Alison Mitchell on how this year’s Women’s World Cup has helped to grow the game, in this country and beyond

Happy days: England celebrate their win over Australia in a modern way!
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England’s thrilling threerun victory over Australia in Bristol was worth far more than the two points on offer in the Women’s World Cup table.
A clash between the game’s oldest rivals always attracts more attention than other matches, and this one was being beamed to a global audience on TV and streamed online, along with BBC and ABC radio commentary (a...