near the end of his playing career, but still a couple years to go before then. I’d love to have him in the Brave but there is 0% chance that the Originals ever give him up, he’s basically their entire brand, well him and Sophie Ecclestone. Happy birthday Jos, keep being iconic 🖤🤍🖤🤍

In this week’s ODI series against Ireland, our incredible women have shown just why they are Born Brave

Maia Bouchier in the first game scored a century, chasing down a total we have never defeated against Ireland. History was made

In the second ODI, Issy Wong utterly destroyed their batting, getting 5 wickets, plus another 2 by the wonderful Tilly Corteen-Coleman. Not too shabby I’d say

In the third ODI, happening today, Sophia Dunkley also got a century, she’s not been Brave for a few years, she went to Fire and then Rockets, but she was green originally.

Well done to these amazing women!

But there is more!

Our former Captain, Georgia Adams, she also got a century! Chasing Durham’s score, she got 106, plus 2 wickets in the first half. She might be Rockets now, but like Dunkley, she’ll always be Born Brave.

Finally, Rhianna Southby, my favourite Wicket Keeper I know of, stumped 1 and caught 1 in the same game against Durham, I really hope we can get her home next year, those lightning fast reflexes come in handy from time to time!

Overall some very impressive playing, inspiring young cricketers, giving the home crowd the joy of such fine performance, and making history that will be the talk of the town for a good while.

I am highly disheartened to see Kapp’s latest Instagram story. For context, she reposted that a transgender female Cricketer by the name of Anaya Bangar is being given an opportunity to have a place in the Women’s Big Bash League in March 2027. Now she has spoken publically stating that she’s gone through gender affirming surgery, and is making sure to meet the requirements needed to be eligible, she is not getting in due to her gender identity or any other reason. She transitioned medically, legally and in every other way. Yet Kapp decides to post it to her story condemning it. I am extremely disappointed in her and have since unfollowed her. What’s worse though? The amount of transphobia in Anaya’s comments, I won’t repeat them because I would rather not spread more of it, but it sickens me to my core to see such awful people choosing to hate for no reason I can understand. Cricket and Sport in general should be a place of acceptance, love and unity, not the absolute damnation of an individual or a gender group. It is 2026, people need to wake up and realise that pride exists and should not be ridiculed, but loved, accepted and valued. It is a shame because I used to really like Kapp, a strong hitter and brilliant bowler, but I can no longer find any reason to like her. I implore those who do have the right morals to unfollow Kapp if you do, and show Anaya the respect and care that she deserves.

Sarah Glenn turns 27 today!!

Happy Birthday 🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊

In this season, she took 7̶ wickets from 9 games, her best being 2 for 28 against London Spirit on 01/08/26

So, in both the Men’s and Women’s competitions from 2021-2026, Southern Brave has the leading wicket takers! For the Men it’s Adil Rashid, and for the Women it’s Lauren Bell. A pair of brilliant Born Brave Bowlers

For those who don’t know, Northern Superchargers Woman’s Bowler, Kate Cross, is retiring from professional Cricket at 34 years of age. We shall miss her deeply, but we salute her and wish her well as she moves into the next stage of her life. 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TILLY CORTEEN-COLEMAN! LEFT ARM ORTHODOX SPINNER, TIED LEADING WICKET TAKER OF THE HUNDRED 2026! SHE IS NOW 19!💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤

Southern Brave are officially one point away from the best team in the Hundred!!!!!💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤🥹🥹🥹🥹

1. Oval Invincibles — 40/96

Men — 4/8, 5/8, 1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 4/8

Women — 1/8, 1/8, 5/8, 3/8, 6/8, 8/8

2. Southern Brave — 41/96

Men — 1/8, 7/8, 3/8, 2/8, 4/8, 6/8

Women — 2/8, 2/8, 1/8, 8/8, 2/8, 3/8

3. Trent Rockets — 42/96

Men — 3/8, 1/8, 5/8, 5/8, 2/8, 2/8

Women — 7/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8, 4/8, 1/8

4. Northern Superchargers — 49/96

Men — 5/8, 6/8, 8/8, 4/8, 3/8, 3/8

Women — 6/8, 5/8, 2/8, 4/8, 1/8, 2/8

5. Manchester Originals — 57/96

Men — 6/8, 2/8, 2/8, 7/8, 6/8, 1/8

Women — 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 6/8, 5/8, 4/8

6. Birmingham Phoenix — 64/96

Men — 2/8, 4/8, 6/8, 3/8, 5/8, 8/8

Women — 3/8, 4/8, 8/8, 7/8, 7/8, 7/8

7. London Spirit — 67/96

Men — 8/8, 3/8, 7/8, 8/8, 7/8, 7/8

Women — 4/8, 7/8, 6/8, 1/8, 3/8, 6/8

8. Welsh Fire — 72/96

Men — 8/8, 8/8, 4/8, 6/8, 8/8, 5/8

Women — 7/8, 8/8, 3/8, 2/8, 8/8, 5/8

We are literally one away, 2027 we could do it. Let’s hope!

Now that the finale has finished, it is the end of this year’s Hundred, with our women in 3rd and men in 6th, it’s not been the best year for the Brave. But we’ve had some good moments

Killer Miller hitting a 6 at Lords, to win against Spirit, when he needed 1 run, and he was injured
Tilly Corteen-Coleman being the three way tied leading Wicket Taker at 13 wickets in 9 games
Jofra getting his career best of 4 wickers for 9 runs, he’s never got more than 3 wickets in a game before, he has now.
The SB Women going for 17 wins in a row in group stages across the last 2 years
Issy Wong’s near 6 for the horse
Tilly and Issy getting the wicket of Phoebe Litchfield so earlier in both games against the Superchargers
And of course, Jamie smith breaking the scoreboard at Lords, and Marcus Stoinis hitting a 6, into the Pizza Stand

While not the best year in terms of numbers, we had fun, and while they took the Green from us, we’re still Born Brave. Thanks to Chris Jordan, Sophie Molineux and Laura Wolvaart for their brilliant captaincy, especially to Molineux being brand new to The Hundred.

I will try to keep this sub as alive as possible outside the season, cause when it comes to the Brave, I never give it up. Here ends the 2026 season

Always, Green army, and born brave

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Well done Manchester Originals, wanted them to beat Superchargers, they did. Now go beat Rockets on Sunday

1) Tilly Corteen-Coleman

2) Sophie Molineux

3) Issy Wong

4) Jemimah Rodrigues

5) Laura Wolvaart

6) Maia Bouchier

7) Lauren Bell

8) Charlie Knott

9) Sarah Glenn

10) Jodi Grewcock

11) Lizelle Lee

12) Naomi Dattani

13) Phoebe Franklin

N/A - Daisy Gibb, Bex Odgers, Katherine Fraser, Ellie Anderson. They were subs who didn’t play this year so can’t be officially ranked

It’s over. We lost.

We got unlucky that we had to bat first, but honestly I don’t think even that mattered.

Issy Wong was absolute the standout today, bowling out Phoebe Litchfield, getting 3 wickets, almost a hat trick

A shame for Tilly to not be able to get one today.

She’s on 13, now Deepti Sharma is on 13. If Deepti can’t get one on Sunday, and if Sam Bates gets less than 3, then Tilly could be tied leading wicket taker, but it’s a big hope. I really would love her too, she’s an absolute standout and my fav female player.

But yeah, we’re out. Awesome to qualify 6 years out of 6, but sadly another year without a win. Last time was 2023 for the women. 2021 for the men.

Moral of the tournament? BUY BATTERS NEXT YEAR!!! We cannot keep relying on bowlers and all rounders, buy strong hard hitting batters. Also? Lizelle Lee is one of the worst keepers I’ve seen, I don’t want to hate on her, but her performance has been utterly awful. The main job of the keeper is to catch and stump, she missed so many catches. And it’s not fully on her, Lauren Bell missed so many also, and she’s meant to be our best player, 19 wickets last year, only 6 this year, and she’s only 25, she should be getting average 2 per game.

Overall, buy batters, buy a good keeper, and stop relying on bowlers. Good luck to Jos Butler and the Manchester Originals later against the Northern Superchargers men. I’m hoping they can win this year as they never have, Rockets won in 2022 for the men.

So weeks ago, I made a post commenting about how I was banned from the Southern Brave Instagram for protesting the change to the awful red and blue. I love the Brave, no matter what, yet they banned me for my loyalty to the #GreenArmy

Well after many weeks of emails between myself and support, I’ve finally been unbanned. The email they sent was the usual hide behind cooperate tone, but the jist of it is that they said my protesting was disruptive. They said how the green is part of the history and they embrace it, but then go on to say how they’re making money of the new stuff. Translation?

“You spoke out too much, we got scared, but we’re making more money now, so fine you can come back”

It’s pathetic. It really is. It goes to show though, that if you speak out, and you really fight for it, they cannot silence you.