Clare Connor

England's men are not the only ones on the rise

England have a tough draw for their opening match in the 2005 World Cup in South Africa

England's women's team wrapped up their five-match series against New Zealand, the world champions, with a comfortable 38-run victory at Derby

England's women romped to a seven-wicket victory against New Zealand to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match ODI series

Clare Connor, England's captain, led Sussex to victory in the Frizzell Women's County Championship in Cambridge for the second year in succession

Golf has found a girl who may compete on level terms with men

The 2004 women's Super Fours squads have been announced, and two new captains - Laura Newton and Salliann Briggs - will be leading their respective teams

Clare Connor, England's captain, looks back on the winning tour of South Africa

Clare Connor looks back on a momentus season

The three major domestic finals in women's cricket will be played this weekend to decide the ECB Premier League, the ECB National Knockout Cup and the ECB National Knock-Out Plate

Clare Taylor MBE will leave her place in the current England women's cricket team to rejoin her England 1993 world cup winning team-mates for a one-off charity match

1981 The last day of an astonishing series didn't live up to what had gone on before (the draw at The Oval confirmed England's 3-1 win over Australia) - but several players had cause for satisfaction

Claire Taylor led the way for England in their healthy first-innings reply against South Africa with an unbeaten 89 on the second day of the first Test at Shenley

It's been an exceptional year for England captain Clare Connor

Final standings: Sussex (86.5 points), Notts (86), Kent (68.5), Yorkshire(58.5), Surrey (54.5), Berkshire (32)

England women's selectors have today named a squad of 14 players to face South Africa in the npower Women's Test Series and NatWest Women's One-Day International matches taking place in August

She is 25 years old and is already on her third tour of India