Women’s Cricket Daily – 5 August 2026

August 5, 2026 Rob Harvey 96 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 has finally chalked up a win, in the third T20 International against Sr Lanka. However, with victory in the first two matches, Sri Lanka has won the series 2-1..
The Women’s Asia Cup is likely to be played in the UAE between August 28 and September 13. (The war in the Middle East is clearly an important consideration.) The competing teams will be: Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand and UAE.
Friday Quiz! This is a curly one. How many can you get right? Hat-tricks Quiz.

Sri Lanka 113/6 (Chamari Athapaththu 34, Sanjana Kavindi 20, Momina Riasat 2-18) v
Pakistan 115/6 (Ayesha Zafar 39, Shawaal Zulfiqar 21, Chamari Athapaththu 2-20, Kavisha Dilhari 2-24) by 4 wickets

POTM: Ayesha Zafar