Jul 11, 2026
Kranti Gaud’s maiden five-for puts India in command at Lord’s
Kranti Gaud took a maiden Test five-wicket haul as India dismissed England for 170 and stretched their lead to 157 on the second day of the historic L...
Smriti Mandhana
61 articles tagged with "Smriti Mandhana"
Jul 11, 2026
Mandhana anchors India to 285 as Lord’s hosts its first women’s Test
Smriti Mandhana’s 83 and three fifties carried India to 285 on the opening day of the first women’s Test ever played at Lord’s, with England replying...
Jul 10, 2026
Mandhana’s 300th and Beaumont’s goodbye frame the Lord’s Test
As Lord’s stages its first ever women’s Test, Smriti Mandhana reaches 300 internationals as the youngest to the mark while England’s Tammy Beaumont pl...
Jul 9, 2026
Pratika Rawal ruled out of India’s Lord’s Test as Priya Punia earns a call-up
India have lost in-form opener Pratika Rawal to a knee injury on the eve of their historic one-off Test at Lord’s, handing uncapped Priya Punia a shot...
Jul 7, 2026
Women’s cricket records: the biggest numbers across Test, ODI and T20I
From Mithali Raj’s mountain of runs to Australia’s grip on the World Cup, here are the biggest records in women’s cricket across all three formats.
Jul 7, 2026
India face England at Lord’s in the ground’s first women’s Test
England host India from July 10 in the first women’s Test ever staged at Lord’s, a landmark that lands 50 years after Rachael Heyhoe Flint first led a...
Jul 1, 2026
Two World Cups, two group exits: India can’t keep delaying their T20 rebuild
India just won the 50-over World Cup, but a second straight group-stage exit at the Women’s T20 World Cup shows the shortest format still exposes the...
Jun 28, 2026
Australia knock India out of the Women’s T20 World Cup with a six-wicket chase at Lord’s
Harmanpreet Kaur’s unbeaten 56 dragged India to 170 for 4 at Lord’s, but Ellyse Perry and Ash Gardner chased it down with an over to spare to send Aus...
Jun 28, 2026
India face Australia at Lord’s with a semi-final spot on the line
A win over Australia at Lord’s would send India into the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals; defeat leaves them depending on the South Africa v Banglad...
Jun 25, 2026
India face a virtual quarter-final against Bangladesh at Old Trafford
India sit second in a congested Group A and need to beat Bangladesh at Old Trafford on Thursday to keep their Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final hopes i...
Jun 22, 2026
Kapp’s unbeaten 81 floors India for their first World Cup defeat
Marizanne Kapp’s career-best 81 not out powered South Africa to a six-wicket win at Old Trafford, handing India their first defeat of the Women’s T20...
Jun 21, 2026
Mandhana’s record start has India dreaming, but the World Cup still eludes her
Smriti Mandhana is the leading scorer at the Women’s T20 World Cup and has just set an India record for fifties at the tournament. The trophy itself i...
Jun 21, 2026
Unbeaten India face South Africa as Harmanpreet reaches 200 T20Is
India top their group with two wins from two and meet a South Africa side desperate for points at Old Trafford, where Harmanpreet Kaur becomes the fir...
Jun 18, 2026
India and Australia are pulling clear of Group 1, split only by net run rate
Both unbeaten, both winning by a distance, and on a collision course for a June 28 meeting that already looks like a group decider. After two rounds,...
Jun 18, 2026
Shreyanka Patil stretchered off with an ankle injury as India await scans
Shreyanka Patil was stretchered off with an ankle injury during India’s win over the Netherlands, leaving the team waiting on scans for news on the sp...
Jun 18, 2026
Shafali’s all-round show and Mandhana’s 74 send India top of Group 1
A record India total and a Shafali double of bat and ball overwhelmed the Netherlands in Leeds, lifting the two-time finalists above Australia on net...
Jun 16, 2026
India have the balance to end their T20 World Cup wait, but Australia loom
India have never won a Women’s T20 World Cup, but the way they dismantled Pakistan in Birmingham hinted at a side that finally has the bat and the bow...
Jun 15, 2026
New Zealand’s title defence is wobbling, and the Women’s T20 World Cup is clearer for it
The defending champions have stumbled and the favourites have separated themselves. After one round of the Women’s T20 World Cup, here is how the cont...
Jun 15, 2026
India eye debutants Netherlands with momentum and net run rate in mind
India go to Headingley as overwhelming favourites against the Netherlands, but a tough group means the size of the win could matter as much as the win...
Jun 15, 2026
Deepti’s five-for caps Mandhana’s 68 as India rout Pakistan by 64 runs
Deepti Sharma’s career-best 5 for 10 dismantled Pakistan for 106 as India opened their Women’s T20 World Cup with a 64-run win at Edgbaston, Smriti Ma...
Jun 13, 2026
India carry patchy form into their Women’s T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan
India begin their Women’s T20 World Cup against Pakistan at Edgbaston on Sunday, and neither side arrives in the form their billing suggests.
Jun 11, 2026
India chase a first T20 title as the Women’s T20 World Cup begins in England
The tenth edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup gets under way at Edgbaston on June 12, and India will fancy their chances of a maiden title after winn...
Jun 10, 2026
Richa Ghosh’s blazing 68 falls five runs short as England edge India in final warm-up
Richa Ghosh smashed 68 off 36 balls to drag India to the brink, but England held their nerve to win the last Women’s T20 World Cup warm-up by five run...
Jun 10, 2026
India face hosts England in their final World Cup warm-up at Derby
Fresh from a 26-run win over West Indies, Harmanpreet Kaur’s India meet hosts England at Derby on Wednesday in their last hit-out before opening the W...