A second consecutive hundred from Tammy Beaumont took England to a seven-wicket win over South Africa at The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury and secured a 2-1 series victory for the hosts. The England opener scored 105 and put on 151 with captain Heather Knight (80*) to lead a successful chase of 228. A confident batting performance
England will make one addition to their squad for the final Royal London ODI at Canterbury with Kate Cross joining the 14. Dani Hazell and Lauren Winfield will be released from the group in order to play for the England Women’s Senior Academy on Thursday. Heather Knight (captain, Berkshire) Tammy Beaumont (Kent) Katherine Brunt (Yorkshire)
Centuries from Tammy Beaumont and Sarah Taylor took England to a 69-run victory over South Africa at Hove to level up the Royal London ODI series at 1-1. England were asked to bat first by South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk and they seemed determined to make up for their performance with the bat at
South Africa won the opening Royal London One-Day International of the summer, beating England by seven wickets at Blackfinch New Road. Lizelle Lee and captain Dane van Niekerk formed the backbone of their side’s 193-3, comfortably overcoming England’s 189-9 with Lee ending unbeaten on 92. That England had anything to bowl at all was testament
England Women have named a squad of 14 for the first two Royal London ODIs of the summer, against South Africa at Worcestershire and Hove respectively. It will be the first time the two sides have met since last summer’s dramatic ICC Women’s World Cup semi-final at Bristol, while the opening game at Worcester will
The Royal London One-Day Cup, Round 6 With only one round left to play, the top three positions remain as before: Hampshire 1st, Yorkshire 2nd, Kent 3rd. When Hampshire lost by 5 runs to Yorkshire last week, none of the eight sides were left unbeaten. With dramatic floods hitting certain parts of the kingdom this
Kent came to the lovely Mill Hill School Ground on 13 May hoping to continue their fine start to the season against a Middlesex side determined to put a 10-wicket defeat by Lancashire firmly behind them. Since Kent had beaten the Red Roses by 9 wickets the next day, everyone knew what the outcome would
Kent Women got their Royal London One-Day Cup season off to the best possible start by defeating Yorkshire and Lancashire, the current champions, over a sun-drenched weekend at Beckenham. The margins, 8 wickets, then 9 wickets, hint at the encouragement these displays will give the squad for the rest of a demanding season. Tammy Beaumont
Lancashire Cricket Foundation has announced the launch of the 2018 Women’s Soft Ball Cricket festival programme. The festivals will run from early May to September and have been created to increase female participation in cricket, with over 40 clubs from across the county set to host one this year. The game uses a soft ball
Lancashire Thunder is delighted to announce that former Australian international Alex Blackwell has joined the backroom staff as a coach at Emirates Old Trafford ahead of the 2018 Kia Super League campaign. The batter from New South Wales will join Thunder following her retirement at the end of the recent Australian season. After making her
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