Proteas thrash West Indies in Tri-Series clash
With the T20 World Cup just around the corner, the Proteas have shown they will be a tough nut to crack at home after they demolished the West Indies in Tri-Series clash at Buffalo Park.
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Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma attain career-best T20 rankings
Both Mandhana and Deepti have moved to within striking distance of the top spot for batters and bowlers, respectively, after the latest weekly update. Mandhana, who has been a top-ranked batter in ODIs, moved up after scoring an unbeaten 51 off 25 balls, which guided her team to an eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the final of the Asia Cup in Sylhet, Bangladesh recently.
ICC Women's T20 Rankings: Deepti Sharma Leaps Into Top 3 Of Bowling Ranking
India's consistent all-rounder Deepti Sharma moved into the top three of the ICC T20I Women's bowler rankings on Tuesday after a string of impressive performances in the ongoing Asia Cup in Bangladesh. Sharma's spectacular few months continued as she vaulted into the top three of the Women's T20I Bowling Rankings, displacing West Indies' in-form star Hayley Matthews, South African pacer Shabnim Ismail, and Australia's Megan Schutt.
Women's ODI Rankings: Harmanpreet Kaur Moves Upto Fifth Place After Clean Sweep Against England
Riding on her stupendous show against England, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Tuesday jumped four spots to reach the fifth spot in the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings. She leads a bunch of India players who have made rapid gains in the rankings after the team's 3-0 sweep over England. Kaur smashed a match-winning 143 not out off 111 deliveries in the second match in Canterbury. Opener Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have also moved up in the latest update that considers performances in the last two matches of that series as well as the IWC series between the West Indies and New Zealand.
Harmanpreet Kaur moves up to fifth in ICC ODI rankings
She leads a bunch of India players who have made rapid gains in the rankings after the team's 3-0 sweep over England. Kaur smashed a match-winning 143 not out off 111 deliveries in the second match in Canterbury. Opener Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have also moved up in the latest update that considers performances in the last two matches of that series as well as the IWC series between the West Indies and New Zealand.
Hayley Matthews Joins Harmanpreet Kaur At Melbourne Renegades For WBBL
Melbourne Renegades announced on Wednesday that the West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews has signed with the club for the eighth season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). The 24-year-old has been a regular fixture in the Women's Big Bash League and will join the Renegades for WBBL08, after spending five of the past seven seasons in Hobart. Matthews has played 133 international matches and is one of the world's best all-rounders, sitting in the top five of the ICC's T20I and ODI rankings. It has been a big year for the hard-hitting top-order batter and off-spin bowler, who was appointed as the Windies' new skipper and led Barbados at the Commonwealth Games.
Smriti Mandhana 2nd Only To Rohit Sharma In Elite T20I List Of Indian Openers
Swashbuckling Indian batter Smriti Mandhana on Wednesday became the second opener of her country after Rohit Sharma to reach 2,000 runs in T20I cricket. Mandhana accomplished this landmark in her match against Barbados during the cricket tournament going on at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Though Mandhana's stint at the crease was cut short when she was trapped leg before wicket by Shanika Bruce for five off seven balls, she still ended her inning with this record under her belt.
CWG 2022: India beat Barbados to enter women's cricket semifinals
Barbados by 100 runs in the last, must-win Group A clash at Edgbaston on Wednesday night. Looking like serious contenders for a medal-their defeat to Australia in the opener notwithstanding, India, who scored 162-4 and then restricted Barbados to 62-8, recorded their second-biggest win in T20Is. They will now face the winner of the night game on Thursday between England and New Zealand in Group B, in the semifinals on Saturday. Apart from India, Australia were expectedly the other team to make it to the last four stage from Group A.