Cricket News

South Africa women aim to beat West Indies soundly in the home series that includes four ODIs and three Twenty20s in October, according to their coach Noor Rhode

A round-up of the matches at the Women's European Championship Twenty20 in Dublin

Eimear Richardson starred with bat and ball again to set up Ireland's crushing victory over Netherlands in the finals of the women's European championships

Eimear Richardson's brilliant all-round display ensured Ireland cruised to a comprehensive victory against Scotland in Dublin

New Zealand allrounder Lucy Doolan has signed as the overseas player for Essex for the rest of the women's county season

England women retained their Ashes by drawing the one-off Test against Australia in Worcester

England's Beth Morgan did a Paul Collingwood, scratching and grinding out a vital half-century while Laura Marsh - admittedly a slightly better batsman than Monty Panesar - offered 38 as England's women continued to defy Australia at Worcester

Australia's remarkable turnaround in this match was briefly halted by Beth Morgan and Jenny Gunn, as England's sixth-wicket pairing at last dug deep for the home side, putting on a stabilising stand of 57 on the second day of the Test at Worcester

Australia started poorly, slipping to 28 for 5, before they were rescued by Jodie Fields and Rachael Haynes in Worcester

In a breathless finish, Laura Marsh was dropped off the final ball as she hit the two runs needed to secure England their first one-day series win against Australia since 1976 with a two-wicket win at Stratford

Sarah Taylor's sublime 120 led England to another convincing win over Australia

Women's cricket has struggled for publicity and attention for years, but if England's world champions continue to produce performances like today's, beating Australia by nine wickets, they will have to get used to the limelight and subsequent accolades

Dhar was the only Indian in ICC's World Twenty20 squad named after the tournament

The full transcript of Adam Gilchrist's Cowdrey Lecture, at Lord's, 2009

Delivering this year's Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's, Adam Gilchrist has called for a dramatic reduction in the number of Tests in a move he believes will preserve the five-day format in the face of Twenty20

The England women's selectors have stuck with the tried, tested and successful to name an unchanged squad for Australia's forthcoming tour

It was a terrible mismatch as the previously unbeaten New Zealand crashed to a six-wicket victory against England in a one-sided World Twenty20 final at Lord's

England prevailed to become Women's Twenty20 champions at Lord's

New Zealand captain Aimee Watkins said her team will learn from the defeat to England in the 50-over World Cup final in March

Nishi Narayanan previews the final of the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20