Javeria, spinners help Pakistan seal 2-1 series win

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Pakistan women 113 for 6 (Javeria 38, Kumari 2-20, Ranasinghe 2-23) beat Sri Lanka women 75 for 8 (Mendis 25*, Maroof 2-14) by 38 runs Javeria Khan unleashes a fierce cut shot International Cricket Council Pakistan wrapped up their first T20 series win since 2015 courtesy a constricting display from their spin quartet at the SSC. Defending 113 in the deciding third T20I, Pakistan contained Sri…

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Bavuma firm as South Africa power ahead

3:00 AM ET Lunch South Africa 400 for 7 (Bavuma 61*, Philander 6*) v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Temba Bavuma calls loudly as he scampers a run AFP A half-century from Temba Bavuma helped South Africa push their total to 400 on the second day in Johannesburg, where Australia picked up only one wicket in the opening session. The South Africans had started the day on 313 for 6 and…

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Lanning's 88* powers Australia to tri-series title

March 31, 2018

Australia 209 for 4 (Lanning 88*, Villani 51, Gunn 2-38) beat England 152 for 9 (Sciver 50, Wyatt 34, Schutt 3-14, Gardner 2-20) by 57 runs Meg Lanning crunches a sweep © AFP The highest women’s T20I total – 209 for 4, most fours in a T20I innings in men’s or women’s cricket – 32, and the joint second-highest fourth-wicket stand in women’s T20Is, of 139, underpinned Australia’s first T20…

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Hales to replace Warner for Sunrisers

4:12 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sunrisers Hyderabad have picked England’s attacking opening batsman Alex Hales as the replacement for David Warner. Hales was set to play for Nottinghamshire but he will now miss two Royal London One-Day Cup matches if Sunrisers don’t reach the playoff stage. Hales went unsold at the IPL auction in January with a base price of INR 1 crore. More to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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De Grandhomme shows new restraint until late lapse

3:51 AM ET When Kane Williamson edged James Anderson down the leg side, New Zealand were in about as big a hole as they could have been: 36 for 5 in response to 307 with both their world-class batsman, plus the in-form Henry Nicholls back in the pavilion and a lengthy tail to follow. By the time the second day ended they were still behind in the match but had…

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De Grandhomme, Watling battle after Broad new-ball blitz

3:00 AM ET Lunch New Zealand 32 for 4 (Williamson 16*, Watling 7*) trail England 307 (Bairstow 101, Wood 52, Southee 6-62, Boult 4-87) by 275 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details For arguably the first time on the Test leg of their tour of New Zealand, England’s cricketers could claim the outright ascendancy in a contest by lunch on the second day at Hagley Oval, as Stuart Broad and James…

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Warner 'resigned' to the fact he may never play for Australia again

Play 03:25 The sandpaper saga that changed Australian cricket David Warner has taken full responsibility for his actions in the ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town, following Cricket Australia’s decision to suspend him from cricket for two years, and also ban him from captaincy for life. Warner made a public admission on Saturday in Sydney “apologising unreservedly” for the ball-tampering plan – eventually executed by Cameron Bancroft with Steven Smith’s knowledge…

March 30, 2018
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Warner 'apologises unreservedly' for ball-tampering

Play 03:25 The sandpaper saga that changed Australian cricket David Warner has taken full responsibility for his actions in the ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town, following Cricket Australia’s decision to suspend him from cricket for two years, and also ban him from captaincy for life. Warner made a public admission on Saturday in Sydney “apologisingly unreservedly” for the ball-tampering plan – eventually executed by Cameron Bancroft with Steven Smith’s knowledge…

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Broad triple-strike builds on Bairstow century

3:00 AM ET Innings break England 307 (Bairstow 101, Wood 52, Southee 6-62, Boult 4-87) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details 290 for 8 to complete a satisfactory fightback in the first innings of the second Test. Bairstow, who had resumed on 97 not out, clipped a single off Trent Boult in the fifth over of the morning to cruise through to his hundred from 164 balls – his…

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Bairstow hundred takes England to 303

3:00 AM ET Innings break England 307 (Bairstow 101, Wood 52, Southee 6-62, Boult 4-87) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details 290 for 8 to complete a satisfactory fightback in the first innings of the second Test. Bairstow, who had resumed on 97 not out, clipped a single off Trent Boult in the fifth over of the morning to cruise through to his hundred from 164 balls – his…

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