Archive for the 'Women's Cricket' Category

Isa Guha wants IPL for women

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

England women’s pacer Isa Guha in an exclusive chat with espnstar.com recalls bowling to Sachin Tendulkar.
By Rajarshi Gupta
Eight years after her debut for England, 24 year-old Isa Guha is today a force to reckon with in women’s cricket. She has been a major cog in the team’s success at the international level and despite her [...]

England eves clinch Twenty20 series

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

England women clinched the three-match Twenty20 series against India by beating the hosts in the decider on Monday.
They won by five wickets with four balls to spare at the MCA’s Bandra-Kurla Complex ground.
With the series locked 1-1 after India won the second game to draw level with the reigning world T20 champions, who clinched the [...]

England women win T20 game against India off last ball

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

England’s women scrambled two runs off the final ball to pull off a thrilling win in the first of three Twenty20 matches against India in Mumbai.
Needing one run to secure a draw, Nicky Shaw held her nerve to hit two runs and help England scrape home on 126-8.
Charlotte Edwards began England’s chase with 28 and [...]

England prevail in low-scoring thriller

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

With England needing six runs off the last over, with four wickets in hand, it looked like an easy win for the visitors in the first Twenty20 in Mumbai. But four balls later they needed two with two wickets in hand. A dot ball off the fifth meant two from the final ball. Nicky Shaw [...]

Goswami reclaims number-one spot

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

India captain Jhulan Goswami has reclaimed the number-one bowling spot in the ICC Women’s ODI Rankings for bowlers.
Goswami took 11 wickets in the series, including 3-16 in the series opener in Bangalore, which has helped her leapfrog the Australia duo of Shelley Nitschke and Lisa Sthalekar. Seven months ago, Goswami had surrendered her number-one position [...]

Goswami to lead Twenty20 squad against England

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The all-India senior selection committee has named the squad for India Women’s Twenty20 series against England, as well as the 30 probables for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 in the West Indies in April and May.
The three Twenty20 internationals against England will be played at the MCA recreation centre in Mumbai on March 4, 6 [...]

England name uncapped pair in women’s Twenty20 squad

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Uncapped Lauren Griffith and Susie Rowe have been named in England’s 20-strong provisional squad for May’s women’s ICC World Twenty20 in the Caribbean.
Cheshire wicketkeeper Griffith, 23, and Kent all-rounder Rowe, 22, are the only new players in the party that will be cut to 14 by 19 March.
England begin the defence of their title against [...]

England women announce World Twenty20 squad

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

The England women’s selectors today named a provisional 20-strong squad for the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean which start in May.
England are currently on tour in India, where they have been beaten 3-2 in the ODI series which precedes a three-match Twenty20 series. Yet they will go to the Caribbean as defending champions and much [...]

Dominant Mithali Raj gives India series

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Mithali Raj’s third consecutive half-century gave India an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series against England in Visakhapatnam. She scored 84 in an attractive stroke-filled innings to give India a convincing five-wicket win.
For a second game in a row, India had to chase a below-par total. Raj came to the crease in the fifth [...]

England women lose fourth one-dayer as India win series

Friday, February 26th, 2010

England’s women fell to a five-wicket defeat to India in Visakhapatnam as the hosts took an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match one-day series. Read more
Courtesy : news.bbc.co.uk

Two changes in women’s squad

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Wicketkeeper Sulakshana Naik and all-rounder Diana David were named in the Indian women’s team for the remaining three ODIs against England.
Naik and David have replaced Nooshin-Al-Khadeer and M D Thirushkamini in the 14-member squad, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement.
The five-match series is currently tied 1-1 and the next two one-dayers are scheduled [...]

India pick Naik and David for remaining ODIs

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

India have called up Sulakshana Naik and Diana David for the remaining ODIs against England, to replace Nooshin Al Khadeer and Thirush Kamini in the squad of 14.
While wicketkeeper Naik last featured in the semi-final of the Women’s World Twenty20 against New Zealand in June last year, David makes her return to the national fold [...]