Women’s Cricket Daily – 18 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
- No real surprises in the first two completed matches of the World Cup triple header with Australia defeating Bangladesh b 9 wickets while India had a 95 run victory over the Netherlands. (scores below)
- 9,155 crowd for the India v Netherlands match. Impressive.
- Thanks to a lionhearted knock from Fatima Sana, Pakistan somehow managed to set South Africa a target of 127. They didn’t look like batting out the Powerplay at one stage. Update: SA by 2 wickets.
- Fatima’s 71 run partnership with Tuba Hassan is a record 9th wicket stand for Pakistan – previous best was 30.
- The stats on our World Cup page are starting to show some reasonable data.
- Wins to Zimbabwe HP and Brazil overnight in the Kwibuka tournament. Play continues today in Kigali.
Overnight Scores
World Cup
Pakistan 126/9 (Fatima Sana 55*, Tuba Hassan 23, Marizanne Kapp 3-23) lost to
South Africa 127/8 (Annerie Dercksen 52, Nadine de Klerk 37, Fatima Sana 3-16, Sadia Iqbal 2-26, Tuba Hassan 2-28) by 2 wickets
POTM: Annerie Dercksen
India 209/5 (Smriti Mandhana 74, Shafali Verma 55, Caroline de Lange 2-32) defeated
Netherlands 114 (Babette de Leede 28, Shree Charani 4-19, Shafali Verma 3-20, Nandani Sharma 2-22) by 95 runs
POTM: Smriti Mandhana
Bangladesh 77/8 (Nigar Sultana 27, Ellyse Perry 2-14, Sophie Molineux 2-14, Kim Garth 2-18) lost to
Australia 78/1 (Georgia Voll 45*, Ellyse Perry 19*, Marufa Akter 1-28) by 9 wickets
POTM: Ellyse Perry
