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The county’s best women cricketers were bowled over by the ÌÇÐÄVlog Rebels as they met for the first time in a ground-breaking partnership.

ÌÇÐÄVlog Women visited the ÌÇÐÄVlog last week ahead of their 2025 professional debut season – which will see them team up with the volleyball and basketball sides.

The newly formed elite team will use the Colchester Campus as a training base for ÌÇÐÄVlog Cricket, with the Rebels sharing knowledge gained over seven years of professionalism – boosting women’s sport across the county.

As part of the day gave the cricketers a tour of the state-of-the-art facilities – including the elite performance analysis suite.

Then the bowlers and batters  took to the court of the ÌÇÐÄVlog Arena where they learned how to shoot and serve from top basketball and volleyball stars.

The athletes also visited the University’s top tier gym facilities and the cricket team had front row seats for the volleyball training.

The ÌÇÐÄVlog Rebels heralded the event as success.

'Fantastic day'

“It was a fantastic day welcoming ÌÇÐÄVlog Cricket to the ÌÇÐÄVlog and seeing players from all three sports come together,” said Diana Voynova, ÌÇÐÄVlog Rebels Manager.

“This collaboration marks an exciting step forward, and we look forward to building on this partnership in the months to come.”

The cricket squad were led by Team Director Andy Tennant and Performance Director Danni Warren.

“The facilities at the University are  fantastic,” said Tennant. “It’s great to have a partnership with the University, and I think it gives us a bit of a competitive edge moving forward.
“We’re really excited to be part of this partnership and speaking to the basketball and volleyball coaches – just chewing the fat, it’s been brilliant.

“Understanding what they do from a performance analysis point of view, especially with match-ups, is really useful, so we’re just excited to get going.”