Taunton, June 1 (IANS) With the three-match T20I series deadlocked at 1-1, Tuesday’s blockbuster finale at the County Ground in Taunton is much more than a standard bilateral decider. For both India and England, this clash serves as the ultimate dress rehearsal and a vital psychological shot in the arm just weeks before the Women’s T20 World Cup kicks off later this month.While India took first blood with an authoritative 38-run win in Chelmsford, England’s resilient 26-run fightback in Bris…
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Karachi, May 15 (IANS) Fatima Sana rewrote the record books with a breathtaking display of power-hitting as the Pakistan captain smashed the fastest half-century in women’s T20 internationals during the third T20I against Zimbabwe in Karachi.The 24-year-old reached her fifty in just 15 balls, beating the previous record jointly held by Sophie Devine, Phoebe Litchfield and Richa Ghosh who all scored their fifties in 18 deliveries.Sana’s phenomenal innings also matched the record for the faste…
Dubai, April 28 (IANS) South Africa’s captain Laura Wolvaardt has achieved a new career-high rating in the latest ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings, following her recent outstanding performances against India. Wolvaardt excelled against the reigning ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup champions, delivering a superb century in the third match of the five-game series. She also contributed three half-centuries, ending with a total of 330 runs and earning the Player of the Series award as South Africa secu…
Johannesburg, April 26 (IANS) India’s World Cup champion Deepti Sharma said she always had belief in herself and trusted her hard work after delivering a match-winning all-round performance to help the team defeat South Africa by 14 runs in the fourth T20I played at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday.“First of all, you guys have so much belief in me, and I also have belief in myself that I’ll have to come back harder, because I know that the team really needs me. And if you don’t do well at that …
Johannesburg, April 26 (IANS) India rode on an all-round masterclass from Deepti Sharma to register a 14-run win over the South Africa in the fourth Women’s T20I in Johannesburg on Sunday. While the hosts still hold an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series, the Women in Blue managed to avoid a whitewashDeepti delivered a match-winning spell of 5/19 after contributing an unbeaten 36 with the bat, earning the Player of the Match honours. Earlier, useful knocks from Jemimah Rodrigues (43) …
Johannesburg, April 23 (IANS) Riding on a commanding century from skipper Laura Wolvaardt South Africa produced a record-breaking chase to outclass India by nine wickets in the third women’s T20I, here at The Wanderers Stadium on Thursday.With the win, the hosts took a 3-0 unassailable lead in the five-match series.Put in to bat after South Africa opted to field, India posted an imposing 192/4, their best batting effort of the series. The opening pair of Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma laid …
Johannesburg, April 22 (IANS) Explosive half-centuries from Shafali Verma and captain Harmanpreet Kaur propelled India to a mammoth 192/4, their highest-ever women’s T20I total against South Africa, in the third T20I at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Wednesday.In a clinical display of power-hitting, India’s batting unit finally found its rhythm to post a daunting target in what is a must-win clash for them to keep the series alive. Shafali laid the foundation with a brisk 64 off 46…
Durban, April 19 (IANS) Chloe Tryon and Tumi Sekhukhune picked three wickets each while skipper Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus struck commanding half-centuries each as a clinical South Africa Women thrashed a sloppy India by eight wickets and secure a 2-0 lead in the five-match series at Kingsmead on Sunday.From a position of relative comfort at 99/3, India lost their way as the last seven wickets fell for just 33 runs to end at a below-par 147. Shafali Verma, playing her 100th T20I game, hit 57 …
Durban, April 19 (IANS) A sensational half-century by opener Shafali Verma in her 100th T20I game was offset by a dramatic batting collapse as India were bundled out for a modest 147 in exactly 20 overs against South Africa in the second T20I at the Kingsmead on Sunday. From a position of relative comfort at 99/3, India lost their last seven wickets for just 33 runs to end at a below-par total. Their batting implosion handed the momentum back to the Proteas, who now require 148 runs to win and t…
Durban, April 17 (IANS) Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur excelled by hitting 47 and sharing a solid 71-run partnership with Jemimah Rodrigues, but a late batting collapse meant India managed to post only 157/7 in their 20 overs against South Africa in the women’s T20I series opener at the Kingsmead Stadium on Friday.Sent into batting first on a very dry pitch, India got off to a flier thanks to Shafali Verma’s 20-ball 34, but the Proteas clawed back in the back end (including conceding 10 runs off t…