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  • Katherine Brunt continued her fine Commonwealth Games. Photo: Getty Images

    Team England cricketers breeze into semi-final with resounding victory

    Team England 72-3 beat New Zealand 71-9 by seven wickets
    Team England's cricketers breezed into the semi-final of the Commonwealth Games with a resounding victory over New Zealand in front of a large and loud Edgbaston crowd.
    Almost 11,000 were at Birmingham to see England's bowlers on top form. Katherine Brunt continued her excellent Commonwealth Games to help reduce New Zealand to 14-3, a

  • Katherine Brunt scored an unbeaten 38 and took 1-16. Photo: Getty Images

    Brunt's all-round efforts earn Team England's cricketers a second win

    Team England 167-5 beat South Africa 141-4 by 26 runs
    Katherine Brunt was the star of the day for Team England's cricketers as they beat South Africa by 26 runs at Edgbaston to move one step nearer to the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games.
    Brunt made an unbeaten 38 with the bat and put on a record sixth-wicket partnership of 73 with local girl Amy Jones to guide her team to 167-5.
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  • England Men's Test Captain, Ben Stokes (Credit: Getty Images)

    England Men name Test squad for LV= Insurance Test matches against South Africa

    England Men's selection panel have named a 14-strong squad for the first two LV= Insurance Test matches against South Africa starting at Lord's on 17 August.
    England Men's Test squad v South Africa:
    Ben Stokes (Durham) captain
    James Anderson (Lancashire)
    Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
    Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
    Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
    Zak Crawley (Kent)
    Ben Foakes (Surre

  • Birmingham local Issy Wong took 2-10. Photo: Getty Images

    Team England's cricketers mark Commonwealth Games debut with victory

    Team England 109-5 beat Sri Lanka 107-9 by five wickets
    England Women kicked off their Commonwealth Games campaign with a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in front of a large Edgbaston crowd.
    With Heather Knight not yet recovered from her hip injury, Nat Sciver once again deputised as captain. Her team, in their all-red Team England kit, were asked to bowl first and restricted Sri Lanka to 106

  • England and Wales Cricket Board chosen to host 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

    England and Wales Cricket Board chosen to host 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

    The 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will be held in England and Wales, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced today.
    The success of the ECB’s bid to host the competition means this country will host another global women’s cricket competition less than a decade since England captain Heather Knight lifted the 50-over ICC Women’s World Cup on an unforgettable day at Lord’s in 2017.

  • Freya Kemp celebrates her first international wicket. Photo: Getty Images

    England Women overcome South Africa to round off series

    England Women 176-6 beat South Africa 138-6 by 38 runs
    England Women won the final match of the multi-format series against South Africa at Derby to run out 14-2 winners in the multi-format series.
    Freya Kemp made her debut - the second 17-year-old to make their England bow in a week - and took her maiden international wickets, while Alice Capsey shone on her first outing with the bat for he

  • Amy Jones and Maia Bouchier celebrate hitting the winning runs. Photo: Getty Images

    England Women ease to Vitality IT20 victory in Worcester

    England Women 151-4 beat South Africa 148-6 by six wickets
    England Women won the second Vitality IT20 at Worcester to take a 12-2 lead in the multi-format series.
    With Heather Knight nursing a hip injury, Nat Sciver took the reins. She won the toss and England's bowlers kept it tight to restrict South Africa to 148-6 on a good pitch.
    Danni Wyatt and Sophia Dunkley continued their recent f

  • Dunkley made 59 from 39 balls. Photo: Getty Images

    England Women clinch multi-format series with IT20 victory

    England Women 114-4 beat South Africa 111/9 by six wickets
    Katherine Brunt recorded her best IT20 figures and Sophia Dunkley made 59 as England Women won the first Vitality IT20 at Essex to confirm victory in the multi-format series against South Africa.
    Brunt’s masterful 4-15 rolled back the years and restricted the visitors to 111-9. Dunkley - in a new role opening the innings - continued

  • National Anti-Doping Panel decision – Tom Wood

    National Anti-Doping Panel decision – Tom Wood

    The National Anti-Doping Panel has imposed a six month suspension on Derbyshire CCC cricketer Tom Wood after a hearing in June 2022.
    Mr Wood tested positive for a prohibited substance in September 2021. The substance – terbutaline – was contained in an asthma inhaler and Mr Wood did not have the relevant Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) in place before the positive test result. His subsequent ap

  • Beaumont scored her ninth ODI hundred. Photo: Getty Images

    Record-levelling Beaumont ton sees England to ODI clean-sweep

    England 371-7 beat South Africa 262 by 109 runs
    Tammy Beaumont scored her ninth ODI century to go level with Charlotte Edwards on the list of England Women’s top ODI centurions and guide her team to a clean-sweep in the Royal London Series.
    Beaumont, who before the game celebrated becoming the eighth Englishwoman to pass 200 all-format appearances, put on 149 with Emma Lamb inside 23 overs,

  • Ben Stokes retires from one-day international cricket

    Ben Stokes retires from one-day international cricket

    England Men’s all-rounder Ben Stokes has announced that he will retire from one-day international cricket following Tuesday’s Royal London International against South Africa.
    Stokes has played 104 ODI matches and is set to end his international career in the format on his home ground at the Seat Unique Riverside.
    The 31-year-old’s ODI career will forever be remembered for his Player-of-the-M

  • Heather Knight will captain Team England in the Commonwealth Games. Photo: Getty Images

    Alice Capsey and Freya Kemp selected in Commonwealth Games squad

    England Women have picked their squad to represent Team England in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be hosted in Birmingham.

    The 15 players will make history as the first cricketers to represent England in the Commonwealth Games.
    There are first international call-ups for teenagers Alice Capsey and Freya Kemp, while Issy Wong will get a chance to represent her country in her home city – h

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