Women’s Cricket Daily – 31 May 2026

May 31, 2026 Rob Harvey 54 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

A stirring win for Scotland over Bangladesh overnight. It’s the first time in seven games that the Wildcats have defeated the Tigresses. The home team are now two from two in the Scotland Tri-series. (Scores below) Later today Bangladesh and Netherlands face off as the series continues.
England kept the series alive 1-1 after defeating India by 26 runs in the second match. What would be of concern for both teams is the number of batters getting a start but not going on. This has been a particular issue for the home team of late.
Action continues in Ireland tonight in the Tri-Nations series. The home team takes on Pakistan. Both have been defeated by West Indies so tonight’s game is a chance for one of them to record a win.
The finals of the Asia Games Qualifiers are played today. Thailand and Malaysia are in the final, while Nepal takes on China in the battle for third place. Both matches are significant. The top three teams go through to the Asia Games.
Player of the Match yesterday between Malaysia and Nepal was Malaysia’s Elsa Hunter. In her score of 48, all but 2 runs came from boundaries. Yes, 46 of 48!
Australia and South Africa are preparing for the World Cup with three practice matches starting in Arundel from today.
With the announcement of the Sri Lankan squad, all teams have been named for the World Cup. World Cup Squads.
Preview of the Netherlands and their hopes for the World Cup.

England 168/5 (Freya Kemp 39*, Danni Wyatt-Hodge 29, Shree Charani 3-25) defeated
India 142/9 (Yastika Bhatia 33, Smriti Mandhana 32, Freya Kemp 2-15, Charlie Dean 2-20) by 26 runs

POTM: Freya Kemp

Bangladesh 133/5 (Nigar Sultana 46*, Gabriella Fontenla 1-11, Abtaha Maqsood 1-14) lost to
Scotland 134/2 (Kathryn Bryce 54*, Katherine Fraser 28, Shorna Akter 1-19) by 8 wickets

POTM: Gabriella Fontenla

Thailand 137/3 (Nannapat Koncharoenkai 46, Naruemol Chaiwai 40, Jiaping Li 2-20) defeated
China 53 (Wei Haiting 9, Suleeporn Laomi 2-12, Onnicha Kamchomphu 3-4, ) by 83 runs

POTM:

Nepal 126/6 (Indu Barma 46, Kabita Kunwar 33, Winifred Duraisingam 2-18) lost to
Malaysia 127/8 (Elsa Hunter 48, Dhanusri Muhunan 21, Riya Sharma 3-20, Manisha Upadhayay 2-14) by 2 wickets

POTM: Elsa Hunter