South Africa and England each moved one step closer to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 semi-finals with impressive wins in Canberra. South Africa made it two wins from two with victory over Thailand Lizelle Lee stole the show with her first T20I century England are back on track after a comfortably win against
Captain Heather Knight scored an unbeaten hundred as England Women beat Thailand to return to winning ways in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Knight’s 108 saw her become the first English cricketer – male or female – to score hundreds in Test, ODI and IT20 cricket. The 169 she put on with Nat Sciver
The Red Roses are on course for a consecutive Grand Slam after defeating Ireland 27-0 in Doncaster. Tries from Sarah Hunter, Abby Dow, Jess Breach, Vicky Fleetwood and Sarah McKenna sealed victory for Simon Middleton’s side. A home fixture against Wales at Twickenham Stoop and an away match versus Italy now stand in the way of England
South Africa beat England by six wickets in the final over of their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup opener in Perth. England fought hard with the ball to take it down to the wire after Nat Sciver’s 50 had led them to 123/8 and given them a sniff at the interval, but Mignon Du Preez and
England Women head coach Simon Middleton has named his matchday squad for Sunday’s 2020 Women’s Six Nations match against Ireland at Castle Park, Doncaster (Sunday 23 February, kick-off 12.45pm). The sell-out fixture, the Red Roses’ first of the tournament on home soil, is live on Sky One, Sky Sports Action and free to view on
Great Britain and England Hockey have mixed emotions in reporting that Alex Danson-Bennett has decided to retire from hockey. Whilst it is hugely disappointing to lose a player of Alex’s calibre, we are happy in the knowledge that this is the right decision for her. As has been widely documented, Alex was incredibly unfortunate to
The news of a full house at Castle Park Doncaster for the Ireland game is excellent. When was an England Women’s international last sold out five days before the event? But it throws into doubt the wisdom of offering Doncaster Knights a third crack of the whip (after staging two games against Canada and France).
England Women’s final preparations for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup were dealt a surprising blow in Adelaide with a 10-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka. Heather Knight won the toss and batted first but her team – with a slightly rejigged order – never got going, losing regular wickets to Sri Lanka’s spinners and reaching just
England Women beat New Zealand by six wickets in their first official warm-up game ahead of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. On a good wicket it was England’s bowlers who put them in a position to win the game, restricting New Zealand to just 134/9. Katherine Brunt got England off to a flyer with
Australia won the final IT20 of the Commbank IT20 Tri-Series to see England eliminated on net run-rate. At the half-way stage England would have been confident of success after an impressive bowling performance restricted the hosts to 132/7, but Australia’s spinners utilised a slow, used track very well to win by 16 runs. Defeat means
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