Browsing: Women

Indian women’s cricketers have continued to expand their footprint in overseas franchise cricket in 2026, with players featuring in the Women’s Big Bash League, The Hundred and the Women’s Caribbean Premier League. While the numbers remain modest compared with India’s growing domestic ecosystem, the performances of Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey and Yastika Bhatia…

For decades, professional cricket operated on a simple, unforgiving assumption: once a woman became a mother, her international career was effectively over. That assumption has been challenged by women who returned to nets, tours, World Cups and captaincy after childbirth, or who built remarkable careers while raising children. From Enid Bakewell’s pioneering 1968–69 Test debut…

The women’s domestic cricket season has been going on, and in the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy in Pune, the Delhi Women’s Cricket Team has broken a record against the Hyderabad Team. They have now become the team to score the highest team total in domestic T20s at MCA Ground 2, Gahunje, Pune. This is a…

The ongoing series between India Women and Zimbabwe Women sets up an intriguing contest of experience and grit as the action continues at the BCA Stadium in Kotambi, Vadodara. Led by Smriti Mandhana, the Indian side boasts deep batting firepower and a disciplined bowling attack, backed by seasoned stars like Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma…

Umpires may receive less attention than players, but they are essential to cricket. Women now officiate in domestic competitions, men’s international matches and major women’s tournaments. Their journeys include setbacks, career changes and landmark appointments. This list ranks ten officials by the significance and range of their achievements, not by an official ranking. It is…

The Indian women’s team has scripted a remarkable landmark year in 2026 in Women’s T20Is, registering their 17th win of the calendar year with a commanding nine-wicket victory over Josephine Nkomo’s Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Raipur on 18th October.

Sweden Women won the 2026/27 ECA Women’s European Cup after defeating Austria Women by 64 runs in the final at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County, on October 18, 2026. Austria won the toss and chose to field, giving Sweden the first chance to put runs on the board. Sweden finished their 20 overs at…

The standings currently paint a contrasting picture as Pakistan U19 and Bangladesh U19 prepare to clash at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad. Bangladesh Under-19 Women sit comfortably at the top of the table with 4 points from 4 matches and a healthy net run rate of +0.439, courtesy of two wins and two losses. On…

The Australia Women’s National Cricket Team is all set to return to Sri Lanka for a bilateral ODI series for the first time in more than a decade. Australia’s three-match tour of Sri Lanka will take place in December 2026, with all matches scheduled to be played in Dambulla.