Cricket

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...

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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...