Women's cricket is looking stronger and faster than ever before

Jun 27, 2017: The appeal of the game is growing among young girls, and a competitive World Cup will only help it spread more

Australia v West Indies, Women's World Cup, Taunton

A net session masquerading as a World Cup match

Jun 26, 2017: West Indies were brushed aside in a match which they seemed not ready to play

Australia v West Indies, Women's World Cup, Taunton

Bolton century leads Australia to breezy win

Jun 26, 2017: An opening partnership of 171 between Nicole Bolton and Beth Mooney paved the way for Australia women to begin their title defence with an eight-wicket win against West Indies

Women's World Cup 2017

When an injured Ellyse Perry found a way

Jun 25, 2017: Australia's captain and coach took a punt on an injured Ellyse Perry in the Women's World Cup final four years ago. Here's what happened next

'More and more girls are hitting the ball hard from ball one'

Jun 20, 2017: Bigger shots, bigger scores, faster innings, faster bodies, more diving, more catching - today's women's cricketers tell us how the game has evolved

Women's World Cup 2017

Perry seeks greater polish for Australia

Jun 15, 2017: Ellyse Perry was satisfied after Australia's win over New Zealand in a warm-up match in Southampton, but outlined some clear areas that needed improvement before the Women's World Cup begins later this month

Australia women's news

Perry shakes off injury troubles for World Cup

Jun 9, 2017: Ellyse Perry has put an injury-blighted summer behind her ahead of the looming World Cup, and expects English conditions to aid Australia's pace battery in their defence of the crown won in 2013

Wisden 2017

Kohli named by Wisden as Leading Cricketer in the World

Apr 5, 2017: Virat Kohli, the India captain, has been honoured as the Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2017 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, which is published this week

The Leading Woman Cricketer in the World in 2016

Ellyse Perry

Apr 5, 2017: Ellyse Perry has been named Wisden's Leading Woman Cricketer in the World for 2016

Women's cricket

Ashleigh Gardner in line for Australia debut

Jan 31, 2017: The 19-year-old batsman had a breakout season in the Women's Big Bash League, finishing among the top five run-getters

Women's batting nominees

Big scores, and a teen fairy tale

Jan 15, 2017: There were some pretty special chases in women's cricket in 2016

Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers, WBBL 2016-17, Sydney

Healy, bowlers lead Sixers to sixth straight win

Jan 9, 2017: Considering their bowlers had limited Perth Scorchers to only 129, even a mid-innings wobble did not prevent Sydney Sixers from winning their sixth match on the trot

The unstoppable Ellyse Perry

Dec 9, 2016: Since the start of 2014, the Australian allrounder has made 17 fifty-plus scores in 23 ODI innings. No other player - male or female - has ever had such an incredible run

Australia v South Africa, 5th women's ODI

Perry's fifth successive fifty makes it 4-0

Nov 29, 2016: Perry's strong batting form continued as she scored yet another half-century in Australia's 43-run win at Coffs Harbour

Australia v South Africa, 4th women's ODI, Coffs Harbour

Australia bowlers fight back in dramatic tie

Nov 27, 2016: A lot of drama unfolded in Coffs Harbour where Australia and South Africa played out only the fifth tie in the history of women's ODIs

Australia v South Africa, 2nd women's ODI, Canberra

Lanning 134, Perry 95* stroll Australia to 2-0 lead

Nov 20, 2016: Meg Lanning's 134 off 122 balls and Ellyse Perry's unbeaten 95 sank South Africa in a rain-hit game in Canberra as Australia marched to a 2-0 series lead

Australia v South Africa, 1st women's ODI, Canberra

Perry's 93* steers Australia home in nervy chase

Nov 18, 2016: Ellyse Perry's unbeaten 93 took Australia Women to a tense two-wicket win in the first ODI against South Africa in Canberra

Western Storm v Loughborough Lightning, Semi-final, Chelmsford

Knight's fifty trumps Perry for final berth

Aug 21, 2016: England captain Heather Knight struck a perfectly-paced half-century to guide Western Storm into the Women's Super League final with a five-wicket victory over Loughborough Lightning

Loughborough Lightning v Western Storm, Women's Super League, Loughborough

Knight's effort comes up short in tight contest

Aug 5, 2016: England wicketkeeper Amy Jones and Australian star Ellyse Perry shared a fourth-wicket partnership of 83 as home side Loughborough Lightning beat Western Storm by five runs

Women's Super League

English women's game enters new era

Jul 29, 2016: The start of the Women's Super League - English cricket's version of the WBBL - is a vital moment for the game, but some patience may be required in what could be a low-key start