England Women v India Women 2nd T20I Hove on Sunday 11th July As heard on radio Sports Xtra, commentators (Alex Hartley, Isabelle Westbury and Henry Moeran) had premature expectations for an early England multi-format series win. *Losing by eight runs, only three of England’s players made double-figures (Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight and Amy Jones) with
Sciver Strikes Match-Winning Fifty At Two Runs-per-ball England Women v India Women 1st T20I Northampton on Friday 9th July As heard on radio Sports Xtra, the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method was applied to a rain-affected match awarding England Women a convincing win – having scored at a faster rate *All Rounder Natalie Sciver’s match-winning half-century was top score for the match with
England Women v India Women 3rd ODI Worcester on Saturday 3rd July As heard on radio Sports Xtra (Commentators Alex Hartley, Daniel Norcross, Henry Moeran and Isabelle Westbury): were scathing of Indias’ chances, asking what chance they had against England, averaging 270 runs per match? They were all proved wrong! England seemed in control at 153-3, at which point there was
England Women v India Women 2nd ODI Taunton on Wednesday 30 June Hartley: “Belter Of A Day For Cross” Whose Five Wicket Haul Hands England Women An Unassailable Lead As heard on radio Sports Xtra (commentators Alex Hartley, Isabelle Westbury and Daniel Norcross); and viewed via social media (Isabelle Westbury tweeting for Kate Cross): England went 2-0
Batting first, India’s women got off to a slow start: 27/2 after just 9.4 overs. * Anya Shrubsole removed both of India’s openers cheaply by their 10th over. Firstly, catching Shafali Verma (15) off Katherine Brunt. Secondly clean-bowing Smriti Mandhana (10) *India’s skipper Mithali Raj top-scored (72 runs from 108 balls): that included seven ‘fours.’ Punam
For new readers, previous analysis revealed that: ‘most players struggle to hit a strike-rate of one-run-per ball.’ Also, that: ‘strike-rates per ball are normally calculated in proportion to runs scored per hundred balls.’ Unravelling the top ten batters is not a case of simply taking those who slogged the most runs or took the wickets in
Sunrisers were skittled by the Northern Diamonds in just 19 overs (Fenner’s ground, Cambridge) As seen on Youtube, commentators (Mark Johnson and Andy Abbot) described the match as looking ‘catastrophic;’ and ‘a procession’ after only ten overs were bowled with Sunrisers score on 16/5. Sunrisers finished with the lowest run-rate of the day (1.81) –
England Women End Tour with their Second Series Win [New Zealand Tour – Final T20I, Wellington (Sky – formerly Westpac Stadium) on 7 March 2021] As seen on BT Sports TV and streamed live on website Live Cricket Australia & the ICC match centre, the final women’s twenty overs match was played before cricket spectators.
England Women Celebrate Second Successive Series Win [New Zealand Tour – Second T20I, Wellington (Westpac Stadium) on 5 March 2021] As seen on BT Sports TV and streamed live on website Live Cricket Australia & the ICC match centre, England Women comprehensively beat the NZ White Ferns by six wickets taking a 2-0 series win
A Match Of Two Halves – England Women celebrate Another Win [New Zealand Tour – First T20 International, Wellington (Regional Stadium) on 3 March 2021] As seen on BT Sports TV and live on website Live Cricket Australia, England Women put the White Ferns in to bat and bowled them out for a meagre 96 – with two balls
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