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By Jon Batham for LastWordOnCricket Tammy Beaumont has thanked England coach Mark Robinson for setting her free to be instinctive again. Beaumont was named Player of the Tournament in the wake of England’s historic triumph over India in the Women’s World Cup Final at Lord’s on Sunday. The opener’s tally of 410 was enough to leave her […] READ MORE
By Jon Batham for LastWordOnCricket Sana Mir admits her failure to take the second batting powerplay was pivotal in Pakistan’s Women’s World Cup loss to West Indies yesterday. Mir’s side were on the receiving end of the fastest ever ODI hundred by a West Indian in the shape of Deandra Dottin. Nevertheless, winless Pakistan were well in […] READ MORE
Norway's Women's World Cup exit was premature, and leaves the future of many key faces hanging in the balance READ MORE
After a solid but unconvincing win against Ivory Coast, Norway will now face England’s finest ladies in the World Cup round of 16. The Norwegians will be quite happy to face the English in this match, as the draw could have seen them face France at this stage. France are ranked much higher than England, […] READ MORE
After both suffering debut losses in the Women’s World Cup, Thailand and Ivory Coast went in search for their first win in the competition after Norway picked up a draw against Germany. However, the Ivorians fell short again as they lost 3-2 to Thailand’s Women. It was a much better performance from the Africans who […] READ MORE
Norway’s display against Germany in the Women’s World Cup was enough to earn a draw. Facing the highly rated German team, this must be considered a very good result for the Norwegian girls. German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer stated that Norway were a very annoying side to play against, with the Norwegians’ cynical style of play […] READ MORE
“The FIFA Women’s World Cup is currently taking centre-stage and domestically, the FA Women’s Super League continues to grow. The profile and professionalism of the women’s game has never been greater…The FA is doing its part to ensure the game is an attractive mass participation sport for girls and women, but we should ask why […] READ MORE
They were facing arguably the world’s most talented team, in the London Olympics semi-finals. They had tied the game at 3, and Christine Sinclair had scored all three goals for Team Canada. The game would finish in a very controversial way, and Canada would take the bronze, but an entire country was enthralled by the […] READ MORE
KANSAS CITY, MO (October 15th, 2014) – Wednesday night, in Sporting Park Kansas City, Missouri, the US Women’s National Team began their 2015 World Cup Qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago, who played surprisingly stout against a heavily favored US team. The American women only managed one goal, coming in the 56th […] READ MORE
So with under 2 weeks to go until the start of the 2014 Womens Rugby World Cup in France, excitement is certainly building. The defending champions are the New Zealand Black Ferns, and they will be hoping for a similar success to that they had in 2010 after beating England at the Twickenham Stoop in […] READ MORE
