Women’s Cricket Daily – 24 May 2026

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026 Rob Harvey 78 Views

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

New Zealand’s Sophie Devine and Maddy Green scored the second highest 5th wicket partnership (159) in T20 Internationals, clawing their side back from a disastrous 11/4, to give their team a competitive 170/5.
England’s top four all got starts but failed to capitalise and they left themselves with the monumental task of scoring 24 runs in the final over. They fell short, giving New Zealand victory by 14 runs. The series now stands at 1-1 with the decider on the 26th.
Malaysia suffered their second defeat at the hands of Nepal in the second T20 International, giving the visitors a 2-0 series win. Both teams will join with Thailand, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Qatar competing in the Asia Games Qualifiers starting tomorrow (25th).
More injury woes plaguing teams heading into the World Cup. It’s Ireland’s turn now as skipper Gaby Lewis pulls out of the tri-series against West Indies and Pakistan with a leg injury. Orla Prendergast will lead the side in her absence in the series which gets underway on Thursday.
Still two squads to name for the World Cup, with West Indies and Sri Lanka yet to announce, although the latter may have been waiting on the series between Sri Lanka A and New Zealand A to complete. Squads named so far.

New Zealand 170/5 (Sophie Devine 87, Maddy Green 56*, Linsey Smith 3-25) defeated
England 156/6 (Maia Bouchier 38, Sophia Dunkley 26, Nensi Patel 2-26) by 14 runs

POTM: Sophie Devine

Malaysia 82/9 (Ainna Hamizah 17, Rubina Chhetry 2-5, Kabita Kunwar 2-10, Riya Sharma 2-14) lost to
Nepal 83/3 (Samjhana Khadka 39*, Kabita Kunwar 19*, Aisya Eleesa 1-5) by 7 wickets

POTM: Kabita Kunwar