Kate Cross

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Smriti Mandhana hoped that veteran England pacer Kate Cross could complement Renuka Singh and fortify her team's bowling, particularly in the powerplay, in the second edition of the Women's Premier League 2024.

Apparently for the record-breaking knock, Danielle Wyatt had used the bat gifted by Virat Kohli.

England seamer Kate Cross wants the "wishy-washy" rules regarding the run-out for backing too far at non-striker's end to be made clearer following the controversial dismissal of Charlie Dean in the final ODI at Lord's.

England pacer Kate Cross and New Zealand all-rounder Sophie Devine have been ruled out of the WPL 2025 season to prioritize recovery and well-being. RCB has named Heather Graham and Kim Garth as replacements. The season starts on February 14, with matches taking place across Vadodara, Bengaluru, Lucknow, and Mumbai, culminating in the final on March 15.

The Indian women's team was all out for a paltry 169 against England in the third and final ODI on Saturday.

Top-order batter Danni Wyatt returned to the fold as England women's team on Saturday announced the squad for the five-match ODI series against New Zealand.

Mumbai Indians' left-arm spinner Saika Ishaque currently leads the list of Women's Premier League (WPL) wicket-takers with nine wickets in her kitty, and she has left England pacer Kate Cross mighty impressed.

England announced their squads for the upcoming Ashes series in Australia, with Kate Cross returning from injury for both ODI and Test formats. The ODI squad largely mirrors the victorious South Africa tour team, while Bess Heath rejoins the T20I squad. Alice Capsey is back in the T20I mix. Ryanna MacDonald-Gay retains her Test spot after a strong debut.

India spinners took wickets at regular intervals to nullify a promising start by England as the tourists bundled out the hosts for 219 in the rain-curtailed third and final Women's One-day International, here on Saturday. Looking for a consolation win, India invited England to bat under overcast conditions after the contest became a 47-overs per side affair but as has been the case in the series, the hosts largely remained untroubled.

Royal Challengers Bangalore strategically invested close to 2.5 crores to secure the services of impactful players such as Ekta Bisht (left-arm spinner), Kate Cross (pacer), Georgia Wareham (leg-spinner), Sabbineni Meghana (all-rounder), Simran Bahadur (medium-pacer), Sophie Molineux (left-arm spinner), and local talent Shubha Satheesh (all-rounder). The new additions are expected to enhance the team's overall performance and competitiveness in the upcoming season.

Kate Cross believes the emergence of talented young England cricketers signals a "really exciting time" for the squad as they gear up for this year's Women's Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh. England aims to build on their T20 clean sweep of Pakistan by securing a 2-0 one-day international series win over the tourists in Chelmsford, east of London, on Wednesday.

England won by 69 runs against Australia in a thrilling third one-day international, leveling the Women's Ashes at 8-8 and marking Australia's first bilateral ODI series defeat since 2013.

All-rounder Ashleigh Gardner picked up eight wickets in England's second innings, registering her career-best figures as Australia women secured a comfortable 89-run win in the one-off Ashes Test in Nottingham on Monday. Chasing a record 268 in the final innings, Gardner ran through England's batting order, picking up five wickets on the final day as the hosts were bundled out for 178.

An under-fire Indian women's team would be desperate to address vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur's prolonged lean patch as it seeks to stop a marauding England side from completing a 3-0 sweep in the final ODI here on Saturday.

Ireland women clinched a dramatic last-ball victory over England in a one-day international, their first win against them in 23 years. Rain reduced the match to 22 overs per side, and Ireland chased down England's total of 153 with Alana Dalzell hitting a crucial four off the final ball.

On a special day for her when she was nominated for India's highest sporting honour - the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - along with ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin by the BCCI, Mithali Raj once again played a captain's knock (59, 92b, 7x4).

Experienced cricketers Sarah Taylor and Katherine Brunt have been named in England's women squad for the upcoming limited over series against India, starting February 22.

Flamboyant batter Danii Wyatt made a comeback to the England squad for the three Women's T20 Internationals against India starting July 9 in Northampton.

Seamer Lauren Filer and all-rounder Danielle Gibson have been rewarded with their maiden international call-ups as they find their place in the 15-member England Women squad for the highly anticipated Ashes series against Australia.

Skipper Mithali Raj struck her third consecutive half-century as India avoided a series clean sweep, defeating England by four wickets in the rain-curtailed third and final Women's One-day International on Saturday.

Skipper Mithali Raj's second successive fifty went in vain as Sophie Dunkley produced a fighting half-century after Kate Cross' five-wicket haul to help England Women register a five-wicket win over India Women and grab an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series here on Wednesday.

Skipper Heather Knight hit an unbeaten 75 as England women edged Australia by two wickets in first ODI in Bristol on Wednesday to level the Women's Ashes series at six points all. After Beth Mooney's unbeaten 81 took Australia to 263 for 8, Knight's unbeaten half-century helped England chase down the target with 11 balls to spare.

India women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur says her side had committed "no crime" after completing a first-ever whitewash in ODIs on English soil with a legal yet debatable run out.

Middle-order batsman Ollie Pope on Friday replaced wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow at the Welsh Fire as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) reallocated the country's centrally contracted Test players following the postponement of the inaugural edition of The Hundred.

While Yastika Bhatia will be keeping wickets in the match, legendary Jhulan Goswami is playing her last series, 22 years after having made her debut for India.

England women's team skipper Heather Knight won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the second ODI of the three-match series here on Wednesday. India made three changes, bringing in Jemimah Rodrigues, Sneh Rana and Poonam Yadav in place of Punam Raut, Pooja Vastrakar and Ekta Bisht.

England women's team skipper Heather Knight won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the opening One-Day International on Sunday. England have handed an ODI debut to Sophia Dunkley while teenager Shafali Verma will play her maiden ODI for India. The two teams will play three ODIs and as many T20Is in the series.

Alyssa Healy confirms she is fit for the day-night Ashes Test at the MCG after recovering from a stress injury in her foot. Both Healy and Ashleigh Gardner, who had minor injuries, demonstrated readiness during training. Meanwhile, England's Kate Cross is ruled out, with potential replacements being Ryana MacDonald-Gay or Sophia Dunkley.

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur top-scored with a blistering 51-ball 71 as Supernovas posted 150 for five in their match against Velocity in the Women's T20 Challenge on Tuesday.

Lauren Filer will make her England debut in the one-off Test that marks the start of the multi-format Women's Ashes after being preferred to fellow seamer Issy Wong.