England Women name ODI squad

England Women have announced a 16-strong squad for the Royal London Series against India. Sophia Dunkley is included, and could make her ODI debut when the series gets underway at Bristol on Sunday June 27. Freya Davies and Sarah Glenn, who returned to their regional teams during the LV= Insurance Test match, are back in

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England v India Fourth Day

Faulty team selection costs England win A tremendous test match petered out into a tame draw after a day of lurching fortunes. England failed to complete the job – why? Pre-match I suggested Lisa Keightley could do worse than pick three spinners. I contend that the way the fourth day unfolded this view was correct.

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Persons of a nervous disposition…

England v India – 2nd Day ‘Fancy a game of the Hundred? The pay’s good.’ ‘No thanks, I think I’ll stick to test cricket.’ The second day at Bristol was totally astonishing. The teams took it in turns to be in total command, only to have their good intentions swept away in a spatter of

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England v India First Day

England weren’t able to pull away to a position of command despite a fine start Izzy Westbury’s prediction of England’s XI proved as unreliable as mine: no Mady Villiers; instead Sophia Dunkley won a highly deserved first cap and Georgia Elwiss was shunted down to No 7. The way the day evolved let you question

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Pitchgate 2 – England v India – First morning

Another question: if it is true that someone at BCCI decided on an England-India test match, why had ECB not already invited the Indians to include one on the fixture-list? It means that no-one at the head of English cricket thought it a good idea. So what was the reasoning? England’s schedule is packed, with

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England Women Secure World Cup Qualification

England’s women overcome Scotland 3-1 to top Pool C and guarantee their place at the 2022 Women’s Hockey World Cup Lily Owsley scores twice, Izzy Petter adds the other; Laura Unsworth makes 150th England appearance England women ended their tournament on a high by beating Scotland 3-1 to secure their place at the 2022 Women’s

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England Move Closer To World Cup Qualification

Sarah Evans (2), Anna Toman, Giselle Ansley and Jo Hunter score as England record important win Came from 1-0 down after Deirdre Duke gave Ireland an early lead Result leaves them top of Group C on six points, with Ireland and Scotland on three; victory over Scotland will see them remain there and qualify for

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And then there were 15…

The England Squad reduced by Two Lisa Keightley has omitted two of her seventeen players before they move from one isolation centre, Loughborough, to another, Bristol. Sarah Glenn and Freya Davies are the unlucky ones. Keightley will cull the squad a third time before the first ball is bowled. With players restricted to bubbles this

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