Brisbane:Australian captain Belinda Clark announced her retirement as a player as she prepares to move to her new position as Manager of the Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence in Brisbane.
Sydney:The Australian women's team that won the 2005 World Cup has four debutants in its rank for the 2005-06 season.
'Female participation in cricket is growing rapidly' The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) on Tuesday announced the permanent integration of women's cricket into its structure after a successful two-year trial period.
Lucknow: After a world record opening wicket partnership by England, Indian women fought their way back to bowl out the visitors for 314 in their first innings on the second day of the one-off Test series on Tuesday.
Christchurch: Defending champions and strong contenders Australia once again underlined their superiority with a crushing nine-wicket victory over probable semi-finalist South Africa in a league match of the Women's World Cup 2000 match at the BIL Oval on Wednesday.
Christchurch: Man-of-the-match for the second consecutive time, opener Lisa Keightley put herself in a strong contention for the man-of-the-series award too as defending champions Australia scored an emphatic nine-wicket victory over South Africa in the first semi-final of the Women's World Cup 2000 at the BIL Oval on Monday.
Wellington: Australian batsman Karen Rolton smashed an unbeaten 107 of 57 balls to guide her team to a convincing nine-wicket victory over South Africa in a pool match of the Women's World Cup in Christchurch on Tuesday.
Christchurch: The mighty Aussies on Wednesday halted India in their stride when they handed them a 51-run defeat to emerge clear of the pool.
Melbourne: Former Australia eves cricket captain Belinda Clark joined swimmer Ian Thorpe, rugby league player Brad Fittler and water polo champion Liz Weekes as members of the NSW Hall of Champions.
The die is cast and the Indian team will be shortly departing to New Zealand to take part in the VII Women's Cricket World Cup that commences from November 29. The team appears to be bubbling with confidence and justifiably too.
