Women’s Cricket Daily – 1 May 2026

May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Rob Harvey 130 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

The USA has defeated Italy in their penultimate match and in doing so have become the ICC Challenge Trophy champions. Their 12 points is a clear 4 points ahead of Nepal and Rwanda who are battling it out for second spot. (scores below)
Sri Lanka continue their dominance over Bangladesh and now lead the three match T20 International series 2-0. Nigar Sultana has overtaken Salma Khatun to become the most capped captain for Bangladesh (66).

Italy 99/8 (Alexia Kontopirakis 49, Sainavi Kambalapalli 2-12, Taranum Chopra 2-15) lost to
USA 101/1 (Sainavi Kambalapalli 52, Chetna Pagydyala 36, Chathurika Mahamalage 1-7) by 9 wickets
POTM: Sainavi Kambalapalli

Nepal 132/3 (Samjhana Khadka 52, Indu Barma 42*, Nasimana Navaika 1-21) defeated
Vanuatu 49 (Valenta Langiatu 14, Kabita Kunwar 6-5, Puja Mahato 2-10) by 83 runs
POTM: Kabita Kunwar

Sri Lanka 154/4 (Harshitha Madavi 49, Chamari Athapaththu 42, Sultana Khatun 1-21) defeated
Bangladesh 133/5 (Sharmin Akhter 44*, Juairiya Ferdous 29, Kavisha Dilhari 2-15) by 21 runs
POTM: Kavisha Dilhari