Women’s Cricket Daily – 13 May 2026

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 Rob Harvey 72 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

Pakistan’s Ayesha Zafar belted a not out century – at 217.02 strike rate – in the home team’s continued dominance over Zimbabwe. Ayesha‘s innings earned her Player of the Match as Pakistan goes ahead in the series 1-0. Her innings of 102* is the highest for Pakistan.
The 237/5 score by Pakistan is their highest in T20 Internationals, as is their victory margin of 153 runs. (scores below)
The on and off announcement of South Africa’s World Cup squad is now on, with the release of the names for the Proteas’ campaign. It seems the delay was whether there was room for Shabnim Ismail who will come out of retirement. There was.
“Having someone like Shabnim back adds a lot of value to the group. We had good conversations and you could see the hunger she still has to represent South Africa and help this team achieve something special.” head coach Mandla Mashimbyi
All eyes on Northampton later today for the second ODI between England and New Zealand. England lead the series 1-0 after their thrilling win in game one.

Pakistan 237/5 (Ayesha Zafar 102*, Aliya Riaz 48, Nomvelo Sibanda 2-59) defeated
Zimbabwe 84 (Natasha Mtomba 24, Fatima Sana 3-7, Natalia Pervaiz 2-3, Sadia Iqbal 2-14) by 153 runs
POTM: Ayesha Zafar