England begin Womens World Cup campaign against South Africa on Friday (10.30am first ball, live on Sky Sports Cricket), buoyed by warm-up wins over title favourites Australia and home nation India; c

The build-up has been dominated by chatter of how undercooked Ireland are. In a disappointingly barren men’s home summer, they had only six games scheduled since May, the last coming in June. Three of those were rain-affected. Don’t mention this week’s forecast.

A middle-order batting collapse cost Australia in their final ODI World Cup tune-up, as they suffered a four-wicket defeat to England in Bengaluru. The Aussies were bowled out for 247 in 34.4 overs in their sole ICC warm-up game with England leggie Sarah Glann bagging 5-32 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence ground.

The minimum England should expect at Womens World Cup is to reach final, says Sky Sports Charles Dagnall, but will they get that far? Heather Knights return from injury key and seamer Lauren Bell improving all the time;

Everything about England’s Test cricket in the three dizzying years since Rob Key urged supporters to strap themselves in and enjoy the ride has been about entertainment. “We don’t do draws” was the mantra of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum as soon ...

Walking out to bat with his arm in a sling in a courageous, last-ditch attempt to win a test match for England proved to be the final act of Chris Woakes’ international career. The 36-year-old Woakes announced his immediate retirement from international cricket on Monday,

England all-rounder Chris Woakes has retired from international cricket following his omission from this winter's Ashes squad. The 36-year-old played 62 Test matches, 122 one-day internationals and 33 T20s for his country.