3rd ODI – New Zealand v England Seddon Park, Hamilton, 7 April New Zealand 195/3 (39.0) beat England 194 (46.3) by 7 wickets 66 – Completing their chase with 11 overs to spare, New Zealand women’s victory at Seddon Park was their biggest ODI win against England in terms of balls remaining since 2007. 8 – Sophie Devine became the ninth woman, and the second from New Zealand, to score eight centuries in ODI cricket. 15 Meg Lanning AUS (102 innings) 13 Suzie Bates NZ (154) 9 Tammy Beaumont ENG (103); Charlotte Edwards ENG (180) 8 Nat Sciver-Brunt ENG (92); Chamari Athapaththu SL (98); Claire Tay ..read more

2nd ODI – New Zealand v England Seddon Park, Hamilton, 4 April England 252 (49.0) beat New Zealand 196 (45) by 56 runs 8 – England’s victory secured them an eighth successive bilateral ODI series win against New Zealand, a run which began in 2008: ENG 3-1 NZ in New Zealand, 2008 ENG 3-2 NZ in England, 2010 ENG 3-0 NZ in New Zealand, 2012 ENG 3-2 NZ in New Zealand, 2015 ENG 2-1 NZ in England, 2018 ENG 2-1 NZ in New Zealand, 2021 ENG 4-1 NZ in England, 2021 ENG 2-0 NZ in New Zealand, 2024 (1 match to play) Overall, England have now won ten of the fourteen bilateral series played between the si ..read more

5th T20I – New Zealand v England Basin Reserve, Wellington, 29 March England 138/5 (18.5) beat New Zealand 136/6 (20.0) by 5 wickets 137 – In winning the fifth and final match of the series, England completed the third highest successful chase in women’s T20Is played in New Zealand, and the second highest by a visiting side: 154 South Africa v New Zealand at Basin Reserve, 2020 140 New Zealand v West Indies at Seddon Park, 2018 137 England v New Zealand at Basin Reserve, 2024 136 New Zealand v India at Eden Park, 2019 31 & 2/24 – Nat Sciver-Brunt was awarded player of the match for her a ..read more

4th T20I – New Zealand v England Basin Reserve, Wellington, 27 March England 177/3 (20.0) beat New Zealand 130/7 (20.0) by 47 runs 6 – England women have now won six of the seven bilateral T20I series they have played against New Zealand, including the last five in a row. The last time the White Ferns came out victorious in a bilateral T20I series against England was in 2010: ENG 2-1 NZ in England, 2007 NZ 2-1 ENG in England, 2010 ENG 4-0 NZ in New Zealand, 2012 ENG 2-1 NZ in New Zealand, 2015 ENG 3-0 NZ in New Zealand, 2021 ENG 2-1 NZ in England, 2021 ENG 3-1 NZ in New Zealand, 2024* (1 matc ..read more

Only Test – Australia v South Africa WACA, Perth, 16 February Day 2 – South Africa 76 & 67/3 trail Australia 575/9d by 432 runs video scorecard | video highlights 9 – On a record-breaking day in Perth, Annabel Sutherland became the ninth woman to score a Test double-century. 210 – Sutherland’s innings was the fourth highest score by any woman in Test cricket, the second highest by an Australian, and the second highest made in Australia: 242 Kiran Baluch (PAK) v WI at Karachi, 2004 214 Mithali Raj (IND) v ENG at Taunton, 2002 213* Ellyse Perry (AUS) v ENG at North Sydney Oval, 2017 210 Ann ..read more

Only Test – Australia v South Africa WACA, Perth, 15 February Day 1 – Australia 251/5 (56.0) lead South Africa 76 (31.2) by 175 runs video scorecard | video highlights 1 – This was the first women’s Test match played between South Africa and Australia. 4 – The WACA Ground has now played host to the joint most women’s Tests of any Australian venue, alongside Adelaide Oval and North Sydney Oval. 2003 – With South Africa men currently playing a match in New Zealand, this was the first time since 2003 that both the Proteas women’s and men’s teams have played Test cricket on the same day. 238 – The ..read more

1st ODI – Australia v South Africa Adelaide Oval, 3 February Australia 106/2 (19.0) beat South Africa 105 (31.3) by 8 wickets video scorecard | video highlights 7 – Australia women have won all seven ODIs they have played at Adelaide Oval. This is the joint third most victories without a defeat for the Southern Stars at any venue in the format: 18 at Allan Border Field, Brisbane 8 at Junction Oval, Melbourne (1 no result) 7 at Manuka Oval, Canberra 7 at Adelaide Oval 105 – South Africa’s total was the lowest they have made in an ODI against Australia. The last time they made a lower total ..read more

3rd T20I – Zimbabwe v Ireland Harare Sports Club, 30 January Ireland 169/3 (20.0) beat Zimbabwe 109/7 (20.0) by 60 runs video scorecard | match stream 6 – Ireland women have now won six of the nine bilateral T20I series they have played since 2021. By contrast, they had been victorious in just one of the seven bilateral series they had played in the format until the end of 2020 (2-0 against Netherlands in 2011). Zimbabwe are the fourth different opposition team Ireland have beaten in a bilateral series. Bilateral T20I series wins for Ireland women 2-0 v NED in Netherlands, 2011 3-1 v SCO in I ..read more

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