Source: ECB

England Women earn IT20 series win over India

England Women secured an IT20 series victory against India, winning by four wickets at Wankhede Stadium. Heather Knight made one change to the side who won the opening IT20 on Wednesday, Charlie Dean coming in for Mahika Gaur. Player of the match Dean opened the bowling and made an instant impact, taking a wicket with

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Source: Sri Lanka Cricket

England crushed by Sri Lanka

Undone by Athapaththu – Second T20 The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford 2 September 2023 A memorable day for Sri Lanka in front of a packed crowd at Chelmsford. They overwhelmed England with a one-sided victory to post their first ever defeat of England at T20 level. England are asked to bat first for the second

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England v Sri Lanka – First T20

1st Central County Ground, Hove 30 August 2023 Prelims A memorable piece of news broke on the eve of the opening match of the Sri Lankan tour: England’s women players would receive the same match fees as the men, with immediate effect. This was one of the recommendations made by the Independent Commission for Equity

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Source: ECB

Two England Squads to face Sri Lanka

Jon Lewis and his selection committee have shown the greatest respect to Sri Lanka by picking two thoroughly strong squads, both 15 strong. They are: T20: Heather Knight (captain), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Charlie Dean, Lauren Filer, Mahika Gaur, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Issy Wong,

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Source: ECB

Can I play, please?

Who to choose for the rest of the Ashes Series On the first of next month England and Australia switch from the sublime, a five-day test match, to ..(ahem), a T20 blast/thump/smash/bash. But this will still form part of the ongoing Ashes series. After their loss at Trent Bridge, it presents England with a near

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Source: Bruce Perkins

An Excellent Start to the Ashes Campaign

England A v Australia A – T20 The England A squad gave the test team just the send-off they needed by thrashing their Australian counterparts at the Haslegrave ground, Loughborough, by 74 runs. It wasn’t all plain sailing, but once Charlie Dean bowled Heather Graham for a threatening 50, the Aussies proved not to have

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Source: CWI Media

Wyatt dominates the Scene

A different format; a similar result 1st T20, Antigua The first of five T20s, but the difference in class and experience was clear from the start. England chose to bowl first. Both Lauren Bell and Nat Sciver took a wicket in their opening over. Katherine Brunt added the vital wicket of Hayley Matthews, who attempted

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