3 d. ago Tammy Beaumont loving life at the top of the England order with Amy Jones

The pair hit tons again.

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4 d. ago Jones and Beaumont hit tons as England seal ODI series win over West Indies

England 366-6, West Indies 223; England win by 143 runsOpeners dominate as hosts seal three-match ODI seriesEngland took advantage of the absence of Hayley Matthews to thrash West Indies by 143 runs in the second one-day international at Leicester on Wednesday.Having waited 12 years to score a maiden international hundred, Amy Jones resolved to achieve the feat twice in five days, and this time did so in just 76 balls, reaching 129 before departing in the 31st over. Tammy Beaumont, meanwhile, followed up with a second consecutive hundred of her own, despite battling what she jokingly described as “man flu”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Jones and Beaumont make ODI history as England thrash West Indies and seal series

England 366-6, West Indies 223; England win by 143 runsOpeners dominate as hosts wrap up series victoryEngland took advantage of the absence of Hayley Matthews to thrash West Indies by 143 runs in the second one-day international at Leicester on Wednesday.Having waited 12 years to score a maiden international hundred, Amy Jones resolved to achieve the feat twice in five days, and this time did so in just 76 balls, reaching 129 before departing in the 31st over. Tammy Beaumont, meanwhile, followed up with a second consecutive hundred of her own, despite battling what she jokingly described as “man flu”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont hit centuries again as England seal ODI series

Jones had to wait 12 years for her maiden ODI ton but her second came five days after her first.

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9 d. ago England’s Smith takes five after Jones and Beaumont tons in ODI canter past West Indies

1st ODI: England, 345-6, bt West Indies, 237, by 108 runsDebutant spinner Smith takes superb five for 36In Charlotte Edwards’s first press conference as England head coach back in April, she was pretty clear about her priorities: “I think we’ve got to look at our ODI game. I think that’s probably an area that we’ve underperformed in for a while.” Perhaps nobody epitomised that more than Amy Jones, who in 12 years of international cricket – including 97 ODIs – had never scored a century.On Friday at Derby, with Edwards grinning away on the dressing-room balcony, Jones punched through the off-side for the boundary which finally broke that duck. They say the years are short, while the days are long: the five overs which Jones spent in the nervous 90s felt almost as long as the 12 years which preceded them. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago England beat West Indies by 108 runs: first women’s cricket one

Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont hit centuries to set up a thumping victory in the series opener at Derby4th over: England 12-0 (Beaumont 6, Jones 4) Jones is undone by a beauty from Fraser that leaves the new opener grasping and groping outside off stump. There’s decent carry off the wicket but no huge movement off the pitch or through the air at the moment.3rd over: England 10-0 (Beaumont 5, Jones 4) Jones is very strong off the back foot and she gets going with a punch wide of mid-on for four. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont hit centuries as England dominate West Indies

England set their opponents 346 to win.

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