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Jhulan Goswami becomes joint leading wicket-taker in Women's Cricket World Cup history
Veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami on Thursday became the joint leading wicket-taker in the history of ICC Women's World Cups. Jhulan, through her figures of 1/41 against New Zealand at Seddon Park, equalled the tally of 39 wickets taken by Lyn Fullston of Australia from 1982 to 1988. India will be hoping that Jhulan's contribution will not go in vain as they try to chase 261 and bag two crucial points in the World Cup.
Women's World Cup: Pooja Vastrakar leads India's fightback as New Zealand make 260/9
Pace all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar led a late fightback of India with the ball as New Zealand finished their innings at 260/9 in 50 overs in the eighth match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at Seddon Park on Thursday. At one stage, New Zealand were 222/4 in 42 overs and looked set for a tall score.
Kapil Dev sent a small hand-written note congratulating me for crossing him: Ashwin
Ace India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin revealed that former captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev had sent a small hand-written note and bouquet for surpassing his tally of 434 Test wickets. On Sunday, Ashwin went past Kapil Dev's 434 wickets to become the second highest wicket-taker for India in Test cricket. While Kapil Dev managed the feat in 131 Tests, Ashwin reached the mark in his 85th Test.
Jadeja becomes world's number one all-rounder in latest ICC Test rankings
India's Ravindra Jadeja on Wednesday became the top-ranked all-rounder in the latest ICC Test rankings. Jadeja's Player of the Match performance, where he made a career-best, unbeaten 175 with the bat and had a match haul of 9/87 in India's win by an innings and 222 runs against Sri Lanka in Mohali was enough to catapult him to the pole position.
Rahane shares images of nostalgic trip to his school and first cricket ground
India cricketer Ajinkya Rahane took a trip down memory lane when he visited his alma mater SV Joshi High School in Dombivli, Mumbai reminiscing memories spent at the school. The 33-year-old batsman, who led the Indian team to the historic Test series triumph in Australia last year, took to social media on Wednesday and posted a video of his visit to the school. "There's something about visiting your roots that keeps you grounded. Was at Dombivli with my family and irrespective of how the place changes, it holds the same place in my heart!" he captioned it.
Women's World Cup: Will use information from ODIs vs India to our benefit, says Amy
New Zealand vice-captain Amy Satterthwaite stated that her team will use the information from the ODI series against India to their advantage. After suffering a shocking three-run loss to the West Indies in their start to the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, New Zealand bounced back with a nine-wicket thrashing of Bangladesh.
Women's World Cup: India seek middle-order gains against familiar foes New Zealand (preview)
After making a winning start to their campaign in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup with a 107-run win over Pakistan, India will be seeking middle-order gains when they face New Zealand on Thursday at Seddon Park. The Mithali Raj-led side know Sophie Devine & Co. very well, after all the two teams faced each other in five ODIs at Queenstown in February, where New Zealand won 4-1.
Women's World Cup: West Indies shine as defending champs England suffer another loss
West Indies wicketkeeper-batter Shemaine Campbelle's 80-ball 66, followed by an all-round bowling performance helped the Stafanie Taylor-led team defeat defending champions England by seven runs to notch their second win in the ICC Women's World Cup at the University Oval here on Wednesday.
Shafique, Imam hit tons on final day as first Test between Pakistan and Australia ends in a draw
Openers Abdullah Shafique (136 not out) and Imam-ul-Haq (111 not out) dominated visitors bowlers and smashed unbeaten centuries on Day 5 as the first Test of the three match series between Pakistan and Australia ended in a draw, here on Tuesday.
1st Test, Day 3: Khawaja, Warner and Labuschagne fifties take Australia to 271-2 at stumps
Half-centuries by Usman Khawaja (97), David Warner (68) and Marnus Labuschagne (69 not out) took Australia to 271-2 at stumps on Day 3 and helped reduce the deficit in their first innings of the first Test, here on Sunday. Australia were 205 runs behind Pakistan's first innings total when the stumps were drawn with Labuschagne and Steven Smith (24 not out) at the crease.
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