Sarina Wiegman to remain as England coach through to 2027 World Cup
England head coach Sarina Wiegman has signed a contract extension that runs through to the 2027 World Cup, the Football Association has announced.
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India Women vs Australia Women One-off Test Day 2 Live Score: Hosts Look To Build On Excellent Start
India vs England, Women's One-Off Test, Day 2 Live Updates:After bowling out Australia for a score of 2019, India look to build on the excellent start they are off to in the one-off Test at Wankhede on Friday. Shafali Verma was dismissed for a score of 40 off 59 balls but Smirit Mandhan is looking good to complete her half-century. Mandhana is batting on 43 off 49 balls, with Sneh Rana (4 runs off 8 balls) in company. India will start the proceedings with the bat on Day 2 at 98/1 in 19 overs. (LIVE Scorecard)
Karnataka's Shubha Satheesh Makes Seamless Transition From Domestic To International Cricket
From getting dismissed by long-time friend Jemimah Rodrigues on 99 to making Test debut, it has been a seamless transition from domestic to international cricket for Karnataka's Shubha Satheesh who shone with the bat on the first day of India Women's one-off Test against England in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks or so for the 24-year-old from Mysore, who began playing at the age of 12 without any specific aim of becoming an India cricketer. But the journey, which she terms as a ‘process', took another 12 years before she found herself donning the Indian Test cap.
Second Time In 88 Years! Indian Women's Cricket Team Achieves Rare Feat
The first day of the one-off Test against England turned memorable for Indian cricket, specially women's cricket, as the team made its way into record books, becoming the second team to score over 400 runs in a single day. They joined England who had made the record way back in 1935. India's score of 410/7 at stumps came on the back of scintillating half-centuries by four players and three big partnerships. India were 410/7 at the end of day's play with Deepti Sharma (60) and Pooja Vastrakar (4) unbeaten at the crease. With a stunning batting display, India also topped their previous highest total at home. The team moved past the earlier record of 400/9 against South Africa in 2014.
'India Banking On Coach Amol Muzumdar's Experience': Smriti Mandhana Ahead Of England Test
With the Indian women's team lacking enough red-ball exposure, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana said her young teammates are picking the brains of new head coach Amol Muzumdar to get into red-ball mindset ahead of the one-off Test against England. Two years ago, India had played a couple of Tests in England and Australia in June and September with both the four-day games ending in draws. In comparison, England have had a more recent experience of playing red-ball cricket as their last game was against Australia in the Women's Ashes in June this year.
Smriti Mandhana Bats For Women's WTC But England's Tammy Beaumont Says Long Way To Go
India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday welcomed the idea of organising a World Test Championship in women's Test cricket, but England veteran Tammy Beaumont said it would be unfair to have such a competition when only three countries are playing regularly. In men's Test cricket, the ICC's World Test Championship began with 2019-2021 as the first two-year cycle. It is currently in its third edition. The women's game, however, does not have any such competition. There is a huge disparity among women's teams in terms of playing Test cricket as only England, Australia and India have played in the longest format regularly even though there is a long gap.
Pitch Was Tricky But Not As Challenging As We Made It Appear: Deepti Sharma
Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma has refrained from blaming the pitch for their shoddy batting performance, saying the wicket was not as challenging as they made it appear to be during the second women's T20I against England in Mumbai. The hosts, who lost the opening T20I by 38 runs, were shot out for a mere 80 in 16.2 overs on Saturday night. India went on to lose the game as well as the series here at the Wankhede Stadium, though they did put up an inspirational show with the ball, taking six wickets during England's chase of a paltry 81-run target.
2nd Women's T20I: England Seal Series After India Suffer Batting Collapse
Indian batting looked clueless and out of depth to be dismissed for their third lowest total as England notched up a four-wicket loss in the second women's T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Mumbai on Saturday. On a day uncapped Indian cricketers won fat pay-cheques in the Women's Premier League (WPL) auction, Shafali Verma (0), Smriti Mandhana (10), skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (9), Deepti Sharma (0) cut a sorry figure as India were shot out for 80 in 16.2 overs.