Deepti Sharma has climbed to second spot and has the top position in her sights
Nortje, Markram among players nominated for CSA top awards.
India's veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami added another feather to her illustrious cap by becoming the first female cricketer to take 200 ODI wickets on Wednesday.
Images from the WPL 2024 match between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Giants at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Richa Ghosh's exploits during the side's run to the semis of the Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa earned her a place
Besides Knight and Ecclestone, Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt are the other English cricketers who have signed up for the competition.
India will go all out to brush off an inconsistent run and seal a semifinal berth in the Women's World Cup
Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues were among the overseas players retained by their respective franchises
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Mooney struck a match-winning unbeaten 74 as Australia claimed their sixth Women's T20 World Cup title
The South African women's team's top-order fired in unison and helped their team clinch the five-match series against India with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory in the fourth ODI, in Lucknow, on Sunday.
Images from the WPL 2024 match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants in New Delhi on Saturday.
Images from the Women's T20 World Cup Final between Australia and South Africa played in Cape Town on Sunday
This is the second time Quinton de Kock has won the Cricketer of the Year in CSA's virtual awards
Dominant in the series-opener, the Indian women's cricket team would now look to seal the issue when it takes on South Africa in the second ODI of the three-match series
Azam scooped the honour following a number of thrilling batting displays in Pakistan's multi-format series against Australia.
Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position
Bangladesh capitalised on Pakistan's late slump to win their first ever Women's World Cup match on Monday.
South Africa women registered a series-clinching six-wicket win in a last ball thriller in the second T20 International
Punia got the chance to play her maiden ODI after star opener Mandhana was ruled out on the eve of the game
'After further assessment, Smriti was diagnosed with a mild soft tissue injury to her left earlobe which caused discomfort while batting and therefore she had to leave the field retired hurt.'
Shafali Verma has leapfrogged Australia's Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.
Images from the ICC Women's World Cup match between India and South Africa in Christchurch on Sunday.
Group A leaders India were the first to reach the last four and the final place will go to the winner of Monday's clash between hosts Australia and their trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand.
With the win, South Africa moved to the third spot while Pakistan continued to languish at the bottom
Images from the Gujarat Giants vs UP Warriorz WPL match at the Brabourne Stadium on Monday.
England has won both of the Women's World Cups held on home soil and will have the chance to make it a hat-trick on Sunday at Lord's after claiming a dramatic two-wicket win over South Africa in the final over of the semi-final in Bristol, on Tuesday.
Mignon du Preez scored a valiant 90 as South Africa pulled off a consolation seven-wicket win over India to go down 1-2 in the three-match series, which was part of the ICC Women's ODI Championship.
Shafali Verma (744 points) had grabbed the top spot at the end of the league stage of the just-concluded women's T20 World Cup in Australia which the hosts won for an unprecedented fifth time.
Beat England to reach maiden Women's T20 World Cup final in Cape Town on Friday.
Australia made it to the ICC women's T20 World Cup final, coming through a nerve-shredding semi-final against South Africa in Sydney on Thursday. They'll face India at the MCG on March 8 - International Women's Day. India's semi-final against England was abandoned without a ball bowled.
Images from the 3rd ODI between India Women and Australia Women at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Opener Rachael Haynes smashed a scintillating 130 as Australia scored a 12-run win over defending champions England in a high-scoring ICC Women's World Cup match, in Hamilton, on Saturday. In another match, South Africa handed Bangladesh a 32-run defeat in Dunedin.
Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women's T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net run rate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament in Pune on Thursday.
For India, veteran Jhulan Goswami picked up two wickets giving away just 20 runs in her 9 overs.
Indian women's team was also scheduled to tour England for the tri-series (also involving SA) but it had pulled out due to the health crisis in their own country.
Images from the WPL match between MI and Gujarat Giants.
Danni Wyatt scored her second one-day international century as champions England crushed South Africa by 137 runs in Christchurch on Thursday to set up a mouthwatering Women's World Cup final against heavyweights Australia.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur came much cheaper for Mumbai Indians at nearly half the price of Mandhana at Rs 1.80 crore.
Indian women's cricket team will be eager to pile further misery on South Africa
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