Source: ICC

Nat Sciver-Brunt – the only answer?

Charlotte Edwards had given us a strong clue: “the field is very narrow”. The choice of a new England captain might have been between two or three. As things transpired, it was the orthodox, middle-of-the-road decision we might have expected: a single candidate, Natalie Sciver-Brunt. There has been plenty of public reaction, much of it

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Source: Julian Thompson

Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 9

Glamorgan Women vs Middlesex Women  at Spytty Park Newport (Wales) – on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30) Middlesex women narrowly beat Glamorgan women by eleven runs, leaving the hosts appreciative of an exciting match that went down to the final over. By mid-way, the visitors looked certain of winning comfortably, boosted by Fifty Trussler’s inaugural

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 7

Northampton Steelbacks women vs Gloucestershire women, at Geddington Sports field (Kettering) on Sunday 27 April 2025 (10h30) Making top-score for Steelbacks, Michaela Kirk [88 (from 106 balls)] when added to 125*not out(126) from match 4: goes top of the competition’s batting leader board racing past 200 runs after just two rounds, with top batting average

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ECB confirms Nat Sciver-Brunt as new England Women’s Captain

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today confirmed that all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt has been appointed as the new captain of the England Women’s team. Sciver-Brunt succeeds Heather Knight, who left her role following England’s 2025 Women’s Ashes series after a near nine-year tenure and will lead in all three formats working alongside recently

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 8

Sussex Sharks Women vs Yorkshire Women at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove on Saturday 26 April 2025 (10h30) Yorkshire women chalked-up their first win, following their shock opening match defeat. By contrast, commentators felt that as before, Sharks ‘never really got going’ and were said to be ‘disappointed’ with failing to muster a defendable

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 3

The Blaze Women vs Lancashire Women at Nottingham, Trent Bridge on Wednesday 23 April 2025 (10h30) Top-tier of the women’s domestic season got under way with a resounding win by Lancashire, who chased down The Blaze’s half-decent score. England Head Women’s coach Charlotte Edwards was looking-on. The Blaze forged one big batting partnership between Kathryn

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league one match 1

Durham Cricket women vs Essex women at Chester-le-Street, Banks Homes Riverside on Wednesday 23 April 2025 (10h30) ‘Months of planning’ were rewarded as Durham Cricket ‘cruised’ to their first ever major win’ as professionals, by nine wickets, against Essex. Separately, commentators had hoped for better weather to encourage a larger crowd to mark the ‘huge occasion,’ in what

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Metro Bank One-Day Cup – league two match 5

Middlesex Women vs Kent Women at Radlett, Brunton Memorial Ground (Herts) on Sunday 20 April 2025 (10h30) Bowling with stump-to-stump precision, Middx Seamer Gayatri Gole made history as the first bowler in either tier of the competition to take six wickets at the very first opportunity. Her ‘6-fer,’ conceded just thirty runs. Drama struck as Gayatri

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