Australia news

Australia name women's Ashes squad

May 21, 2013: Australia have named a 15-player squad for the women's Ashes tour of England, including all 14 players contracted for the 2013-14 season as well as the batsman Sarah Elliott as a Test specialist

Australia news

Australia women's cricketers get major pay boost

May 21, 2013: Members of the Australia women's cricket team will be among the country's highest-paid female athletes as part of a restructure of the Cricket Australia contract system

Women's cricket

Satterthwaite turns down NZC contract

Apr 17, 2013: New Zealand cricketer Amy Satterthwaite has turned down a semi-professional contract from New Zealand Cricket (NZC)

New Zealand news

NZC hands out maiden contracts to women players

Apr 16, 2013: Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Sian Ruck and Sara McGlashan have become the first New Zealand women players to be awarded professional contracts by the New Zealand board

India v Bangladesh, 1st women's ODI

Harmanpreet guides India to five-wicket win

Apr 8, 2013: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored her seventh ODI fifty to guide the side to a five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first ODI in Ahmedabad

India v Bangladesh, 3rd women's T20I, Vadodara

India complete series sweep

Apr 5, 2013: Poonam Yadav's 3 for 21 helped derail the Bangladesh run chase, and give India a 3-0 series whitewash over their neighbours

India v Bangladesh, 2nd women's T20I, Vadodara

Bowlers help India seal series

Apr 4, 2013: India opened without their first-choice pair and still did not have any trouble in beating Bangladesh by seven wickets to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the Twenty20 international series

Women's cricket

Ellyse Perry to undergo remedial ankle surgery

Apr 3, 2013: Ellyse Perry is to undergo surgery on her left ankle after it was discovered that she had developed a minor infection following surgery on the same ankle

India v Bangladesh, 1st women's T20I

Raut, Kamini set up big Indian win

Apr 2, 2013: India eased to victory over Bangladesh in the first Twenty20 international in Vadodara. The 49-run win was set up by an opening stand of 130 by between Poonam Raut and Thirush Kamini

Bangladesh Women in India 2012-13

Bangladesh women to tour India

Mar 31, 2013: Bangladesh women will face India for the first time, when they tour the country for three Twenty20s and as many ODIs, starting in Vadodara on Tuesday

Women's cricket news

Australia women players to get bonus

Mar 8, 2013: Australia's women cricketers will receive an A$10,000 bonus each for winning the World Twenty20 and the World Cup

SL v WI, 5th Women's T20I, Colombo

Dottin, bowlers help make it 4-1 for West Indies

Mar 8, 2013: West Indies completed a tight seven-run victory over Sri Lanka in Colombo take the five-match T20 series 4-1

Sri Lanka v West Indies, 4th women's T20I, Colombo

Sri Lanka win thriller in last over

Mar 7, 2013: Sri Lanka women won a thriller against the West Indies in the last over of the fourth Twenty20 of the series in Colombo

SL v WI, 3rd Women's T20, Colombo

Daley dose too much for SL; WI take series

Mar 5, 2013: Shanel Daley's five-for and a hard-hitting half-century by Stafanie Taylor helped West Indies rout Sri Lanka in the third Twenty20 in Colombo and take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series

SL v WI, 2nd women's T20, Colombo

All-round West Indies go 2-0 up with thumping win

Mar 3, 2013: West Indies completed a second crushing victory over Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 series, winning by six wickets with 26 balls to spare at the R Premadasa

SL v WI, 1st Women's T20, Colombo

West Indies clinch tight win in low-scorer

Mar 1, 2013: West Indies captain Merissa Aguilleira's unbeaten 34 helped the team clinch a narrow two-wicket win off the last ball against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka v West Indies, 3rd women's ODI, Dambulla

West Indies win by 33 runs, take series 2-1

Feb 26, 2013: West Indies bowling and fielding led them to a series win against Sri Lanka with a 33-run victory in the third ODI in Dambulla

West Indies v Sri Lanka, 2nd women's ODI, Dambulla

Campbelle ton in vain as Sri Lanka down West Indies

Feb 24, 2013: Shemaine Campbelle's rear guard 105 could not save her team as the Sri Lankan women chased their target inside 46 overs

Sri Lanka v West Indies, 1st Women's ODI, Dambulla

Bowlers, Dottin set up West Indies win

Feb 22, 2013: West Indies Women began their tour of Sri Lanka on a good note, beating the hosts by four wickets in the first ODI in Dambulla on Friday

Women's World Cup 2013

India lack BCCI support - Connor

Feb 18, 2013: Clare Connor, the former England Women's captain, has blamed the BCCI for India's poor showing at the Women's world cup.