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
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
First the Good News A test match will take place. The weather is set fine, for one day at least. DRS will be in operation. Then the other news Pitchgate News that the 4-day game will be played out on a pitch used for a previous T20 match caused uproar. The ECB eventually put out
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
England Women have announced a 17-strong squad for the LV= Insurance Test match against India, starting June 16. There is a first international call-up for Central Sparks seamer Emily Arlott, fresh off a hat-trick in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at the weekend, while South East Stars captain Tash Farrant is also included. It’s expected
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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.
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
England dealt with Poonam Yadav impeccably two years ago and captain Heather Knight knows a repeat is needed in their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 semi-final. Poonam Yadav is the leading ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 wicket-taker The leg-spinner led India to victory over hosts Australia in the opening match But Yadav wasn’t
Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav shone as semi-finalists India made it four from four at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 with a comfortable victory over Sri Lanka. Radha Yadav took four wickets and Shafali Verma top scored with the bat as India cruised to victory over Sri Lanka in their final Group A
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