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Women's T20 World Cup: India beat West Indies as Deepti reaches record milestone
Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh combined for a decisive partnership worth 73 runs to put India within touching distance of victory, while spinner Deepti Sharma made history in the game by taking 3/15 and becoming the first Indian to reach 100 wickets in T20 internationals, according to ICC.
Women's T20 World Cup: Mandhana set to make India return against West Indies
The team is likely to get a big boost in the batting department with star batter Smriti Mandhana set to return to the lineup. India bowling coach Troy Cooley is hopeful Smriti Mandhana will be fit to make her first appearance at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 on Wednesday. The 26-year-old sat out India's opening group match, a seven-wicket win over arch-rival Pakistan, due to a finger injury.
Extremely unfortunate to see Pakistan players missing out on WPL, says ex-Pakistan captain Urooj Mumtaz
The inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) player auction in Mumbai on Monday saw 87 players picked up by five teams, out of which 30 were overseas cricketers, with INR 59.5 crore overall money spent in the auction. "It is extremely unfortunate to see Pakistan players missing out. Every opportunity must be fair and inclusive, and all opportunities are steps towards collectively.
Women's Premier League player auction promises start of something big for women's cricket in India
It's quite understandable because the inaugural WPL player auction at the ballroom of the Jio Convention Centre in Mumbai on February 13 will turn out to be a life-changing day for many Indian women cricketers and overseas as well. In the WPL Player Auction, a total of 409 players will go under the hammer with 246 of them being Indian cricketers and 163 being overseas players.
Women's T20 World Cup: India are not that far away from winning a big one, says Ravi Shastri
"I've always said the biggest thing that's going to happen in women's cricket, and the women's team is (not) that far away. I've kept saying it for the last six, eight months (India's women's team) are not that far away from winning a big one. They've threatened, they've reached finals, they've lost some close games, but they're there," said Shastri in the latest episode of the ICC Review show.
Women's T20 World Cup: England cannot afford another slow start, says skipper Heather Knight
The 2009 champions England lost the opening match of the previous edition of this tournament in 2020 before recovering to reach the semi-finals. They also suffered three defeats at the start of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 before bouncing back to reach the final.
There is lot of anticipation for this Women's T20 World Cup in India: Mithali Raj
The eighth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup will be held from February 10-26 in South Africa. India, the runners-up of 2020 Women's T20 World Cup, will open their Group B campaign in the tournament against arch-rivals Pakistan on February 12 at Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town.
Women's T20 World Cup: South Africa beat Pakistan, West Indies get better of Sri Lanka in warm-ups
For Pakistan, all-rounder Aliya Riaz was the star of the show making 48 from 30 balls as her side set hosts South Africa 143 to win. Lower-order batter Ayesha Naseem provided useful runs late on as she scored 21 runs from 12 balls before she was dismissed by Ayabonga Khaka, who took two for 23, while spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba took one for 16 from her four overs.
ICC, UNICEF call for gender equity on eve of Women's T20 World Cup
The latest phase of the partnership -- which was launched in October 2022 -- mobilizes the power of cricket to drive positive social change and to encourage girls and women to play and be empowered by cricket. Sports are a great leveler in society by bringing girls and boys together, whilst promoting leadership and respect.
Women's T20 World Cup: Ireland stun Australia, England beat New Zealand in warm-up games
Australia had set Ireland 169 to win at the University Ground, with a trio of players in the runs as they ended up at 168/3 in 20 overs. Alyssa Healy (62 off 40 balls) got some runs under her belt, though she lost opening partner Beth Mooney first ball, who was cleaned up by Orla Prendergast.
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