Women's Cricket Weekly: England hammer New Zealand, and the latest on the Afghanistan women's team

Yas Rana and Lauren Winfield-Hill react to England's convincing win in the first ODI of their series against New Zealand yesterday.

They also chat about Ryana MacDonald-Gay's first England call-up, the Charlotte Edwards Cup Finals Day and Smriti Mandhana's incredible performances against South Africa.

Later in the show, Katya Witney is joined by Olivia Thornton – CEO of Cricket ACT – to chat about what life is like for the Afghanistan women's cricketers currently living in Australia.

0:00 Intro / 1:19 England vs New Zealand / 18:09 Charlotte Edwards Cup / 20:48 India vs South Africa / 23:24 Afghanistan women's team / 41:45 Outro

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