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Kaur century drives India Women to Series win

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

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Mandhana leads India to win in series opener at Hove

India Women 232-3 beat England Women 226-7 by 7 wickets Smriti Mandhana’s 91 saw India to victory in the first Royal London International at Hove. After being asked to bat first, England posted 227 in the first innings thanks in main to Alice Davidson-Richards’ maiden ODI half-century. Cameos from Sophie Ecclestone (31), Sophia Dunkley (29) and Charlie Dean (29*) gave

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Sorry, skipper, I’ve got my homework to do

England v india, 2nd T20, Derby Homework comes first In the world of rugby there was the story of Ellie Kildunne’s mother bringing the England debutant straight back to earth by pressing her homework upon her as soon as the game was over. She had scored a try. She was deeply embarrassed. The second part

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India level the series

India Women 146-2 beat England Women 142-6 by eight wickets India Women levelled the Vitality IT20 series at Derby with a resounding eight-wicket win, despite a record-breaking half-century for 17-year-old Freya Kemp. England opted to bat first but got off to a poor start, falling to 54-5. Kemp and Maia Bouchier (34), teammates at Southern

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England Women win opening IT20 at Durham

England Women 134-1 beat India 132-7 by nine wickets Sarah Glenn took career-best figures of 4-23 and Sophia Dunkley hit her highest IT20 score of 61* as England Women beat India Women by nine wickets at Durham. Stand-in captain Amy Jones won the toss and asked India to bat, and her bowlers kept the visitors down to 132-7.

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England share spoils with India in World Cup opener

England and India shared a tense 1-1 draw in their Pool B opener at the FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup in Amstelveen. Izzy Petter’s super deflecton saw David Ralph’s side hit the front on eight minutes and Hannah Martin in particular created several further chances. But India posed a keen threat from penalty corners and

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India knocked out in final-ball thriller

India were knocked out of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 with the final ball of the league stage as South Africa won by three wickets. Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj led the scoring for India with 71 and 68 as the Women in Blue set South Africa 275 to win and the Proteas emerged victorious

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