Comeback kid Sophie Molineux bailed her team out of jail as Australia avoided the blushes that come with being eliminated from a home tri-series despite another modest performance with the bat. Australia booked a berth in Wednesday night's final with a 16-run win, eliminating England in the process, but for much of the game they […]
England were knocked out of the women’s Twenty20 tri-series after losing to Australia by 16 runs in the final group game at Melbourne’s Junction Oval. Despite Beth Mooney’s 50, the hosts posted a below-par 132-7 from 20 overs as spinners Sarah Glenn (2-18) and Sophie Ecclestone (2-19) excelled. But England were left to rue some […]
South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn is set to play international cricket for the first time in nearly a year after being named in the Twenty20 squad for three games against England this month. Steyn, 36, has not played for the Proteas since March and missed the 2019 World Cup with a shoulder injury. He […]
If any unbiased selector fused together a hybrid team from the Scotland and England ranks on show at Murrayfield today it would be a comfortable away win. The Scots would definitely contribute Stuart Hogg and Ali Price and there might be a debate about Jonny Gray, Jamie Ritchie and Hamish Watson but other than that […]
After all the chat, bickering and sniping England need a victory over Scotland to turn down the noise in Calcutta Cup clash England have traveled to Edinburgh to face Scotland in the Six Nations Scotland took bragging rights the last time the foes met in the Calcutta Cup tie Both sides lost their opening Six […]
Bath second row Charlie Ewels has been dropped for England’s Calcutta Cup meeting with Scotland on Saturday. Ewels, 24, made his sixth international start in England’s 24-17 Six Nations defeat by France last weekend, but was replaced with his side 24-0 down. Joe Launchbury, who missed the defeat in Paris with a knee injury, is […]
Chris Jordan insists England have not become a bad team overnight and says they can bounce back to square the ODI series against South Africa on Friday. England were humbled by the Proteas in Cape Town on their first 50-overs outing since winning the World Cup, losing by seven wickets. But Jordan maintained one defeat […]
England winger Anthony Watson has suffered a setback in his recovery from a calf injury and will miss Saturday’s match with Scotland in the Six Nations. The Bath back trained on Tuesday but suffered a recurrence of the problem and sat out Wednesday’s session. England forwards coach Matt Proudfoot confirmed Watson has been ruled out […]
South Africa v England LIVE: Follow Eoin Morgan’s world champions as they look to start ODI series with a win Cape Town Eoin Morgan leads out his England team as world champions for the first time on Tuesday against South Africa in Cape Town. The first ODI marks the start of the cycle towards the […]
Jonny Bairstow scored a century and Test captain Joe Root 91 in England’s final warm-up match before the one-day series against South Africa. England made 346-7 in 50 overs against a South Africa Invitation XI in Paarl. Because of power cuts, the hosts batted for 20 overs and were then set 85 from 10 overs […]