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India Gazette
18-05-2025
- Sport
- India Gazette
England seamer Lauren Filer to make comeback after knee injury against West Indies
New Delhi [India] May 18 (ANI): England seamer Lauren Filer will make her first appearance after the Women's Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney in January, when she takes on the touring West Indies in a T20 warm-up in Canterbury on Sunday, according to ESPNcricinfo. Filer, England's one of the fastest bowlers has been out of action since the Ashes whitewash with a knee injury. West Indies will remain in Canterbury after the contest, with the first T20I against England set to take place at the same venue on Wednesday. The selectors have chosen to prioritize the domestic games since the competition is near to the Vitality T20 Women's County Cup and Metro Bank One Day Cup matches, and have instead selected a young team with a number of players who competed in the Women's Under-19 World Cup in January. These include the captain Jones, a wicketkeeper who was selected in the ICC's team of the tournament after taking nine dismissals, including seven stumpings, during England's journey to the semi-finals, as well as Phoebe Brett, Olivia Brinsden, and Charlotte Stubbs. England will contest three Vitality IT20s and three One Day Internationals (ODIs), with the opening match getting under way on Wednesday May 21 in Canterbury. ECB Development XI: Katie Jones (C), Ellie Anderson ,Phoebe Brett , Olivia Brinsden ,Emma Corney , Lauren Filer , Liberty Heap Tilly Kesteven, Bethan Miles, Chloe Skelton , Charlotte Stubbs, Annie Williams, Genevieve Jeer. England Women squad: Nat Sciver-Brunt (C), Emily Arlott , Tammy Beaumont , Lauren Bell , Alice Capsey , Charlie Dean , Sophia Dunkley , Sarah Glenn , Amy Jones , Heather Knight , Paige Scholfield , Linsey Smith , Issy Wong , Danni Wyatt-Hodge. West Indies Women's squad: Hayley Matthews (capt), Shemaine Campbelle (vice-capt), Aaliyah Alleyne, Jahzara Claxton, Afy Fletcher, Cherry Ann Fraser, Shabika Gajnabi, Jannillea Glasgow, Realeanna Grimmond, Zaida James, Qiana Joseph, Mandy Mangru, Ashmini Munisar, Karishma Ramharack, Stafanie Taylor. (ANI)
Hindustan Times
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
England seamer Lauren Filer to make comeback after knee injury against West Indies
New Delhi [India] May 18 : England seamer Lauren Filer will make her first appearance after the Women's Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney in January, when she takes on the touring West Indies in a T20 warm-up in Canterbury on Sunday, according to ESPNcricinfo. Filer, England's one of the fastest bowlers has been out of action since the Ashes whitewash with a knee injury. West Indies will remain in Canterbury after the contest, with the first T20I against England set to take place at the same venue on Wednesday. The selectors have chosen to prioritize the domestic games since the competition is near to the Vitality T20 Women's County Cup and Metro Bank One Day Cup matches, and have instead selected a young team with a number of players who competed in the Women's Under-19 World Cup in January. These include the captain Jones, a wicketkeeper who was selected in the ICC's team of the tournament after taking nine dismissals, including seven stumpings, during England's journey to the semi-finals, as well as Phoebe Brett, Olivia Brinsden, and Charlotte Stubbs. England will contest three Vitality IT20s and three One Day Internationals , with the opening match getting under way on Wednesday May 21 in Canterbury. ECB Development XI: Katie Jones , Ellie Anderson ,Phoebe Brett , Olivia Brinsden ,Emma Corney , Lauren Filer , Liberty Heap Tilly Kesteven, Bethan Miles, Chloe Skelton , Charlotte Stubbs, Annie Williams, Genevieve Jeer. England Women squad: Nat Sciver-Brunt , Emily Arlott , Tammy Beaumont , Lauren Bell , Alice Capsey , Charlie Dean , Sophia Dunkley , Sarah Glenn , Amy Jones , Heather Knight , Paige Scholfield , Linsey Smith , Issy Wong , Danni Wyatt-Hodge. West Indies Women's squad: Hayley Matthews , Shemaine Campbelle , Aaliyah Alleyne, Jahzara Claxton, Afy Fletcher, Cherry Ann Fraser, Shabika Gajnabi, Jannillea Glasgow, Realeanna Grimmond, Zaida James, Qiana Joseph, Mandy Mangru, Ashmini Munisar, Karishma Ramharack, Stafanie Taylor.
The Guardian
31-01-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
England's eight dropped Ashes catches enough to make anyone feel sick
We may as well start with a positive. Annabel Sutherland has for some time appeared to be a next-generation Ellyse Perry, similar not just in stature but in output and style. The resemblance comes most notably when batting in Tests, with the concentration and appetite to put away short-form games and take up the tempo of the longest format, hour after hour of focus in the middle. Perry was unavailable through injury on the second day of the Women's Ashes Test at the MCG, and Sutherland made sure that she wasn't missed. Batting into the third session for 163, she was the biggest factor in pushing Australia to 422 for fiive, a lead of 249 by stumps. This made three centuries in her past four Tests, after 137 not out at Trent Bridge and 210 against South Africa at the Waca. Unflustered, for a long while Sutherland looked on track to become the first women's player to make two double centuries. In the more expansive history of men's Tests, doubles in consecutive innings is something only six players have achieved. She didn't get there, bowled off the inside edge by seamer Ryana MacDonald-Gay, looking to force the rate, finally fatigued after a long day of work. The mixture of focused defence with consistent attack is her calling card, lacing 21 boundaries plus a six during her stay, so crisp when cutting or pulling the short ball, assured when driving the full. Her last 116 runs were faultless, but the fault for her still being there to make them was entirely the opposition's. How to describe England's fielding? Let's say that while walking through the Betty Cuthbert Bar in the third session, witnessing a small, tired girl abruptly coat both her parents and the floor with a sluice of vomit formed from chips and lemonade, that was only the second-most noxious display at the MCG that day. Sophie Ecclestone was dropped four times off her bowling, and responded with two of her own. It started with Phoebe Litchfield lofting down the ground, where Sophia Dunkley ran in circles underneath it, frolicking into the air and flinging out one arm in an airborne school-dance-recital move, her vaguely gesturing hand less an attempted catch than an alibi. Sutherland then cut Ecclestone to backward point, where Danni Wyatt-Hodge lost it hitting the ground. There were two tougher chances for the wicketkeeper Amy Jones, an edge into her knee that she might have had some hope of reaching had her gloves not already come up too high, and a missed stumping from MacDonald-Gay down the leg side as Sutherland overbalanced and had to swap feet. Three lives for Sutherland before reaching 50, and after Ecclestone went solo to trap Alyssa Healy for 34, there were three to come for Beth Mooney in four overs. McDonald-Gay at short cover off Ecclestone, missing a drive; Ecclestone returning the favour with a simple one at slip, then off MacDonald-Gay's bowling again; Maia Bouchier at gully with the simplest of the lot, a catching-practice steer that somehow still surprised the fielder so much that she was jumping and falling backwards while forcing hard hands at the ball. By then England looked done, shrugging at each miss and trudging on. Tired and cranky, Ecclestone added a seventh drop at slip when Ash Gardner played a forcing shot on 12, MacDonald-Gay again the bowler. Late in the evening, Lauren Filer gave Gardner another, leaping well but spilling the return chance. When Filer finally held Gardner close to stumps, the simplest lob still seeing her fall over at square leg and clasp the catch to her clavicle, it drew less a cheer than a groan of relief. Then the misfields – after a while, who could even keep counting? There is a period for the spectator at which even the spirit grows spongy and bruised. Half a dozen went through hands for boundaries, maybe another 15 escaped for smaller quantities of runs. A litany of errors that went far past the comedy stage, to the point that Tammy Beaumont got an unironic cheer of support when she tumbled and stopped a ball cleanly. Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion You can say that great opponents force bad play, and that may be so when it's hard to score or hard to break through. The same can't be said for the basics in the field, the skills that these professional cricketers are paid £100,000 a year to hone. England played without any apparent plan beyond sticking on Ecclestone at one end all day, the spinner bowling 17 overs through the first session and 39 by stumps, with more yet to come. It was the display of a team that is mentally halfway to Dubai on the flight home, or for some of them to India for the Women's Premier League, where another lucrative contract demands that they remember how to play. Perhaps they are tired from the tour treadmill; there will be all sorts of theories once this is done as to how things got this bad. Not so for Australia, another happy three sessions with Litchfield batting well for 45, Gardner 44, and Mooney to return for day three on 98 not out. As far as a competitive spectacle though, that was best illustrated by another kid on a day out. A crowd nearing 12,000 combined with day one's attendance to form the biggest turnout ever for a women's Test, but their loudest cheer of the last session was when the big screen zoomed in to a small boy holding an ice-cream cone. Rapt with the attention but beaming even more widely at his treat, he hung on to it cleanly, both hands on the prize.
The Guardian
31-01-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Women's Ashes: Australia v England only cricket Test, day two
11m ago 02.50 GMT Preamble Martin Pegan Hello and welcome to live coverage of day two of the Women's Ashes Test at the MCG. Australia will resume on 56 for 1 after dismissing England for 170 in front of more than 11,000 fans yesterday, with Phoebe Litchfield (20) and Annabel Sutherland (24) back at the crease in about 45 minutes. The hosts are in a commanding position after Kim Garth and Darcie Brown set the tone with the new ball, then leg-spinner Alana King ripped through the England middle-order to continue her superb series. Nat Sciver-Brunt was the only batter to go on with a start as she passed fifty for the seventh time in Tests but lacked enough partners to build a decent first-innings total for the tourists. King showed that there is enough life in the pitch to whet the appetite of the likes of Sophie Ecclestone, though Australia have selected an especially deep batting line-up stacked with supposed all-rounders. Australia will be sweating on the fitness of Ellyse Perry who injured a hip while fielding yesterday. The all-rounder was bumped down the order, with Sutherland stepping in at No 3 after Georgia Voll's dismissal in her debut Test, but it remains to be seen whether Perry will be able to return to play at all. First ball will be at 2.30pm local time / AEDT or 3.30am GMT. In the meantime, let us know your predictions or just expectations for the day ahead – shoot me an email or find me @martinpegan on Bluesky or X. Let's get into it!
The Guardian
30-01-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Let's face it, Australia could pick people from the crowd and still beat England
Five hours before the Women's Ashes Test started at the MCG, a different match was happening a couple of kilometres down the road in St Kilda. The Afghanistan women's team, made up of nationally contracted players who had to escape their home country in fear of their lives when the Taliban took over in 2021, assembled from their new homes in Melbourne and Canberra to play their first match as a complete side against a charity Cricket Without Borders team at Junction Oval. They put in a decent showing to make 103, which might have been higher had their best bat, Shazia Zazai, not been run out in a mix-up on 40 from 45 balls. Then without fielding at the highest standard, with a few catches going down, they took three wickets and managed to push the chase into the final over, going down with four balls to spare. None of them were deflated by the result, instead elated to have the chance to play, and mobbed by family and friends on the field during the post-match presentations. They hope that this is just the beginning of their cricketing work. This is a team that have had to scrap and scrape by for everything they have, before Cricket Australia provided the support to get this match up and running and to invite all the players as guests at the Test match during the afternoon. The Australian women's team, meanwhile, have a degree of luxury at the opposite end of the scale. It was reflected in the peculiar XI that Australia put together for this Test. The captain, Alyssa Healy, is a wicketkeeper and an opening bat. She does both jobs in the white-ball sides, and more recently has dropped down the order in Tests to better focus on that first task. But despite hobbling around in a moon boot through the Twenty20 portion of the multi-format series, selectors decided that Healy was fit to play, but not fit to do either of her usual tasks. That means that she is listed to bat at No 5. Beth Mooney, who would normally open in Tests, had to keep and therefore drop down to No 6, while Georgia Voll was brought in on debut to open the batting. Which also meant that Healy was taking up an extra batting spot, because Annabel Sutherland and Ellyse Perry were a lock to play. Ash Gardner was pushed down to No 7, and Tahlia McGrath to No 8. It left Australia with only four front-rank bowlers: Gardner, Kim Garth, Darcie Brown, and Alana King. Australia do have seaming all-rounders aplenty, with Sutherland as a quality fifth option, but McGrath's bowling is increasingly occasional, and Perry, despite being the highest wicket-taker in Women's Ashes cricket, rarely bowls these days, sending down two overs across the six preceding white-ball matches. The leg-spinner Georgia Wareham has been brilliant with ball as well as bat in her four matches this series, but was still the player pushed out. For a team that have spoken of ruthlessness, accommodating Healy in this way was a sentimental pick that doesn't live up to the word. The thing is, it doesn't matter. Right now Australia could pick eight players and three lucky-dip winners from the crowd and still come out on top. Wareham's fellow leg-spinner King had 14 wickets at 11 across the white-ball games, and followed up here with 4 for 45, denied a chance at a five-wicket bag when England's No 11, Lauren Bell, was run out. She bowled England's best player, Nat Sciver-Brunt, on 51 with classic turn, took out two more danger players in Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt-Hodge with a return catch and a snare at silly point respectively, then had the lower-order hitter Sophie Ecclestone caught at cover. That does suggest that Wareham's leg spin would have been a handy double act, but Garth took two at the top with seam away for a slips catch from Maia Bouchier and back in for leg before against Heather Knight; Brown trapped Tammy Beaumont in front and later got Lauren Filer at slip, and Gardner bowled the keeper Amy Jones. England ground out nearly 72 overs but made only 170. So by stumps, despite 90 minutes of bowling in the evening session that is notionally the more difficult time to bat, England had extracted only the wicket of Voll for 12, and Australia finished at 56 for 1, behind by 114 with most of their deeply stacked batting lineup yet to come. A crowd of 11,643 was decent and loud although the massive MCG looked mostly empty, so with any luck more will come in through Friday and the weekend. It will need England to find something special to prevent that crowd seeing an Australian team running the match on their terms, leaving the irregularities in team balance as a footnote to the result.
