Lanning fires in final World Cup warm-up
Meg Lanning has found touch ahead of the World Cup, scoring a run-a-ball 87 as Australia reached a monster 321 in a warm-up clash against hosts New Zealand.
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Maxwell, Perry booked in for England's 100
Australian T20 World Cup winners Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis have both been retained by their English franchises for this season's second running of the controversial Hundred.
Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues among overseas players retained for 2022 Hundred
Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues were among the overseas players retained by their respective franchises for the 2022 edition of the women's Hundred. The three other Indian players -- Harmanpreet Kaur, Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma -- who were part of the last edition have been released by their franchises and will be available for selection by other teams. Rodrigues plays for the Northern Superchargers while Mandhana represents the Southern Brave in the 100-ball per innings match.
Maxwell and Du Plessis among overseas stars to sign up for Hundred
Glenn Maxwell and South Africa's Faf du Plessis were among several overseas stars announced Tuesday to have signed up for the 2022 edition of English cricket's the Hundred. The second season of the eight-team, 100 balls-per-side tournament will also feature some of the world's leading women's players in Australia's Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy, India's Smriti Mandhana and South Africa's Lizelle Lee.
The Hundred: Domestic and international stars retained for 2022 competition
The Hundred men's and women's teams have announced which players they have retained for the 2022 competition.
Mithali Raj stays at number 2 spot in ICC ODI women's rankings
Mithali Raj maintained her second spot in the ICC Women's ODI player rankings even as New Zealand batter Amy Satterthwaite moved up to number three after a splendid show in the series-opener against India. Raj made 59 off 73 balls in India's 62-run defeat in the first ODI of the five-match series in Queenstown. Satterthwaite, who smashed a 67-ball 63 and was involved in an important 98-run third wicket partnership with opener Suzie Bates, has overtaken Australia's Beth Mooney with a gain of 13 rating points.
Women's ODI Rankings: Mithali Raj Holds Onto 2nd spot, Smriti Mandhana Drops To 8th
New Zealand batter Amy Satterthwaite has moved up to number three in the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings after a fine effort in the opening match of their five-ODI series against India in Queenstown, less than three weeks ahead of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022. Satterthwaite, who smashed a 67 ball 63 and was involved in an important 98 run third-wicket partnership with opener Suzie Bates, has overtaken Australia's Beth Mooney with a gain of 13 rating points. She is now 15 rating points behind India captain Mithali Raj, who is second with 744 in the list led by Australia opener Alyssa Healy who has 749 rating points.
Wolvaardt returns to top 10 as Ismail, Khaka climb up ICC ODI rankings
Proteas women's batter Laura Wolvaardt has returned to the Top 10 of the ICC ODI batting rankings following South Africa's one-day series win against the West Indies.