England versus Australia A – Putting them in their place For the second game in the series, the tables were turned: a full England XI fronted up against an Australian ‘A’ XIV. The result, a decisive win by 81 runs, reveals that the Aussie gap in ability between their first and second choices is just
England Women have announced their squad for the first Royal London Women’s ODI. A squad of 14 has been named, with the England Women’s Academy playing against Australia A throughout the ODI series providing the option for additional back-up. England Women’s Squad Heather Knight (Berkshire, captain) Tammy Beaumont (Kent) Katherine Brunt (Yorkshire) Kate Cross (Lancashire) Sophie
The three T20 matches against the West Indies came to a predictably soggy end at Derby. Not a ball was bowled. That left just the one game at Northampton completed. The series served to demonstrate the gulf set between the two sides. The West Indies are the only elite ICC member to represent a whole
Northampton Midsummer’s Day 2019 – At last some lovely weather to greet a buoyant England performance. They won the second of three T20s at Wantage Road by 42 runs. There was a Knight on each side, but it was England’s captain who wore the bigger smile as her side proved their adaptability to different formats
Danni Wyatt continued her excellent 20-over form, scoring a quickfire 81 from 55 balls as England beat the West Indies by 42 runs in the second Vitality IT20 in Northampton, taking their winning run to 14 matches. Wyatt averages over 50 in the format in 2019 and got England off to a good start with
Opening Boundaries have announced that their annual women’s Bowling Out Gender Inequality event will take place on Sunday 8th September at Dulwich CC. Mr Hough, President of Dulwich Cricket Club commented saying “We are delighted to be able to welcome both teams to the “Bowling Out Gender Inequality” event at our club on Sunday 8th September. We
England Women have added Linsey Smith to their squad for the upcoming Vitality IT20 series against West Indies, which also sees the return of the rested Katherine Brunt and Nat Sciver. Smith is the only new face in the group from England’s 3-0 win in the Royal London Women’s ODI series. Her namesake Bryony Smith drops
Amy Jones covered herself in glory as she won Player of the Match and Player of the Series and celebrated her 26th birthday. Can a cricket statistician come up with a similar triple-decker? And she helped England cruise to a 3-0 whitewash over the hapless West Indians. If possible, the weather at Chelmsford was worse
Western Storm are delighted to be able to announce that England Internationals Heather Knight, Anya Shrubsole, Fran Wilson and Freya Davies will be returning for the 2019 season. All four players have played a major role in the success of Western Storm since the KIA Super League was formed in 2016 and Head Coach Trevor
Amy Jones celebrated her 26th birthday in style in Chelmsford, scoring 80 runs and picking up the Player of the Match and Player of the Series awards as England Women completed a Royal London One-Day Series clean-sweep of the West Indies. Jones put on 84 with Tammy Beaumont (46) for the first wicket and 87 with
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