Women’s Cricket Daily – 29 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
- Wins to Australia and South Africa overnight have sealed for those teams a semi-final spot in Pool B. Australia finish on top while South Africa finish in second spot. That does mean the end of the road for India and Bangladesh.
- Australia will play West Indies tomorrow (June 30th, while England will play South Africa on July 2nd. Both semi final matches will be played at the Oval.
- Shree Charani‘s 2-32 against Australia makes her the leading wicket taker for the tournament with 14.
- Friday quiz: can you make the top 10? This week’s quiz: Bowling Spell
- Check out our calculations. Who will make the finals? – we got that prediction 100% correct.
- Player of the Tournament page continues to heat up. Orla Prendergast sits in top spot, the first player to get over 300 points.
Overnight Scores
World Cup
India 170/4 (Harmanpreet Kaur 56, Smriti Mandhana 38, Sophie Molineux 2-46) lost to
Australia 172/4 (Ellyse Perry 56, Ash Gardner 53, Shree Charani 2-32) by 6 wickets
POTM: Ellyse Perry
Bangladesh 117/5 (Sobhana Mostary 42, Nigar Sultana 32, Nonkululeko Mlaba 2-22, Marizanne Kapp 1-9) lost to
South Africa 118/6 (Annerie Dercksen 45, Tazmin Brits 20, Marizanne Kapp 16, Nahida Akter 2-24) by 4 wickets
POTM: Marizanne Kapp
