England Women were bowled out for 170 on day one of the one-off Test in the Women’s Ashes at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Nat Sciver-Brunt top scored for England with 51 while leg-spinner Alana King took 4-45 as England were all out inside 72 overs. Maia Bouchier and captain Heather Knight were dismissed by Kim
England Women have named their Vitality IT20 Women’s Ashes squad for their forthcoming fixtures against Australia. Western Storm all-rounder Danielle Gibson receives her first full IT20 call-up after travelling to the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup as a travelling reserve in February and being named in England’s Ashes Test squad earlier this month. Maia
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 Women announce their squad of 15 for the LV= Insurance Ashes Test match at Trent Bridge, with an England A side also selected. England Women have announced their Women’s Ashes Test squad for the 2023 Metro Bank Ashes Series, where Heather Knight’s outfit will kick off their Ashes summer with a five-day Test match
Somerset County Cricket Club have announce that the Ashes ODI between England and Australia at the Cooper Associates County Ground on July 18th has SOLD OUT! The remaining 100 tickets were snapped up over the weekend meaning that this is the first ever Women’s International to sell out at the home of Somerset County Cricket
The third and fourth days of the Canberra test showed up the T20 and The Hundred as the petty baubles they are. The last day stands alongside the most palpitating Ashes tests the world has known, and there have been several of them. Third Day The third day script was written by an English hand.
Australia Women (337-9 dec and 12-2) lead England Women (297) by 52 runs Katherine Brunt took two early wickets in Australia’s second innings before the rain intervened to interrupt an intriguingly poised Test match at Canberra. Australia Women will resume on 12-2 on the final morning, leading by 52 runs. Before the rain came Heather Knight
England Women v Australia Women – match abandoned due to rain The IT20 leg of the multi-format Women’s Ashes series ended with another abandoned game today, leaving the score at 4-2 to Australia heading into the Test match. The multi-format Ashes is the best of 16 points, with two points each for a white-ball game
England’s bowling proved no match for Australia’s top-order batters, Tahlia McGrath hitting a remarkable 91* of just 49 deliveries. It’s accepted policy that you bowl your best bowlers first, so Heather Knight asked Sophie Ecclestone to take the second over. The trouble is, it means she won’t be bowling when it really matters. Of course
On Thursday England start their quest for the Ashes. Let’s hope they have been entirely cut off from all media channels, or they will be aware of the abysmal, disheartening, unacceptable, abject (delete as preferred) performance of their menfolk in Australia (a 0-4 defeat). Much will depend on Lisa Keightley’s powers of psychology. As an
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