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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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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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Test Cricket to Return

News of a planned tour to England by India this summer is excellent. But even better is the plan to include a test match. Tests are the one area where women’s cricket has taken backward steps; they have become an endangered species. Past generations of players could enjoy a decent exposure to the multi-day game.

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Three key match-ups to decide India vs England

India and England face off in the first of Thursday’s semi-finals after finishing top of Group A and second in Group B respectively at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. India will face England in Sydney at 15h00 local time in the first of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 semi-finals India finished Group

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