Late Alterations to the Ashes Programme Of the two alterations to England’s Ashes schedule in Australia, the timing and the sequencing, it is the sequencing that should prove far more important. The tour begins one week earlier than originally planned, on 20 January; or, if you include the two warm-up matches, 12 days earlier. Placing
Cricket Australia (CA) and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced changes to the Commonwealth Bank Women’s Ashes schedule. The multi-format Women’s Ashes series will now begin a week earlier than originally planned, on Thursday 20 January. The series will start with three IT20s at the Adelaide Oval, followed by the Test match
This welcome news comes not a moment too soon. A hoped-for fixture between Australia and Samoa fell foul of the pandemic. The Ferns will be playing their first international of 2021; the Wallaroos their first since August 2019. Australia’s lack of competition is far more serious. They have only recently restored Fifteens to the prominence
Beth Mooney’s brilliant half-century proved the difference as Australia beat New Zealand by four runs to make the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 semi-finals. Beth Mooney hit 60 off 50 balls to help Australia to 155 for five in their must-win match with New Zealand Georgia Wareham’s three for 17 sent the top-order into
Australia strolled to back-to-back victories at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup as a potent opening partnership between Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney helped beat Bangladesh by 86 runs. Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney put on 151 for the first wicket, Australia’s highest partnership for any wicket at the Women’s T20 World Cup Australia’s 189
England Women beat Australia in a Super Over in Canberra to get their first win of the Commbank IT20 Tri-Series and their first under new Head Coach Lisa Keightley. Captain Heather Knight was the hero, recording her second career-best performance in two days – rescuing her side from 39/3 with an excellent 45-ball 78. She was
Optus Sport has announced it has secured the exclusive rights to transmit the Barclays FA Women’s Super League for the next three years in Australia, beginning on Sunday 17 November. The deal will see Optus Sport broadcast approximately 50 live matches a full season and around 40 fixtures of the underway 2019/20 season. Optus Sport
England Women won the final match of the Vitality Women’s IT20 series and the Women’s Ashes with a spirited effort at Bristol. Debutant off-spinner Mady Villiers was the star of the day – taking 2-20 and claiming the big wickets of Alyssa Healy and Ashleigh Gardner. England had earlier set 139-5 from their 20 overs,
Australia Women won the second Vitality Women’s IT20 at Hove and went 12-2 up in the Women’s Ashes. England batted first on a slow pitch and worked their way to 121-9. Some early wickets gave them hope of defending their total – Australia at one point slipping to 35-3 – but Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry
Australia Women went 10-2 up in the Women’s Ashes and won the trophy outright after a comfortable win in the first Vitality Women’s IT20 at Chelmsford. A superb unbeaten century from Meg Lanning powered the visitors to an imposing 226-3 and in reply England were never able to get going. Australia continued to take wickets throughout
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