England Women tour of New Zealand, 2000/01 /

Star player Edwards dropped after run of low scores

Dec 11, 2000: England's star batsman Charlotte Edwards has been dropped for the CricInfo Women's World Cup match against Sri Lanka in Christchurch, New Zealand

An English view - With luck and hard work we can still do it

Dec 8, 2000: We're at the halfway point in the tournament; two wins and two losses, not the position in which we would have seen ourselves during preparation

An English view: Team take chance to enjoy delights of New Zealand

Dec 7, 2000: We had our first weekend off last weekend and there were plans afoot to see some of the beautiful countryside around Christchurch; getting our priorities right however, there was also shopping to do and some training - football training that is

England need to learn from Kiwi's aggression

Nov 30, 2000: The first match of the tour was last Friday against a young Canterbury side at Hagley Park in Christchurch

England prepare for CricInfo World Cup curtain-raiser

Nov 26, 2000: England kick off their CricInfo Women's World Cup campaign with a clash against the Netherlands in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Thursday

No over-confidence in White Ferns camp after series win

Nov 22, 2000: New Zealand's CLEAR White Ferns will not be suffering from any over-confidence as the result of their clear sweep over England when going into next week's opening game against Australia at the CricInfo Women's World Cup

Clean sweep completes New Zealand's World Cup preparation

Nov 22, 2000: New Zealand completed its preparation for the CricInfo Women's World Cup, starting next week, in Timaru today with its second convincing win of three in its clean sweep over England

Cold day, cold cricket

Nov 21, 2000: Another freezing cold day in store and although it threatened to rain most of the day surprisingly it didn't

White Ferns survive the fright of their season so far

Nov 21, 2000: New Zealand wrapped up its three-match One-Day International series with England in Timaru today 2-0 but only after a big scare as its struggled to score 135 runs to win

Good nutrition vital to training regime

Nov 20, 2000: We were on the road this morning at 9am - a short journey through to Timaru which is the venue for our second one-day clash against England

Pulford forced out of White Ferns due to virus

Nov 20, 2000: New Zealand's CLEAR White Ferns cricket side has lost the services of batsman Kate Pulford, nine days out from the opening game of the CricInfo Women's World Cup

White Ferns run hot in freezing conditions

Nov 19, 2000: With steady rain and hail for most of last night we were holding our breath as to what the weather would do ..

A chilling loss for England women

Nov 19, 2000: The weather was bitterly cold at Centennial Park, Oamaru today, but nothing was chillier than the performance of the England women's cricket team, just a week and a half out from the start of the 2000 CricInfo World Cup

Oamaru festivities provide restful afternoon before match

Nov 18, 2000: Relatively cool today in Oamaru - eight degrees actually - and a rather cool breeze blowing across King George Park

New Zealand experimenting with opening position in England series

Nov 18, 2000: New Zealand has pulled an interesting ploy for its first women's One-Day International against England in Oamaru on Sunday

England likes what they see at World Cup venue

Nov 18, 2000: The venue for the CricInfo Women's World Cup at Lincoln University got the thumbs up from England team management today

Team in fine voice for trip south

Nov 17, 2000: A reasonably early start to the day for the team with the bus departing for Oamaru at 9am

Presidents XI game provides valuable match practice

Nov 16, 2000: A much better day in store with fine weather although a little cool

Plenty riding on England's effort in World Cup

Nov 14, 2000: England has more riding on its CricInfo Women's World Cup success than just winning the trophy when the tournament starts in two weeks time

England well-prepared for Cup challenge

Nov 14, 2000: England's team for the CricInfo Women's World Cup is the fittest and best-prepared England team yet, according to captain Clare Connor