Kate Cross’ career-best figures saw England Women secure a four-wicket victory over Ireland in Stormont. Captaining her country for the first time, Cross took a six-wicket haul and 38 not out in her side’s opening ODI match. A youthful England team was made up of five debutants. Hannah Baker and Ryana MacDonald-Gay, who made their
The England Women ODI and IT20 squads to tour Ireland next month have been confirmed. Kate Cross will captain the group who will play three One Day Internationals and two IT20s in Belfast and Dublin respectively. Jon Lewis, who has been leading the England A squad over the past 12 months, will take charge as
Looking on the bright side of a wet evening When rain affects a cricket match, it’s hard to find anything positive to say about it. But here’s an effort from the second T20 at Hove. The groundstaff worked wonders to provide any play at all. In the end they had to admit defeat, but not
England v New Zealand – Third ODI Rain delayed the start at Bristol till 14.35, the game reduced to 42 overs each. England decided to bowl; you might well ask why. Both sides made changes: Jon Lewis added Lauren Bell and Sophia Dunkley in favour of Sophie Ecclestone and Lauren Filer; Ben Sawyer replaced Fran
Chester-le-Street, 26 June 2024 England won the opening match of the series by a worryingly wide margin The Kiwi management has some serious thinking to do before the next game. The weather was friendly, the outfield fast, so England had to be patient. Lauren Bell’s start wasn’t an accurate indicator of the outcome. Suzie Bates
Ryana MacDonald-Gay has been called up to England Women’s ODI squad for the series against New Zealand. The South East Stars seamer represented England Women A in their tour to New Zealand in March and will link up with the squad in Durham later today. Heather Knight’s side begin their Metro Bank ODI series against
England Women have named their squad for the Metro Bank One Day International series against New Zealand. Heather Knight’s outfit take on the White Ferns in Durham (26 June), Worcester (30 June) and Bristol (3 July). There is a return for South East Stars’ Sophia Dunkley; the opener has featured in all but one of
Nat Sciver-Brunt’s unbeaten 124 helped England Women secure a 178-run and ODI series victory over Pakistan in the third one-day international. Following Sunday’s abandonment due to rain in Taunton, the two sides played their final match of the series at Chelmsford’s Cloud FM County Ground. Danni Wyatt and Alice Capsey contributed 44 and 39 respectively
England v Pakistan – First ODI It’s the fashion to fasten on to a new national head coach and add “-ball” to whatever strategy he claims to be pursuing. So after “Baz-ball” we now have “Jon-ball”, but it’s difficult to decipher exactly what that entails. When England players claim it means an aggressive approach, we
England’s ODIs about to begin Once more it’s Heather Knight who previews England’s chances as they prepare to take on Pakistan in the first of three ODI’s. It is she, not the head coach, Jon Lewis, who maps out her team’s approach to switching from three unbeaten T20s to three ODIs. The batters need more
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