women's cricket

The West Indies could be a late replacement if South Africa are prevented from touring England in September.

The England and Wales Cricket Board are discussing the possibility as the ongoing coronavirus crisis in South Africa casts doubts on the team's ability to travel.

They are due to face England in two Twenty20 matches and four one-day internationals next month....

What Is The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy?

The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy is a competition being played for the first time this summer. It’s a special edition 50-over competition, played between the eight newly formed regions who make up the women’s elite domestic structure.

The eight regions will be split into two regionalised groups of four, with the two respective group winners...

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that this summer’s women’s domestic 50-over competition will be named the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in honour of England’s pioneering World Cup-winning captain.

The special-edition competition has been created for this summer only to ensure women’s domestic cricket is played despite the challenges of COVID-19 and underlines...

The next Women's Cricket World Cup has been postponed until 2022. The event was due to take place in New Zealand in February and March 2021.

New Zealand will remain the venue but England's defence of the title they won in 2017 has been delayed by 12 months.

There will now be three major women's events in 2022, with the T20 World Cup and Commonwealth Games also due to take...

In anticipation of the new regional hub competition, the North West Hub still under the Thunder identity have appointed as their head coach Paul Shaw.

Shaw, 53, has experience in the women’s game having coached England to back to back Ashes wins and held various job titles while at the ECB. One of those roles was to turn the England side from a part-time team into a professional set-...

The England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed a 50-over competition for the eight new domestic regional teams will take place this summer, but the fixtures will not be announced until August.

Two groups of four will compete with sides split into regions. An ECB statement said: "The staging of this competition reflects the ECB’s commitment to continue the journey to...

England star Lauren Winfield admits she was ‘gutted’ by cancellation of The Hundred this year as it leaves too many players in the women’s game in a financial ‘No Man’s Land’.

The new 100-ball ECB competition was set to take place this summer but has been postponed until 2021.

Winfield had been named captain of the Northern Superchargers, one of eight new regional franchises...

Surrey beat Middlesex to lift the London Cup for the first time in the annual competition as elite women's cricket returned at last.

There were some reassuring signs at the Kia Oval. While the spectators were absent, the pigeons feasted on the edge of the square and the busy sounds of South London carried on outside the ground.

The London Cup is fast becoming an intriguing...

The Southern Vipers have named Charlotte Edwards as their head coach for the new elite women's domestic competition which is still planned to start this summer, despite the current suspension of women's cricket due to coronavirus.

Edwards, who captained England to victory in the World Cup, Twenty20 World Cup and the Ashes, will step down from her role as Director of Women's Cricket...

England will be based in Derby for the forthcoming series against South Africa, assuming the tour goes ahead.

India, who were due to play England and South Africa in a tri-series later in the summer, were forced to cancel their expected trip to England because of the continuing coronavirus crisis.

According to BBC Sport, England will use a bio-secure training camp at the...