England women's second tour of Australia and New Zealand was another triumph - once it got underway that was

England women must not let their Australia tour be affected by their head coach's sudden departure

A brief history of England women's tours of Australia and New Zealand

A brief history of England v New Zealand

An Englishwoman signs up to play for the same club side as Karen Rolton and Emma Sampson and lives to tell the tale

This season Brett Lee has taken on another role McGrath thrived on - changing the direction of matches with a single spell

Australia women have arrived in Melbourne ahead of their Twenty20 series opener against England on Friday buoyed by the news that the match will be shown on television

A possible knighthood for Tendulkar and the Hollywood Ashes fail to ignite

Jenny Thompson descends on the stands at the Cathedral End where India fans are chanting 'Sachin Sachin Sachin!'

Ricky Ponting will keep India guessing about Australia's bowling attack until the last minute, refusing to say that Shaun Tait will be replaced by Brad Hogg

Phil Jaques will put his first taste of Test defeat to positive use, declaring that Australia will be "fiercely competitive" and "as aggressive as possible" in a bid to ram home the series win

Michael Hussey had taken a typically level-headed view of Australia's defeat in Perth, saying they had to lose at some point and that the players have taken it in their stride

Over 70 years ago England undertook the first women's tour of Australia and New Zealand

A preview of the women's state final

South Australia reached the final against New South Wales thanks to an emphatic 140-run win over Victoria under the lights in Adelaide on Friday

Shaun Tait is trying not to get his hopes of playing his third Test despite growing speculation that he will be including as a fourth fast bowler in Perth next week

The first trial of a pink ball has been rated favourably by Queensland women who made history by using one in an exhibition Twenty20 match

The Women's World Cup qualifiers have been switched to South Africa in mid-February following the political turmoil in Pakistan in November

Clive Radley and Rachael Heyhoe-Flint have earned the MBE for their services to cricket

The merger of women's bodies with the ICC wasn't all good news, and politics still shadows the game, but 2008 holds exciting changes