Claire Taylor

Pace bowler Jhulan Goswami of India was adjudged the ICC Women's Cricketer of the year, ahead of other nominees Lisa Sthalekar of Australia and England's Claire Taylor.

Former captain Mithali Raj is the highest ranked Indian batter at third, while skipper Jhulan Goswami, also at third spot, is the country's best placed bowler in the ICC ODI rankings for women cricketers.

England eves thumped India by eight wickets via Duckworth-Lewis method in the third ODI to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

India's Mithali Raj and captain Jhulan Goswami hung on to their third position in the batters' and bowlers' charts respectively in the ICC Women's ODI rankings.

With 509 runs, the wicketkeeper-batter scored more runs than any other player in New Zealand, with her centuries in the semifinal and final of the tournament helping Australia take home a record-extending seventh World Cup title.

Three Indians, including former captain Mithali Raj, figured in the team of the tournament of the ICC Women's World Cup announced on Monday.

Three Indians, including former captain Mithali Raj, figured in the team of the tournament of the ICC Women's World Cup announced on Monday.

Indian women's cricket team captain Jhulan Goswami went up a couple of notches to regain the number one spot in the latest ICC ODI Rankings.

The best of the best in women's cricket have been named in the provisional squads for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009 to be held in Australia from 7 to 22 March.

"The question was never about what Mithali was capable of," says the shy Gaikwad, absolutely unwilling to take any credit whatsoever in having worked with the Team India skipper. "It was about just helping her go about what she wanted to do. It's her hard work paying off."

West Indies legend and broadcaster Michael Holding has been appointed as the MCC Foundation patron on Saturday.

India's batting legend Rahul Dravid was on Thursday officially inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame minutes before the fifth and final ODI of the series between India and West Indies at Thiruvananthapuram.

Rahul Dravid scored 13,288 runs in 164 Tests with 36 centuries and 10,889 runs in 344 ODIs with 12 centuries. Dravid said, "to find your name in a list of all-time greats across generations is something one only dreams of while setting out on a cricket career."

Indian batters Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur have risen one spot in the latest ICC Women's Player Rankings, moving up to fourth position with 708 points and captain Harmanpreet to sixth position with 694 points.

The long list for the ICC awards included Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble in the Test category, while Yuvraj Singh made it to the ODI list none of them could make it to the final list.

Skipper Mithali Raj's grim battle went in vain as the English eves thumped India by eight wickets with 14 overs to spare in the first of the five-match ODI series.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting was on Wednesday formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has been nominated for cricketer of the year and Test player of the year in the ICC Annual Awards.

India will have to quickly sort out their batting woes if they want to surprise formidable England in the their inaugural ICC Women's World Twenty20 opening match on Thursday.