sport news England's netballers, cricketers and hockey stars look to follow Lionesses' lead trends now
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A week on from the Lionesses' landmark day in the capital, England's second city is set to stage a second seminal Sunday for women's sport.
Birmingham 2022 organisers had a home team hat-trick firmly in mind when they scheduled the women's hockey, cricket and netball finals one after another on the penultimate afternoon of action.
And they could be about to get the day they dreamed of, with England still in contention to contest all of Sunday's Commonwealth Games gold medal matches.
The women's hockey team made it into the final with a dramatic shootout win over New Zealand on Friday night. The cricketers face India in Saturday morning's semi-final at Edgbaston. Then the netballers take on Australia at a sold-out NEC Arena in a last-four rematch of their famous 2018 final.
'Something like this is brilliant for women's sport,' said England and Warwickshire wicketkeeper Amy Jones, who grew up in Sutton Coldfield, just 30 minutes north of Edgbaston.
'Off the back of what the Lionesses achieved, there is a real hunger for women's sport at the moment. Watching the Lionesses, it
