Australia goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold surely won a legion of fans with her steely-eyed heroics in Saturday's quarter-final penalty shootout victory at the Women's World Cup.

Ten teams will feature in the 46-day tournament, to be held across 10 cities. Along with Ahmedabad, the other host cities include Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamsala, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune.

England dumped Nigeria out of the Women's World Cup in a last-16 penalty shootout on Monday with Chloe Kelly scoring the decisive spot-kick, following a 0-0 draw over 120 nerve-jangling minutes.

England's Sarina Wiegman is the lone female head coach remaining at the Women's World Cup after the elimination of South Africa on Sunday, which could bode well for the Lionesses Down Under if history has a hand in it.

ICC World Cup schedule could witness another change in date as the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has requested the BCCI to move the England-Pakistan game.

England batsman Alex Hales has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 34, drawing the curtain on a controversial career on Friday.

England's highly entertaining "Bazball" approach will face a test when the team travels to India next year for a five-match Test series, England captain Nasser Hussain believes.

England captain Ben Stokes said on Monday that he had drawn on his natural optimism and experience as a player to help cope with the mental pressure of guiding England to a 2-2 draw in the Ashes series against Australia.

England fast bowler James Anderson insists that turning 41 on Sunday will not push him into retirement, claiming he "has a lot more to give".

England captain Ben Stokes is prepared to have "serious conversations" about an operation on his troublesome left knee as he eyes another tilt at the Ashes in 2025/26.

Self-proclaimed Test "addict" Stuart Broad said he felt proud to be alongside some of cricket's greatest bowlers after becoming just the fifth man to take 600 Test wickets.

Cameron Green says he is prepared to bat in Australia's top order to reclaim a place in the Ashes line-up for their meeting with England at Old Trafford next week after missing the third Test due to injury.

Amir opened up about his future possibilities in International cricket and being able to enroll in Indian Premier League (IPL) under his impending English Passport.

The dismissal triggered long and loud booing from the crowd at Lord's on Sunday and saw Australian players verbally abused by MCC members in the stadium's usually staid Long Room.

Australia's Nathan Lyon will miss the remainder of the Ashes series against England due to a calf tear suffered while fielding during the second test at Lord's, Cricket Australia said on Monday.

Furious England coach Brendon McCullum has suggested his players might skip post-Ashes beers with the Australia team and questioned the visitors' sportsmanship over the Jonny Bairstow stumping on the final day of the second test at Lord's.

England captain Ben Stokes said an "awkward" changing room meeting with a new fan of Test cricket has underlined his faith in the team's dynamic 'Bazball' method.

Lord's will provide a fitting backdrop to this week's Ashes drama as the spiritual 'Home of Cricket' hosts the second Test between England and Australia from Wednesday.

Marnus Labuschagne said he holds himself to a "higher standard" after his struggles in the opening Ashes test and is looking to rediscover top form in time for the second match at Lord's.

Ishant Sharma stirs up a controversy during a recent interview where he stated that Zaheer Khan was a better bowler than James Anderson, hinting that the England legend probably would not have been that successful if he played in Indian conditions.