England Women have named their squad for the Metro Bank One Day International series against New Zealand. Heather Knight’s outfit take on the White Ferns in Durham (26 June), Worcester (30 June) and Bristol (3 July). There is a return for South East Stars’ Sophia Dunkley; the opener has featured in all but one of
The RFU has presented the names of the 32 Red Roses to receive contracts. Here is my version of the list: Backs Holly Aitchison (Bristol Bears) Jess Breach (Saracens) Abby Dow (Trailfinders) Zoe Harrison (Saracens) Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury) Natasha Hunt (Gloucester-Hartpury) Megan Jones (Leicester Tigers) Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins) Claudia MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs) Lucy Packer (Harlequins)
Nat Sciver-Brunt’s unbeaten 124 helped England Women secure a 178-run and ODI series victory over Pakistan in the third one-day international. Following Sunday’s abandonment due to rain in Taunton, the two sides played their final match of the series at Chelmsford’s Cloud FM County Ground. Danni Wyatt and Alice Capsey contributed 44 and 39 respectively
England v Pakistan – First ODI It’s the fashion to fasten on to a new national head coach and add “-ball” to whatever strategy he claims to be pursuing. So after “Baz-ball” we now have “Jon-ball”, but it’s difficult to decipher exactly what that entails. When England players claim it means an aggressive approach, we
England’s ODIs about to begin Once more it’s Heather Knight who previews England’s chances as they prepare to take on Pakistan in the first of three ODI’s. It is she, not the head coach, Jon Lewis, who maps out her team’s approach to switching from three unbeaten T20s to three ODIs. The batters need more
Tash Pavelin will join fellow Team Bath Netball defender Jayda Pechova in the Vitality Roses programme for the 2024-25 season. Goal-defence Pavelin is one of three players elevated to the full-time programme from the Future Roses, whose newly-announced contingent includes Blue & Gold Super League stars Sophie Kelly and Phoebe Maslen. University of Bath student
It was a great pity that the auld enemy, rain, brought an early end to another game, this time an ODI, at Northampton. Now it was England’s so-called ‘Development‘ side playing the tourists. The fascination for fans was to see the XI Jon Lewis selected, after leaving so many of his T20 squad unemployed. This
England v Pakistan – 3rd T20 Jon Lewis made only one change, resting Lauren Bell and introducing Lauren Filer to form the only fast bowling option in the team. That leaves us wondering who he sees replacing Amy Jones with the gloves, when the need arises. Danni Wyatt made it clear why selectors have gone
England v Pakistan – Second T20 Northampton England romped to an easy win, thus taking an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Jon Lewis made only one change to the Edgbaston side, Nat Sciver-Brunt replacing Freya Kemp as expected. Lauren Bell had assured us that the team would continue its aggressive approach to the
England v Pakistan Which view of the Edgbaston game do you take? Here are two contrasting responses to start: The performance of England’s top order leaves us wondering just how successful the team can be at World Cup level. The recovery started by Heather Knight and Amy Jones and ensured by the spinners restores our
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