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Nat Sciver-Brunt just made history with a blazing 100 runs in India's Women's Premier League, smashing a record that had stood since the league began. Her unbeaten century came from just 57 balls, lighting up the stadium and setting a new bar for women's cricket.
Five years after fleeing the Taliban, Afghanistan's women's cricket team is heading to England with one goal: official recognition from cricket's governing body. Their tour during the Women's World Cup could change everything for girls back home.
India's Deepti Sharma just made history at the Women's T20 World Cup, becoming the leading wicket-taker in all of women's international cricket with 356 career dismissals. Her milestone moment came at Lord's Cricket Ground as women's cricket continues its remarkable global rise.
Four teams are battling for the championship in Nigeria's pioneering women's cricket league, which started in 2021 as the country's first professional platform for female players. The South-South Female Cricket League is creating opportunities for women athletes while building gender equality in Nigerian sports.
Australian women cricketers in Darwin are now using AI ball-tracking to challenge umpire calls, a first for local cricket anywhere in the country. The technology brings professional-level reviews to grassroots players for a fraction of the cost.
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New Zealand Cricket just made history by requiring a new professional league to include women's competition before they'll approve it. The move puts gender equality at the center of the country's biggest cricket overhaul in 21 years.
Three young women cricketers just signed contracts worth over £100,000, making them some of Britain's highest-paid sportswomen. The historic auction marks a massive leap for women's sports equality in the UK.
India's women's cricket team just earned a spot at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, marking cricket's return to the Games after 128 years. Even without advancing past the group stage at the World Cup, they secured Asia's only automatic qualifying spot.
The iconic Marylebone Cricket Club is considering fast-tracking women's memberships to fix a striking gender gap: just 3.2% of members are women, 27 years after opening membership to all. The historic shift could transform cricket's most prestigious club within a decade.
A glitzy new cricket league in India is giving hundreds of young girls the chance to become professional athletes in a sport that once ignored them. The Women's Premier League launched in 2023 with millions in funding, creating opportunities that didn't exist just years ago.
After a year off, Nigeria's women's cricket team is gearing up for an international tournament that could reshape the sport's future in West Africa. Young players are also getting their shot at stardom through expanded youth championships.
At 10 years old, Hasrat Gill flipped through TV channels and discovered something that changed everything: women playing cricket. Now 20, she's representing Australia and inspiring a surge of South Asian girls to pick up the sport.
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After two heartbreaking World Cup final losses, South Africa's women's cricket team enters this year's tournament in England with their strongest squad yet. Led by rising star Laura Wolvaardt and bolstered by veteran comebacks, the Proteas are hungrier than ever to claim their first global trophy.
Indian bowler Kranti Gaud became the first woman ever to earn a place on Lord's Cricket Ground's prestigious honours board, taking five wickets in a stunning Test match performance. Her historic achievement opens the door for future generations of women cricketers at one of sport's most hallowed venues.
After years of setbacks and a crushing 16-0 Ashes defeat, England's women's cricket team has surged into Sunday's T20 World Cup final with eight straight wins. Under coach Charlotte Edwards, the team has rediscovered its winning spirit just when fans needed it most.
Shree Charani went from playing cricket on dusty village grounds in Andhra Pradesh to becoming India's second-highest wicket-taker at the 2025 Women's ODI World Cup. Her journey proves that small-town dreams can reach the world stage when belief meets determination.
The Netherlands women's cricket team secured their first-ever T20 World Cup spot with five straight wins in Nepal. Most players juggle jobs and studies while competing against full-time professionals.
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After three straight World Cup finals without a trophy, South Africa's women's cricket team heads to England with renewed confidence and their strongest squad yet. Coach Mandla Mashimbyi says he's already picturing the final at Lord's.
The Netherlands women's cricket team stepped onto the world's biggest stage for the first time, bringing smiles and inspiring moments despite a close loss to Bangladesh. Captain Babette de Leede scored her country's first-ever T20 World Cup half-century in Birmingham.
England's star spinner Sophie Ecclestone became her country's all-time leading wicket-taker across all formats during the historic first women's Test match at Lord's Cricket Ground. The 27-year-old reached 336 career wickets while legends who fought for women's cricket watched from the stands.
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