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New coach Charlotte Edwards insists her England team can win the women’s cricket World Cup in India later this year despite their Ashes drubbing in Australia. England were hammered 16-0 in the multi-format series by arch rivals Australia, a rout that led to the sacking of coach Jon Lewis and the departure of long-serving captain…
Charlotte Edwards has been announced as the new Head Coach of the England Women’s team by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Edwards is a former England captain who represented her country over 300 times, winning two World Cups and lifting the Ashes five times across a 20-year playing career. Since retiring from playing in 2017, Edwards…
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season came to a close with Mumbai Indians beating Delhi Capitals in the final to claim its second WPL title. There were several outstanding individual performances during the course of the tournament, including the overseas veterans and young Indian talents. Sportstar looks at some of the best performing players…
The clash between UP Warriorz and Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be an important one as both teams fight to remain in the race for a Playoffs spot in the Women’s Premier League. With only two wins in seven games, Warriorz are at the bottom of the table, and will hope to secure a win in…
Mumbai Indians (MI) and UP Warriorz (UPW) are set to face off on March 6 at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow with the battle for playoff spots intensifying in a crucial match for both teams and their campaigns. MI with a nine wicket loss in its last match against the Capitals, would be determined to…
Priya Mishra slots into the archetype of a modern-day leg-spinner favouring the bustling nature of the white-ball formats. All of 20 years old, the diminutive bowler from Delhi is inclined to homing in on the stumps and deceiving batters with a well-masked wrong ’un as opposed to giving her leg-break a mighty rip. Over the…
Since hanging up Australia’s baggy green cap in 2013, Lisa Sthalekar has gone on to don many others. From calling games to coaching in New South Wales, Sthalekar has done it all in the cricketing world. For the past three years, the former Aussie skipper has been mentoring the UP Warriorz in the Women’s Premier…
A pace-heavy Delhi Capitals showed how experience and an imperious performance on the field can help the team tune itself to any conditions in their nine-wicket demolition of Mumbai Indians at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. Jess Jonassen and Minnu Mani made the most of the slow strip at the venue and turned on…
Delhi Capitals triumphed in a clash of the top two in the Women’s Premier League after it breezed past Mumbai Indians with a nine-wicket win at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Friday. Skipper Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma showed the 30,000-strong crowd why they are the best opening partnership in the league’s history. Chasing…
Almost two weeks back, Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) gave the Women’s Premier League (WPL) faithful a match for the ages after Arundhati Reddy ran for her life and won DC the match on the final ball. On Friday, both sides meet again for the reverse fixture at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in…
