Cricket South Africa have announced the 14-woman Proteas squad to tour Bangladesh in a five-match, One-Day International (ODI) series from 09-21 January.
Australian labour ombudsman FairWork have opened a probe into Cricket Australia's contracts for female players after allegations of discrimination against pregnant players were levelled at the cricket body.
If being a double international in football and cricket isn't impressive enough Southern Stars allrounder Ellyse Perry averages 92.53 in 24 innings at number 4 in ODIs.
Australia women completed a 4-0 series sweep when they beat the Momentum Proteas by 43 runs in the fifth and final One-Day International (ODI) at Coffs Harbour on Tuesday.
South Australia's Amanda Wellington and Tahlia McGrath are in with a chance of making their Australian debuts having been called into the Southern Stars squad for the final two matches of the ODI Series against South Africa.
Dominant half-centuries for Meg Lanning (80) and Nicole Bolton (77) have helped the Southern Stars secure a nine-wicket victory over South Africa and take an unbeatable 3-0 ODI Series lead at North Sydney Oval.
The New Zealand White Ferns' unbeaten history against Pakistan in both One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals is intact after they dug themselves out of trouble to claim the 2016 tour finale T20 by 14 runs.
A 5-0 series sweep and yet another Amy Satterthwaite century has put the icing on the cake for the New Zealand White Ferns after they comfortably chased down Pakistan's 220 in the fifth ODI in Nelson.
Southern Stars skipper Meg Lanning is wary of the visiting Proteas team despite their sixth position on the ICC International Women's Championship table.
England became the second team to qualify for the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 with a 122-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first match of their ICC Women's Championship series in Colombo on Saturday.
