England’s women are outshining men on the football pitch – and in the commentary box too

Pitch perfect: Robyn Cowen will be commentating on tomorrow’s World Cup final. Photograph: Madeleine Penfold/BBC

I think it’s safe to say that tomorrow’s World Cup final will be the biggest moment in the professional lives of the 11 Englishwomen taking the field against Spain in Sydney.

But there is another Englishwoman who will be central to the occasion of whom that is surely also true: the BBC commentator Robyn Cowen. And her presence should equally be a cause for celebration.