England Women secured an IT20 series victory against India, winning by four wickets at Wankhede Stadium.
Heather Knight made one change to the side who won the opening IT20 on Wednesday, Charlie Dean coming in for Mahika Gaur.
Player of the match Dean opened the bowling and made an instant impact, taking a wicket with her second ball, dismissing Shafali Verma and finished 2-16.
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Emma Lamb has been withdrawn from the England Women Test squad to play India due to a back problem.
Lamb has returned home to the UK where she will see a spinal surgeon to determine next steps.
Maia Bouchier has been called up to the Test squad while Kirstie Gordon also links up with Heather Knight’s Test squad.
Gordon represented England Women A in their 2-1 IT20 series victory over Indi
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the England Women Central Contracts for 2023/24.
Eighteen contracts, which run for one year, have been awarded with Maia Bouchier and Danielle Gibson given their first England Women Central Contract.
Bowlers Mahika Gaur and Lauren Filer and wicketkeeper-batter Bess Heath have all been awarded development contracts after breaking into
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England Women A have named their squad to take on India A in their forthcoming IT20 series.
Off-spinner Charlie Dean will captain the 13-player group who will travel to India on Sunday.
After a fortnight-long training camp in Oman, the squad will fine-tune their preparations in Mumbai ahead of three IT20 fixtures taking place on Wednesday 29 November, Friday 1 December and Sunday 3 December
England Women have named the two player squads for next month’s IT20 series and four-day Test match away to India.
Sophie Ecclestone is included in both squads after having shoulder surgery in September. She will continue her rehab and return to cricket leading up to the series in India.
Meanwhile, wicketkeeper batter Bess Heath is selected in both groups after making her senior debut in En
Chris Liddle has been appointed as England Women Performance Pace Bowling Coach.
Liddle arrives from Northamptonshire where he was assistant head coach and lead fast bowling coach.
The 39-year-old worked with the London Spirit women’s coaching team for the past two years and has worked with the Sunrisers team during the off season as part of his role with Northamptonshire CCC.
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Alex Gidman has been appointed as England Women assistant coach.
The 42-year-old arrives from Kent where he was men’s batting coach and joins the England Women’s coaching team.
A highly respected figure in the men’s game, Gidman previously spent four years as head coach at Worcestershire County Cricket Club who he led to T20 Blast Finals Day in 2019 and was head coach of the white ball tea
England Women will play three IT20s and a four-day Test match in Mumbai this December, touring India for the first time since 2019.
The three IT20s will be played under the lights at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, before a four-day Test at DY Patil Stadium.
Heather Knight’s side will travel to Oman for a training camp before their opening IT20 fixture at Wankhede Stadium.
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Alice Davidson-Richards has been called into the England Women squad for the remainder of the Metro Bank One Day International series against Sri Lanka.
The all-rounder replaces Lauren Bell who continues to recover from illness.
Davidson-Richards will link up with the group from Monday.
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The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Metro Bank have pledged to treble the number of girls’ cricket teams in England and Wales.
The two organisations will work together with the aim of transforming access to grassroots cricket by recruiting 6,000 volunteers to grow girls’ cricket so there are 2,000 clubs with a girls' section and 6,000 girls' teams by 2026.
The announcement follo
Lauren Bell will play no further part in England Women's Vitality IT20 or Metro Bank ODI series against Sri Lanka.
Bell continues to recover from the illness that ruled her out of the first two Vitality IT20 fixtures.
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