Trent Bridge The call for 5-day tests was justified. This was a great game of cricket. Whatever England achieved – and it was plenty – the Australians found an answer, as they nearly always do. The final turning point came late yesterday, when the heart of England’s batting was shredded. That third Innings After a
The Ashes Test – Fourth Day Ecclestone, the One-woman show Sophie Ecclestone returned the remarkable figures of 77.1-16-192-10 across two innings. On a burning hot day she wheeled away selflessly, while Heather Knight’s choice of bowlers and bowling changes came under question. But neither Ecclestone’s bowling nor Tammy Beaumont’s record-breaking batting could give hope of
Kent Women Captain Tammy Beaumont has become the first homegrown Kent cricketer, regardless of gender, to score a century across all three international formats. The right-hander reached three figures for the first time in Women’s Test cricket in the first Women’s Ashes encounter of 2023 at Trent Bridge – having reached her hundred in 152
Tammy Beaumont continued her outstanding form, by breaking a series of batting records that will take some overhauling. First she passed Betty Snowball’s highest ever score by an English batter that had stood for 85 years. Then, amidst huge tension, she finally tickled another single to fine-leg to receive a prolonged standing ovation. Late in
Friday 23 June Trent Bridge Tammy Beaumont followed her double hundred off last week with another undefeated ton against an Australian attack. The odds on her adding a further 200 to her overnight score are agaist her. But England will need a minor miracle over the next three days if they are to scoop more
The Ashes – Only Test, first day Before the day’s details, here’s my pre-hindsight gripe: Jon Lewis got his selection wrong. He picked an XI containing two promising young quicks (fine), but only one leading spinner (boo). If Heather Knight was looking for an alternative to Sophie Ecclestone, she had only Emma Lamb and Sophia
England Women A have announced their squad for their opening T20 fixture against Australia A (Wednesday 21 June, Haselgrave, Loughborough). Alice Davidson-Richards, who featured for the A side in last week’s warm-up fixture against Australia Women and Alice Capsey have been released from the senior Test squad to play in the first T20 for England
England haven’t won an Ashes series for nine years. Given how frequently the two sides meet – it’s almost as if they compete in the same league, playing each other home and away every year – this is a record England must hope to end. If you’d like to hear the Aussie version of what
The opening day of the old campaign could hardly have been more fascinating. Two 3-day warm-up matches started simultaneously, AvB and BvA, only they weren’t called that officially. Instead it was: England v Australia A at Derby and England A v Australia at Leicester. ‘Warm-up’ meant that rules could be broken (slightly more than 44
The two England captains unite for what will be two historic home Ashes series, with the LV= Insurance Men’s Ashes and Metro Bank Women’s Ashes competitions running side-by-side at the biggest stadiums, in front of record-breaking crowds – making this a truly unmissable summer of cricket. Ben Stokes said: “The Ashes is one of the biggest and
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