England were intent on clinching the series at the first opportunity at the 3aaa Ground Derby. On another lovely day for cricket things didn’t go all their way, but the White Ferns could see the writing on the wall and only rarely managed to show their true worth. Long before the end of the game
Western Storm have announce that Sophie Luff will be returning to help the 2018 KIA Super League Champions defend their title. The 24-year-year old was out in the middle when Stafanie Taylor hit the winning runs in last year’s KSL final against Southern Vipers and played a major role in the team’s success in 2017,
Lancashire Thunder is delighted to announce that New Zealand international Amy Satterthwaite will return to Emirates Old Trafford as an overseas player for a third successive season, ahead of the 2018 Kia Super League (KSL). All-rounder Satterthwaite, who hails from Canterbury, is a right arm off spin bowler who bats left-handed and has 190 international
England made sure they didn’t repeat the embarrassment in the opening match of their ODI series back on June 9 against the Proteas. They took on the White Ferns at Headingley, buoyed the strong performances displayed in the T20 series. Mark Robinson chose an XI different in three respects from that early game: Danni Wyatt,
Inspired Children, Broken Records and Bumper Crowds: A Memorable Week of International Women’s Cricket at its Spiritual Home. A truly stunning sunset over the Quantock Hills marked the end of what had been a quite remarkable week of cricket at the Cooper Associates County Ground. During that time, over 170 children had trained with and
Western Storm can today exclusively reveal that Freya Davies will once again be lining up for the reigning Kia Super League Champions in 2018. Freya joins England trio Heather Knight, Anya Shrubsole and Fran Wilson plus Rachel Priest, Stafanie Taylor and Smriti Mandhana in this year’s Western Storm squad. The 22-year-old played an important role
This weekend ECB will march in the Pride in London Parade, becoming the first sporting national governing body to participate in such a way. Watched by over two million people, Pride in London is the UK’s biggest Pride event, and ECB is keen to demonstrate its continued support for the LGBT community as part of
The Vitality Tri-Nation series was completed with a single T20 match between England and New Zealand at Chelmsford on Sunday 1 July. If the result looked like a foregone conclusion – the home team romping home by 7 wickets to record their 13th win against this opposition – all three nations can draw valuable lessons
The Women’s cricket season reached an early climax on July 1 as the last round of the Vitality T20 was played out in broiling heat. Kent needed a whole set of results to go their way to finish top of Division One. It didn’t help their cause that one of their rivals for the big
England have named a squad of 15 for the Royal London ODI series against New Zealand, with Alex Hartley returning and Katie George earning a spot after impressing in the Vitality IT20 Tri-Series. Off-spinner Dani Hazell misses out from the squad that beat South Africa 2-1 earlier this summer but otherwise the majority of the
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