Natalie Sciver

Captain Heather Knight took 3/9 and Kirstie Gordon and Sophie Ecclestone took two wickets each as England bundled out India for 112 runs in 19.3 overs in the semi-final.

ODI skipper Mithali Raj on Saturday praised all-rounder Harleen Deol for taking a stunning catch against England in the first T20I and she also credited fielding coach Abhay Sharma for making the Indian side more agile on the field.

Australia, who had been on a hot streak here over the past fortnight, beating India in the ODI series and following it up with an easy win over the hosts in the Women’s T-20 tri-series opener at the Brabourne Stadium, met their match in England when the age-old rivals clashed at the same venue on Friday.

England's World Cup-winning women cricketers, Natalie Sciver and Katherine Brunt, got married in a private ceremony on Sunday.

India skipper Mithali Raj continued to hold on to the number one spot while New Zealand's Amy Satterthwaite returned to the top five in the latest ICC women's ODI rankings for batters released on Tuesday.

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj will lead the Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity teams respectively in the upcoming Women's T20 Challenge to be played between May 6 and 11 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

England women notched up their second successive win as they comprehensively thrashed India A by six wickets in a warm-up T20 game on Tuesday.

Riding on half-century from skipper Charlotte Edwards, England women outclassed Bangladesh by 36 runs in a group league encounter of the ICC World T20 on Thursday.

England skipper Heather Knight won the toss and opted to field against India in the second women's T20 International here on Sunday.

India skipper Mithali Raj was on Monday chosen as the captain of the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 team by the International Cricket Council. The 34-year-old Indian was selected as captain after she led India to the final of the just-concluded ICC Women's World Cup.

England eves defeated their West Indian counterparts in a thriller of a chase at Dharamsala's HPCA Stadium to inch closer to the semi-finals in the Women's World T20 Group 'B' match on Thursday.

The Indian women's cricket team produced another listless batting performance to suffer a second successive loss in the T20 triangular series, going down to England by four wickets here on Friday.

England were flying high after successive wins over Australia and India in the on-going women's tri-series here. But their wings were clipped ruthlessly by their Ashes rivals when the teams met for the second time in the competition at the Brabourne Stadium on Wednesday.

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur moved up to ninth place in the latest ICC Women's ODI rankings following her team's series win against New Zealand. Opener Smriti Mandhana remained fourth, while Deepti Sharma consolidated her second position in the bowlers' rankings. New Zealand's Brooke Halliday and Georgia Plimmer also climbed the rankings.

India spinners took wickets at regular intervals to nullify a promising start by England as the tourists bundled out the hosts for 219 in the rain-curtailed third and final Women's One-day International, here on Saturday. Looking for a consolation win, India invited England to bat under overcast conditions after the contest became a 47-overs per side affair but as has been the case in the series, the hosts largely remained untroubled.

Indian batter Jemimah Rodrigues will continue with Brisbane Heat in the upcoming Women's Big Bash League season. The WBBL draft saw eight franchises select 23 international players, with teams retaining and reinforcing their squads for the upcoming 10th edition of the competition. A total of 15 Indian women cricketers had registered for selection in the draft.

England were pre-match favourites against Bangladesh, who are making only their second appearance in the Women's World T20 since their debut at home in 2014.

Opener Smriti Mandhana's stylish 63 was complemented by skipper Mithali Raj's unbeaten 47 as India women cruised to a comfortable seven-wicket victory against England to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series on Monday.

England women's team skipper Heather Knight won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the second ODI of the three-match series here on Wednesday. India made three changes, bringing in Jemimah Rodrigues, Sneh Rana and Poonam Yadav in place of Punam Raut, Pooja Vastrakar and Ekta Bisht.

England women's team skipper Heather Knight won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the opening One-Day International on Sunday. England have handed an ODI debut to Sophia Dunkley while teenager Shafali Verma will play her maiden ODI for India. The two teams will play three ODIs and as many T20Is in the series.

India batters Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana held on to their third and sixth spots respectively while allrounder Deepti Sharma was also steady at the fifth position in the latest ICC women's ODI rankings released on Tuesday.

Mumbai Indians made the smart buy at the Women's Premier League as Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur came much cheaper for them at Rs just 1.80 crore which is not even among the top two buys of the team.

Riding high on a hat-trick of wins in the warm-up games, England will be looking to open their campaign in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 on a high when they take on Bangladesh on Thursday.

England overcame a mighty scare due to a batting collapse to eventually eke out a hard-fought one-wicket win over West Indies in a last-ball thriller of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 on Thursday.

England romped to a convincing eight-wicket victory over Australia, riding on Natalie Sciver and Tamsin Beaumont's blistering half-centuries to start their campaign in the Tri-Nation Women's T20 series on a rousing note on Friday.

Needing to have scored 72 in 8.4 overs in the day/night game, India were 54 for three when rain became too heavy for play to resume any more. Caressing the ball for six sweetly-timed fours in a quickfire 17-ball 29, Smriti Mandhana seemed to have pulled India ahead on DLS, but her and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's dismissals spoiled the equation for the team.

Star India opener Smriti Mandhana raked in the moolah as she was picked up by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping Rs 3.40 crore at the first ever Women's Premier League auction in Mumbai on Monday. It was a two-way battle between Mumbai Indians and Bangalore for Mandhana where the latter eventually outbid the Mumbai-based franchise. Mandhana's base price was Rs 50 lakh.

A dogged half-century by Deepti Sharma kept alive India's hopes of forcing a draw in the one-off Test against England on Saturday.

Star opener Smriti Mandhana held on to her eighth position but veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami slipped a spot in the bowler's list in the latest ICC Women's ODI rankings issued on Tuesday.

Harmanpreet Kaur-led India on Wednesday won the toss and elected to bat against England in the third and final T20I at the County Ground in Chelmsford. Currently, the multi-format series stands 8-6 in favour of England and if India manages to win the decider, then the points will get level.