The West Indies pulled off another upset as they beat England by seven runs to secure their first-ever ICC Women’s World Cup victory over the defending champions. After edging out hosts New Zealand in their opening encounter, West Indies were 81 for no loss before Sophie Ecclestone’s incredible 21st over saw three wickets fall to
Hayley Matthews shone with bat and ball as the West Indies began their ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 campaign with a nail-biting three-run victory over hosts New Zealand in Tauranga. Makeshift opener Matthews’s career-best 119 led Windies to 259 for nine and she then took two for 41 with the ball to inspire her
The thoughts of West Indies Captain, Stafanie Taylor, ahead of the World Cup. The West Indies are heading to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 in a good space, the like of which I have not seen for a long time. A lot of that is down to the coaching staff. Courtney Walsh took
As heard on Radio ‘Five Live Sports Extra;’ and also seen on SKY Sports, England’s captain Heather Knight’s England narrowly beat the West Indies ‘WIndies’ to win the five-match series with their fifth consecutive win. Knight was ‘pleased to finish summer on a high’ and felt it was a ‘bizarre end to a bizarre summer.’ Inclement weather reduced the
It rained all day, and still a match was played and completed – the first-ever women’s 5-over sprint. There were team changes. The important pre-match news was that Danni Wyatt left the bubble for personal reasons. It broke a sequence dating back to 2017. We wish her well. Fran Wilson returned in her place. Freya
As heard on Radio ‘Five Live Sports Extra;’ and also seen on SKY Sports, Heather Knight’s victorious England team were prescribed a final night’s practice at catching balls falling from a floodlit night’s sky. Until the match toss is decided, either captain might decide to bat first. In the meantime, there’s only one night left during which to practice
England made it four out of four despite a much improved showing by the Windies in the first quarter of the game. Heather Knight won the toss once again and chose to bat. The top order still isn’t functioning smoothly, Aaliyah Alleyne getting Danni Wyatt and Nat Sciver caught behind. Wyatt hasn’t scored big runs
International T20 England v West Indies (Derby, 26 September) As seen live on BBC2-HD, SKY and heard on Radio ‘Five Live Sports Extra’: outside broadcast of women’s cricket returned to BBCTV screens, after 23 years’ absence. Before the match began, West Indies’ Shakera Selman told broadcasters that athletes had a ‘big role to play to
The West Indies are getting closer – after going down by 47 runs twice, they failed by only 20 third time round. They deserve congratulation, because the weather demanded water-bottles and hand-warmers, reminding us of the snow storm that overtook the Scotland-England rugby match in Edinburgh last February. England were indebted to Nat Sciver for
Half-decent’ Win for England while WIndies’ Stafanie Taylor tops 3000 runs As seen on SKY Sports and heard on Radio ‘Five Live Sports Extra,’ England pulled-off a second win in the five-match series. Chances of England winning the series look ‘half-decent,’ given they need just another win to take the series. Commenting on her team’s performance in the second
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