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(c)Cricinfo en-gb South Africa have made two World Cup finals since Ismail's international retirement, but now she's back as they look to go one step further https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/355000/355089.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1536421.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1536421.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/south-africa-womens-t20wc-whats-behind-shabnim-ismails-retirement-u-turn-1536421 Tue, 12 May 2026 13:06:10 GMT The 37-year-old fast bowler last played international cricket in 2023 but will be on the plane to England this June https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/353800/353882.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1536384.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1536384.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/shabnim-ismail-reverses-retirement-and-makes-south-africa-t20-world-cup-squad-1536384 Tue, 12 May 2026 08:26:58 GMT Four defeats in six games have pushed MI into unfamiliar WPL territory https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/411600/411643.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1520914.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1520914.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wpl-2026-time-running-out-for-under-pressure-mi-as-rcb-eye-direct-final-spot-1520914 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:13:35 GMT They replace Shabnim Ismail, Lauren Winfield-Hill and Madeline Penna in a last-minute change https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/358500/358505.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1501814.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1501814.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/dane-van-niekerk-named-in-guyana-amazon-warriors-squad-for-wcpl-2025-1501814 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 03:50:00 GMT Rizwan, Haris and Fatima Sana are the other three Pakistanis in the BBL and WBBL drafts https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/397100/397126.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1489587.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1489587.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/bbl-wbbl-shaheen-afridi-shadab-khan-rizwan-haris-rauf-jemimah-rodrigues-deandra-dottin-in-the-mix-1489587 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:28:36 GMT "They had that belief that they can give us breakthroughs in the powerplay" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/398000/398054.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1477118.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1477118.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wpl-2025-final-harmanpreet-kaur-hails-nat-sciver-brunt-and-shabnim-ismail-after-mi-make-150-look-like-180-1477118 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 20:04:57 GMT Perry's 81 and Wareham's three wickets weren't enough for RCB https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/396900/396996.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1474146.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1474146.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wpl-2025-amanjot-kamalini-seal-thriller-for-mumbai-indians-after-harmanpreet-fifty-1474146 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:08:21 GMT Nadine de Klerk, who is recovering from an Achilles' injury, is also part of the Laura Wolvaardt-led side https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/386900/386993.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1449774.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1449774.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/south-africa-t20-world-cup-squad-uncapped-teenager-seshnie-naidu-included-1449774 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:35:03 GMT Redmayne's anchoring 34 take low-scoring final out of Welsh Fire's grasp https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/386200/386295.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1447870.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1447870.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/womens-hundred-final-gibsons-muscle-and-deeptis-cool-lift-london-spirit-to-maiden-womens-hundred-title-1447870 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:58:17 GMT The Mumbai Indians fast bowler recorded 132.1 kph in the game against Delhi Capitals https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/377100/377161.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1423680.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1423680.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wpl-2024-at-1321kph-shabnim-ismail-bowls-fastest-recorded-ball-in-womens-cricket-1423680 Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:28:40 GMT Mumbai Indians were never in the hunt of the 193 chase after they lost four wickets inside the powerplay https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/377100/377167.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1423661.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1423661.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/meg-lanning-jemimah-rodrigues-jess-jonassen-help-delhi-capitals-consolidate-top-spot-in-wpl-2024-1423661 Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:55:42 GMT The defending champions were aided by captain Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten 46 to ace the middling chase 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https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1412049.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wpl-2024-auction-uncapped-kashvee-gautam-and-vrinda-dinesh-make-biggest-splash-1412049 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 15:45:54 GMT All the vacant slots in the five squads have been filled at the Saturday auction in Mumbai https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/371500/371556.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1412042.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1412042.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wpl-2024-what-mumbai-indians-royal-challengers-bangalore-delhi-capitals-gujarat-giants-up-warriorz-look-like-1412042 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 15:32:59 GMT Among the top capped India players listed in the final pool are Veda Krishnamurthy, S Meghana, Meghna Singh and Devika Vaidya https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/366500/366517.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1411336.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1411336.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wpl-2023-auction-chamari-athapaththu-deandra-dottin-kim-garth-among-165-players-to-go-under-the-hammer-1411336 Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:21:12 GMT Hurricanes and Stars remain in the bottom half of the points table https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/370400/370455.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1406723.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1406723.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wbbl-shabnim-ismail-led-hobart-hurricanes-get-past-melbourne-stars-despite-meg-lanning-50-ball-75-1406723 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:59:11 GMT Megan Schutt, Shabnim Ismail and Sophia Dunkley among the big overseas players not retained by their respective teams https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/355500/355575.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1404189.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1404189.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wpl-2024-retention-gujarat-giants-release-more-than-half-of-their-squad-1404189 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 09:35:58 GMT Defending champions Adelaide Strikers have retained their core, Melbourne Stars will have Meg Lanning and huge name will boost Perth Scorchers https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/349700/349793.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1402438.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1402438.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wbbl-2023-24-preview-squads-sydney-thunder-look-to-kapp-matthews-could-inspire-renegades-1402438 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 03:56:16 GMT Matthews' 82 and Wellington's four-for the highlights in narrow win over Amazon Warriors https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/367000/367009.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1397558.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1397558.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wcpl-br-vs-guw-hayley-matthews-all-round-heroics-hand-barbados-royals-inaugural-wcpl-title-1397558 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:16:58 GMT Which big name will Scorchers go for, who will the defending champions retain and how can Sixers replace Ecclestone? https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/366300/366338.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1395270.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1395270.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/what-might-wbbl-teams-want-in-the-draft-players-retention-picks-squads-and-news-1395270 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 07:48:58 GMT "Don't worry - I've got this," quick tells her captain before staying true to her word https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/365400/365489.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1391738.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1391738.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/shabnim-ismail-hat-trick-seals-thrilling-welsh-fire-win-in-last-three-balls-against-birmingham-phoenix-1391738 Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:54:44 GMT Defending champions fight but Elwiss, Dunkley keep their cool in modest chase after Ismail skittles Invincibles for 80 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/365300/365342.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1391179.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1391179.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/the-womens-hundred-shabnim-ismail-georgia-elwiss-elwiss-star-as-fire-down-invincibles-to-move-top-of-the-table-1391179 Sun, 06 Aug 2023 16:37:45 GMT Kagiso Rabada and Temba Bavuma win Test player of the year and ODI player of the year awards respectively https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/351600/351650.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1386265.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1386265.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/anrich-nortje-shabnim-ismail-claim-top-honours-at-csa-awards-1386265 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 19:41:46 GMT Ismail cited "wanting to spend more time with my family, particularly my siblings and parents as they get older" as the reason behind the decision https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/355200/355202.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1373081.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1373081.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/south-africa-speedster-shabnim-ismail-retires-from-international-cricket-1373081 Wed, 03 May 2023 13:56:59 GMT England's Sophie Ecclestone becomes the second bowler ever to break the 800 rating points mark https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/355000/355075.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1361069.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1361069.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sas-laura-wolvaardt-shabnim-ismail-in-the-top-10-in-icc-womens-t20-rankings-1361069 Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:23:29 GMT It's Lanning's five-time champions versus Luus' first-time finalists. Newlands, are you ready? https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/355100/355157.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1360716.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1360716.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/australia-south-africa-and-a-touch-of-destiny-at-womens-t20-world-cup-final-1360716 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 18:25:14 GMT Contributions from Nat Sciver-Brunt, Ecclestone and Knight not enough as England fall short https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/355000/355095.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1360568.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1360568.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/tazmin-brits-shabnim-ismail-ayabonga-khaka-laura-wolvaardt-script-historic-sa-win-for-maiden-world-cup-final-1360568 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:12:36 GMT How the squads line-up ahead of this season with will see DRS and the Power Surge for the first time in WBBL https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/331000/331089.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1338354.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1338354.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wbbl-previews-can-perth-scorchers-go-back-to-back-and-will-sydney-sixers-rebound-1338354 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:35:34 GMT England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies are represented this season https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/347100/347107.4.png https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1338181.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1338181.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/from-capsey-to-kapp-and-kaur-to-kerr-the-overseas-stars-in-the-wbbl-1338181 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:04:32 GMT The new project is aiming to make the 130kph barrier in women's cricket a realistic mark not just to breach, but to maintain https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/330400/330484.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1335638.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1335638.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/the-race-to-130kph-nsw-project-aims-to-unlock-female-pace-bowling-1335638 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:52:13 GMT Sophie Ecclestone and Sophie Devine have held on to their top spots in the bowlers' and allrounders' tables respectively https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/343900/343906.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1328408.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1328408.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/icc-rankings-cwg-2022-beth-mooney-back-at-no-1-among-t20i-batters-jemimah-rodrigues-zooms-into-top-ten-1328408 Tue, 09 Aug 2022 09:14:09 GMT Allrounder flew home before T20I leg of multi-format series in England for family reasons https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/341700/341707.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1326210.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1326210.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sa-women-in-england-2022-marizanne-kapp-ruled-out-of-commonwealth-games-1326210 Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:10:47 GMT Fifties for Beaumont, Lamb and Sciver make South Africa toil despite Kapp 73 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/342600/342699.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1324879.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1324879.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/eng-v-sa-2nd-womens-odi-sophia-dunkley-century-powers-england-as-charlie-dean-issy-wong-impress-with-ball-1324879 Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:48:40 GMT "One of my goals and dreams the last year was to break into England's top four" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/342600/342662.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1324806.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1324806.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-sa-2nd-wodi-one-goal-achieved-sophia-dunkley-moves-swiftly-onto-the-next-1324806 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:48:01 GMT The allrounder has called on the bowling attack to "think a little bit out of the box" as SA aim to rebound from 1-0 down https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/335100/335153.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1324767.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1324767.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-sa-2nd-wodi-nadine-de-klerk-ismail-available-south-africa-must-up-intensity-1324767 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:27:07 GMT South Africa will be without Shabnim Ismail, Chloe Tryon and Ayabonga Khaka for their first Test since 2014 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/333800/333836.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1321835.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1321835.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/eng-women-vs-sa-women-test-match-2022-englands-eye-to-the-future-after-bowling-greats-leave-the-stage-1321835 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 05:30:55 GMT Four players who featured in that 2014 game - SA's last Test match - are part of the squad that's currently touring England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/263900/263968.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1321126.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1321126.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/eng-w-vs-sa-w-test-match-south-africa-look-to-take-lessons-from-mysore-into-taunton-test-1321126 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 02:48:32 GMT SA's 3-0 win over Ireland sees many key personnel make significant gains in latest rankings update https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/335700/335755.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1320802.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1320802.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/icc-rankings-shabnim-ismail-laura-wolvaardt-ayabonga-khaka-consolidate-top-five-positions-1320802 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:21:25 GMT South Africa posted their fourth-biggest win in terms of runs in the format after half-centuries from Wolvaardt and Luus https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/341200/341217.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1320426.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1320426.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ire-vs-sa-2022-3rd-womens-odi-shabnim-ismails-5-for-8-wraps-up-3-0-win-for-south-africa-1320426 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:44:20 GMT Ireland captain Gaby Lewis' half-century went in vain https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/341000/341017.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1319983.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1319983.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ire-vs-sa-2nd-odi-shabnim-ismail-andrie-steyn-and-lara-goodall-help-south-africa-beat-ireland-1319983 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:45:15 GMT The hosts were bowled out for 69 in Dublin, with only eight of their XI falling for single-digit scores https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/336100/336181.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1319506.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1319506.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ire-vs-sa-2022-1st-womens-odi-shabnim-ismail-and-sune-luus-lead-south-africas-demolition-of-ireland-1319506 Sat, 11 Jun 2022 15:32:48 GMT Amelia Kerr's three-four and Sophie Devine's 93 go in vain for New Zealand, who go down for the third time in the tournament https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/336200/336206.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1305969.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1305969.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/nz-vs-sa-wwc-2022-marizanne-kapp-does-the-job-after-laura-wolvaardt-and-sune-luus-fifties-to-help-south-africa-win-1305969 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 10:17:55 GMT Quicks make the difference for South Africa as they win see-saw contest by six runs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/335700/335755.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1304836.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1304836.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wwc-2022-pak-vs-sa-classy-shabnim-ismail-holds-nerve-at-the-close-to-stop-spirited-pakistan-short-1304836 Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:25:44 GMT Beth Mooney's match-winning 73 in the first Ashes ODI helped break her into the top three on the batters' charts https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/334100/334120.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1300288.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1300288.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ellyse-perry-regains-no-1-spot-as-odi-allrounder-katherine-brunt-sophie-ecclestone-also-rise-1300288 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 12:26:17 GMT South Africa have now won each of their last five ODI series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/333900/333967.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1300094.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1300094.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sa-w-vs-wi-w-4th-odi-2022-shabnim-ismail-four-for-gives-south-africa-women-series-win-1300094 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:50:53 GMT South Africa fast bowler unavailable for the entire season after picking up a knee injury in West Indies https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/312600/312612.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1279846.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1279846.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wbbl-2021-22-shabnim-ismail-ruled-out-of-sydney-thunder-title-defence-in-wbbl-due-to-knee-injury-1279846 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 04:54:59 GMT South Africa cruised to the target of 158 to take a 3-0 lead in the five-match series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/282300/282390.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1277816.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1277816.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wi-vs-sa-2021-lizelle-lee-shabnim-ismail-lead-south-africa-charge-to-series-win-1277816 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 03:31:33 GMT Faf du Plessis, Shabnim Ismail, Imran Tahir and Laura Wolvaardt sign up as replacements https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/281800/281803.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1268469.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1268469.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/aaron-finch-nicholas-pooran-meg-lanning-withdraw-from-the-hundred-1268469 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT van der Dussen and Shamsi win men's ODI player of the year and men's T20I player of the year awards https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/302600/302618.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1264741.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1264741.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/csa-awards-anrich-nortje-shabnim-ismail-win-big-1264741 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The visitors only managed 112, with India cruising home with nine overs to spare https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/318300/318365.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1256478.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1256478.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/india-vs-south-africa-3rd-womens-t20i-shafali-verma-blitz-ensures-crushing-consolation-win-for-india-1256478 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 11:01:04 GMT India's target comfortably chased by South Africa's top order in the final over https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/318100/318186.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1255878.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1255878.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-sa-2021-1st-womens-t20i-anneke-bosch-66-shabnim-ismail-three-for-help-sa-take-1-0-lead-1255878 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India lost their last five wickets for 21 runs, as captain Mithali Raj's 50 went in vain https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/317500/317595.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1254036.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1254036.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ind-women-vs-sa-women-shabnim-ismail-three-for-and-lizelle-lee-laura-wolvaardt-fifties-lead-sa-win-1254036 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ismail's new-ball spell of 3-0-9-3 helped reduce Pakistan to a precarious 20 for 4 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/282300/282399.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1249714.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1249714.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sa-v-pakistan-2nd-womens-t20i-tazmin-brits-66-shabnim-ismails-career-best-5-for-12-power-sa-to-series-win-1249714 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Diana Baig finished as the leading wicket-taker in the series after picking up a career-best 4 for 30 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/300900/300942.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1249330.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1249330.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sa-vs-pak-3rd-womens-odi-laura-wolvaardt-and-bowlers-complete-3-0-whitewash-1249330 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan lost the second ODI by 13 runs as South Africa took an unassailable 2-0 lead in three-match series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/301200/301280.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1248968.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1248968.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/saw-vs-pakw-women-marizanne-kapps-all-round-show-trumps-nida-dar-aliya-riazs-stand-to-hand-south-africa-odi-series-1248968 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South African quick's blistering new-ball burst set tone for Thunder's dominance in final https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/312600/312614.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1240289.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1240289.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sydney-thunder-vs-melbourne-stars-wbbl-2020-final-shabnim-ismail-realises-dream-with-meg-lanning-dismissal-1240289 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The pace-bowling pair's opening spells restricted Lanning's Stars to 86, before Haynes and Knight took Thunder home https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/312600/312619.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1240276.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1240276.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wbbl-final-2020-21-shabnim-ismail-sammy-jo-johnson-hand-rachael-haynes-led-sydney-thunder-second-wbbl-title-1240276 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT How the teams reached the knockouts, the leading performers and injury news https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/311900/311922.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1239836.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1239836.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wbbl-semi-finals-stars-scorchers-heat-and-thunder-have-eyes-on-the-prize-1239836 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Perth Scorchers lost but there net run-rate was enough for a knockout berth https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/312300/312333.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1239708.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1239708.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wbbl-round-up-thunder-hurricanes-scorchers-strikers-stars-sixers-heat-renegades-1239708 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The pace bowler will provide experience and cutting edge to the attack https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/307500/307553.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1229379.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1229379.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1229379 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The men's and women's cricketers of the year also got two other awards each https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/306000/306078.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1226217.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1226217.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1226217 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa's fielding, where they dropped four catches, is a cause for concern https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/301100/301189.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1217817.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1217817.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1217817 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Only once have they moved out of the first round, but plenty of the squad have had stints in the WBBL https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/289000/289030.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1216003.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1216003.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1216003 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Quinton de Kock was named the men's Test Cricketer of the Year, while Kagiso Rabada, Marizanne Kapp, and Shabnim Ismail were also among the winners https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/291800/291860.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1196665.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1196665.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1196665 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jemimah Rodrigues moved up four places to No.2 while her team-mate Smriti Mandhana moved from tenth to sixth spot https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/285100/285144.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1174429.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1174429.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1174429 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dane van Niekerk, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk and Shabnim Ismail also played their part in overwhelming Sri Lanka by 39 runs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/265800/265858.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1173859.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1173859.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1173859 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shabnim Ismail rocked West Indies' top order, but South Africa lost their last nine wickets for 28 runs and were bundled out for 76 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/282300/282393.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1165441.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1165441.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1165441 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ismail starred with 3 for 10 in South Africa's victory over Sri Lanka, while Kapp picked up 1 for 13 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/282300/282315.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1165191.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1165191.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1165191 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shabnim Ismail was near unplayable, racking up 20 dot balls in a four-over spell, and Marizanne Kapp followed up her economical bowling with a 44-ball 38 to anchor South Africa's chase https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/282300/282317.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1165169.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1165169.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1165169 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Wicketkeeper Trisha Chetty and fast bowler Shabnim Ismail missed South Africa's recent series against West Indies, but will return to a largely settled squad https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/277100/277165.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1161978.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1161978.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1161978 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ismail flies home to be with ill father, while Chetty has been withdrawn because of a back injury https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/265300/265305.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1158879.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1158879.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1158879 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nearly a year after England knocked South Africa out of the Women's World Cup in a tense and emotional encounter, Dane van Niekerk's side wreaked its revenge at New Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/277100/277165.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1148964.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1148964.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1148964 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rumana Ahmed and Fargana Hoque add 72 to keep Bangladesh in the hunt before Shabnim Ismail knocks them over to close out the game https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/265200/265210.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146914.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146914.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1146914 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For the fifth time in as many matches, South Africa cantered to victory with the help of several performances all through their line-up https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/237300/237369.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146515.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146515.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1146515 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT While Laura Wolvaardt and Mignon du Preez played protagonists in South Africa's first win in the three-match series, captain Dane van Niekerk's cameo and India's sloppy fielding aided the hosts' seven-wicket triumph https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/237700/237789.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1136166.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1136166.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1136166 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa ensured a place in the semi-finals with a resounding eight-wicket win, led by Dane van Niekerk and Shabnim Ismail https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/265700/265716.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-2017/content/story/1110764.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-2017/content/story/1110764.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1110764 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa dismantled West Indies for the second-lowest total in their history and sixth lowest in the tournament's en route a crushing 10-wicket win, their second in three games https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/265200/265201.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-2017/content/story/1107998.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-2017/content/story/1107998.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1107998 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa were cruising at 113 for 0 in a chase of 207 - a straightforward equation - but against a spirited Pakistan bowling attack, it was anything but https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/264800/264899.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-2017/content/story/1105947.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-2017/content/story/1105947.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1105947 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier games held in Colombo on February 11, 2017 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/237300/237369.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/1081983.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/1081983.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1081983 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the first round of games from the Women's World Cup Qualifiers, held on February 8, 2017 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/237800/237807.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-qualifier-2017/content/story/1081569.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-cup-qualifier-2017/content/story/1081569.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1081569 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The seven-ODI series at home against New Zealand, starting October 8, is set to be Dane van Niekerk's first as South Africa Women's captain https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/234500/234585.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/1060779.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/1060779.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1060779 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stafanie Taylor's half-century and contribution with the ball ensured West Indies leveled the series against South Africa with a dominant showing at the Wanderers https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/225600/225627.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/978803.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/978803.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-978803 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shabnim Ismail's three wickets in seven balls and Dane van Niekerk's two in an over helped South Africa Women defend 125, which seemed a sub-par total, and claim their first-ever Twenty20 win over West Indies Women https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/234800/234837.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/978447.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/978447.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-978447 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Molly Strano picked up 5 for 15 to restrict the Stars to 9 for 85 in their 20 overs, while Sophie Molineux's 30 and Danielle Wyatt's 23* led Renegades to victory in a close chase https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/957193.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/957193.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-957193 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket South Africa has suspended four women players from their national academy, three of who have played at international level, and ordered them to undergo counselling after being found guilty of alcohol abuse https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/150300/150325.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/762111.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/762111.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-762111 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ireland Women's World T20 campaign fizzled out after they crashed to a third successive loss, going down by 86 runs against South Africa Women https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/182800/182869.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/womens-world-t20/content/story/732447.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/womens-world-t20/content/story/732447.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-732447 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India and South Africa qualified for the Women's World T20 in 2014 after wins over Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the play-offs in Colombo https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-twenty20-2012/content/story/585311.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc-womens-world-twenty20-2012/content/story/585311.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-585311 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A half-century from Mignon du Preez followed by a tidy bowling performance helped South Africa Women take the third Twenty20 against Bangladesh Women in Mirpur, and with it, the series 2-1 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/582218.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/582218.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-582218 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The South Africa Women bowlers ripped through the Bangladesh Women line-up to hand their side a comfortable seven-wicket win and the three-match ODI series 2-1 in Mirpur https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/581540.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/581540.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-581540 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the action from the fourth match-day of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in Bangladesh https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/139200/139212.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/womens-world-cup-qualfier-2011/content/story/541053.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/womens-world-cup-qualfier-2011/content/story/541053.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-541053 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shelley Nitschke top scored for Australia with 44 and grabbed two wickets to seal their second consecutive win, as they beat South Africa by 24 runs in St Kitts https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/117000/117087.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wwt202010/content/story/458866.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wwt202010/content/story/458866.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-458866 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket South Africa has announced a 23-member women's squad for a three-day camp from December 28 to 30 as part of the preparations for the World Cup in March next year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/381923.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/381923.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-381923 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alexis le Brenton, Marizanne Kapp and Shabnin Ismail are the three in the squad who were not part of South Africa's qualifiers campaign https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/351834.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/351834.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-351834 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT