Laura Wolvaardt led from the front with a majestic 169 to help South Africa thrash England by 125 runs and reach their first-ever ODI Women's World Cup final on Wednesday.

The tourists won the toss at Harare Sports Club, opted to bat and posted 180-6 with openers Ibrahim Zadran (52) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (39) the chief contributors.

Persistent rain forced the opening Twenty20 clash between Australia and India to be abandoned on Wednesday, leaving Suryakumar Yadav stranded on 39 and Shubman Gill on 37.

With every landmark, from a record chase to an ever-increasing viewership, the women’s game continues to prove that it isn’t a supplement to cricket’s story but the soul that’s been rediscovered within it.

A dismal batting effort saw Bangladesh lose the second T20I of the three-match series against the West Indies by 14 runs in Chattogram on Wednesday.

Rohit rises two spots and to the top on the back of his superb unbeaten century in the third and final ODI between India and Australia in Sydney where he led his side to an emphatic nine-wicket triumph in style.

Late replacement Blair Tickner took four for 34 and Daryl Mitchell hit 56 not out as New Zealand beat England by five wickets in the second one-day international in Hamilton on Wednesday to seal the three-match series.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announces the squad for the upcoming Hong Kong Sixes 2025, scheduled from November 7 to 9 at the Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground in Hong Kong.

Heather Knight is England's only representative. She hit a hundred in the win over India and also guided England's tricky chase with an unbeaten 79 against Bangladesh.

Chattogram, a regular host of international fixtures and the ongoing Bangladesh-West Indies T20I series, has long been one of the country’s main cricketing centres.

Having suffered a 16-run defeat in the first T20I against the West Indies in Chattogram on Monday, Bangladesh will be looking to keep the three-match series alive with a win in today’s second game at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Cricket Stadium.

England’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson has been knighted for his services to cricket on Tuesday.

South Africa opener Reeza Hendricks struck 60 from 40 balls and seamer Corbin Bosch took a career-best 4-14 in four overs to help their side to a 55-run victory over hosts Pakistan in the first T20I in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.

The three-member independent inquiry committee that had been investigating fixing issues in the 2024-25 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) conducted its inquiries over the last nine months and submitted the final report to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday.

The former West Indies cricketer, who previously visited Bangladesh as a player for the West Indies and in the Bangladesh Premier League, is now relishing his new role as a commentator in the ongoing white-ball series between the two sides.

Mymensingh made a solid start to their National Cricket League (NCL) campaign, earning a draw in their debut match at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Fortune Barishal will not be taking part in the upcoming edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), while 10 interested parties have submitted their Expressions of Interest (EOI) to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for franchise ownership on the final day of submission.

The second match will be held at the same venue on Friday before the series moves to Rajshahi.

Iyer, 30, sustained the injury as he pulled off a sensational catch to remove Alex Carey, a key moment in the third one-day international against Australia that India won by nine wickets in Sydney.

Former England cricketer and ICC match referee Chris Broad has revealed that he was once asked to be “lenient” against India when they were behind the over-rate in a match.