Rohit Sharma has been in form. Risbah Pant has been playing the part of the finisher with a sense of astuteness. That dazzling six over cover by SKY on Alzarri Joseph was perhaps the highlight so far. All this and…
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India Women’s Cricket Team In 2021: A Year Of Big, Inspiring Strides Away From The Home Turf!
India women’s cricket in 2021 was like a massive sports wagon, but one that won races away from the home circuit and was found going great guns in unfamiliar or should one say, not the friendliest of race tracks! In…
The Afghanistan Cricket Board Is Committed Toward Supporting Women’s Cricket!
At a time where much of Afghanistan is concerned about one thing and one thing alone, the seven-letter phrase called Taliban, that can prompt one to use adjectives like horrendous, which is just the tip of the iceberg, there’s a…
India Women’s Cricket Team Now On 3rd Spot In T20I Rankings
In a year where there has hardly been any international cricket, with the game returning to normalcy amid the pandemic fears and lockdown all thanks to the West Indies and England Tests, there’s massive news for the women’s game. Not…
The smile of the West Indies Women’s Cricket team: Merissa Aguilleira
Prior to the start of the much-awaited ICC Women’s World T20, 2018, the social media universe was a bit of a chaotic space. But then, that’s often the case- isn’t it? After all, the entire DNA of the social media…
A tribute to Ellyse Perry: A fighter who exemplifies all that’s right in Women’s Cricket
A tribute to Ellyse Perry bears a parallel with history, if one were to identify those holding the bat being soaked in colorful aesthetics, in contemporary cricket, where the sport is being poisoned by the need to entertain instead of…
An irreplaceable figure for the English Women’s Cricket Team: Natalie Sciver
She wasn’t introduced to the game at the tender age of 12. Nor did she break into international cricket while she was just a teenager, as one sees with many precocious talents. Natalie Sciver was already 21 when she stroked…
India Women’s Cricket Team Seems The Side To Beat This Asia Cup, Again. Why?
A combination of fire and ice, the coolness of a cucumber and the intensity of molten lava, power and grit, intelligence and application: how else can the current form of the India Women’s Cricket team be defined? They seem to…
Wisden Picks Mithali Raj As the Women’s Cricketer of the year 2017
When Mithali Raj burst on the international cricket scene, there was no such thing as T20 cricket. Social media didn’t exist. Back in 1999, there being no dearth in the quantum and number of world class talents in the sport,…
Meg Lanning: Women’s Test Cricket Should Be 5-Day Contests!
The Australians have always painted the great game of cricket in vivid colours; decorating the canvass of the sport with sheer zeal and an endless search for greatness. A search, which eventually yields a surge for greatness. Whether you speak…
Must Watch Cricketers In Upcoming Women’s World T20, 2020 In Australia
A journey toward understanding the key players of women’s World T20 2020 takes us to explore some of the fiercest and most respected talents around. Who are the names that are expected to raise the bar- thrill and entertain in…
Maybe Time’s Come For West Indies Women’s Side To Pay Heed To Their Captain’s Word Of Advice!
A few days ago, one of the most startling observations about West Indies cricket came as part of a submission of which none other than Brian Lara was a member. A detailed committee report examining the problems associated with Caribbean…
India Women’s Under-19 World Cup Triumph Is A Sign Of Mega Things To Come For The Women’s Game!
Grace Scrivens somehow had an odd day out with the bat; the youngster chosen as the player of the tournament for her consistency flopping with the bat on this occasion, scoring just 4 in the high-octane final. Her teammate Liberty…
Deandra Dottin: The Fireball Of West Indies Cricket Who Epitomised Bravery And Selflessness!
Of the many things the world recognizes about Deandra Dottin for, it can be said it was her continuity about doing things that truly defined her. Each time she’d come out to bat, there was always this feeling that the…
We Don’t Really Have That Many Women’s Test Matches, Something That Could Change Much Too Soon!
Women’s Test cricket is that aspect of the game that really needs a push. Not a cliche. Not some outdated theory; but a great truth of our time. What we witnessed very recently is perhaps 2022’s biggest cricketing event all…
We Need To ‘Listen’ To Pakistan Cricket And Do Something Serious Before Cricket Loses Faith In Itself!!
What Wasim Akram happened to say recently on Pakistan cricket needs to be taken a note of. Not because it is the legendary Sultan of Swing or great achiever saying it, but because it is coming from a space of…
Frederique Overdijk- The Cricketer That Beckons Your Attention!
With every moment of shut eye you offer to women’s cricket, you are turning away from seeing breathtaking cricket that’s happening in that realm of sport that perhaps beckons greater attention than given. That’s pretty much where the problem is.…
Mithali Raj On The Importance Of The Pink Ball Test For Indian Cricket!
There are few in the realm of women’s cricket who command respect not only from her teammates or compatriots but also draw appreciation from the rival camps. Truth be told, in a pantheon of greats of the women’s game, where…
Great News For New Zealand Cricket Ahead of WTC Final At Lord’s!
There are teams that we as spectators are scared of facing. Think Australia, for instance. Especially given just how strong they are and often, in all three departments of the game. As an Indian, you’d not think of any other…
English Cricket Slated To Join Football In Its Boycott Of Social Media!
Where it comes to the famous pantheon of greatness that is English cricket, then the most commonly-used term Boycott seems to be the one that’s used in the context of the great Sir Geoffrey Boycott, the man with excess of…
Smriti Mandhana Is Looking Forward To Playing In Women’s T20 Challenge!
Batting sensation of the women’s cricket team of India, Smriti Mandhana is positive and excited about the upcoming Women’s T20 challenge, a series that is primed to up the ante of women’s cricket in a country where glowing talents are…
Cricket “Behind Closed-Doors”? What Does Virat Kohli Feel About This?
It doesn’t increase your awareness or contribute to your knowledge to know that there’s no active sports anywhere right now. The same goes for Cricket. It’s not any different. No live contests simply mean that quite like the rest of…
How Coronavirus Impacted South African Cricket Team?
It was poised to be one of the most exciting cricket series in India and yet, it was abandoned, in a sense, without even a ball being bowled. To many, it was to have brought out the palpable excitement of…
Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 Finals: India Shouldn’t Rest Alone On Shafali Verma
It’s all set. Just a few hours to go before the MCG- the Mecca of the cricket world, in Australia- will be a witness to the greatest women’s contest in the modern century, as many put it. The final of…
Tayla Vlaeminck Out of Women’s T20 World Cup 2020
Sport is exhilarating and thrilling; there’s always something unimaginable and palpable happening always. So can cricket ever run out something unexpected? At present, all eyes are transfixed on the Australian Women’s team participating in the mother of all sporting battles:…