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T20 World Cup the highlight of a big 2026 for women's cricket

There’s a big summer of women’s cricket lined up in England for 2026. The highlight will be England and Wales hosting the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 from 12 June to 5 July, bringing the global spotlight to women’s cricket.

This is the first time the competition will come to England...

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Surrey Women lift the Vitality Blast Trophy

Surrey clinch inaugural Vitality Blast Women's T20

Surrey Women were crowned champions of the first-ever Vitality Blast women’s competition on Sunday 27th July, after a convincing five-wicket win over the Bears Women at the Kia Oval.

The 2025 season is the first time all women’s and men’s county teams played side-by-side in the Vitality Blast, the original domestic T20 cricket competition . The women’s teams played in two Vitality...

Last ball winner for England's women cricketers

England’s women cricketers ended their IT Vitality T20 series against India the 3-2 losers, but the hosts served up a nail-biting finale to the last clash at Edgbaston.

With six runs required from the final over, Tammy Beaumont was dismissed in the first ball of the over. Two balls later, with five from four needed, Amy Jones was dismissed thanks to a brilliant diving catch from...

The Rise of Womens Cricket Bats

Over the past decade, women’s cricket has undergone a significant transformation.

What was once a niche corner of the sport has become a dynamic, global phenomenon with growing audiences thanks to the growth of the WPL, the Women's Big Bash and the Hundred. New professional contracts have led to a new generation of young girls inspired to pick up a bat.

From the sold-out...

Trailblazing women’s cricket clothing brand calls for ambassadors

Pioneering female clothing brand, Maiden Cricket, is on the lookout for brand ambassadors to step up to the wicket and help drive the future of women’s cricket.

The Maiden Ambassador Programme supports female players aged 8+ who are passionate about promoting inclusiveness and growing girls’ cricket in schools, universities, clubs and counties across the UK and further afield....

The forgotten Ashes heroes of 2005

The Ashes has teed off the summer with a thrilling contest at Edgbaston and there is so much more to come from England’s men and women teams against their oldest rivals from Australia.

Much of the TV coverage and preview features has centred around the famous 2005 Ashes victory for England men over an all-conquering Australian side. It was an iconic summer in Emglish sporting history...

England captain Heather Knight feels there is ‘real momentum’ in women’s sport

England captain Heather Knight believes there is a "real momentum" behind women's sport, 100 days out from the start of what she expects to be a "blockbuster" Ashes series.

The highly anticipated Ashes summer includes only the second ever five-day women's Test, which is scheduled to begin at Trent Bridge on June 22.

Knight's team and Ben Stokes' men's side will each be...

Super Sciver returns with a match-winning display

Nat Sciver made a commanding return to the England Women’s Cricket team, as she scored a superb 90 in a dominant 142-run over the West Indies in the first One Day International of the Carribbean tour.

Sciver missed the home series with India in September to prioritise her mental health and was imperious on her international return, smashing nine fours in a knock of 90 that came from...

Sixes Social Cricket launches Free Cricket Fridays for Women and Girls

Hot off the heels of the Euro’s success, women’s cricket is next to take centre stage this summer as it continues to break records and make history by featuring in countless international tours, The Hundred and the Commonwealth Games for the very first time.

To celebrate this and the first women’s cricket game at the Commonwealth Games, Sixes Social Cricket, the world’s first...

England on the brink of Test match victory

England have a fantastic opportunity to secure victory in the one-off Test match against South Africa at Somerset Cricket Club, and it is largely down to two players at opposite ends of the experience spectrum.

On a rain-impacted day in Taunton, England resumed their first innings on 328/6, a lead of 44, and battled through to a score of 417/8 declared, with captain Heather Knight...

England on top in Taunton Test

The thrill of Test Cricket has once again taken centre-stage in the changeable conditions of an England summer.

After an enthralling 3-0 series win for England men’s team over New Zealand, the women are serving up another cracking contest in Somerset.

A brilliant century from Marizanne Kapp hauled South Africa to a respectable first innings’ total of 284 and the Proteas were...

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