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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • 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

  • Dunkley hundred leads England Women to victory in Bristol

    England Women 337-5 beat South Africa Women 223 by 114 runs
    Sophia Dunkley was the stand-out performer at Bristol as she scored her first international hundred to drive England Women towards a big total and a convincing victory over South Africa.
    The 23-year-old - relishing the opportunity to bat at No.3 - put on 142 for the third wicket with Nat Sciver as the hosts amassed 337-5, their seve

  • Emma Lamb's maiden hundred guides England Women to comfortable win

    England Women 219-5 beat South Africa Women 218 by five wickets
    Emma Lamb scored her maiden international hundred as England Women put in a convincing performance to beat South Africa by five wickets in the opening Royal London International at Northampton.
    Chasing South Africa's total of 218, Lamb put on 78 with Sophia Dunkley (22) - in a new role at No.3 in the order - and 89 with Nat Sciv

  • Alice Davidson-Richards earns recall to England Women’s ODI squad

    England Women have announced a 14-strong squad for the Royal London Series against South Africa.

    Alice Davidson-Richards, who scored a century on Test debut in Taunton, is in the squad while Danni Wyatt is also selected. Issy Wong and Lauren Bell earn their first call-ups to an ODI squad.
    Heather Knight (Western Storm, cap)
    Tammy Beaumont (Lightning)
    Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers)

  • Rain forces draw in LV= Insurance Test

    Match drawn. South Africa 181-5 & 284 all out drew with England 417
    Rain intervened on the final day at Taunton to see the LV= Insurance Test between England Women and South Africa drawn.
    The hosts went into the final day needing seven wickets, but only 43 overs were possible.
    The two teams shared the points to leave the multi-format series tied at 2-2 going into the Royal London Seri

  • Late Wong wickets set up final day

    South Africa 55-3 & 284 all out trail England 417 by 78 runs
    Issy Wong took two late wickets to liven up a frustrating, rain-affected day at Taunton and leave the LV= Insurance Test fascinatingly poised heading into day four.
    The Warwickshire and Central Sparks pacer dismissed Lara Goodall and Laura Woolvardt in a lively evening session consisting of just 12.5 overs.
    Earlier England h

  • Sciver and Davidson-Richards score maiden Test tons on record-breaking day

    England 328-6 lead South Africa 284 all out by 44 runs
    Nat Sciver and Alice Davidson-Richards both scored maiden Test hundreds as England grabbed the initiative on day two of the LV= Insurance Test at Taunton.
    Coming together with their side wobbling at 121-5, Sciver (119*) and Davidson-Richards (107) combined for a superb partnership of 207 - England Women's joint-second highest partnership

  • Kapp, Cross and debutants shine on day one at Taunton

    South Africa 284 (England 0-0)
    Marizanne Kapp scored a fine hundred and Kate Cross took four wickets on an entertaining first day of the LV= Insurance Test at Taunton.
    England - fielding four debutants in the shape of Lauren Bell, Alice Davidson-Richards, Emma Lamb and Issy Wong - won the toss and bowled first, and Heather Knight's side will be happy with their work after bowling out the vis

  • England Women announce squad for LV= Insurance Test

    England Women have announced a 13-strong squad for the LV= Insurance Test against South Africa.
    The Test match forms the first part of the multi-format series, with four points available for the game and two points available for each white-ball game.
    The squad features five potential Test debutants, with Emily Arlott, Lauren Bell, Alice Davidson-Richards, Freya Davies and Emma Lamb all poten

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