ICC Women's World Cup

SYDNEY: Leg spinner Alana King was rewarded for her part in Australia's women's Ashes and World Cup triumphs with her first central contract when the list of 15 players was announced on Thursday. King stepped in for the injured Georgia…

CHRISTCHURCH: Australia's women's cricketers can lay justifiable claim to being the greatest sports team on the planet after their all-conquering run to World Cup glory was capped by a record-breaking demolition of England in the final.…

By PTI CHRISTCHURCH: India's GS Lakshmi, the first woman ever in the ICC international panel of match referees, will be the match referee for the Women's World Cup final between England and Australia here on Sunday.…

NEW DELHI: In September last year, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) made an amendment to the game's law. On grounds of promoting gender-equality in sports, the MCC ruled that the word 'batsman' shall, henceforth, be replaced by 'batter'.…

CHRISTCHURCH: Danielle Wyatt made the most of the luck that came her way enroute to a memorable hundred as defending champions England showed their big-match temperament with a 137-run win over South Africa to enter the Women's World Cup…

Express News Service CHENNAI: Deepti Sharma was in the middle of a huddle with Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana. If Jhulan Goswami was playing, she'd have been there too. The off-spinner is about to…

NEW DELHI: Rift in the team, "fitness issues" and an attack that lacked variety and sting, all of it seems to have contributed to India's pre-mature exit from the ICC Women's World Cup. The runners-up finish five years ago had changed the…

WELLINGTON: England cruised into the Women's World Cup semi-finals with a crushing 100-run victory over Bangladesh in their final group stage match in Wellington on Sunday. It sealed a dramatic resurgence for the defending champions who had…

CHRISTCHURCH: Having regained her confidence with runs in the previous game, India opener Shafali Verma is relishing the prospect of facing the South African pacers in their must-win Women's World Cup match on Sunday. The teenager has not…

CHRISTCHURCH: Their destiny in their own hands, India will go all out to brush off an inconsistent run and seal a semifinal berth in the Women's World Cup when they play South Africa in a do-or-die match on Sunday. So far in the tournament,…