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Women cricket

ICC Women’s World T20 2012: Australia, England clash in mouth-watering final

In a mouth-watering rematch, reigning champions Australia will face 2009 winners England in the final of the women's World Twenty20 on Sunday.

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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2012: England thump New Zealand to reach final

The England women's team continued its winning streak with a decisive seven wicket victory over two-time runners up New Zealand to reach its second World Twenty20 cricket final in three years on Thursday.

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Mithali Raj tops ICC ranking, but the Indian media has little interest in women’s cricket

By Sudatta Mukherjee 

 

On February 28, 2012, when Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 133 to guide India to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a do-or-die match, the Indian media went on an overdrive in burying him with adjectives. But when another Indian cricketer got to the top of the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen, there was hardly a ripple in the media. Why? The answer is simple: The player in question is Mithali Raj and the ICC rankings are for women’s cricket.

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Mithali Raj’s unbeaten fifty helps India pip England

Skipper Mithali Raj led from the front with an unbeaten knock of 94 as Indian women's cricket team defeated England by five wickets in their first one-dayer.  

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India women suffer second successive defeat against England

The Indian women's cricket team suffered its second successive defeat to England women as it lost the second Twenty20 match by eight wickets on Thursday.

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China cricket coach confident of women team’s success

China's coach Rashid Khan expressed high hopes for his women's team at this year's Asia Cup Twenty20, saying that they were outperforming the men.

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West Indies women win Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka

A valiant, unbroken 24-run, eighth wicket partnership between Shemaine Campbelle and Tremayne Smartt fired the West Indies women's cricket team to a series-winning three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the third Twenty20 International in Port of Spain.

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Did Robin Singh make sexist remarks against women cricketers during IPL 2012 match?

By CricketCountry Staff

 

During Mumbai Indians match against Pune Warriors India on Friday, head coach Robin Singh, in an interview allegedly made a sexist remarks against USA women’s team.

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Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami lose No 1 spots in ICC ODI Rankings

India's Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami have lost their number one positions in the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings for batters and bowlers, respectively after a disappointing series against the West Indies, which finished earlier this week.

 

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Women’s cricket initiative will dispel the negative image of Pakistan, says minister

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said Sunday while kicking off the event in Lahore that the initiative would help dispel the distorted and negative image of the country regarding women rights. She added that it would create a soft image of Pakistan internationally, reported Associated Press of Pakistan. 

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