Smriti Mandhana on the verge of breaking 28-year record at ICC Women’s World Cup | Cricket News

Smriti Mandhana is 12 runs short of overtaking Belinda Clark’s 28-year-old record. (ANI) Indian opener Smriti Mandhana is approaching a significant milestone in women’s ODI cricket as she needs just 12 runs to surpass Australian legend Belinda Clark’s record for most runs in a calendar year when India face South Africa in the ICC Women’s […]

Explosive outburst! Pakistan batter reprimanded after bat-smashing rant against India | Cricket News

Sidra Ameen of Pakistan (Photo by Sameera Peiris/Getty Images) Pakistan batter Sidra Amin received a reprimand and one demerit point from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching the Code of Conduct during Sunday’s Women’s World Cup match against India at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium, where she hit her bat on the pitch after being […]

IND vs PAK: Run-out chaos! Why was Pakistan batter given out? Captain Fatima Sana argues with official | Cricket News

Muneeba Ali was initially adjudged not out, but was then given out after an umpire review (Screengrabs) A moment of utter confusion marked the early stages of Pakistan’s innings against India in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 on Sunday, when opener Muneeba Ali was dismissed in controversial fashion off the final delivery of the […]

ICC Women’s World Cup: Bangladesh hammer Pakistan by seven wickets | Cricket News

Bangladesh’s Rubya Haider, right, and Sobhana Mostary celebrate their win. (AP/PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Bangladesh produced a commanding performance to hand Pakistan a crushing seven-wicket defeat in their ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 opener on Thursday. A composed half-century from Rubya Haider, combined with her match-winning partnership with skipper Nigar Sultana, powered the visitors to […]

I’d throw it all away to win: Sophie Devine reflects on bittersweet loss vs Australia

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine described her heroic 111-run innings in Wednesday’s ICC Women’s World Cup opener against Australia as “bittersweet.” Despite her valiant effort, they fell short, chasing 327 and were bowled out for 237, handing defending champions Australia an 89-run win. “I’d throw it all away to make sure this team won. Proud […]

Women’s World Cup: Ashleigh Gardner shines as Australia beat New Zealand by 89 runs | Cricket News

Ashleigh Gardner played a match-winning innings, scoring an unbeaten century, as the defending champions thrashed New Zealand by 89 runs (PTI Photo) Australia’s seasoned all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner played a match-winning innings, scoring an unbeaten century, as the defending champions thrashed New Zealand by 89 runs in their ICC Women’s World Cup opener on Wednesday. Gardner’s […]

Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025: Check full schedule, key matches, India’s full squad, venues and more

The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 will begin on September 30 with India facing Sri Lanka in Guwahati. Matches will take place across Guwahati, Indore, Visakhapatnam, Navi Mumbai and in Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. The format consists of 28 group matches in a round-robin style. Australia, with 7 titles, are […]

England rout India by 153 runs in Women’s World Cup warm-up fixture in Bengaluru

Skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt led from the front with a sparkling hundred as England beat India by 153 runs in their warm-up game ahead of the ICC Women’s World Cup here on Thursday. Batting first, Sciver-Brunt slammed 120 in 104 balls and added 173 runs for the wicket with an aggressive Emma Lamb (84 off 60 […]

‘Don’t want to think too far ahead’: Smriti Mandhana on India’s World Cup hopes | Cricket News

Smriti Mandhana of India (Photo by Harry Murphy/Getty Images) Indian cricket star Smriti Mandhana, with over 9,000 international runs and 1,000-plus boundaries to her name, discussed her preparation for the upcoming 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in a recent conversation on the Cricket Predicta Show. The tournament opener will see hosts India face Sri […]