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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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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England v South Africa – 3rd and last T20

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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England A v New Zealand

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.

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England win T20 series

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

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