The Latest Breaking News from Alana King

Australian leg spinner Alana King's excitement about returning to India for a white-ball tour is about a lot more than cricket, writes Brittany Carter.

MELBOURNE: Australian leg-spinner Alana King is savouring the prospect of playing in front of her extended family in India during the five-T20 series, where a good show can set her up for the upcoming women's IPL.

Alana King spent her formative years watching the Little Master take apart bowling attacks. But once she saw the great Shane Warne, the mystical art of legspin became her calling.

Australian allrounder Tahlia McGrath has produced a match-winning display but had to hold her nerve to send the Southern Brave into The Women's Hundred final.

Victory for Beth Mooney and Megan Schutt has kept Alana King and Elyse Villani in the Women's Hundred but sent Ellyse Perry and Sophie Molineux home.

Amanda-Jade Wellington's excellence in the Women's Hundred has continued as her spinning brilliance helped Southern Brave into the knockout stages.

The England international took 4-10 as Trent Rockets were downed by 10 wickets

Returning to the scene of Commonwealth Games gold in a Hundred match with two Australians on each side Ellyse Perry has shone with the bat and in the field.

In the end, having let go of a golden opportunity to beat mighty Australia, the Indian women’s team was left heartbroken. For a while, fired by a sensational opening spell by seamer Renuka Singh Thakur, who took a T20I career-best 4/18, India seemed to be on top of the Southern…