India women beat Zimbabwe by eight wickets in Vadodara and sweep the ODI series 3–0. Vaishnavi Sharma took 5/39, her first ODI five-for, and India chased 132 in 17 overs. Also: Australia lead by one in the Cape Town decider, a 15-year-old makes WPL history, the Ranji Trophy's day three, and where Abhishek Sharma's four T20I hundreds now stand.
1. India women win by eight wickets and sweep Zimbabwe 3–0
Zimbabwe were bowled out for 131 in 39.5 overs in the third ODI in Vadodara on 28 October. Left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma took 5/39 in her 10 overs, her first five-wicket haul in ODIs; her best in our scorecards before this was 4/39, in her first two ODIs. India reached 133/2 in 17 overs, with 33 overs to spare: Pratika Rawal 59* and Shafali Verma 51*. That is Rawal's 10th ODI fifty in her 30th ODI (9 in 29 in our 26 October snapshot). India had won the 1st ODI by nine wickets and the 2nd ODI by 121 runs, so they take the series 3–0.
2. Cape Town decider: Australia 330/4, one run ahead
After Mitchell Starc's 6/72 bowled South Africa out for 329 on day one, Australia closed day two on 330/4 in 90 overs, a lead of 1. Matt Renshaw made 74 and Cameron Green 65. Then Josh Inglis (85*) and Alex Carey (51*) put on an unbroken 145 for the fifth wicket. In our 26 October snapshot Inglis had one Test fifty-plus score in five Tests (102); Carey's half-century is his 14th in Tests. The series is level 1–1 after Australia's 214-run win and South Africa's innings win. Day three is today.
3. WPL auction: Uma Kashvi, 15, is the youngest player ever picked
At the WPL mini auction in Kochi on 28 October, Delhi Capitals bought 15-year-old Uma Kashvi at her base price of Rs 10 lakh. She is the youngest player picked in the league's history. Australia's Sophie Molineux was the most expensive buy of the day, going to UP Warriorz, and Kiran Navgire joined Delhi Capitals.
4. Ranji Trophy: Tamil Nadu win in three days, Musheer takes six
Tamil Nadu beat Railways by 5 wickets inside three days, chasing 128 on a turning pitch after slipping to 91/5 (Railways 184 and 108; Tamil Nadu 165 and 130/5). R. Sai Kishore took 4/39 in the second innings. In Mumbai, Musheer Khan followed his first-day hundred with 6/85, and Haryana, all out for 270 despite Nishant Sindhu's 105*, are 73/2 following on, 87 behind. Parth Bhut has 6/7 for Saurashtra as Assam slid to 65/7 in their second innings, and Rajasthan's Karan Lamba made 100*. The rest of round three ends today.
5. Abhishek's four T20I hundreds, in context
Tuesday's 113 in Wellington was Abhishek Sharma's 4th T20I hundred, in his 69th innings. That draws him level with Suryakumar Yadav, who took 107 innings for his four. Only Rohit Sharma (5 in 151 innings) and Glenn Maxwell (5 in 118 innings) have more in men's T20Is. Innings counts are from our 26 October snapshot plus Tuesday's match.
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The figures behind the infographic
| Statistic | Pratika Rawal (ODIs) | Shafali Verma (ODIs) | Matt Renshaw (Tests) | Cameron Green (Tests) | Alex Carey (Tests) | Josh Inglis (Tests) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 30 | 35 | 18 | 40 | 53 | 6 |
| Runs | 1409 | 868 | 1022 | 1985 | 2513 | 269 |
| Highest | 154 | 87 | 190 | 174* | 156 | 102 |
| Fifties | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 |
| Hundreds | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
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News items come from the day's cricket reports. Scores appear only when two independent reports agree, or a report matches Crickrida's data; items reported by only one source are given without figures. The 28 October results are not yet in our scorecards, which run to 25 October. The table adds 28 October innings to Crickrida's 26 October career snapshot: Rawal 1,350 + 59 runs, Verma 817 + 51, Renshaw 948 + 74, Green 1,920 + 65, Carey 2,462 + 51, Inglis 184 + 85 (Inglis and Carey are not out, so their figures will change). Inglis's 85* and Carey's 51* already count as fifties. Vaishnavi Sharma's earlier best (4/39) and the T20I hundreds and innings counts are checked against Crickrida's data.