Australia Women (Nitschke 44, Poulton 39, Ismail 3-30) 155 beat South Africa Women (Preez* 53, Nitschke2-21) 131 for 7 by 24 runs… Australia’s women’s cricket team has secured a spot in the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 after a comfortable 24-run win over South Africa in St Kitts. All-r…

New Zealand Women 139 for 8 (Bates 32, David 4-27) beat India Women 129 for 8 (Raj 44) by 10 runs… Diana David starred with the ball and Mithali Raj the bat but they could prevent India women slipping to a 10-run defeat in the opening ICC World Twenty20 clash against New Zealand in St [...]

Sri Lanka Women 108 (Galagedara 25, Mir 2-12, Dar 2-10) beat Pakistan Women 107 (Maroof 42, Kaushalya 2-30) by 1 run… Sri Lanka held their nerves and pulled the carpet from under Pakistan’s feet to prevail by one run in a nail-biter in their ICC Women’s World Twenty20 encounter at Warner Park. Chasing an und…

Australia 104 tied with England 104 (Australia won the one-over eliminator) … England women suffered an agonising defeat to Australia as the defence of their ICC World Twenty20 crown got under way in thrilling fashion in St Kitts. The defending champions lost by virtue of hitting fewer sixes, the match having been tied …

West Indies Women 175 for 5 (Dottin 112*) beat South Africa Women 158 for 4 (Fritz 58, Britz 43) by 17 runs… Deandra Dottin became the first woman to score a Twenty20 century, as her whirlwind unbeaten 112 off 45 balls helped West Indies open their account in the ICC World Twenty20 at Warner Park. [...]

England 86 for 4 (Claire Taylor 39*) beat New Zealand 85 (Brunt 3-6) by six wickets England made it two final victories against New Zealand in a row as they added the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 title to their 50-over World Cup crown. The tournament hosts, who beat the White Ferns by four wickets in [...]

England 165 for 2 (Taylor 76*, Morgan 46*) beat Australia 163 for 5 (Poulton 39, Rolton 38) by eight wickets… A remarkable innings from Claire Taylor secured England’s place in the final of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 as they prevailed from an engrossing run chase against Australia at The Oval. Taylor, the 2009 W…

New Zealand 145 for 5 (Watkins 89*) beat India 93 for 9 (Ruck 2-18, Satterthwaite 2-20) by 52 runs… New Zealand made it to their second World Cup final in three months with an emphatic win against India, who struggled while chasing an imposing target at Trent Bridge. Aimee Watkins, the New Zealand captain, played [...]<…

Australia Women won by 24 runs… Australia women remained on course for a semi-final meeting with England in ICC World Twenty20 with a hard-fought 24-run win over South Africa in their final Group A game, in Taunton. Victory sees Australia finish second in the group behind New Zealand, and with England looking likely to …

India Women won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) Mithali Raj drove India into the semi-finals after her fellow batters made heavy weather of the chase against Sri Lanka in a low-scoring encounter. Sri Lanka reached 94 for 5 from a rain-reduced 18 overs, but India was stumbling in reply before player of the [...]