Women’s Cricket Daily – 17 May 2026
Welcome to today’s women’s international cricket update featuring overnight results, today’s matches, breaking news and a look back through history.
News in brief
- Rain was the winner in Cardiff for the third ODI between England and New Zealand. Reduced to 33 overs per side, even the shortened game could not be completed, with New Zealand declared the winner on DLS. Probably a fair result, given where the game was heading. The series finished 1-1. Maddy Green was named Player of the series.
- Pakistan has named their squad for the World Cup. Well sort of. There’s the squad and then there’s six reserves. That may be to give players outside the squad an opportunity in the upcoming tri-series in Dublin against West Indies and Ireland. Squads named so far here.
- An open letter from the former French team has been published to bring awareness to their plight following their disbandment due to allegations of corruption by Cricket France. You can read it here.
Overnight Scores
England v New Zealand – ODI 3
England 181/7 (Alice Capsey 45, Heather Knight 28, Bree Illing 2-29, Rosemary Mair 2-41) lost to
New Zealand 141/4 (Brooke Halliday 42*, Maddy Green 37, Lauren Bell 3-29) by 17 runs (DLS
POTM: Brooke Halliday
