Women's Cricket

Hamanpreet Kaur hit a six and ran briskly for two runs during the last two balls to steal a tense one-wicket win for India over South Africa in Colombo on Tuesday.

Indian women maintained their supremacy in the Asia Cup by beating arch-rivals Pakistan for their sixth title on 4 December.

The India women's team edged past West Indies by 15 runs in the third ODI at Vijayawada.

Rajeswari was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4/21 while Ekta Bist chipped in with 3/14 in 8 overs.

West Indies chased down Australia 148 with eight wickets and three balls remaining to win their maiden World T20 title.

India women chase down Australia's 141 in Adelaide, the highest target chased against the hosts.

Captain Mithali Raj stars as India beat England by six wickets on the fourth day of the Women's Test at Wormsley.

Two-time defending champions Australia powered to a six-wicket win over old foes England on Sunday.

Taylor scored an unbeaten 44 and pacer Anya Shrubsole bowled a miserly spell to help former champions England maul South Africa by nine wickets in the second women's semi-final at the World Twenty20 here on Friday and set up a final clash against Australia.

The West Indies women's team missed out on a spot in the final of the Twenty20 World Cup when they went down by eight runs to defending champions Australia in the first

Indian women's team produced a listless batting performance as they suffered a five-wicket loss at the hands of England to slump to their second consecutive defeat in the Women's World Twenty20 on Wednesday.

An under-prepared Indian women's team would look to begin its World Twenty20 campaign on a positive note when they take on Sri Lanka in a Group B league match on Monday.

England recall Kent's Tammy Beaumont and Somerset's Fran Wilson for next month's Women's World Twenty20.

Mithali Raj will lead India in the upcoming ICC Women's World Twenty20 to be played in Bangladesh from March 23 to April 6.

The Indian women's cricket team lifted the inaugural Asian Cricket Council's Twenty20 Asia Cup after beating arch-rivals Pakistan by 18 runs.

England women defeated India by three wickets in the fourth ODI to level the five-match series 2-2. Having lost the first 2 ODIs, English women won back to back matches.

Indian women's hopes of clinching the series in the third ODI were dashed as hosts England pulled one back with a three wicket victory, on Thursday.

Goswami bowls India to 14-run win over EngJhulan Goswami wreaked havoc as Indian eves beat England by 14 runs in a low-scoring second ODI, on Wednesday to take 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

England's women beat India by eight wickets at Chelmsford to win their Twenty20 series 2-0 on Thursday.

Goswami helps India beat New ZealandJhulan Goswami led from the front to help India beat New Zealand women by three wickets to finish third in the NatWest Women's T20 Quadrangular Series.

The Southern Stars have suffered a 16-run loss to England in the final of the Twenty20 quadrangular series at the Rose Bowl on Monday night.

It was Mithali's unbeaten 51 that laid the foundation of India women's 15-run victory over West Indies in the third Twenty20 match and clinch the three-match series.

India's Mithali Raj continues to dominate the ICC rankings chart, while West Indian Stafanie Taylor rises to second spot in the table with a consistent all-round performance.

A vital knock of 47 by lower-order batsman Amita Sharma and a disciplined performance by the bowlers helped Indian women beat West Indies by 57 runs in the final ODI and clinch the series 3-2.

India eves survived a late burst from Mohammed and Selmaneked to carve out a 10-run victory over West Indies in the second one-day international.

England defeated Australia by seven wickets to win the third and final women's one-day international at the WACA Ground in Perth on Sunday.

Indian players retained their numero uno status in the ICC ODI women's rankings with Mithali Raj leading the batting chart and Jhulan Goswami heading the bowling list.

Ellyse Perry took three wickets and held her nerve in a tense last over as Australia beat New Zealand by just three runs in a thrilling women's World Twenty20 final.

Sara McGlashan saw New Zealand into the final of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 against arch-rivals Australia as her superb innings of 84 set up a 56-run over the West Indies here on Friday.

The West Indies women's team is on a mission to lift the spirits of Caribbean cricket fans following the exit of their male peers from the ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 tournament.

Australia captain Alex Blackwell led from the front as her side advanced into the Women's World Twenty20 final with a seven-wicket win over India on Thursday.

West Indies women's all-rounder Stafanie Taylor has issued a rallying cry around the Caribbean for cricket fans to come out in force to support their team in Friday's crucial semi-final showdown with New Zealand in St Lucia.

Indian skipper Jhulan Goswami is confident of stopping the Australian juggernaut when they clash in the first semi-finals of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 at the Beausejour Cricket Ground on Thursday.

India defeated Sri Lanka to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament on the last day of fixtures at Warner Park while New Zealand rounded off its group stage of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 with a comfortable victory over Pakistan earlier in the day.

New Zealand pace bowler Nicola Browne led her side's rout of the Pakistan team in the sides' final game of Group B in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 to secure the team top place in the pool.

England secured its first and only victory of the tournament today when it beat South Africa by 56 runs in the first fixture of the day at Warner Park.

Australia secured its place at the top of Group A in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 2010 as it defeated host and fellow semi-final qualifier West Indies in front of a crowd of over 4000 spectators at Warner Park in St Kitts.

New Zealand's women booked their place in the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 with a comprehensive 47-run victory over Sri Lanka at Basseterre.

Jhulan Goswami's India have put its campaign at the ICC World Twenty20 2010 back on track after defeating Pakistan by nine wickets in a one side affair.

The West Indies sealed its place in the semi-finals after defeating reigning champion England by just two runs.

Australia women has moved closer to securing a place in the semi-finals of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 after victory over South Africa at Warner Park.

Sri Lanka Women secured a dramatic one-run win over Pakistan Women in a thrilling match at the ICC World Twenty20 on Thursday in St Kitts.

Mithali Raj's 36-ball 44 and Diana David's four-wicket haul went in vain as India suffered a 11-run loss against New Zealand in their Group B opener of the Women's ICC World Twenty20.

Australia defeated current ICC World Twenty20 champions, England, courtesy of its greater number of sixes hit after the first Super Over eliminator of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 failed to decide the victor of the game at Warner Park.

Deandra Dottin led from the front with the first ever century by a woman in Twenty20 cricket to give West Indies victory in the opening match of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 2010 in St Kitts.

The host nation rounded off the warm-up stage of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 2010 on a positive note securing victory against last year's ICC World Twenty20 runners-up New Zealand.

New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England started off the warm-up period of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 with victories in St Kitts today (Sunday).

The New Zealand selectors have announced a 14-player squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies starting in May 2010.

England women got the better of their Indian counterparts by two wickets off the last ball in the first T20 International at the MCA's Bandra-Kurla Complex ground here on Thursday.

Captain Jhulan Goswami and Gouhar Sultana grabbed three wickets each as Indian women thumped world champs England by 35 runs in the first One-dayer