Womens Big Bash League

WBBL 2021: Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues star in Renegades' win over Heat

Kaur was adjudged the Player of the Match after she smashed a whirlwind 32-ball 65 and then claimed one wicket in an all-round show for the Renegades. This is the third time she won the award in seven matches.

WBBL 2021: Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma star in Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunders' wins

India T20 skipper Harmanpreet and all-rounder Deepti produced all-round match-winning performances for Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunder respectively.

Smriti Mandhana says Women's Big Bash League experience will help India players do well at international level

Besides Mandhana, the WBBL also features Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Richa Ghosh, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Deepti Sharma.

WBBL 2021: Harmanpreet Kaur's all-round show steers Melbourne Renegades to dominant win over Sydney Sixers

Harmanpreet, who had recently returned to action after recovering from a shoulder injury, was adjudged the player of the match.

WBBL 2021: Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav shine in Sydney Sixers' five-wicket win over Hobart Hurricanes

Young opener Shafali struck 57 off 50 balls with six hits to the fence in Sixers' successful run chase against Hobart Hurricanes, while Yadav grabbed two wickets, including that of compatriot Richa Ghosh.

WBBL 2021: Weekend fixtures likely to be played behind closed doors after COVID scare in Tasmania

Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has announced that the lockdown would start on Friday 6 pm and continue for 72 hours till Monday 6 pm. The lockdown will be lifted only subject to health advice.

Women's Big Bash League: Alyssa Healy's half-century sees Sydney Sixers win opener

Chasing down the Stars' 99 for one in a match shortened to 11 overs a side due to rain, the Sixers lost Indian opener Shafali Verma for eight before Healy took charge at Blundstone Arena in Hobart.

Australian women cricketers get pay rise but 'big gap' remains

Retainers for Big Bash League players will increase about 14 percent, Cricket Australia said, and players in the domestic cricket league will see a 22 percent rise.

WBBL 2021: Spinner Poonam Yadav eighth Indian to join league after signing with Brisbane Heat

The 30-year-old diminutive India wrist spinner joined the Brisbane side to fill the spot left by the withdrawal of New Zealand star Amelia Kerr.

WBBL 2021: Richa Ghosh seventh Indian to join league after signing with Hobart Hurricanes

Ghosh is set to make her WBBL debut and has joined Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur among the Indians to feature in the 2021 edition