The Spin newsletter | And mail Geoff LIVE Updated 4m ago Geoff Lemon (now) and James Wallace (later) Tue 1 Sep 2026 12.54 BSTFirst published on Tue 1 Sep 2026 12.32 BST Share Key events 14m ago Teams 21m ago England win the toss and bowl 26m ago Preamble The scene at Grace Road before England v Ireland.

Mild day, 20 degrees, says the weather readout.

Interesting!

Alice Capsey will keep wicket, which some people (me) were keen to see during the World Cup, given how Amy Jones kept whacking the ball to catchers in the ring.

Jones is rested, as are Sciver-Brunt and Danni Wyatt-Hodge, while Heather Knight has retired.

Plenty of change, some chances for fringe players.

For Ireland, the promising young Alice Tector gets a chance to open the batting.

Ireland Gaby Lewis * Alice Tector Amy Hunter + Orla Prendergast Rebecca Stokell Leah Paul Louise Little Arlene Kelly Cara Murray Jane Maguire Kia McCartney England Maia Bouchier Sophia Dunkley Jodi Grewcock Alice Capsey + Freya Kemp Dani Gibson Charlie Dean * Mady Villiers Issy Wong Lauren Filer Tilly Corteen-Coleman Plenty of England players resting for this series, so Charlie Dean is captaining in place of Nat Sciver-Brunt.

Dean has the coin fall her way and wants to chase.

Ireland captain Gaby Lewis says she would have batted anyway, in time-honoured style.

Hello!

It’s the first of September, which still counts as summer in the north of Europe, and it’s time for cricket.

Been a long while since we had a women’s bilateral series in England this season, having come through the Hundred and before that the T20 World Cup, but we’re back now on the bread and butter of the international game.

Ireland had a disappointing World Cup, though they did finally get their first win at the tournament.

Now it’s time to change format to the one-day game.

England will be looking at this series as a chance to tune up in the middle format after a big focus on short-form hitting.

There may be some teething problems for both sides.

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