Women’s Cricket Daily – 12 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

• The World Cup kicks off tonight at Edgbaston, the first match featuring hosts England versus Sri Lanka. The match starts at 6.30PM in Birmingham which translates into the very early hours on Saturday morning in Asia Pacific.
• Who will win the tournament? South Africa (22.7%) and Australia (18.2%) are leading in our World Cup Poll. Not much love for the hosts with just 2 votes. Did you vote yet? Vote now.
• The Friday quiz is ready. Can you score a perfect 20 as we name names… Click here to do the Nicknames Quiz.
• The semi finals in the ACC Premier Cup commence today: Thailand v Indonesia; UAE v Hong Kong.
• Three matches played in the Kwibuka tournament overnight. Nigeria defeated the Zimbabwe High Performance team, while Rwanda had a comprehensive win over Malawi and Brazil scored a win over Nigeria.

Overnight Scores

Kwibuka Tournament

Zimbabwe HP 107 (Nyasha Gwanzura 27, Favour Eseigbe 3-17, Lillian Udeh 2-15, Christabel Chukwuonye 2-22, Rachael Samson 2-29) lost to
Nigeria 108/3  (Salome Sunday 34*, Esther Sandy 25, Nyasha Gwanzura 1-18) 7 wickets

POTM: TBA

Rwanda 174/6 (Gisele Ishimwe 54, Merveille Uwase 39, Fanny Utagushimaninde 37, Lucy Malino 2-34) defeated
Malawi 108/5  (Sugeni Kananji 51, Rosine Irera 1-12, Grace Mugwaneza 1-17) by 66 runs

POTM: Gisele Ishimwe

Nigeria 111/6 (Adeshola Adekunle 38, Salome Sunday 25, Maria Ribeiro 3-31) lost to
Brazil 112/3  (Lindsay Boas 35, Laura Agatha 26, Christabel Chukwuonye 1-14) by 7 wickets

POTM:Maria Ribeiro