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England’s comfortable Women’s Cricket World Cup victory over New Zealand was overshadowed by an injury to star spinner Sophie Ecclestone. An eight-wicket win in this dead rubber from Visakhapatnam gave England a timely confidence boost ahead of Wednesday’s semi-final against South Africa. New Zealand – who had already been knocked out of the competition – […]
Amy Jones hopes England can deliver a much-needed blow to Australia when they meet in the Women’s Cricket World Cup on Wednesday. Both teams have already qualified for the semi-finals after four wins and no results in their first five matches, with Australia leading the way in terms of net run rate. The match in […]
England’s huge winter started disappointingly with mixed batting weather, while rain in Christchurch led to an abandonment in the first T20 against New Zealand. While external attention is already focused on the Ashes, which start next month, England must first negotiate a white-ball series across the Tasman Sea and the three T20s are building blocks […]
Stuart Broad claims England will face the “worst” Australian team since 2010 in the upcoming Ashes. Broad has helped spark the “war of words” ahead of the first Test in Perth on November 21, in response to former Australian opener David Warner predicting a 4-0 win for the hosts. Broad told the BBC podcast For […]
Alice Capsey has praised Sophie Ecclestone for the “calmness and knowledge” she brings to England’s spin attack ahead of Wednesday’s World Cup encounter with Pakistan. Along with captain Nat Sciver-Brunt’s century, Ecclestone played a starring role against Sri Lanka on Saturday, taking four for 17 as England secured an 89-run win. Ecclestone has now taken […]
Lord Ian Botham claims England’s Ashes warm-up schedule ‘borders on arrogance’ and fears they will go into the series unprepared. Botham, who was part of two victorious tours of Australia in 1978-79 and 1986-87, played for his country in an era when teams had a long build-up against state sides and he is worried about […]
Australia captain Pat Cummins says it is “less likely than likely” he will be fit for the Ashes Series opener against England next month. The fast bowler is recovering from lumbar bone stress in his lower back and has not played since July, although he has resumed running during training. The 32-year-old faces a race […]
Nat Sciver-Brunt’s record single-day international century lifted England to an 89-run victory over Sri Lanka in Colombo. The England captain became the first batswoman to record a fifth hundred in the history of the Women’s World Cup when she fired an impressive 117 off as many deliveries. Sciver-Brunt’s strike helped England reach 253 for nine […]
Jacob Bethell insists there is no internal “rivalry” with Ollie Pope as both men chase England’s number three in the Ashes. Pope was the incumbent at the first long-term drop, but the emergence of Bethell – which made him England’s youngest captain when he led the T20 series in Ireland last month – has boosted […]
Tammy Beaumont believes England have the tools to overcome the spinning conditions on a used pitch in Colombo but has warned: “It won’t look pretty.” Charlotte Edwards’ side started the Women’s World Cup with back-to-back wins over South Africa and Bangladesh in Guwahati and have now swapped India for the Sri Lankan capital for their […]
