Australian major winner Hannah Green has called for women to play in the Presidents Cup to make it more competitive, saying the concept has been spoken about in the locker room.

Bigger and better is the mantra for women’s cricket as the T20 World Cup gets underway on Thursday. The International Cricket Council is hopeful of another stellar outing for the globe’s top female cricketers following the success of the 2023 edition in South Africa and building on the momentum provided by India’s triumph in the men’s tournament this summer.

The Indian women's team registered a 28-run victory over South Africa in their final warm-up fixture before the T20 World Cup. A closely fought game witnessed India emerging victorious, winning both their warm-up games.

International Cricket Council has arrived in the United Arab Emirates, and there a few ways to watch the tournament without cable.

For the second time in the space of three years, a T20 World Cup will be hosted in the UAE with the home national team absent. The women’s version of that event starts in Sharjah on Thursday afternoon when Bangladesh face Scotland.

England will be out to end a 15-year drought at the T20 World Cup but defending champions Australia once again remain the team to beat. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the ninth staging of the event,