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Mark Mitchener - BBC Sport journalist

Making waves with England's women (0)

Having watched cricket in all its forms since an early age, I thought I'd seen it all.

Whether enjoying a summer's day at a picturesque county ground like Dean Park or New Road, waiting with baited breath as a one-day final nears its conclusion at Lord's, or squirming as England get taken to the cleaners by Shane Warne in front of nearly 100,000 at the MCG, sit me down in front of a cricket match on a sunny day and I'm a happy man.

So with the hottest day of the year looming, while many of my BBC colleagues braved the sweltering heat at Wimbledon, I was armed with a camera and lucky enough to get to see cricket in the most bizarre surroundings I've ever seen - the helipad of a cross-Channel ferry, as England's women launched their summer programme of one-day internationals, where they will face the West Indies, South Africa and India.

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