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Watch: Team Faces 5-Run Penalty After Player Catches Ball With Towel

Sydney Sixers defeated Brisbane Heat by six wickets in their previous Women's Big Bash League match on Tuesday. Asked to bat first, Brisbane posted a total of 176/7 in 20 overs, where Amelia Kerr top-scored with 64 runs. Later, this target turned out to be below-par as the Sixers chased it down with one ball to spare. However, this thrilling encounter also had a controversial moment when Brisbane were charged with five runs of penalty after Amelia grabbed the ball with a towel in her hand.

Alyssa Healy Puts Hand Up For Australian Cricket Captaincy

Alyssa Healy is keen to take over from Meg Lanning as Australian cricket captain, with the star wicketkeeper-batter saying she would "100 percent" put her hand up for the job. Lanning retired from the international game last week after almost a decade in charge, leading Australia to four Twenty20 World Cup titles, one 50-over World Cup triumph and a Commonwealth Games gold. Healy, 33, is considered the frontrunner to take the reins, having filled in over the past 12 months while Lanning took time away from the game.

Aussies On Rankings March As Players Earn New Career-High Ratings

Australia's dominant ODI series triumph over Ireland has seen a host of their stars rewarded on the latest ICC Women's Player Rankings. The reigning ICC Women's Cricket World Cup champions showed they remain one of the best one-day sides in the world as they cruised to a 2-0 series victory over Ireland in Dublin and it was star all-rounder Ash Gardner that once again led the way. Gardner was the joint leading wicket-taker during the series with four scalps and managed a score of 65 from her only innings and it meant the 26-year-old reached new career-high ratings in all three rankings categories.

Ireland suffer heavy defeat to Australia in one-day international

Australia beat Ireland by 153 runs after a classy batting display in a one-day international in Dublin.

Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues Make Substantial Gains In ODI Batters' Chart

India's Harleen Deol and Jemimah Rodrigues made substantial gains in the ICC women's player rankings for batters released on Tuesday, following their impressive performances in the recently-concluded series against Bangladesh. India and Bangladesh shared the honours after the third and final ODI of the series ended in a tie in controversial circumstances. The Player of the Match in final ODI, Deol advanced 32 places to reach 51st position while Rodrigues, who scored a match-winning 86 in the second ODI, is up by 41 places to reach 55th.

Australia retain Ashes after thrilling ODI victory

SOUTHAMPTON: England's Nat Sciver-Brunt struck a blistering century but was unable to prevent Australia from claiming a three-run victory in the second one-day international on Sunday (Jul 16), as the tourists retained the Ashes after taking an unassailable lead in the series.

Harmanpreet Kaur Back In Top-10 Of ICC Women's T20I Batting Rankings

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has regained her place in the top 10 of the latest ICC women's T20I batting rankings following her stellar show in the opening T20I of the three-match series against Bangladesh. Kaur's match-winning 54 not out off 35 balls while chasing 115 has lifted her four places to 10th position. Tahlia McGrath still leads the way with 784 rating points, closely followed by teammate Beth Mooney (777). Smriti Mandhana (728), Sophie Devine (683) and Bates (677) complete the top five.

Australia Take Control Of Women's Ashes Thanks To T20 Win

Australia took a dominant grip of the multi-format women's Ashes with a four-wicket victory in the first T20 of the series on Saturday. Beth Mooney's 61 not out steered the world T20 champions home with one ball to spare at Edgbaston chasing 154 to win. After winning the sole Test match of the series, the visitors now lead 6-0 on points with just 10 left to play for, courtesy of two points for a win in the two remaining T20 clashes and three one day internationals. Australia captain Alyssa Healy, who played despite managing two fractured fingers, won the toss and elected to field first.

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Watch: Team Faces 5-Run Penalty After Player Catches Ball With Towel

Alyssa Healy Puts Hand Up For Australian Cricket Captaincy

Aussies On Rankings March As Players Earn New Career-High Ratings

Ireland suffer heavy defeat to Australia in one-day international

Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues Make Substantial Gains In ODI Batters' Chart

Australia retain Ashes after thrilling ODI victory

Harmanpreet Kaur Back In Top-10 Of ICC Women's T20I Batting Rankings

Australia Take Control Of Women's Ashes Thanks To T20 Win