The Ashes – Only Test, first day Before the day’s details, here’s my pre-hindsight gripe: Jon Lewis got his selection wrong. He picked an XI containing two promising young quicks (fine), but only one leading spinner (boo). If Heather Knight was looking for an alternative to Sophie Ecclestone, she had only Emma Lamb and Sophia
The Trent Bridge test match is under way. The loudest cry is for more of them; they used to be plentiful. But that means that, by hook or by crook, truly amateur players found ways to take (wangle?) consecutive days off to devote themselves to the game. How the picture has changed. Tests have shrivelled
England A v Australia A – T20 The England A squad gave the test team just the send-off they needed by thrashing their Australian counterparts at the Haslegrave ground, Loughborough, by 74 runs. It wasn’t all plain sailing, but once Charlie Dean bowled Heather Graham for a threatening 50, the Aussies proved not to have
England Women name XI to face Australia in Test England Women have announced their playing XI to face Australia Women in the LV= Insurance Women’s Ashes Test starting Thursday 22nd June at Trent Bridge Western Storm seamer Lauren Filer is set to make her England debut, while Danni Wyatt earns her maiden Test cap. England
England international Tash Farrant has suffered a reoccurrence of a stress fracture of the lumbar spine. Farrant undertook an extensive rehab programme following the initial injury last May and returned to domestic action in April. The South East Stars and Oval Invincibles left armer will now have an operation and will miss the remainder of
England Women A have announced their squad for their opening T20 fixture against Australia A (Wednesday 21 June, Haselgrave, Loughborough). Alice Davidson-Richards, who featured for the A side in last week’s warm-up fixture against Australia Women and Alice Capsey have been released from the senior Test squad to play in the first T20 for England
England haven’t won an Ashes series for nine years. Given how frequently the two sides meet – it’s almost as if they compete in the same league, playing each other home and away every year – this is a record England must hope to end. If you’d like to hear the Aussie version of what
Jon Lewis’ choice of players to represent England in the test match will speak volumes about his philosophy of cricket. Can the established players all be sure of retention? Can the younger generation harbour hopes of promotion? How far will he and his commmittee be influenced by events in the two warm-up matches? A test
What’s the last time you can remember going into a third day’s play with England leading Australia by 668 runs? A shade far-fetched, I admit, two games were taking place concurrently, and 3-day games are rare beasts in the global menagerie. But that is how far ahead the two England Xis had stretched things. This
England cricketers Lydia Greenway, Adil Rashid and Sam Curran are among the names recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Greenway, a two-time World Cup winner and four-time Ashes winner who played over 200 times for her country, receives an OBE. Since retiring from playing, the former Kent left-hander has also founded Cricket For Girls. Rashid,
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