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The Spin | Tradition of Women’s Cricket Week continues – and is still celebrated 100 years on

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Every summer a group set up camp at Colwall, the real home of women’s cricket, and spend five days playing the sport they love Many places have claimed to be the home of women’s cricket over the years. Taunton did so in 2006 when the England and Wales Cricket Board named it as the new “permanent” base of the England Women’s team – a deal that proved anything but permanent. Lord’s recently attempted to claim the moniker, after hosting one women’s Test in 142 years. But the real home of women’s cricket is a small village in Herefordshire, on the western side of the Malvern Hills: Colwall. Continue reading...