5 h. ago England given reality check against India as Smriti Mandhana blasts stunning hundred

Mandhana’s outstanding knock condemned England to their first defeat under Charlotte Edwards

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6 h. ago Smriti Mandhana sparkles as India dominate England at Trent Bridge

The hosts were beaten by 97 runs.

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6 h. ago England fall to heaviest T20 defeat as Mandhana century sparks India rout

1st T20i: India 210-5 beat England 113 by 97 runsDefeat is first of Edwards-Sciver-Brunt eraEngland’s one-sided series against West Indies last month was merely a dress rehearsal: India were always going to be the main event. And so the curtain finally went up on the Charlotte Edwards-Nat Sciver-Brunt era for a Trent Bridge Saturday matinee.The audience, though, went home disappointed after witnessing an England performance akin to The Play That Goes Wrong – bowled out for 113 inside 15 overs, to give India a 97-run win, England’s heaviest T20 international defeat in terms of runs. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Charlotte Edwards has England ‘focused on winning’ again – Lauren Bell

It has been a positive start, with a clean sweep of the six-match white-ball series against the West Indies.

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3 d. ago England ease off Bazball big talk but continue to embrace thrill of the chase

Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes’s side have developed clarity in the final innings and never seem to give upSports writers love a Churchillian speech that precedes a mind-bending feat. Take three years ago, when word got back that Brendon McCullum had told his England players to “run towards the danger” at Trent Bridge before Jonny Bairstow vaporised a target of 299 against New Zealand. It was like ruddy catnip for the press corps.And this time, after reeling in 371 at Headingley at a breezy 4.5 runs per over and with 14 overs to spare? Apparently very little was said in the dressing room beforehand beyond “bat the day, win the game” or Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett deciding between them to ignore the target and just “play like it was day one”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago England fight back against India as Ollie Pope repays faith with sparkling century

Jasprit Bumrah claims late wicket of Joe Root as hosts close day two of First Test at Headingley on 209-3, trailing by 262

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2 w. ago England winners and losers: Good news for Ben White and Dominic Solanke in a bad week for Ivan Toney

Noni Madueke boosts World Cup chances but Kyle Walker suffers setback

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2 w. ago Audacious Banton turns tables on West Indies to seal series for England

Second T20I: WI 196-6, Eng 199-6; England won by 4 wktsRight-hander dominant in the middle with Jacob BethellThe drought continues for the West Indies men. A total of 196 looked serious enough to end a sequence of nine consecutive away defeats against England, a run going back to the bio-bubble Test series of 2020. With the hosts requiring 71 off 39 balls, Jos Buttler and Harry Brook gone, the game looked up. Then came Tom Banton, a first-ball six and a change of tune, the final summary a four-wicket victory to secure an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Twenty20 international series.The Somerset right-hander is usually a top-order man but was dominant in the middle alongside Jacob Bethell as the pair put on 43 off just 15. Banton pummelled Gudakesh Motie’s left-arm spin while Bethell struck Alzarri Joseph for three monstrous sixes. The left-hander’s failed ramp on 26 mattered little as Banton remained, his own audacity including a reverse-flick for four off Jason Holder. He finished on ...

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2 w. ago England make dominant start to Charlotte Edwards era — but India will provide true test of their progress

An overmatched West Indies were duly dispatched in a 6-0 clean sweep, but tougher tasks are to come for Nat Sciver-Brunt’s side

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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 w. ago Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont hit centuries as England dominate West Indies

England set their opponents 346 to win.

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4 w. ago Liverpool bid £109m for Wirtz and sign Frimpong, plus Champions League buildup – live

Reds make bid as Alexander-Arnold seals Madrid moveLatest news before PSG v Inter and England v PortugalAnd you can email Dominic with your thoughtsManagers Luis Enrique and Simone Inzaghi are yet to confirm team news for their sides, but PSG’s dilemma will be how to balance their front three in Munich. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been struggling with a slight knock but is still expected to start. For Enrique, it will be whether Bradley Barcola or Desire Doue start alongside the Georgian and Ousmane Dembele in the front three.Inter have enjoyed some serious highs of their own en route to the final. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Liverpool bid £109m for Wirtz, Champions League final buildup and more – live

Reds make bid as Alexander-Arnold seals Madrid moveLatest news before PSG v Inter and England v PortugalAnd you can email Dominic with your thoughtsManagers Luis Enrique and Simone Inzaghi are yet to confirm team news for their sides, but PSG’s dilemma will be how to balance their front three in Munich. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been struggling with a slight knock but is still expected to start. For Enrique, it will be whether Bradley Barcola or Desire Doue start alongside the Georgian and Ousmane Dembele in the front three.Inter have enjoyed some serious highs of their own en route to the final. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Liverpool bid £105m for Wirtz, Champions League final buildup and more – live

Reds make bid as Alexander-Arnold seals Madrid moveLatest news before PSG v Inter and England v PortugalAnd you can email Dominic with your thoughtsManagers Luis Enrique and Simone Inzaghi are yet to confirm team news for their sides, but PSG’s dilemma will be how to balance their front three in Munich. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been struggling with a slight knock but is still expected to start. For Enrique, it will be whether Bradley Barcola or Desire Doue start alongside the Georgian and Ousmane Dembele in the front three.Inter have enjoyed some serious highs of their own en route to the final. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Champions League final buildup, Women’s Nations League and more – live

Buildup to PSG v Inter and England v PortugalBarney Ronay: Qatar bid to complete footballYou can email Dominic with your thoughtsTransfer news time! (You didn’t think you were getting away without any transfer stories, did you?)Liam Delap and Luis Díaz look like they could be on the move this summer. Continue reading...

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