London: England Women will host South Africa in a Test match for the first time in almost 20 years before ending a crowded home season with limited overs series against India.
In a fixture schedule announced by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday, it was confirmed the Proteas will tour England from June to July.
They will compete in a multi-format series similar in style to the recent women’;s Ashes in Australia. This will begin with a one-off Test match — South Africa’;s first four-day fixture since they faced India in 2014.
The last time England and South Africa played each other in a Test was 2003, with the hosts winning a two-match series at Shenley, northwest of London, 1-0.
This season’;s home international schedule for England Women will begin with a Test at Taunton, the headquarters of southwest county Somerset, starting on June 27.
England and South Africa will then play three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 international, the last of which is scheduled for July 18.
Following the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England in July and August, where a women’;s T20 tournament forms part of the multi-sport event, and the second edition of English domestic cricket’;s Hundred short-form tournament, India will visit for the second English season in a row. England and India will play three T20s and three ODIs, the last of which will be at Lord’;s, ‘the home of cricket’;, in London on September 24.
“We are thrilled to be able to announce a compelling summer of international women’;s cricket against two of the best teams in the world, in what is a bumper year for the women’;s game,” said ECB managing director of women’;s cricket Clare Connor.
Following an Ashes series loss, reigning 50-over global champions England are now in managed isolation in New Zealand, where they will defend their title in a Women’;s World Cup starting next month.
| England Women home fixtures 2022
England v South Africa June 27-June 30: One-off Test, Taunton Jul 11: 1st ODI, Northampton Jul 15: 2nd ODI, Bristol Jul 18: 3rd ODI, Leicester Jul 21: 1st T20, Chelmsford Jul 23: 2nd T20, Worcester Jul 25: 3rd T20, Derby England v India Sep 10: 1st T20, Riverside Ground, Durham Sep 13: 2nd T20, Derby Sep 15: 3rd T20, Bristol Sep 18: 1st ODI, Hove Sep 21: 2nd ODI, Canterbury |
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