In our weekly feature on the ins and outs in women's sport, the England netball team's new coach has been revealed while the draw for the Women's Continental League Cup has been made.

A week in the world of women's sport

A week in the world of women's sport

Cricket

Australia continue to dominate the multi-format Women's Ashes as they have won the T20 series.

After winning the ODI series and drawing the one-off Test, the Southern Stars blitzed England in the first T20 on the back of a Meg Lanning inspired performance in Chelmsford.

The visiting skipper smashed (yes, smashed is the only way to describe it) her way to a new record T20 International score as she hit 133 from 63 balls to lead her side to a mammoth 226 for three.

England were then restricted to 133 for nine with Lauren Winfield's 33 the best of a dismal batting display. Megan Schutt took three for 25 as Australia cruised to a 93-run win.

The second T20 was also one-way traffic as Australia won by seven wickets with 13 balls remaining.

After opting to bat first, England were restricted to 121 for eight with Tammy Beaumont top-scoring with 43 and Jess Jonassen doing the damage with the ball with two for 19.

Lanning (43 not out) and Ellyse Perry (47 not out) then laid the foundations for the chase.

The final match of the series takes place in Bristol on Wednesday.

Football

The start of the new Women's Super League season is just over a month away and The Telegraph reports there has been a "boost in season ticket sales after England's World Cup campaign".

"Manchester City, who contributed eight players to the England squad, have recorded a 28 per cent increase across both general admission and hospitality season ticket sales."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/07/27/womens-super-league-clubs-report-boost-season-ticket-sales-following/

And in case you forget who faces who in the opening weekend, here you go.

The draw for the Women's Continental League Cup has been made and there will be another Manchester derby as City and United have been paired in Group C along with Birmingham City, Everton and second-tier Leicester City.

Here is a look at the rest of your groups.

General

Former MMA star and current WWE showstopper Ronda Rousey is the top female athlete on the Instagram Rich List 2019 for sport released by Hopperhq.com. The American, who is 15th overall, has 12,481,881 followers and an Insta post is worth about $67,700. Tennis great Serena Williams is 16th and her posts are worth about $60,500.

They are the only two women on the list.

https://www.hopperhq.com/blog/instagram-rich-list/niche/sport/

Golf

Ko Jin-young is your 2019 Evian Championship winner after the South Korean picked up her second major with a two-shot win at Evian-les-Bains in France.

The South Korean, who also won this year's ANA Inspiration in California, carded a final round 67 to finish on 15-under for the tournament with American Jennifer Kupcho, Shanshan Feng from China and South Korean Kim Hyo-joo all on 13 under.

The win will see Jin-young return to the top of the world rankings.

"Last year my game was a little shorter but this year I'm getting a little longer. I had a great week," she said.

"I thought last night that I can win if I played really good, I'm never thinking about other players and their scores."

Up next is the Women's British Open at Woburn Golf Club from August 1-4.

Netball

England have a new coach with former Team Bath mentor Jess Thirlby taking over from Tracey Neville, who announced before the World Cup that she is to step down.

"This is a great time to be taking on the role as we head into an exciting next chapter and my focus will be to harness and build upon the momentum and solid foundation gained over the past four years," Thirlby said.

"I expect the look and feel of the team to change as some players may begin to consider hanging up their netball trainers following the World Cup, but I am excited to invest in and develop the amazing new talent that is coming through."

She added: "I have a huge amount of respect for Tracey, the Roses and the team behind them that have led this wonderful sport to where it is today."

Tennis

Jil Teichmann was the big winner over the weekend as the Swiss defeated world No 5 Kiki Bertens in the final of the Palermo Ladies Open to win her second WTA Tour title.

Teichmann's 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 win marked her first over a top 10 player while she will climb into the world top 60 on the back of the result, having started the year outside the top 140.

Over in Latvia it was a home win as Anastasija Sevastova gave the local fans plenty to cheer about by winning the inaugural Baltic Open.

The top seed didn't have it all her own way though as she found herself down a set and a break against qualifier Katarzyna Kawa, but she eventually hit form to win 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

"Every match I had a responsibility. Every match here was like a final," Sevastova said. "I already knew how it would be. It was hard to play, of course.

"She played well, so it was two times harder, and not because of the fact that the stands wanted something from me. Everyone always wanted something from me. Therefore, it was not necessary to prove something to someone, only to myself.

By Shahida Jacobs, editor of Tennis365.com

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