India Women 169 beat England Women 153 by 16 runs India Women won the final Royal London International at Lord’s to seal a 3-0 series win. Kate Cross took 4-26 as England’s bowlers did a fine job to bowl India out for 169, but in reply England faltered and fell 19 runs short, despite a fine, spirited
There was an international match not many months ago between two sides whom I will term Team A and Team B (aka Erewhon and Ruritania), wherein a bowler from Team A dismissed a whole string of batters from Team B by using the so-called Mankad* method (the bowler fails to deliver the ball; instead she
SE Stars v Southern Vipers at Beckenham (Kent) on 21 September 2022 (10h30) Staged at very short notice, the Play-off was billed by commentators as a ‘semi-final’ to decide who meets Northern Diamonds, who’ve already qualified for the final. Beforehand, a minute’s silence was held, followed by the national anthem; and an ECB statement was read
Dream Big Desi Women programme has now recruited and trained over 2,000 South Asian female cricket volunteers Culmination of a four-year, £2.4 million Sport England-funded programme, delivered by The ECB Volunteers deliver cricket programmes for children across urban areas, giving opportunities for thousands more youngsters to get involved in the sport Celebration of programme’s success
India Women 333-5 beat England Women 245 by 88 runs Harmanpreet Kaur’s 143 not out led India to a series win in the second Royal London International at Canterbury. After putting India into bat, England’s bowlers kept things tight initially before Kaur, Harleen Doel (58) and Smriti Mandhana (40) took India to the very imposing total of 333-5. It was
England Women will take on Australia Women at Lord’s, the Kia Oval, Edgbaston, The Ageas Bowl, Trent Bridge, the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol, and Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, in 2023 as both the Men’s and Women’s Ashes come to England and Wales. Ben Stokes’s team will host Ireland at Lord’s in the first week
Northern Diamonds v Southern Vipers at Leeds (Headingley) on 17 September 2022 (10h30) Triple-billed by commentators as a ‘North-South Derby,’ ‘top-of-table’ clash and ‘dress-rehearsal’ for the Lord’s final. Neither team had lost a match and there was a reasonable chance that the same teams could play each other in the final. A minute’s silence was
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced several changes to its Playing Conditions after the Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) ratified recommendations from the Sourav Ganguly-led Men’s Cricket Committee, which discussed MCC’s updated 3rd Edition of the 2017 Code of the Laws of Cricket and shared its conclusions with Women’s Cricket Committee, who endorsed the recommendations
Kaur, Sharma, Lamb and Dunkley among others to move up in the latest update India opener Smriti Mandhana has made significant gains in the latest update to the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s Player Rankings, advancing in both the ODI and T20I lists after some fine performances in England. The left-hander, a formerly top-ranked batter in ODIs,
Thunder vs Western Storm at Manchester (Emirates Old Trafford) on 18 September 2022 (10h30) Match advantage swung as the home team posted a half-decent score, but the visitors made light work of chasing down their target. Even the legendary Old Trafford rain didn’t save the home team. With neither team able to venture beyond the
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