Somerset’s Olivia Barnes, Jess Hazell and Erin Vukusic will each spend time on loan, dual registered with other counties over the coming weeks. Left-arm spinner, Barnes will join Kent, wicketkeeper/batter, Hazell links up with Gloucestershire whilst right-arm seamer, Vukusic will represent Glamorgan. Hazell and Vukusic are both products of the Western Storm Academy, progressing through
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Castore have launched three new playing kits and training wear to be worn by the three England teams across a huge summer of cricket. The new Test, ODI and IT20 kits were revealed in a ‘A Call To All’ video featuring England legend Andrew Flintoff alongside Lauren
There are probably not too many cricketers that modelled their bowling action on former Proteas player Jacques Rudolph, as he was better known for his top-order batting, but that’s the case for SA women’s cricketer Sune Luus. Rudolph, now aged 43, played 94 matches for South Africa across all three formats, and claimed just four
Ritu Moni sealed a stunning two-wicket victory for Bangladesh over Ireland in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier in Lahore. This means Bangladesh now have two wins from two, while Ireland have been on the wrong end of three narrow defeats. Orla Prendergast’s all-round performance looked set to hand Ireland a first win
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced the formation of a dedicated task force to support displaced Afghan women cricketers. In a landmark initiative, the ICC has joined hands with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), and Cricket Australia (CA) to assist these talented athletes
Hosts Pakistan got their ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier campaign off to a winning start as they defeated Ireland. In the opening day’s other match, Scotland pulled off a famous win despite the best efforts of West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews. Matthews century in vain as Scotland triumph Scotland earned an 11-run victory
Mel Jones, Dr Catherine Ordway and Emma Staples receive the MCC Spirit of Cricket Award Trio recognised for their monumental work in evacuating Afghanistan women’s cricketers safely from their homeland to Australia They were presented with the MCC Spirit of Cricket Award at the MCC Cowdrey Lecture, which took place yesterday evening at Lord’s and
A panel consisting of 10 umpires and three match referees has been named as the officiating team for the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier in Pakistan. The host nation are one of six countries competing for the remaining two spots at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, to be held in
The England & Wales Cricket Board has today announced Charlotte Edwards as the new Head Coach of the England Women’s team. Edwards is a former England captain who represented her country over 300 times, winning two World Cups and lifting the Ashes five times across a 20-year playing career. Since retiring from playing in 2017,
England Women A tour of Australia England Women A began their tour of Australia with a three-wicket victory over Australia Women A in their opening T20 at Hurstville Oval on Wednesday. The tourists needed 10 runs off the final three overs and two economic overs from Tess Flintoff (four runs) and Heather Graham (three runs)
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