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
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
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,
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
England Women have named their Vitality IT20 Women’s Ashes squad for their forthcoming fixtures against Australia. Western Storm all-rounder Danielle Gibson receives her first full IT20 call-up after travelling to the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup as a travelling reserve in February and being named in England’s Ashes Test squad earlier this month. Maia
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
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
Full match schedule of fixtures released available here 23 matches featuring the Top 10 women’s teams in the world on show from 10 -26 February Tickets on sale online here and across all three venues – Newlands Cricket Ground, Boland Park and St George’s Park The top 10 teams in the world will begin their bid for the
Team England 167-5 beat South Africa 141-4 by 26 runs Katherine Brunt was the star of the day for Team England’s cricketers as they beat South Africa by 26 runs at Edgbaston to move one step nearer to the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games. Brunt made an unbeaten 38 with the bat and put on
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
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