Pakistan claimed the scalp of West Indies as they outplayed the 2016 winners by eight wickets to begin their ICC Womens T20 World Cup campaign with an eight-wicket victory here on Wednesday.
Steve Smith is back on top of the ICC Test batsmen rankings after Virat Kohli could manage only 21 runs in the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington.
She has been the backbone of Indian women's cricket team's batting but swashbuckling India opener Smriti Mandhana is delighted that teen prodigy Shafali Verma is stealing her thunder at the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup as it takes the pressure off her.
Indian batsmen will get a liberal dose of "chin music" in the second Test at the seamer-friendly Hagley Oval, senior New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner declared on Wednesday, harping on the visitors' struggles when faced with pace and bounce.
Heather Knight smashed the first century of the Women's Twenty20 World Cup as England got their campaign back on track with a 98-run win over Thailand.
Trent Boult and Tim Southee have exposed chinks in Prithvi Shaw's armour but India skipper Virat Kohli will wait and watch before any corrective analysis.
Steve Smith will skipper Welsh Fire in English cricket's new Hundred competition.