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Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu (4-42) produced a stunning four-wicket spell in the death overs to seal a heart-stopping seven-run win over Bangladesh in a match that went down to the final delivery in the […]

England dug in for a four-run victory over India to clinch a semifinal spot at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup on Sunday, leaving the tournament co-hosts in a five-way contest for the remaining place […]

New Zealand’s Women’s Cricket World Cup clash against Pakistan was abandoned due to rain at the R Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo on Saturday. The result meant that both teams shared the points, confirming South […]

South Africa moved up to second in the Women’s World Cup table with a comprehensive 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a rain-shortened game in Colombo. Set a Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) adjusted target of 121 to […]

Pakistan came agonisingly close to their first one-day international win against England in Colombo on Wednesday, reaching 34 without loss in pursuit of a DLS-adjusted target of 113 before torrential downpours curtailed their hopes of […]

Sri Lanka’s hopes of pushing for their first win of the Women’s Cricket World Cup were thwarted by the rain with New Zealand unable to begin a run chase in the abandoned game in Colombo. […]

South Africa’s Women’s World Cup resurgence continued as they beat Bangladesh by three wickets in a nail-biter – with Nadine de Klerk hitting the winning six for the second match in a row. De Klerk […]

Skipper Alyssa Healy unfurled a hundred touched with genius and grit as Australia achieved the highest-ever successful run chase in women’s ODI to register a three-wicket win over India in their World Cup match in […]