India galloped to a 110-run win over Bangladesh in their must-win ICC Women's World Cup match, keeping themselves in the reckoning for a place in the semi-finals, in Hamilton on Tuesday.
Australia women's coach Matthew Mott admitted that his team were kept under the pump all through the Test and 'we never really got back in the game'.
Smriti Mandhana's stroke-filled 94 off 83 balls and Shafali Verma's run-a-ball 71 paved the way for the convincing win.
The summit clash turned out to be a low-scoring affair and it was not the best advert for women's cricket with strokeplay proving to be extremely difficult on a slow surface.
Smriti Mandhana, teenaged duo of Shafali Verma and Jemima Rodrigues and captain Harmanpreet Kaur headline what Australia coach Matthew Mott described as the most feared batting line-up in the tournament.
Images from the ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa in Christchurch on Sunday.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur held her nerves under pressure while opener Jemimah Rodrigues scored an invaluable 33 as Melbourne Renegades beat hosts Hobart Hurricanes by six wickets in a Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) match in Hobart on Saturday.
Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers will aim for another win to finish with two victories and enter the final on November 9 with momentum behind them.
The likes of Monica Patel, C Prathyusha have been dropped from the squad altogether.
Shafali Verma blasted 60 runs off 30 balls after left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad's fine bowling to power India to a consolation nine-wicket victory over South Africa in the third and final match of the women's series, in Lucknow, on Tuesday.
England all-rounder Nat Sciver smashed a record-equalling half century before the bowlers put the struggling Indian batters under pressure to ensure an 18 run-win for the hosts via Duckworth-Lewis method in the rain-curtailed first T20I in Northampton.
Veteran pacer Shikha Pandey axed, rookie keeper Shwetha gets maiden call-up.
Delhi Capitals handed Royal Challengers Bangalore their fifth straight loss of the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League on Monday.
Coach Ramesh Powar is 'not concerned at all' as he attributed the poor performance to lack of game time
The Mumbai batter is the third-highest-ranked Indian after Smriti Mandhana (third) and Shafali Verma (seventh), while captain Harmanpreet Kaur is next, moving to 13th position after gaining two places.
India need to put up an improved batting show in their second ICC Women's World Cup league stage game
After opting to bat, India were reduced to 114/6 at one point, but Pooja Vastrakar (67) and Sneh Rana (53) put on a 122-run stand to lift India.
West Indies duo of Stafanie Taylor and Hayley Matthews have risen in ODI batting and all-rounder rankings respectively.
'We have a talented side, and we'll go upwards as we play more'
IMAGES from the WPL match between UP Warriorz and Royal Challengers Bangalore, played in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday.
IMAGES from the women's T20I played between Australia and India, at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday.
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur scored record half-centuries
Despite three straight losses in the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, Kiwi batter Sophie Devine remained confident of RCB's turnaround.
Besides Knight and Ecclestone, Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt are the other English cricketers who have signed up for the competition.
Wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia, who has an unimpressive strike rate of under 100 in the T20 format, was on Monday named in the Indian women's squad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The women's team will take on England in a one-off Test, three ODIs, and three T20Is
A dominant India women's team routed Barbados by 100 runs to storm into the semi-finals of the T20 cricket competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday.
Mandhana, who has 755 points, slipped to the number two spot after she missed India's recently concluded ODI series
Ahead of Australia's Women's T20 World Cup semifinal against India, Meg Lanning opened up about their preparations to tackle a 'strong' Indian side.
India women's team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur blamed their shock loss to Pakistan on rejigged batting order, saying the decision to give batters enough game time before next year's T20 World Cup backfired.
Meghana dazzles as India beat Malaysia by 30 runs via D/L method
'We have got a team of a lot of stars. It has probably given the freedom at the top of the order'
Smriti Mandhana said not knowing when they would get to play next gave them extra motivation to 'give their all'
Smriti Mandhana joked that only debutants Thailand can given them competition when it comes to having fun.
India posted 153/6 in their 20 overs after winning the toss and England chased the target down in 18.4 overs to clinch the series
India dictated terms to mighty Australia who did everything they could to survive the difficult overs under lights and finish the third day of the rain-marred pink ball Test at 143 for four on Saturday.
India will go all out to brush off an inconsistent run and seal a semifinal berth in the Women's World Cup
The stage is set for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, which will get underway in Mumbai on Saturday.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur lauded the bowlers after the team's triumphant campaign in the Women's Asia Cup, which ended with a lop-sided win in the final against Sri Lanka in Sylhet, Bangladesh, on Saturday.
The skipper admitted that while it is not possible to give everyone an equal opportunity all the time, but it is her responsibility to talk to everyone to find out the perfect team combination for big tournaments.
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