Mignon du Preez

Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday announced that Women's National High-Performance squad will be assembling for a week-long training camp from August 26-31 in Pretoria.

South Africa women's team captain Sune Luus won the toss and opted to bowl in their opening T20 International against India on Saturday. For India, opener Smriti Mandhana will lead the side as Harmanpreet Kaur suffered a hip-flexor injury.

South Africa Women skipper Sune Luus won the toss and elected to field against India Women in the second T20 International of the three-match series here on Sunday. Smriti Mandhana will continue to lead India with Harmanpreet Kaur yet to recover from injury. The hosts made one change, bringing in Radha Yadav in place of Poonam Yadav, who was rested.

South African captain Mignon du Preez on Friday compared leg-break bowler Sune Luus to Australian spin great Shane Warne.

The ODI series triumph was offset slightly by a loss in the closing match but that would hardly dent the Indian women's cricket team's confidence as it heads into a five-game Twenty20 rubber against South Africa, starting on Tuesday.

Punam Raut and Harmanpreet Kaur's batting efforts went in vain as the Indian women's team suffered a seven-wicket defeat against South Africa in the fourth ODI to concede the five-match series on Sunday. Asked to bat, Raut continued her rich vein of form with an unbeaten 104 while Harmanpreet smashed a blazing half-century to power India to a 266 for four in 50 overs.

South Africa batter Mignon du Preez, who played a major role in knocking India out of the recent Women's World Cup, has announced her retirement from ODIs and Tests with immediate effect.

Outplayed in the ODI series, Indian women will have to lift their game in all departments to redeem themselves in the three-match T20I series against South Africa, beginning here on Saturday.

The series already out of their grasp, Indian women would look to avoid a whitewash and end it on a positive note when they take on South Africa in the third and final T20 International here on Tuesday.

Star South African opening batsman Janneman Malan expects the inaugural 3TeamCricket (3TC) Solidarity Cup match on Saturday to be of the highest quality.

Indian batter Punam Raut on Sunday said she had worked on improving her strike-rate, something that has invited a lot of criticism over the years. Punam, who struck an impressive hundred in a losing cause, had scores of 62 and 77 in the first two games respectively. About her ton in Sunday's game (her third in ODIs), Raut said it was a special one as it came after a long time.

The emotions ran high at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday. India, finalists at the previous edition of the Women's World Cup, exited the tournament by the smallest of margins. A spirited South Africa pulled-off a last-ball thriller to break a billion Indian hearts.

Dominant in the series-opener, the Indian women's cricket team would now look to seal the issue when it takes on South Africa in the second ODI of the three- match series on Wednesday.

Australia women's cricket team captain Meg Lanning expects the wickets in India to be turning tracks and said spin will play a major role in ongoing ICC World Twenty20.

Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar left a touching note for Mithali Raj-led side as the Women in Blue failed to qualify for the semi-finals in the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup 2022.

South Africa on Thursday became the second team to qualify for the semifinals of the ICC Women's World Cup after their league match against West Indies was abandoned due to rain at the Basin Reserve.

South Africa batter Lizelle Lee was named as ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of 2021, after she finished the year as the highest run-scorer in the 50-over format.

South African fast bowler Shabnim Ismail announced her retirement from international cricket on Wednesday, giving a big blow to the recent T20 World Cup finalists who had relied heavily on the pacer.

Leading woman fast bowler Jhulan Goswami on Tuesday became the highest wicket-taker in the history of ODIs as India beat South Africa by seven wickets in the Women's Quadrangular Series.

Indian captain Mithali Raj on Friday said she has always looked to evolve and stay relevant in a changing women's game, an approach that has brought her 10,000 runs across formats in international cricket. The ODI captain said being consistent mattered more to her than individual milestones.