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Basseterre (West Indies), May 6 : The Australian women's cricket team have beaten defending champions England in a dramatic opening World Twenty20 match in Basseterre in St Kitts and Nevis.

The Australian women's cricket team has beaten defending champion England in a dramatic opening World Twenty20 match in Basseterre in St Kitts and Nevis.

The Australian women's cricket team have beaten defending champions England in a dramatic opening World Twenty20 match in Basseterre in St Kitts and Nevis.

The Australian women's cricket team have beaten defending champions England at the World Twenty20.

WORLD Twenty20 favourites Australia are through to the next stage of the tournament after beating Bangladesh in their final group match .

Though the crowds have not come in droves to fill up the stands, ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat is content with the response of local fans in embracing the T20 World Cup.

England can winning under pressure, says Ebony Rainford-Brent

The new local cricket season is upon us - and here we find out how some of our top local sides who begin their campaigns this weekend have been shaping up.

Auckland, Apr 27: New Zealand women's cricket captain Aimee Watkins has been rated among the world's 64 hottest female athletes alongside American skier Lindsay Vonn, Aussie swimmer Stephanie Rice and Czech tennis player Nicole Vaidisova.

Aimee Watkins is more accustomed to featuring on scoreboards so New Zealand's women's cricket captain admits surprise at being nominated as one of the world's sexiest sportswomen.

Wednesday's decision by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to hand indefinite bans on two of their leading players is another example of how this great cricketing country lurches from crisis to crisis both on and off the field.

Women's cricket news

England medium-pacer Isa Guha has called for the setting up of a tournament similar to the IPL for the women's game

DINDIGUL: Jamal Mohammed College and Sathyabama University clinched the volleyball and basketball titles respectively in the State-level inter-collegiate tournament, organised jointly by the Gandhigram Rural University and Old Students Sports Association, at GRU here on Tuesday.

DINDIGUL: Jamal Mohammed College and Sathyabama University clinched the volleyball and basketball titles respectively in the State-level inter-collegiate tournament, organised jointly by the Gandhigram Rural University and Old Students Sports Association, at GRU here on Tuesday.

The England women's cricket team poses with the trophy after winning the third T20 match against India on Monday.

MUMBAI: Mithali Raj is of the opinion that awareness about women's cricket is growing. “It is satisfying to know about the awareness in people on the national women's team achievements.”

THE life of pioneering woman cricketer Audrey Collins, who played for England and taught and lived in St Albans for many years, will be celebrated in a memorial service at St Stephen's Church.

ENGLAND’S most successful women’s cricket captain, Charlotte Edwards, will be visiting Bristol Phoenix Cricket Club on Tuesday, April 13 to hold a coaching masterclass for club members.

AUSTRALIAN women's cricket captain Alex Blackwell has admitted the reason behind their five straight Twenty20 losses to New Zealand was because her side did not get itself into the mindset needed quickly enough.