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Eoin Morgan spoke of his pride after answering concerns over his technique and temperament at Test level with a stunning, unbeaten 125. Morgan became only the second Irish-born batsman to score a Test hundred for England after Fred Fane achieved the feat in 1906, and insisted he had never doubted his ability to translate his sparkling one-day form into the Test arena. Read More

Following on from their first two success this year Surrey ladies comprehensively beat their visitors Cheshire by a a margin of 102 runs. On a splendid day at the wonderfully situated Cranleigh Cricket Club Surrey won the toss & decided to field. Read More

Sydney teenager Ellyse Perry has starred with the ball as Australia's women have done what the men's team could not, securing the world Twenty20 championship with a hard-fought three-run victory over New Zealand in Bridgetown, Barbados. Read More

Australia powered into the final of the Women's ICC World Twenty20 with an accomplished seven-wicket win over India in their semi-final in St Lucia. They will play either West Indies or New Zealand in Sunday's final. Read More

England's women won the first of their two warm-up games ahead of the Women's World Twenty20, beating India by 25 runs in a 14-a-side game in St Kitts. Read More

Danielle Wyatt says England have a good chance of retaining their World Twenty20 title when the tournament gets under way in the West Indies in May. England hosted and won the event in 2009, beating New Zealand in the final. Read More

England's women scrambled two runs off the final ball to pull off a thrilling win in the first of three Twenty20 matches against India in Mumbai. Needing one run to secure a draw, Nicky Shaw held her nerve to hit two runs and help England scrape home on 126-8. Read More

Well, what can I say - we finished up losing the one-day series 3-2, which is not the result we had hoped for but India played some very good cricket. We weren't quite up to the necessary standard with the bat but Mithali Raj was the main difference - she showed why she is ranked world number one with four half centuries and an average of 143.5! Read More

England's women fell to a five-wicket defeat to India in Visakhapatnam as the hosts took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match one-day series. Read More

England's women lost to India by 35 runs in the first of five one-day internationals in Bangalore. India won the toss and were indebted to Mithali Raj (62) and Priyanka Roy (69 not out), who shared a century stand as the hosts made 199-5 from 50 overs. Read More

Picking a highlight of 2009 was always going to be a tough ask for Charlotte Edwards. On the field, the England women's cricket captain guided her side to glory at the World Cup for only the second time, the World Twenty20 trophy, the retention of the Ashes and a 4-0 defeat of Australia in the NatWest Series to complete an unprecedented year of success. Read More