The thoughts of Mithali Raj in anticipation of the World Cup I clearly remember the emotions from the final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in 2017, having come so close to winning. The match against England was played in a packed Lord’s stadium and to miss out on that chance is something that
Great Britain’s women win bronze at Tokyo Olympics Team come from behind to defeat India 4-3 in gripping match Ellie Rayer, Sarah Robertson, Hollie Pearne-Webb, and Grace Balsdon score Third consecutive Olympic medal for team after bronze at London and gold at Rio Great Britain’s women clinched bronze at the Tokyo Olympics with a thrilling 4-3
India may well look back on the recent series with more pleasure than England. Yes, they lost 10-6 by the reckoning of the points system, but their achievements must be set against a background of daunting challenge. Playing a series abroad is a huge test of character these days. Bubbles, isolation, testing: a string of
England Women v India Women 3rd T20I Chelmsford on Wednesday 14th July Commentators applauded a ‘crucial innings’ by Danni Wyatt, whose return to form clocked her 8th ‘fifty’ in T20I. Wyatt’s 89* from 56 balls included 12 ‘fours’ and one ‘six.’ Wyatt scored 13 runs from the penultimate over, securing England’s 8 wicket win with
‘Alone I did it?’ No, not quite, but Danni Wyatt’s unbeaten 89 saw England home to ensure a 10-6 victory against India. There was a lot of tension at Chelmsford as India knew a second successive win in the T20 series would bring them level with the hosts. The tightness of the situation meant both
India have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against England in the second women’s T20I in Hove. Phil Whitticase of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Harmanpreet Kaur’s side was ruled to be one over short of the target after time
England Women v India Women 2nd T20I Hove on Sunday 11th July As heard on radio Sports Xtra, commentators (Alex Hartley, Isabelle Westbury and Henry Moeran) had premature expectations for an early England multi-format series win. *Losing by eight runs, only three of England’s players made double-figures (Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight and Amy Jones) with
England v India Second T20 Hove England failed to reproduce their best form, allowing India to creep within two points of them in the multi-format series. Where did it all go wrong? Heather Knight did her job, winning the toss and asking the visitors to bat first. One surprise was to see Nat Sciver given
Sciver Strikes Match-Winning Fifty At Two Runs-per-ball England Women v India Women 1st T20I Northampton on Friday 9th July As heard on radio Sports Xtra, the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method was applied to a rain-affected match awarding England Women a convincing win – having scored at a faster rate *All Rounder Natalie Sciver’s match-winning half-century was top score for the match with
England dominated the first of three T20 games at Northampton before the rain set in. It gives them an unassailable series lead 8-4 with 4 more points available. Tammy Beaumont and Danni Wyatt are a knowing opening pair; they played tip-and-run at the start, but only Wyatt was able to get things moving fast, setting
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