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Nat Sciver-Brunt says England are embracing the additional pressure of trying to win the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on home soil.The hosts are one of the favourites to win the tournament and are out to end a 17-year wait to win the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, as they prepare to face Sri Lanka in their opener on Friday June 12 – which can be streamed for FREE via the Sky Sports App. On Monday, England suffered a five-wicket defeat to Australia in Cardiff, during their first World Cup warm-up match, with England’s top-order batters struggling to score runs…
England commence their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup campaign against Sri Lanka on Friday, live on Sky Sports and NOW, and award-winning actor Daisy May Cooper has been hard at work rallying the nation and spreading World Cup fever.Alongside a ‘World Cup Task Force’ which features Red Roses Women’s World Cup winner Hannah Botterman, England cricket great Ebony Rainford-Brent MBE, comedian Guz Khan and content creator Max Fosh, the group share what a home Women’s T20 World Cup means to them. “As a mum, I love seeing female role models on our screens as I know what a difference it…
Bangladesh sealed a landmark first ODI series victory against six-time world champions Australia on Thursday, as pace bowlers Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman starred to lead the hosts to a five-wicket victory in Dhaka.Australia, who were without their injured captain Mitchell Marsh, suffered an 86-run Duckworth-Lewis-Stern defeat to Bangladesh on Tuesday, with today’s win seeing the hosts take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Josh Inglis’ side won the toss and elected to bat first in the rainy conditions, but Bangladesh’s bowlers got off to a flying start, with Ahmed and Rahman Dismissing Matthew Short, Cooper Connolly and Matthew…
3-0! Australia make worst ever start to an ODI Australia slumped to their worst-ever start to an ODI before Bangladesh romped to a historic series victory over the reigning world champions on Thursday night. Australia lost their first three wickets without registering a run and despite the recovery efforts of Marnus Labuschagne and Xavier Bartlett, the Tigers cruised to their revised target of 192 with five wickets and 36 balls to spare in the second ODI in Dhaka. Having recorded just their second one-day win over Australia in the series opener two days ago, Bangladesh wasted little time in adding…
ECB managing director Rob Key says he felt dumbstruck, angry and frustrated after learning Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson broke team curfew rules, but is refusing to make a “rash decision” on the Test captain’s future.On Wednesday, the ECB announced that Stokes and Atkinson had “not been made available for selection” for England’s second Test against New Zealand at The Kia Oval next week, after the pair were involved in an altercation at a nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning, after the team’s midnight curfew. Key denied the England men’s cricket side was a “national embarrassment”, adding he…
Slater, 34, joined the Green and Golds from Derbyshire midway through the 2018 campaign, and has since scored over 8,000 all-format runs for the club. He is a two-time trophy winner, having helped Notts to the Division Two title and promotion in 2022, before scoring exactly 1,000 runs in the 2025 County Championship triumph. Since being joined at Trent Bridge by current Club Captain Haseeb Hameed in 2020, the left-handed Slater has formed one half of a duo that has opened the batting for Notts over 100 times. He has also enjoyed a bright start to the current campaign, notching…
3-0! Australia make worst ever start to an ODI Australia slumped to their worst ever start to an ODI before a Marnus Labuschagne and Xavier Bartlett rescue mission set Bangladesh 192 runs for a series-clinching victory in the second ODI. Australia lost their first three wickets without registering a run for the first time in men’s 50-over internationals as Matt Short, Cooper Connolly and Matt Renshaw were dismissed in the first two overs. The tourists were then 6-81 when the Queensland pair came together, putting together a 103-run partnership to lift their side to 8-187 when heavy rain stopped play…
England’s decision to drop Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson presents as many questions as it does answers.The duo were not named in the squad for the second Test with New Zealand after breaching England’s new midnight curfew, as they were present at a nightclub when an altercation took place with a Saracens rugby player. Here, we explain what’s happened so far and what could come next… Image: Stokes and Atkinson will miss England’s second Test against New Zealand Why have Stokes and Atkinson been dropped?The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and independent Cricket Regulator launched an investigation into the…
Women’s cricket is on the rise. But this summer’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is set to bring even more eyes to the sport.The growth of the women’s game in the UK and globally has been astronomical over the past few years, particularly after England’s ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup victory in 2017. Nat Sciver-Brunt’s side are excited about the possibility of being able to follow in the footsteps of the side that won in 2017 as they embark on their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup campaign this week. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Nat…
Ben Stokes’ tenure as England Test captain is in jeopardy – and vice-captain Harry Brook seemed to be in pole position to take over.But England have turned instead to former captain Joe Root to take over from Stokes in the interim, raising questions over Brook’s credentials for captaincy amid his own off-field struggles. Stokes is considering his future in the role after breaking his side’s midnight curfew during a nightclub incident involving Gus Atkinson and a Saracens academy rugby player. Stokes and Atkinson have been dropped for the second Test against New Zealand, which is live on Sky Sports, and…