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  • Mandhana leads India to win in series opener at Hove

    India Women 232-3 beat England Women 226-7 by 7 wickets
    Smriti Mandhana's 91 saw India to victory in the first Royal London International at Hove.
    After being asked to bat first, England posted 227 in the first innings thanks in main to Alice Davidson-Richards' maiden ODI half-century. Cameos from Sophie Ecclestone (31), Sophia Dunkley (29) and Charlie Dean (29*) gave Amy Jones's team someth

  • Alice Capsey and Freya Kemp earn first England Women ODI call-ups

    Alice Capsey and Freya Kemp have earned their first call-ups to England Women’s ODI squad for the Royal London Series against India.
    A squad of 15 has been named for the three-match series, which will be England’s first fixtures in the new ICC Women’s Championship cycle, with points leading to qualification for the ICC Women’s World Cup in 2025.
    Amy Jones will continue to lead the side in th

  • Alice Capsey guides England Women to Vitality IT20 series win

    England Women 126-3 beat India Women 122-8 by seven wickets
    Alice Capsey's unbeaten 38 guided England Women to victory at Bristol and with it secured a 2-1 series win in the Vitality IT20 series for Amy Jones's depleted team.
    The bowlers put in a fine team performance to restrict India to 122-8. Sophie Ecclestone was the pick of the attack with 3-25 and she was awarded Player of the Match, b

  • India Women level the IT20 series at Derby

    India Women 146-2 beat England Women 142-6 by eight wickets
    India Women levelled the Vitality IT20 series at Derby with a resounding eight-wicket win, despite a record-breaking half-century for 17-year-old Freya Kemp.
    England opted to bat first but got off to a poor start, falling to 54-5. Kemp and Maia Bouchier (34), teammates at Southern Vipers, put on 64 for the sixth wicket to take the h

  • England Women win opening IT20 at Durham

    England Women 133-1 beat India 132-7 by nine wickets
    Sarah Glenn took career-best figures of 4-23 and Sophia Dunkley hit her highest IT20 score of 61* as England Women beat India Women by nine wickets at Durham.
    Stand-in captain Amy Jones won the toss and asked India to bat, and her bowlers kept the visitors down to 132-7.
    In reply, Dunkley and Danni Wyatt (24) put on 60 before No.3 Alice

  • Nat Sciver to miss India series

    England Women all-rounder Nat Sciver has decided to withdraw from England Women’s Vitality IT20 Series and Royal London Series against India to focus on her mental health and wellbeing. The 30-year-old left Durham today to return home.
    Amy Jones will captain throughout the Vitality IT20 series in Sciver’s absence, and a replacement player will be named in the squad ahead of the second Vitality

  • Lauren Bell earns maiden England Women IT20 call-up

    England Women have announced a squad of 14 players for the Vitality IT20 series against India, which gets underway in Durham on Saturday September 10.
    There are two changes from the group which participated in the Commonwealth Games. Heather Knight continues her recovery from a hip injury, and England’s leading IT20 wicket-taker Katherine Brunt will miss the series to prioritise her rest and re

  • Lisa Keightley to leave role as England Women’s Head Coach

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced that England Women’s Head Coach Lisa Keightley is to leave her role at the end of the summer after informing the ECB she wouldn’t be seeking a contract extension.
    Keightley has been in the role since January 2020, taking the team to the semi-final of the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup and the final of the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup.
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  • New Zealand win bronze medal at Commonwealth Games

    New Zealand 111-2 beat Team England 110-9 by eight wickets
    Team England's cricketers missed out on a medal at the Commonwealth Games after New Zealand comfortably won the Bronze Medal match at Edgbaston by eight wickets.
    Nat Sciver's side - who lost their semi-final to India yesterday - could only post 110-9 after choosing to bat first and New Zealand had few issues chasing it down, doing so

  • 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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