Women's Cricket

The West Indies women's team is on a mission to lift the spirits of Caribbean cricket fans following the exit of their male peers from the ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 tournament.

Australia captain Alex Blackwell led from the front as her side advanced into the Women's World Twenty20 final with a seven-wicket win over India on Thursday.

West Indies women's all-rounder Stafanie Taylor has issued a rallying cry around the Caribbean for cricket fans to come out in force to support their team in Friday's crucial semi-final showdown with New Zealand in St Lucia.

Indian skipper Jhulan Goswami is confident of stopping the Australian juggernaut when they clash in the first semi-finals of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 at the Beausejour Cricket Ground on Thursday.

India defeated Sri Lanka to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament on the last day of fixtures at Warner Park while New Zealand rounded off its group stage of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 with a comfortable victory over Pakistan earlier in the day.

New Zealand pace bowler Nicola Browne led her side's rout of the Pakistan team in the sides' final game of Group B in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 to secure the team top place in the pool.

England secured its first and only victory of the tournament today when it beat South Africa by 56 runs in the first fixture of the day at Warner Park.

Australia secured its place at the top of Group A in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 2010 as it defeated host and fellow semi-final qualifier West Indies in front of a crowd of over 4000 spectators at Warner Park in St Kitts.

New Zealand's women booked their place in the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 with a comprehensive 47-run victory over Sri Lanka at Basseterre.

Jhulan Goswami's India have put its campaign at the ICC World Twenty20 2010 back on track after defeating Pakistan by nine wickets in a one side affair.

The West Indies sealed its place in the semi-finals after defeating reigning champion England by just two runs.

Australia women has moved closer to securing a place in the semi-finals of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 after victory over South Africa at Warner Park.

Sri Lanka Women secured a dramatic one-run win over Pakistan Women in a thrilling match at the ICC World Twenty20 on Thursday in St Kitts.

Mithali Raj's 36-ball 44 and Diana David's four-wicket haul went in vain as India suffered a 11-run loss against New Zealand in their Group B opener of the Women's ICC World Twenty20.

Australia defeated current ICC World Twenty20 champions, England, courtesy of its greater number of sixes hit after the first Super Over eliminator of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 failed to decide the victor of the game at Warner Park.

Deandra Dottin led from the front with the first ever century by a woman in Twenty20 cricket to give West Indies victory in the opening match of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 2010 in St Kitts.

The host nation rounded off the warm-up stage of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 2010 on a positive note securing victory against last year's ICC World Twenty20 runners-up New Zealand.

New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England started off the warm-up period of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 with victories in St Kitts today (Sunday).

The New Zealand selectors have announced a 14-player squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies starting in May 2010.

England women got the better of their Indian counterparts by two wickets off the last ball in the first T20 International at the MCA's Bandra-Kurla Complex ground here on Thursday.

Captain Jhulan Goswami and Gouhar Sultana grabbed three wickets each as Indian women thumped world champs England by 35 runs in the first One-dayer

Pace spearhead Jhulan Goswami will lead a 14-member Indian women's cricket squad in the first two One-dayers of a five-match series against England.

West Indies women prepare to host world champion England this week in a series featuring three ODIs which will be followed by three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).

A good final over from Stacy-Ann King took West Indies women to a thrilling two-run win over South Africa and with it a 3-0 sweep of the hosts in Paarl.

A career-best bowling performance by the offspinner Anisa Mohammed helped West Indies women take the Twenty20 series in amazing fashion in Cape Town.

South Africa women are full of confidence going into the first Twenty20 International at Boland Park on Sunday, having clinched the ODI series, but all-rounder stays cautious.

England held their nerve for the second time in three days to win another last-ball thriller at Wormsley and took a 4-0 lead against Australia.

Laura Marsh's two runs off the last ball saw England women beat Australia women by two wickets to win the third One-Day International and take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match ODI series.

England's women added the World Twenty20 title to their World Cup crown with a convincing six-wicket win over New Zealand at Lord's on Sunday.