Written by They say that the mark of a champion team is winning on a bad day. Or, they might say that. We’re not sure who “they” are, perhaps the people who invent copy for books of fake Vince Lombardi quotes. But it does sound like the sort of phrase that could be vaguely true and has […]
England captain Heather Knight says that the plight of the Afghanistan women’s team has been forgotten and called for a renewed focus on giving the cricketers in exile “a voice”, amid the current controversy surrounding England men’s upcoming Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan. England are due to play Afghanistan on 26 February in Lahore and […]
The last time a women’s Test took place in South Africa was March 2002: India won the toss, inserted themselves, scored 404 for nine before declaring and went on to win the match by 10 wickets. Despite the 22-year gap, had any of the spectators at that match happened to show up at Bloemfontein on […]
England scrapped their way to a six-wicket win in the third ODI against South Africa on Wednesday to win the series 2-1, relying on the steadying hand of Tammy Beaumont after Marizanne Kapp had left them wobbling perilously at 25 for three. After a two-and-a-half-hour rain delay, England were given a DLS-revised target of 152 in 23 overs, […]
Charlie Dean claimed a hat-trick as England levelled their one-day international series against South Africa with a crushing six-wicket win in the second match in Durban. Heather Knight’s side bounced back from Saturday’s six-wicket defeat with a superb bowling display to restrict South Africa to 135 at Kingsmead before easing to 137 for four with […]
The England coach, Jon Lewis, said his players experienced a “sharp learning curve” about perception management in the fallout from their disastrous group-stage exit in last month’s T20 World Cup. The team’s fitness, professionalism and leadership were all called into question. Criticism was directed at the players when they fell apart against West Indies after […]