England Women have named their squads for the upcoming tours of India and Sri Lanka, with returns for Sarah Taylor and Katherine Brunt. Taylor and Brunt – two of England’s most experienced players – missed the side’s journey to the ICC Women’s World T20 final. The pair will both fly out with the squad to take
England Women have announced their new raft of central contracts for 2019, with Sussex seamer Freya Davies earning herself her first full Central Contract. Twenty-one players are now centrally contracted to ECB – four of those on Rookie Contracts. Davies said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to receive my first full contract. It’s always been my aim
England off-spinner Dani Hazell has retired from international cricket. The 30-year-old – who won three Ashes series and two World Cups – steps away from the game having made 141 appearances for her country. She made her debut in 2009 and since then has taken 146 international wickets across all forms, and has also captained her country
ECB have announced two new roles within its Executive team. Clare Connor has been appointed to the new role of Managing Director, Women’s Cricket while David Mahoney has been named Chief Operating Officer. The moves each fit the purpose and delivery of the new game-wide strategy for 2020-24, Inspiring Generations, which has been developed over
The schedule for England Women’s upcoming tour of India has been confirmed. The Paytm series will comprise of three ODIs – to be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai – and three IT20s – to be played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. England will also play a warm-up fixture against BP XI on February
England slow left-arm spinner Kirstie Gordon has been ruled out of action after scans revealed she’s suffered a stress fracture in her lower back. The 21-year-old burst onto the scene during the ICC Women’s World T20, leading England’s wicket-taking charts with eight scalps to her name. Prior to that she’d enjoyed a memorable summer, taking the
The Board of the ECB today discussed and agreed updated regulations for qualification to play international cricket for England. Following discussions as part of the ongoing CPA process, it was felt the revised criteria needed to: Bring the ECB regulations closer to those of the ICC, after the amendments made to their own regulations earlier
Sussex’s growing reputation as a centre of women’s cricket has received a further boost following the announcement that The 1st Central County Ground will again host some of the highest profile matches in the women’s game next summer. On the back of bumper crowds and electric atmospheres in 2017 and 2018, the home of Sussex
ICC Women’s World T20 finalists England will host West Indies and Australia next summer, with six ODIs, six IT20s and one Test. The Test match will form part of the Women’s Ashes which will once again be a multi-format points system. The West Indies ODIs will count towards the ICC Women’s Championship, with qualification for
England beat India by eight wickets in Antigua to reach the World T20 final. Heather Knight’s team will face Australia on Saturday at 8pm local time (12am GMT, Sunday November 25). After losing the toss England’s spinners performed brilliantly to bowl India out for 112. The wickets were shared around, Heather Knight took 3-9, while Kirstie Gordon
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