India 159 for 5 (Shafali 55, Mandhana 47, Rodrigues 35, Rumana 3-27) beat Bangladesh 100 for 7 (Sultana 36, Fargana 30, Shafali 2-10, Deepti 2-13) by 59 runs A superb batting display from openers Shafali Verma – who also picked up two wickets – and Smriti Mandhana helped India bounce back from a loss to

Captain Jos Buttler declared himself fit for England’s T20 clash against Australia in Perth on Sunday, while he confirmed returning talisman Ben Stokes would bat in the top-order but Liam Livingstone remains touch-and-go for the World Cup Buttler has recovered from a nagging calf injury suffered during the Hundred and sidelined him from England’s stirring

Why did Harmanpreet Kaur go in to bat as low as No. 7? Why was Pooja Vastrakar, a finisher, sent up the order, in the 10th over, ahead of Richa Ghosh? Are India overdependent on Smriti Mandhana? Cricketing logic would suggest that these questions are perfectly legitimate, especially after losing to a team whose win-loss

Steven Smith knows he needs to show intent now that he’s been shed of the ‘Mr Fix it’ role. “Just having that more attacking mindset rather than when I was playing that kind of role,” Smith said on Thursday. “I was probably in a more defensive frame of mind and almost just trying to get

New Zealand allrounder Daryl Mitchell has been ruled out of the ongoing home tri-series against Bangladesh and Pakistan with a fractured finger and his participation in the T20 World Cup could be in doubt as well. Mitchell suffered the fracture when he got hit on the little finger of his right hand while batting in

Jonny Bairstow and Nat Sciver have been voted winners of the cinch Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) men’s and women’s Player of the Year awards, with Harry Brook and Freya Kemp being named as Young Players of the Year. Bairstow, who earlier this week was named by the Cricket Writers’ Club as the inaugural Bob Willis

Vijay Srinivasan, a co-founder of American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) – USA Cricket’s commercial partner and parent company of the forthcoming Major League Cricket (MLC) T20 competition – has told ESPNcricinfo of ACE and MLC’s concern regarding USA Cricket’s current perilous financial situation. USA Cricket’s debt has been an ongoing issue since the board suffered six-figure

Under pressure Marcus Stoinis has declared himself fit and ready for Australia’s opening T20I against England in Perth with the allrounder adamant Cameron Green‘s ascension is not proving a distraction. Stoinis on Thursday was recalled to Australia’s squad to play in the three-match series against England, while spin-bowling allrounder Ashton Agar has also returned from

New Zealand Women 111 for 4 (Amelia Kerr 49*, Fletcher 2-16) tied with West Indies Women 111 for 9 (Nation 23, Devine 3-29, Jess Kerr 2-13)New Zealand Women win Super Over Sophie Devine started and ended the Super Over with sixes as New Zealand hunted down 16 to seal the series and break West Indies’

Australia 146 for 7 (Finch 58, Wade 39*) beat West Indies 145 for 9 (Mayers 39, Hazlewood 3-35) by three wickets Matthew Wade continued his golden run as Australia’s finisher and Aaron Finch, batting at No. 4 for the first time in his international career, scored a welcome half-century to nurse Australia to an untidy