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  • India win Commonwealth Games semi-final

    India 164-5 beat Team England 161-6 by 4 runs
    India won the Commonwealth Games semi-final to deny Team England's cricketers a place in the final and a shot at the gold medal.
    In front of another massive Edgbaston crowd, India posted 164-5 - thanks in main to a fine innings of 61 from Smriti Mandhana - and England fell four runs short.
    Nat Sciver's side will compete for the bronze medal to

  • 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

  • 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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  • 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 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

  • 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 – havin

  • 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)
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