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Women's World Cup 2013

The most competitive World Cup

Feb 20, 2013: The Women's World Cup was memorable because the powerhouses were challenged by lesser teams, but the game needs significant investment immediately

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A tournament that had to be got out of the way

Feb 19, 2013: The Women's World Cup faced several barriers during its three-week duration; administrative apathy in trying to bring people to the ground was, perhaps, the saddest of them

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Huge achievement for women's game - Connor

Feb 18, 2013: Clare Connor, ICC women's committee chairman, on the Women's World Cup and the growth of the game

Australia v WI, Women's World Cup final, Mumbai

Attack key to Fields' glory

Feb 17, 2013: Most captains would have rested their two star bowlers after making the initial breakthroughs in a World Cup final. But Jodie Fields isn't like most captains

Australia v West Indies, Women's World Cup final, Mumbai

Dominant in every aspect

Feb 17, 2013: Stats highlights from Australia's convincing victory in the final of the 2013 Women's World Cup

Australia v WI, Women's World Cup final, Mumbai

Australia's limping hero

Feb 17, 2013: Ellyse Perry aborted her first two attempts at bowling because of an injured ankle, but she fought through to deliver a match-winning spell

'I can take away the game in a snap'

Feb 17, 2013: The most powerful batsman in women's cricket opens up on her aggression, her ego, and her idol

Look to women's cricket for the game's lost pleasures

Feb 16, 2013: If you're a fan of spin and swing, you could do worse than become a fan of women's cricket

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Suzie Bates, run and gun between basketball and cricket

Feb 15, 2013: While Bates says basketball has had a role to play in improving her mental and physical fitness, the clincher has been her decision to focus solely on cricket for some time now

No longer lesser teams

Feb 15, 2013: One of the features of the 2013 women's World Cup has been the challenge the other teams have posed the top three - Australia, England and New Zealand

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Nicola Browne 'more alive' after battle with celiac disease

Feb 13, 2013: After a period of frustration due to lack of energy and enthusiasm, Nicola Browne's gluten-free diet, as a treatment for celiac disease, has brought her back to cricket

The problem with women's cricket in India

Feb 13, 2013: It's not played by schoolgirls, so where will the talent feed for U-19 and state cricket come from?

England v New Zealand, Women's World Cup 2013, Mumbai

New Zealand's batting a concern

Feb 12, 2013: New Zealand have to overcome their over-reliance on Suzie Bates, and England's fast-bowling pair of Anya Shrubsole and Katherine Brunt, to have a shot at the final

West Indies v New Zealand, Women's World Cup 2013, Mumbai

A World Cup without the best umpires

Feb 11, 2013: Umpiring errors have come at crucial times in this tournament, and they have not been made by the men most suited for the job

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Stafanie Taylor, a role model at 21

Feb 10, 2013: The West Indian allrounder bears her responsibility to help spread the game in the Caribbean with calmness and assurance

Cathryn Fitzpatrick

'I wanted the captain to throw the ball to me in any circumstance'

Feb 10, 2013: Cathryn Fitzpatrick, the Australia women's coach, can teach her charges plenty about work ethic, though she doesn't think they are less mentally tough than their predecessors

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'You don't want the ball to go past you'

Feb 7, 2013: England's Lydia Greenway on what helps make her one of the best fielders in the world

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Kaushalya at the heart of Sri Lanka's campaign

Feb 6, 2013: Eshani Kaushalya, an allrounder who evokes memories of Arjuna Ranatunga, played important innings in both of Sri Lanka's wins in Group A

'I'm the kind of person who's 100% or nothing'

Feb 3, 2013: Charlotte Edwards has captained England to two World Cup wins and is at the centre of a fight for greater recognition and professionalism for women's cricket

Women's World Cup 2013, stats preview

Perils of chasing, and 11 maidens in 12 overs

Jan 30, 2013: A few key numbers from the Women's World Cup, which gets underway in Mumbai on January 31