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New Zealand Women's Cricket Team In England In 2021
The New Zealand women's cricket team toured England to play the England women's cricket team in September 2021. The tour consisted of three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) and five Women's One Day International (WODI) matches. England won the first WT20I match by 46 runs, with New Zealand winning the second match by four wickets to level the series. England won the third WT20I match by four wickets to win the series 2–1. England won the first two WODI matches by 30 runs and 13 runs respectively to take a 2–0 lead in the series. On the day before the third WODI, a member of the New Zealand team management received a bomb threat, but the threat was deemed "not credible". The match went ahead as scheduled, with New Zealand winning by three wickets. England won the fourth WODI by three wickets to win the series with a match to spare. England won the fifth WODI by 203 runs to win the series 4–1. Squads New Zealand did not name individual squads for the WODI and WT20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Knight (cricketer)
Heather Clare Knight (born 26 December 1990) is an English cricketer who is captain of the England women's cricket team. She is a right-handed batter and right arm off spin bowler. Knight played in her 100th Women's One Day International match for England in December 2019. Early life Knight was born on 26 December 1990 in Rochdale and was educated at Plymstock School, a state secondary school in Plymouth, Devon. She was offered a place at the University of Cambridge to study natural sciences, but turned it down so that she would have the time to play cricket. She went on to study Biomedical Sciences at Cardiff University. Domestic career Knight played club cricket for Plymstock Cricket Club in the Devon Cricket League. She started attending colts training sessions at 8 years old and progressed through the club's youth system. Knight is a prolific batter at county level, initially for her home county of Devon and currently for Berkshire. She topped the county run scoring aggre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Cross
Kathryn Laura Cross (born 3 October 1991) is an English international cricketer. She also co-hosts a podcast with Alex Hartley named "No Balls: The Cricket Podcast". Career Cross plays domestic cricket for Lancashire, North West Thunder and Northern Superchargers. A right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batter, she was the first woman to be accepted into Lancashire's cricket academy in 2006 and won the Eversheds Most Promising Young Cricketer award in September 2007. She made her debut for the England Under-21 side in 2007. In October 2013 she was called up into the England senior squad to tour the West Indies. She made her T20 debut against the West Indies and in November 2013 made her One Day International debut, also against the West Indies. In her second game of the series (the first was washed out) she took 4 for 51 against the West Indies, a performance which earned her the Player of the Match Award. England won the final two games of a three match series and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Green
Claudia Lauren Green (born 6 December 1997) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Central Districts Hinds. On her debut in first-class cricket, Green took a wicket with her seventh delivery. Green is also studying physical education at the University of Otago, and was appointed as the Female Development Officer for Nelson Cricket. In February 2021, during England's tour of New Zealand, Green took a five-wicket haul for the New Zealand XI Women side in a warm-up match. In August 2021, Green earned her maiden call-up to the New Zealand women's cricket team, for their tour of England. In July 2022, Green was added to New Zealand's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ..., England. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Down
Lauren Renee Down (born 7 May 1995) is a New Zealand cricketer who has played for Auckland and New Zealand. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for New Zealand Women against the West Indies Women on 4 March 2018. In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for their series against South Africa. Later the same month, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. She made her WT20I debut for New Zealand, against South Africa, on 9 February 2020. In February 2022, she was named in New Zealand's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. However, Down was ruled out of New Zealand's squad after suffering an injury during the fifth WODI match against India. In June 2022, Down was named in New Zealand's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzie Bates
Suzannah Wilson Bates (born 16 September 1987) is a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. Born at Dunedin, she plays domestic cricket for the Otago Sparks, as well as playing for the White Ferns. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team. She won the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2013. Bates again won ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2015. Basketball Bates represented New Zealand in Women's basketball during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Suzie played professional basketball for the :fr:Christchurch Sirens in the Australian Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), starting 24 games between 2007 and 2008, before moving to the Otago Gold Rush in 2009 and the Logan Thunder (WNBL) in 2009/10. Bates joined the Otago Nuggets as an assistant coach for the 2021 New Zealand NBL season. Cricket On 8 June 2018, she scored her tenth century in WODIs, with 151 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mady Villiers
Mady Kate Villiers (born 26 August 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for the England women's cricket team as an off break bowler. She also plays for Essex, Sunrisers and Oval Invincibles. In July 2019, she was named in England's squad for the Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) fixtures of the 2019 Women's Ashes series, making her WT20I debut for England against Australia on 31 July 2019. Early and personal life Villiers was born on 26 August 1998 in Havering, Greater London. She attended Shenfield High School, winning several school-county cricket titles during her time there, and scored her first century off 65 balls, aged 14 in a Schools' Cup semi-final. Villiers is a vegan. Domestic career Villiers began playing age group cricket for Essex in 2012 before making her first-team debut in 2013, in a County Championship match against Yorkshire. She did not bowl in the match, and made 1 run batting at number 11. She made her Twenty20 debut later that season, against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Lamb
Emma Louise Lamb (born 16 December 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire Women, North West Thunder and Manchester Originals, and has previously played for Lancashire Thunder. Lamb is a batting all-rounder, and bowls off spin. She made her international debut for the England women's cricket team in September 2021. Personal life Lamb is from Preston, Lancashire, England. She studied at Edge Hill University, graduating in 2019. Her brother Danny plays for the Lancashire men's team, and she played alongside him when she became the first female cricketer to take part in the Cheshire County Premier League. Club career Lamb played at youth level for Lancashire Women, and was their player of the year on two occasions. She averaged over 100 in under-17 level cricket. In 2015, Lamb became the first woman to play in the Cheshire County Cricket League, when she played for Bramhall against Neston. She scored 30 runs in the match. Her brother Danny also played in the matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danni Wyatt
Danielle Nicole Wyatt (born 22 April 1991) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and England. She plays as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She made her England debut against India in Mumbai on 1 March 2010. Early career Wyatt is a right-handed opening/middle order batter and off break bowler. Wyatt played for Staffordshire Ladies and Meir Heath Women in the Northern Premier League, having moved from Gunnersbury at the end of the 2012 season, as well as men's club cricket for her local club Whitmore. In 2010, she was awarded an MCC Young Cricketers contract which enables her cricketing development via training at the MCC on a daily basis. She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014. Career Wyatt was a member of the winning women's team at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Winfield-Hill
Lauren Winfield-Hill (; born 16 August 1990) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Yorkshire, Northern Diamonds, Oval Invincibles, Melbourne Stars and England. She plays as a right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She made her international debut in 2013, and was part of the England team that won the 2017 World Cup. She has previously played for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred and Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash. Career In the summer of 2014 she appeared 5 times in various games including the one against South Africa. She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014. Winfield was a member of the winning women's team at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anya Shrubsole
Anya Shrubsole (born 7 December 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Berkshire, Southern Vipers and the Southern Brave. She played for England between 2008 and 2022, and has previously played domestic cricket for Somerset, Western Storm and Perth Scorchers. She plays as a right-arm medium pace bowler and right-handed lower-order batter. She made her England debut in 2008, and was Player of the Match in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final. In 2018, she became the first woman to appear on the cover of ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack''. In April 2022, Shrubsole announced her retirement from international cricket. Early life Anya Shrubsole was born in Bath, Somerset and attended St Stephen's Primary School and later Hayesfield Girls' School. She is the daughter of Ian Shrubsole, who made two Minor Counties appearances for Wiltshire in the early 1990s. Her sister Lauren played county cricket for Somerset Women between 2010 and 2016. County and franchise career A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. The role of the keeper is governed by Law 27 of the Laws of Cricket. Stance Initially, during the bowling of the ball the wicket-keeper crouches in a full squatting position but partly stands up as the ball is received. Australian wicket-keeper Sammy Carter (1878 to 1948) was the first to squat on his haunches rather than bend over from the waist (stooping). Purposes The keeper's major function is to stop deliveries that pass the batsman (in order to prevent runs being scored as 'byes'), but he can also attempt to dismiss the batsman in various ways: * The most common dismissal effected by the keeper is for him to '' catch'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Jones (cricketer)
Amy Ellen Jones is an English cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter for Warwickshire, Central Sparks, Birmingham Phoenix and England. She made her England debut in 2013 and is a holder of an ECB central contract. On 8 September 2022, England's captain Nat Sciver announced that she decided to withdraw from their home white ball series against India "to focus on her mental health and well being". In her absence, Jones was named as England's captain for the WT20I and WODI series. Early life and career Jones was born in Solihull, West Midlands, and raised in nearby Sutton Coldfield, where she attended John Willmott School. Her first experience of organised sport was playing on a boys' football team for Aston Villa; she then joined Walmley Cricket Club and rose rapidly through the ranks. She has since commented: While still in her mid-teens, Jones represented the Warwickshire Academy and began to be selected for England Development and Academy programme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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