Tag: Women

Railways medium-pacer Meghna Singh and Baroda left-handed batswoman Yastika Bhatia, both uncapped, have been included in India's combined squad for the one-off Test and ODIs, as well as the squad for T20 International series to be held in September and October in Australia. ....

The Netherlands' pacer Frederique Overdijk became the first pacer ever to take seven wickets in a T20I match. ....

Paralympic shooter Avani Lekhara clinched her second medal of the Tokyo Paralympics with a bronze in women's 50m rifle 3P SH1 event on Friday. The 19-year-old Avani had earlier won the gold medal in women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 with a world record equalling score of 249.6. This was India's second medal of the day after Praveen Kumar bagged silver medal in men's T64 high jump.....

The Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that women in Afghanistan will not be allowed to play any sports, including cricket. The move now puts the one-off men's Test match between Australia and Afghanistan for November in Hobart under doubt. ....

The first Test match between the men's teams of Australia and Afghanistan looks set to be called off after Afghanistan's newly-installed Taliban government announced its opposition to women from the Islamic nation playing cricket. ....

Afghan female students can attend higher education institutions and universities but in gender-separated classes, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, acting minister of higher education of the new Taliban government, said. ....

A female doctor in Afghanistan's Kandahar province has claimed that her home was stormed by the Taliban fighters and she was beaten along with her family members and a neighbour, the media reported on Monday. ....

Australian opening batswomen Rachael Haynes (93 not out) and Alyssa Healy (77) and No. 3 Meg Lanning (53 not out) pulverised the Indian bowlers as they took the host to a resounding nine-wicket win over the visitors and take a 1-0 lead in the bilateral ODI series. ....

Australia mounted a brilliant chase of India's 274/7 and rode on an unbeaten century by opener Beth Mooney (125*) to win the second ODI by five wickets in a dramatic last-ball thriller. ....

Jhulan Goswami has climbed to the second spot in the ICC Women's ODI Rankings for bowling after the update on Tuesday. ....