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Thanks to Isa for a great career. Ends up 1 ODI wicket short of Clare Taylor but still one of only two of England players to have exceeded that magic 100 mark. ODI career bowling 625.5-85-2345-101 T20 carerr bowling 76.3-5-451-18 I guess with Elwiss, Shrubsole and Brunt appearing to be ahead...

The paradox of success LurgMhor - the better the upper order the less chance the middle and lower order get to impress. I can't work out why Marsh doesn't open in ODI as well as T20. I don't think they quite yet know for sure who the best ODI partner for Lottie is. I reckon Wyatt had her chance...

Okay so its 3 ODIs and 3 wins. Wow. What a tremendous achievement. Getting a whitewash isn't that common, only once being achieved against Aus or NZ before and this is the first time away from home against any of the 'big 3':- 3-0 NZ 1984 Home 3-0 India 1986 Home 2-0 Ireland 1990 Away 2-0...

Okay so its 2 ODIs and 2 wins ..... surely they can't do the unthinkable and go unbeaten through an NZ tour ? Congratulations to Lottie on breaking the fastest (in balls) women's ODI century record. Sarah Taylor has now reached 2000 (well 2002) ODI runs - must be the youngest person to...

I see Jenny Gunn has been reported for her action again. Amazing. She's been cleared in 2009 and, looking at the video highlights from the NZ tour, I can't any grounds at all for her being reported this time. She got a far more straight action than a certain player was allowed to claim over 700...

I can't help with Catherine Dalton because I've not spotted her before or Deanna Cooper or Jodie Dibble or Natasha Miles. I cearly need to get around the circuit a bit more ! No Rainford-Brent either which seems a bit surprising. Perhaps, notwithstanding the captain, they adopt some sort of...

I agree with you LurgMhor about Brunt & Shrubsole together. Both fast and both firey characters .... lovely. Lets hope they both stay fit enough to bowl in tandem at the summer internationals. Here's a little diversion from the NZ tour in the gap between the T20s and the ODIs .... The...

Congratulations on England with their 4-0 series win. The bowl seemed to dominate the bat for most of the time – especially when NZ were batting to be honest. World shift in T20 has taken place in the last 4 years. Australia, England and the West Indies are the top 3 teams and I’d...

Well done on T20 Series win. Not that easy winning in NZ - played 20 ODIs, won 5, lost 13 and 2 no results. First T20 Series out there. From 12-4 I guess the plan of batting all the way down worked quite well - although NZ certainly imploded from a strong position in their chase. Jenny...

Laura Marsh scores her highest international T20 score, beating the 46 against India on 8th March 2010. Laura is now on 37 international T20 wickets so just 2 behind the highest wicket taker Holly Colvin (although Holly has only bowled 106 overs compared to Laura’s 145). Laura’s...

Well done England on the victory in T20 match one. Some interesting selections – Beaumont and Rowe for example. Certainly went for the long batting line up option. Rowe at 9 and Hazell at 10 and even Shrubsole opens for Somerset. I suspect that if Shrubsole connects with the bat it...

The ladies have a chance to douse our anguish at the recent men's series whitewash with their tour to NZ. Firstly 3 warm up games. The first one, a 50 over match against Emerging NZ, was played today. Bit one-sided given England won by 181 runs. Lottie hit the tour running with a 123...

So here's the squad:- Charlotte Edwards (Kent, capt), Jenny Gunn (Yorkshire), Tammy Beaumont (Kent), Arran Brindle (Sussex), Georgia Elwiss (Sussex), Lydia Greenway (Kent), Isa Guha (Berkshire), Danni Hazell (Yorkshire), Heather Knight (Berkshire), Laura Marsh (Kent), Beth Morgan (Middlesex)...

Q: Which two current England players has captained England in an ODI ? A: Well Lottie of course and …. Arran Brindle - way back in 2001 in the Women's European Championship. Q: Who was the youngest England ODI captain ? Arran Brindle holds the record for the youngest ODI captain having...

Thought Holly Colvin was youngest ever international player for England women ? Well not so. Holly is the youngest Test player but only the 5th youngest on ODI debut. Leanne Clare Davis (b 26th April 1985) played on ODI on 1st July 2000 and is the youngest closely followed by Laura Harper (b...