Derby, 26 July A clean sweep of the series against the Proteas puts the England squad in fine fettle for the Commonwealth Games next week. Chloe Tryon, skipper at Derby in Sune Luus’ absence, played her trump card straight away, turning to Nonkululeko Mlaba’s left-arm spin. Mlaba bowled excellently, making up for the loss of
England Women 151-4 beat South Africa 148-6 by six wickets England Women won the second Vitality IT20 at Worcester to take a 12-2 lead in the multi-format series. With Heather Knight nursing a hip injury, Nat Sciver took the reins. She won the toss and England’s bowlers kept it tight to restrict South Africa to
T20 match at Millfield On the same day as the full England side were taking on South Africa at Chelmsford, a back-up XI saw off New Zealand with some ease. The White Ferns’ innings had a very familiar look. At the top of the order Sophie Devine (69) and Suzie Bates (48) added 93 together.
England Women v New Zealand W 3rd T20I at Taunton on 9th September (night) Commentators applauded Sophia Dunkley who struck the winning ‘four’ from the penultimate match ball. Needing 16 from the last 12 balls, England had lost Heather Knight and Maia Bouchier three balls apart. Snatching victory for England with ‘sighs of relief,’ Sophia Dunkley’s reputation as
England Women v New Zealand 2nd T20I at Hove on 4th September (night) Wearing her 100th Cap, ‘White Ferns’ skipper Sophie Devine started the match full of optimism, needing just 24 runs to pass her 2500-run (T20I) milestone. Afterwards, commentators said that ‘Ferns’ were ‘impressive in the field;’ skipper Devine played a good skipper’s fifty; and the match
England Women v New Zealand 1st T20I at Chelmsford on 1st September (night) England’s Tammy Beaumont needed one boundary short for her century, but was caught out from the penultimate innings ball. Posting her 2nd highest score in T20I, POTM, Beaumont told player-turned-commentator Isa Guha that she’d been ‘waiting to (make a high score) for
England v New Zealand – First T20 Tammy Beaumont took charge of the game with a dominant 97, failing to reach her century only in the last over. A scoop off the penultimate ball finished in Brooke Halliday’s hands at short fine-leg. Sophie Devine sent England in, but her bowlers came under early pressure, Beaumont
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
Lisa Keightley’s options for Chelmsford Tomorrow, Wednesday, England will complete their multi-format series against India. If India win the third T20 at Chelmsford, they will draw 8-8. That would be a huge setback for England. We will learn a lot about English structures of command and policy from the side that is picked. This is
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