Australia captain Meg Lanning said her side is ready to embark on a new journey as four of the skippers at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 addressed their opening Media Conferences in Christchurch on Friday. Lanning reflected on the changes that had been made since Australia lost to eventual runners-up India in the
Meg Lanning’s thoughts in advance of the World Cup There’s no doubt that the 50-over World Cup has been on the radar for a little while, it comes around pretty rarely compared to T20 World Cups so we’re looking forward to the opportunity to go and compete. It’s a pure World Cup in the sense
The only problem with taking a root-and-branch overhaul of England’s cricket is a looming World Cup next month in New Zealand. So there is no time for a detailed review of what went wrong and how it can be put right. The same players who suffered a winless series in Australia – in itself a
Australia Women 131-5 beat England Women 129 by five wickets Australia Women won the second ODI to win the Women’s Ashes outright after a disappointing performance from England Women in Melbourne. The hosts bowled out Heather Knight’s team for 129 and chased the total down for the loss of five wickets. The result means Australia
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
It’s England’s long-term policy to catch up with Australia and eventually overtake it. Two games played yesterday show the distance still to travel. On the second day of the test England were saved from ignominy by another outstanding performance from their captain. Heather Knight scored her second test century (127*) to defy the champions, but
Prelims A fanfare of trumpets accompanied the news of Lauren Bell’s addition to the test squad. She was not picked to play. The train of thought behind this sequence of decisions is hard to follow. Her next test chance does not follow next week. Lisa Keightley learned from her grave error of the India test
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 Women v Australia Women – match abandoned due to rain The second IT20 between England Women and Australia Women at the Adelaide Oval was abandoned due to rain after 4.1 overs. It means the two available points were shared, with the score in the multi-format series now 3-1 Australia after two games. The two teams
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