Can you ace our women's cricket quiz?
Which current World Cup captain played basketball in the Olympics? And which Flight Lieutenant also bowls with the new ball?
The matriarch of England women's evolution
Now in her eighties, Norma Izard is a living testimony to the pioneering breed of women's cricketer who helped elevate the sport to today's levels. By Raf Nicholson
The boundary-rider effect
Numbers Game: Has the extra outfielder affected scoring rates in the last ten overs of ODIs?
How Australia's women got here
A World Cup is a celebration of how far the women's game has come, yet it should not be forgotten that many advancements were a long time coming. By Daniel Brettig
The hinterland of 40
Jon Hotten: At Lord's we saw three in-between scores of the sort that are as likely to annoy the selectors as excite them
