England’s cricketers have just emerged from prison, aka quarantine, to begin preparations for their tour of New Zealand. An immediate bonus is their location, Queenstown on South Island, one of the most impressive settings imaginable in world cricket. Planes flying low overhead into the local airport compete with the lowering mountains for attention. The first
New Zealand women v England women – 5th One Day International, Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln England women won the toss and elected to bowl New Zealand women – 230-8 (Katie Perkins 70*, Sophie Devine 58, Becky Grundy 3-36, Laura Marsh 2-32, Kate Cross 2-42) 50 overs England women – 232-5 (Sarah Taylor 93, Natalie Sciver
Man of the match Kate Cross took a personal best 5 wickets for just 24 runs as England restricted New Zealand to 168. Source: Don Miles for ECBIn response Sarah Taylor (89 not out) and Captain Charlotte Edwards (64 not out) smoothly guided the team to victory. England beat New Zealand by nine wickets. They
It was no fairytale half-century for Charlotte Edwards in her 200th game as captain of England, but it was a victory by five wickets as England chased down the White Ferns’ score of 97 for nine with eight balls to spare. It was Edwards’ 60th Twenty20 international victory as captain in the 82 games she
Sophie Devine smashed 29 off 20 deliveries to help New Zealand women level the three-match Twenty20 international series against England with a six-wicket victory at the Cobham Oval in Whangarei. The 25-year-old’s innings was the decisive one for the White Ferns, but the win had been set up by openers Rachel Priest and Suzie Bates.
New Zealand women v England women – 1st Twenty20 International, Cobham Oval, Whangarei New Zealand women won the toss and elected to bat New Zealand women – 60 (Erin Bermingham 20, Anya Shrubsole 3-6, Heather Knight 3-10) 19.4 overs England women – 61-2 (Charlotte Edwards 32*, Sarah Taylor 16, Erin Bermingham 1-12, Georgia Guy 1-21)
Rachel Priest and Amy Satterthwaite shared an unbroken second-wicket stand of 156 to lead New Zealand women to victory over England in the third ICC Women’s Championship one-day international. Player of the match Priest finished four runs short of a century and Sattherthwaite struck an unbeaten 76 to take the White Ferns, chasing 219, home with
Second women’s one-day international, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui England 194 all out (49.2 overs):Edwards 65, Taylor 45, Shrubsole 4-36 New Zealand 104 (36.1 overs): Peterson 21, Peterson 4-25 England won by 90 runs and take two ICC Championship points – Charlotte Edwards Player of the Match Anya Shrubsole and Katherine Brunt blew New Zealand women away
New Zealand draw first blood as a captain’s century from Suzie Bates broke New Zealand’s duck in the ICC Women’s Championship as England were beaten by 67 runs in the first of three games between these teams that count towards the Championship. Bates’ 106 from 113 balls featuring 14 fours, a sixth hundred in her 67
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