A late strike from Lily Owsley saw England come from behind to grab a point in their Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup opener with India. Neha Goyal gave India the lead in the first half but England battled hard and scored a late equaliser with six minutes remaining. A huge crowd of 10,500 filled the
England Women defeated Japan 29-5 to win the Challenge final at Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco. Having been defeated by Ireland in their opening game of the tournament and knocked out of the Championship contest, England defeated Mexico and China to reach the Challenge final. In their final game of the tournament England
It has been a breathless summer for England’s women cricketers. Almost unbroken sunshine is fine for sprawling spectators; not so much fun for labouring fielders and bowlers. A carefully choreographed campaign involved two visiting nations, South Africa and New Zealand. At stake were points in the new World Series, world rankings and team and personal
England Women U20 head coach Jo Yapp has announced a 26-player squad to travel to Canada in August. England Women U20 will face Canada Women U20 twice and USA Women U20 once during the three-match series. The three games will be available live online via www.rugby.ca. Of the 26 players selected, there are three new
England were two up with one to play as they came to Grace Road for the final act of a demanding international season. Heather Knight won the toss yet again and chose to bat. With the game not scheduled to end till about 9.30 pm, this seemed the wise choice. Lauren Winfield and Kate Cross
A brilliant hundred from New Zealand’s Sophie Devine took the White Ferns to a four-wicket win in the final Royal London ODI at Leicester. Set 220 to win after England collapsed from 156/2 to 219 all out, Devine marshaled her side’s chase perfectly to take the visitors to victory and leave the series at 2-1
England were intent on clinching the series at the first opportunity at the 3aaa Ground Derby. On another lovely day for cricket things didn’t go all their way, but the White Ferns could see the writing on the wall and only rarely managed to show their true worth. Long before the end of the game
England made sure they didn’t repeat the embarrassment in the opening match of their ODI series back on June 9 against the Proteas. They took on the White Ferns at Headingley, buoyed the strong performances displayed in the T20 series. Mark Robinson chose an XI different in three respects from that early game: Danni Wyatt,
The Vitality Tri-Nation series was completed with a single T20 match between England and New Zealand at Chelmsford on Sunday 1 July. If the result looked like a foregone conclusion – the home team romping home by 7 wickets to record their 13th win against this opposition – all three nations can draw valuable lessons
England have named the 18-strong squad that will compete at the Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup on home soil in London between 21 July and 5 August. The squad contains eight Olympic Gold medallists from Great Britain’s victorious Rio 2016 campaign, two of whom also competed in the games at London 2012. As well
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