The Vitality Tri-Nation series was completed with a single T20 match between England and New Zealand at Chelmsford on Sunday 1 July. If the result looked like a foregone conclusion – the home team romping home by 7 wickets to record their 13th win against this opposition – all three nations can draw valuable lessons
England produced another dominant performance to win the Vitality IT20 Tri-Series final at Chelmsford. A flat track and rapid outfield was New Zealand’s first to use and they started ominously, reaching 55 inside six overs before Player of the Match Katherine Brunt took two wickets in an over to turn things England’s way. That brought
The Vitality Tri-Nations series moved to Bristol for the third of the double-headers, but kept the same blissful weather enjoyed at Taunton. It was the White Ferns turn to appear twice. They saw off the Proteas with comparative ease, ensuring themselves and England of a place in the final at Chelmsford the following Sunday. It
A half-century from Sarah Taylor and three wickets from Player of the Match Anya Shrubsole led England to a comfortable seven-wicket win over New Zealand. The game acted as a dress rehearsal for Sunday’s IT20 Vitality Tri-Series final at Chelmsford and Heather Knight’s side prepared perfectly with a clinical all-round performance. New Zealand won the
The Vitality IT20 Tri-Series involves England, New Zealand and South Africa, competing in three sets of double headers during June 2018. The format requires each side in turn to play two Twenty/20 games on the same day. The opening pair of matches at Taunton offered the expected results, if not their overwhelming margins. Against South
England enjoyed a mixed day in their Vitality IT20 Tri-Series double-header, losing to South Africa but beating New Zealand to leave themselves top of the group on four points. Victory over South Africa would have seen them qualify for the final and while they’re not yet mathematically certain to progress they remain firmly in the
England lost the IT20 Tri-series final in Mumbai by 57 runs after Australia made 209/4, a record for women’s IT20 cricket. Captain Heather Knight missed the game with a low-grade hamstring strain but her stand-in Dani Hazell was powerless as Meg Lanning and Elyse Villani put on 139 for the fourth wicket to take their
Danni Wyatt scored a remarkable hundred to marshal another record chase for England and overcome India’s total of 198/4, securing a seven-wicket win in Mumbai. The opener, who scored her first IT20 ton against Australia in Canberra, reached her landmark from just 52 balls and went on to make 124, the second-highest individual total in the
The ECB has today announced the England Women’s Academy squad to travel to Sri Lanka at the end of the month to play in a tri-series against their Australian counterparts – the Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars – and Sri Lanka Women “A”. Lancashire seamer, Kate Cross, is included in the 15-strong touring party, which will
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