Hosts India face South Africa in the Women's World Cup final in Mumbai on Sunday, with the one-day showpiece crowning a new champion.South Africa, led by Laura Wolvaardt, beat four-time winners England to reach their first ODI World Cup final.

Washington Sundar has led India to a series-levelling win against Australia in the third Twenty20 cricket international.

Social media in Hindu-majority India is awash with misinformation targeting Muslims, with recent posts mocking cricket athletes from neighbouring Bangladesh for supposedly wearing burqas during a match against New Zealand.

Australia have released batter Travis Head from their T20 squad for the final two matches against India so he can play in the final round of the Sheffield Shield before the Ashes. Left-hander Head, 31, has struggled for form, with a top-score of 31 in eight white-ball innings for Australia since 1 October.

Two cricketers from the Australian women's national team were inappropriately touched by a motorcyclist in the central Indian city of Indore, where they played in the Women’s Cricket World Cup. The two players were walking to a café from their team hotel on Thursday morning when the incident took place,