England collapse in Women's Ashes as Australia clinch series win
England's hopes of drawing the Women's Ashes were emphatically ended with Heather Knight's side rolled for just 129 in the second ODI as Australia secured a series-clinching victory.
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Women's Ashes: Beth Mooney, Darcie Brown Star As Australia Beat England In 1st ODI To Retain Urn
Beth Mooney's 73-run knock was followed up by Darcie Brown's four-wicket haul to help Australia defeat England by 27 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Thursday. With this win, Australia have taken an 8-4 lead in the Women's Ashes and, as a result, have retained the urn. Chasing 206, England got off to a bad start as Tammy Beaumont (3) and Heather Knight (0) were sent back to the pavilion by Darcie Brown in the fourth over of the innings, reducing the visitors to 10/2. Nat Sciver then added 29 runs to the total along with Lauren Winfield Hill. However, this stand was broken in the 11th over by Megan Schutt as she got the better of Winfield Hill (13) and England was reduced to 39/3.
ICC Women's ODI Rankings: Mithali Raj Rises To Second Spot, Alyssa Healy Leads Batting List
West Indies all-rounder Hayley Matthews has progressed four places to 11th position in the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings after a fine show in the first two matches of their four match-series against South Africa. Matthews, who grabbed two wickets each in both matches, is the highest-ranked bowler from the West Indies with other off-spinner Anisa Mohammed in 25th place and Shakera Selman 26th. Seam bowler Shamilia Connell has moved up nine slots to 29th after taking three wickets in the two matches. South Africa captain Sune Luus has advanced seven places to joint-34th among bowlers and is up two places to 44th in the batting list, which is now led by Alyssa Healy with Mithali Raj in second place after Lizelle Lee dropped two places to third. Lee, ICC's Women's ODI Player of the Year in 2021, is out of the series due to COVID-19.
Watch: Shikha Pandey's "Ball Of The Century" Sends Twitter Into A Frenzy
India bowler Shikha Pandey bowled a sensational delivery in the second T20I against Australia at the Carrara Oval on Saturday to send Alyssa Healy back to the pavilion. Having set Australia a target of 119 to chase, Shikha opened the bowling for the Indian women's cricket team and dismissed opener Healy on the second ball of the innings. The 32-year-old Indian bowler produced an incredible amount of movement that deceived Healy, who could only watch as it dislodged the bails from the stumps behind her.
Cricket-England fight back in Ashes test before rain plays dampener
(Reuters) - England captain Heather Knight's unbeaten 168 early strikes from Katherine Brunt revived the visitors against Australia before rain allowed just a session's play on the third day of the one-off women's Ashes test in Canberra on Saturday.
England fight back in rain-hit Ashes Test thanks to Heather Knight heroics
A career-best 168 not out from Heather Knight and two quick wickets from Katherine Brunt brought England back into the women’s Ashes Test against Australia on a rain-affected third day in Canberra.
England fight back in Ashes test before rain plays dampener
England captain Heather Knight's unbeaten 168 early strikes from Katherine Brunt revived the visitors against Australia before rain allowed just a session's play on the third day of the one-off women's Ashes test in Canberra on Saturday.
Ashleigh Gardner and Mitchell Starc claim the the biggest awards in Australian cricket
Ashleigh Gardner's new-found maturity has paved the way for her to become the first Indigenous player to claim one of Australian cricket's top honours.