Play 02:48 WATCH – The innings Kohli rates as his beset in T20Is An emotional Virat Kohli called his unbeate, match-winning, World T20 semi-final spot sealing 82 off 51 balls as his best innings in the format. India had been set a target of 161, and they were fading away at 94 for 4 in the 14th over. The required run-rate had hit double-digits as early as the 10th over,…
England Women 148 for 5 (Edwards 77*, Beaumont 37, Dar 3-21) beat Pakistan Women 80 (Marsh 3-12) by 68 runsScorecard Charlotte Edwards led England to a semi-final spot © Getty Images/ICC Not for the first time in a Women’s World T20, England will have to get past Australia for glory. Unlike the last two encounters, however, their showdown this time will not be in a final. On Wednesday in Delhi,…
Play 01:29 ‘Need more consistency from top order – Taylor Having controlled the controllable by beating India, West Indies were faced with a nervous-yet-optimistic wait to see if they made it through to the semi-finals of the Women’s World Twenty20 for the fourth time in a row. The result was all but confirmed somewhere halfway through Pakistan’s chase against England, when it became evident that an upset wasn’t on the…
Toss: Australia chose to bat v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Australia made no changes to the team that beat Pakistan © Getty Images Steven Smith won the toss and chose to bat in Australia’s quasi quarter-final against India in Mohali. Both captains named unchanged teams, Australia resisting the temptation to tweak their side after beating Pakistan, and India now going through the group stage with the same XI in…
Play 01:44 ‘There are always slip-ups in cricket’ – Raj The World Twenty20 was built up beautifully for India Women to create a splash. A record T20I series win in Australia and a creditable showing in the ODIs that followed raised hopes of an improved show at their own party. India hadn’t qualified for the semi-finals since 2010, but were primed to break the deadlock this time around. It looked…
In the lead up to the 2016 domestic season, ecb.co.uk will be running a series of features with all 18 first-class counties. Matt Coles is hoping to bowl Kent to silverware this term. Ending a seven year silverware drought is top of Kent’s agenda for 2016, according to Matt Coles. The Spitfires had a successful three-season period from 2007, winning the Twenty20 Cup, finishing runners-up in both limited-overs competitions before…
Fran Wilson hit a century as England women’s Academy thrashed Sri Lanka A by 75 runs in their opening tour match. Wilson clubbed 13 fours and a six in her 115 from 100 balls to underpin a huge total of 311 for nine after England won the toss and elected to bat. The Shooting Stars rarely threatened to reel in an imposing target of 312, although a late rally saw…
Mithali Raj has misfired in her last three games, managing only scores of 16, 20 and 0 © International Cricket Council The World Twenty20 was built up beautifully for India Women to create a splash. A record T20I series win in Australia and a creditable showing in the ODIs that followed raised hopes of an improved show at their own party. India hadn’t qualified for the semi-finals since 2010, but…
Play 01:40 WATCH – Buttler’s ferocious 66* Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, has urged his players not to get ahead of themselves as they build towards a World T20 semi-final against New Zealand in Delhi on Wednesday, despite the understandable excitement that has been generated by the thrilling 10-run victory over Sri Lanka that secured their progression to the last four. “We haven’t won anything,” Bayliss told reporters at the…
Match facts March 28, 2016Start time 1930 local (1400 GMT) An injured Angelo Mathews was left fighting a lone battle against England, and could miss Sri Lanka’s final game of the tournament © Associated Press Big Picture There were no visible tears when Sri Lanka were knocked out of the World T20, but to see Angelo Mathews and his men speak, and to read their tweets the next day, there…