New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Annabel Sutherland has been rested from Australia’s upcoming white-ball tour of the Caribbean, while young pacer Lucy Hamilton is likely to make her T20I debut after being named in the 15-member squad. The tour will also see new captain Sophie Molineux return to the side after recovering from a back injury.The Australian side will play six limited-overs matches beginning March 19. The series opens with three T20 Internationals, which will serve as key preparation ahe…
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London, March 6 (IANS) England Women’s cricket team have relocated their pre-season training camp from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Pretoria in South Africa due to escalating tensions in the Middle East following recent military developments in the Gulf region.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had originally planned for the squad to travel to the UAE earlier this week. However, the trip was cancelled after the security situation in the region deteriorated following US-Israeli air st…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has appointed former Australian cricketer Jamie Siddons as head coach of the senior women’s team, the board announced on Thursday. Siddons previously coached the Bangladesh senior men’s team from 2007 to 2011.Sri Lanka were previously coached by former men’s player Rumesh Ratnayake. “His one-year appointment will come into effect on 16 March 2026. His first assignment will be Sri Lanka Women’s Tour of Bangladesh, scheduled to take place in …
Wellington, Feb 20 (IANS) Uncapped duo Kayley Knight and Nensi Patel are in line to make their international debut after being named in the New Zealand Women squad for the white-ball series at home against Zimbabwe, NZC said on Friday. The series, starting February 24, marks the first instance of Zimbabwe and New Zealand playing a women’s international series comprising three T20Is and as many ODIs across Hamilton’s Seddon Park and Dunedin’s University of Otago Oval. Knight, who has previous…
Dubai, Feb 3 (IANS) After their unbeaten run at the recent ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier, Bangladesh’s players gained big on the latest ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings. Bangladesh won through to this year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in style during the recent Qualifier tournament in Nepal as they registered victories in all seven matches they contested at the event.Bangladesh received strong performances from a variety of sources, with hard-hitter Sobhana Mostary, skipper Nigar Sultana Jo…
Johannesburg, Jan 29 (IANS) South Africa have handed a maiden T20I call-up to former under-19 captain Kayla Reyneke as they announced their squads for the women’s white-ball series against Pakistan set to happen from February 10 to March 1. Kayla, 20, represents Western Province in domestic cricket and captained South Africa to runners-up finish in the 2025 Women’s U19 T20 World Cup. She joins a T20I squad led by Laura Wolvaardt and featuring experienced campaigners Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Try…
Melbourne, Jan 29 (IANS) Sophie Molineux has been appointed captain of the Australian Women’s Team, taking the reins from Alyssa Healy who will retire from all formats in March, Cricket Australia said on Thursday.Having made her international debut in March 2018, the Molineux has been vital to Australia’s white-ball success. She was part of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup winning squads in 2018 and 2020. Over the last eight years, she has played three Tests, 17 ODIs and 38 T20Is for Australia….
London, Jan 13 (IANS) Former England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier passed away on Tuesday, aged 70.In October 2004, Collier was appointed as the second chief executive of the ECB, serving until 2014 when he announced his departure. During his tenure, the England men’s team won the Ashes four times, while the England women’s team secured the Ashes five times.During his time at the helm, the women’s team won both the ICC Women’s World Cup and the ICC Women’s T20 World…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Australia captain Alyssa Healy on Tuesday announced she will retire from all formats of cricket following the multi-format home series against India, which concludes with the Test match at Perth’s WACA Ground from March 6.Healy made the announcement on the Willow Talk podcast she co-hosts, drawing curtains on a 16-year international career. She has been part of seven World Cup wins (one ODI, six T20I) and a Commonwealth Games gold medal since making her debut in both whi…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 27 (IANS) India pacer Renuka Singh marked her return to T20I cricket in emphatic fashion, delivering a match-winning spell as India clinched the five-match series against Sri Lanka with a commanding eight-wicket victory in the third T20I here at the Greenfield International Stadium. Playing her first T20I in over a year, Renuka finished with outstanding figures of 4/21 from four overs, dismantling the Sri Lankan batting line-up and earning the Player of the Match award. T…