England women best in all formats

It's now argued by some that England women are currently the first team to be the undisputed champions of all 3 formats of cricket, whether in mens or womens cricket. And there's no argument against the fact that England's women are the best in the world - the women's game in England goes from strength to strength. Not just in terms of the national team either, but in terms of participation across the country which is great news for the future. The ECB are now seeing the rewards for investing in women's cricket (yes, I'm praising them for once!).

I wonder if there was even more they could have done though. If, for example, the game had started at 12, I - and others like me without Sky - would have been able to watch the whole game at the pub, rather than only England's chase. (I wonder if that was to avoid a clash with the grand prix or to stop the mens final being played very late in the day for Indian/Pakistani/Sri Lankan TV viewers? They would have stayed up!).

And what was stopping England's mens team from being in the stands to support the women very publicly? It was an ideal PR opportunity to push the women's game in England and around the rest of the world, but not taken. England's women certainly won't mind though, as they celebrate another brilliant victory tonight....