Be a leader in Women’s Cricket at a leading club! 🙌
🔑 info. ⬇️
• Opportunity to create a legacy.
• Influence & drive success of the game.
• Passionate environment.
• Cutting-edge facilities.
Take the plunge & apply to be a Bear now! 🤩
#SparksWillFly
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#YouBears
𝗩𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗬 | 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁
Are you ready to make history? We are seeking a Head Coach to lead our new women's team. This is your chance to shape the future of women's cricket and inspire the next generation of talent!
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#YouBears
💥🏆 EVE JONES WINS CINCH PCA WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR 🏆💥
The cherry on top of a fantastic season as
@eve_jones11
makes history as the first ever domestic female professional cricketer to pick up the player-voted cinch PCA Award. Congrats skip, we are all so proud! 👏🤩
💥 ARLOTT, JONES & WONG SELECTED FOR ENGLAND A 💥
Sparks captain
@eve_jones11
and pacers
@EmArlott
and
@Wongi95
have been selected to travel with the England A squad for a six game series against Australia A.
More info 👉
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐠 ☝️
📽️ Watch as Issy Wong sat down at the team's annual media day last week.
🤩 Her excitement for 2023
🇮🇳 On her time abroad playing for
@mipaltan
🏏 Wongi's journey
💯 The Hundred & Birmingham Phoenix
🗒️ '23 goals
@Wongi95
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#SparksWillFly
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𝐄𝐯𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 🤩
Our captain scored an unbelievable (101) runs while away on England duty this week!
Check out the best bits below, some shots 🙌
@eve_jones11
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#SparksWillFly
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A nice touch before today's game, saw Katie George receive her Sparks cap from fellow teammate Issy Wong.
Well done,
@KaTie_George46
🤩
#SparksWillFly
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✅U19 T20WC Team of the Tournament
✅POTM in a World Cup semi-final
✅Professional cricketer
✍️Hannah Baker has signed her first professional contract with Central Sparks 💥
#SparksWillFly
💥 END OF SEASON AWARDS 💥
Sparks players had their say in the end of season awards. Congrats to the three winners of the player-voted awards!
🏏 Most Improved -
@EmArlott
🏏 Sparks Spirit -
@Liz_Russell
🏏 Players' Player -
@eve_jones11
#SparksWillFly
💥 2022 CHARLOTTE EDWARDS CUP SQUAD 💥
Introducing the Central Sparks squad who will be playing in the Charlotte Edwards Cup this summer!
We begin our campaign this Saturday against
@_WesternStorm
!
𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮/𝟮𝟯 𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗬 𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘
Congratulations to all players selected for the Academy and EPP.
More info 👉
❗️BREAKING❗️
@eve_jones11
has been voted in by her teammates as
@CentralSparks
Captain for the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy campaign! 🏆
👏 Skipper Eve - go well! 💥🏏
See more information on our squad on our website 👉
#sparkswillfly
#oursparks
𝗘𝗩𝗘 𝗝𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦 🏆
Your 2021 Charlotte Edwards Cup Player of the Year 👏
🔝 A stellar campaign saw Jones comfortably top the
@pcaMVP
with 143 MVP points.
Congratulations
@eve_jones11
- the latest recipient of a cinch PCA Award!
#PCAawards
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙠, 𝙅𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙝 😊
𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 Eve Jones links up with England to train ahead of the international summer 🤩
We'll be without her for tomorrow's game. Thank you for your contributions so far in 2023 🙌
@eve_jones11
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#SparksWillFly
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🐐 We are SO hyped about this one 🐐
The Birmingham Phoenix line-up is completed and we're excited to say you can catch 8️⃣ Sparks players this summer playing alongside ICC Women's Cricketer of the Decade
@EllysePerry
in
@thehundred
💯
#SparksWillFly
𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗟 & 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗦 ✍️
Powerful left-hander Ami Campbell and wicket-keeper batter Abbey Freeborn have signed professional contracts with Central Sparks.
More info 👉
#SparksWillFly
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𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐔𝟏𝟗 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐏 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐃
Congrats to Hannah Baker, Davina Perrin, Ellie Anderson and Charis Pavely who have all been named in England’s squad for the U19 World Cup.
🔗More info:
A big 👏 to our season's MVPs! Before they were tearing up the
@WBBL
, Eve and Wongi had outstanding summers with Central Sparks across 14 games.
🏏 Most Wickets - Issy Wong (18 wickets)
🏏 Most Runs - Eve Jones (575)
#SparksWillFly
💥HERE TO STAY💥
We are delighted to announce that Emily Arlott, Ami Campbell, Abbey Freeborn and Eve Jones have all signed 2-year contract extensions to stay with Sparks until at least 2024.
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲. 𝐀𝐫𝐞.
𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜... Your Central Sparks playing shirt for 2023!
We cannot wait to see these on display out on the field soon 🤩
#SparksWillFly
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💥 2021 FIXTURES - T20 COMPETITION &
#RHFTrophy
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We're so excited to share our fixtures for the 2021 season with you 🏏 you can find all of the info on our BRAND NEW WEBSITE too.
Which one are you looking forward to the most?! 🤩
English import
@eve_jones11
was your Trikon5G Player of the Match in our match against the Strikers.
Eve finished 36* off just 29 balls.
#GETONRED
#WBBL07
💥 Meet the Sparks 💥 Our experienced star,
@eve_jones11
!
✅ 1 of only 2 females to have scored a Birmingham League Century 💯👏
✅ Has an art degree from Oxford Brookes University ✏️🎨
✅ Hair goes static a few days before it snows 💁♀️❄️
#sparkswillfly
#oursparks
No biggie, we’ve just surpassed over a quarter of a million YouTube channel views this season.
Thanks everyone who tunes in to the streams to watch some Sparks fly 💥
💥 RESULT | an unreal comeback from the Sparks to clinch first
#RHFtrophy
spoils, winning by 2 wickets with 10 balls spare! 😍
What. A. Game!! 😬
Well played
@North_Diamonds
and good luck for Monday! 🤜💥💎🤛
#SparksWillFly
💥 ARLOTT, GLENN & JONES NAMED IN ENGLAND TEST SQUAD 💥
We are so excited to announce that Em Arlott has been called up to the England Women Test squad alongside her Sparks teammates Sarah Glenn and Amy Jones.
🔗 Full story:
#SparksWillFly
💥 ARLOTT, JONES & GLENN NAMED IN ODI SQUAD 💥
Congratulations to Sparks' Emily Arlott, Amy Jones and Sarah Glenn who have been included in the 16-strong England Women squad that will face India in the forthcoming ODI series.
#OurSparks
A fantastic article written discussing our young starlet Charis Pavely. 🙌
It’s ADHD awareness month, and the BBC have recognised Pavs and the maturity she shows after her 2021 diagnosis.
“ADHD doesn’t define you.”
Pavs. 💜
#SparksWillFly
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𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱 😄
We were so pleased to welcome lots of school children to watch our game earlier today - 1500 of them!
Today's attendance was 𝟭,𝟱𝟰𝟮 🙌
Thank you for coming, we hope you all had a great day at Edgbaston!
#SparksWillFly
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🏆 The shortlists have been selected ahead of Tuesday’s finale of the
@cinchuk
PCA Awards!
4️⃣ trophies
1️⃣4️⃣ nominees
🙌 The best male and female cricketers of 2021 have been recognised by their peers.
Full story 👉
#PCAawards
💥 Meet the Sparks💥 1st up is pace sensation
@Wongi95
!
✅ Can complete a Rubik’s Cube in 33 seconds 🤯🧩
✅ Plays the guitar 🎸🎼
✅ A National Champion at Eton Fives 🧤⚾️
#sparkswillfly
#oursparks
💥Congratulations to all the girls who represented Sparks at the School Games 2021! 💥
Laura Smitten captained Team Sciver who went onto win the School Games 2021. 🏆
Baker, Smitten, Pavely, Perrin, Austin, Hardwick and Anderson all took part in the event. 🏏
#SparksWillFly
So nice, she had to do it twice. 😎
We’ll say it again, half century Davina Perrin! 💫
5️⃣4️⃣ off (34) as England’s U19s beat 🇱🇰
#SparksWillFly
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#EnglandCricket
Central Sparks are deeply saddened at the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Our match against
@Lightningcric
tomorrow has been postponed.
Our thoughts are with the the Royal Family at this time.
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗯 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 🫶🏼
There were 2,592 of you in the stands at Edgbaston backing the Sparks!
Thank you, we’re glad you saw a TOP team win 🙌
#SparksWillFly
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💥🙌 An unbelievable team performance from the Sparks sees us to a 6 wicket victory over Diamonds! 👏
Too many great performances to single out. The entire team takes the Sparks of the Day award! 🙌
#RHFtrophy
Final hopes still in tact!! 🏆
#SparksWillFly
#SparksVDiamonds
Huge congrats to Sparks’ regional talent manager
@LaurenRowles10
for her appointment as Head Coach of the England Learning Disability squad for their 2022 campaign! 💥
#SparksWillFly
𝐀𝐦𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 & 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝 🤩
The pair link up with England as they prepare for their LV= Insurance Test against Australia.
Read more 👇
👍 Thumbs up if you got selected for the Central Sparks Academy! 👏
💥 Congratulations to the 14 players who were selected for our first Academy intake - we are so excited for all of you.
#OurSparks
family is growing! 🏏
#OurSparks
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 🙌
Today marked Worcestershire's own Ellie Anderson's senior debut for the Sparks, and the pace bowler was presented with her Sparks cap by fellow teammate Davina Perrin.
A fantastic speech. Congrats, Ellie!
#SparksWillFly
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