Women’s Cricket Daily – 5 June 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
- More rain in Dublin and Edinburgh overnight. The Pakistan v Ireland match was abandoned without a toss, while Bangladesh played an eight over match which resulted in a DLS victory over the Netherlands by 13 runs.
- The ACC Premier Cup marched on for a second day with eight more matches. Some big runs – Philippines with 203/5, their highest ever total, while Japan scored 188/5 against Mongolia, their highest total.
- In the Philippines match against Saudi Arabia, not only was it the Blue Caps highest total, it was their biggest winning margin (116 runs) and Karri Keen’s 67 not out was the highest score by a Blue Cap
- Thipatcha Putthawong stood in as captain for Thailand against Bahrain and for once wasn’t the leading bowler for her team. Sunida Chaturongrattana took 3-0, as did Suleeporn Laomi. Between those two bowlers, seven overs and seven maidens.
- Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has issued a public apology to Bhutan after Ritshi Choden was given out “timed out”. Bhutan’s Ritshi Choden became the first batter to be timed out in women’s international cricket. The Nepal players appealed and the umpires gave the batter out. CAN apologised to “Bhutan cricket, the player involved and all relevant stakeholders” in a press release as the incident was not in line with “the spirit of cricket it strives to uphold.”
- The annual Kwibuka Tournament kicks off in Kigali on June 10th. Participating teams: Rwanda, Milawi, Brazil, Nigeria.
- Pakistan has been named as the host for the 2028 T20 World Cup.
- The inaugural Champions Trophy is now scheduled for February 2027 in Sri Lanka. It will feature eight teams.
- 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.
Overnight Scores
Scotland Tri-Series
Bangladesh 93/3 (Dilara Akter 51, Myrthe Van Den Raad 1-16) defeated
Netherlands 85/5 (Babette De Leede 30, Ritu Moni 2-11, Fariha Trisna 2-20) by 13 runs
POTM: Dilara Akter
Ireland Tri-Nations
Pakistan 0/0 () v
Ireland 0/0 ()
Match abandoned
ACC Premier Cup
Bahrain 40 (Tharanga Gajanayake 16, Suleeporn Laomi 3-0 Sunida Chaturongrattana 3-0) lost to
Thailand 41/0 (Phannita Maya 22*, Natthakan Chantham 17*) by 10 wickets
POTM: Sunida Chaturongrattana
Malaysia 120/6 (Mahirah Izzati 48*, Mas Elysa 29, Vinu Kumar 2-21) defeated
Singapore 80/6 (Roshni Seth 18, Riyaa Bhasin 14*, Ainna Hamizah 1-10) by 40 runs
POTM: TBA
Oman 64/9 (Jayadhanyha Gunasekar 11, Vaishnave Mahesh 3-13, Esha Oza 2-21) lost to
UAE 66/1 (Esha Oza 31*, Theertha Satish 23, Sushanthika Sathiya 1-25) by 9 wickets
POTM: Esha Oza
Nepal 113 (Sita Rana Magar 37, Rubina Chhetry 24, ) defeated
Bhutan 62/8 (Bindu Rawal 33, Puja Mahato 28*, Khadija Imtiaz 1-7) by 8 wickets
POTM: TBA
Philippines 203/5 (Karri Keen 67*, Amelia Valdez 44, Katie Donovan 37, Mah Noor 3-35, Sara 3-34) defeated
Saudi Arabia 70/9 (Sara 19, Kyte Keen 3-15, Katie Donovan 2-15) by 133 runs
POTM: Katie Donovan
Hong Kong 164/3 (Yasmin Daswani 84*, Mariko Hill 41, Krisheta Sarvanakumar 1-22) defeated
Qatar 81 (Krisheta Sarvanakumar 20, Kary Chan 3-17, Maryam Bibi 2-2, Ruchitha Venkatesh 2-21) by 83 runs
POTM: Yasmin Daswani
Kuwait 60/9 (Siobhan Gomez 20, Derni Bangi 4-5, Ni Ariani 3-11) lost to
Indonesia 61/0 (Rahmawati Pangestuti 36*, Desi Wulandari 25*) by 8 wickets
POTM: Derni Bangi
Japan 188/4 (Ayaka Stafford 84, Mai Yanagida 28, Javzandulam Tugsjargal 1-21) defeated
Mongolia 72/8 (Batjargal Ichinkhorloo 13, Mamta Kaswan 3-12, Nonoha Yasumoto 2-9) by 116 runs
POTM: Ayaka Stafford
