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3:00 AM ET Australian XI 5 for 248 (Smith 91*, Maxwell 70) beat New Zealand XI 9 for 286 (Young 111, Worker 59, Cummins 4-32) by five wickets (DLS method) Steven Smith boarded the flight to the World Cup with questions over his form significantly eased as he struck an unbeaten 91 at Allan Border Field to help secure a five-wicket victory although there was momentary scare around his recovering…
Australian players celebrate after the win Ryan Pierse / © Getty Images Australia still have a “lot of questions to answer” before their opening World Cup match according to captain Aaron Finch, but being able to call on the experience of six previous winners in their 15-man squad could be a key factor as they attempt to defend their title and claim the tournament for the sixth time. The squad…
© AFP High-profile coach Avishka Gunawardene has become the latest ex-Sri Lanka cricketer to attract corruption charges, after he was slapped with two counts of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s (ECB) Anti-Corruption code. He has been provisionally suspended under the ECB code pending the determination of the charges. Gunawardene’s charges relate to the T10 tournament played in the United Arab Emirates in 2017, in which he was the head coach…
2:24 AM ET Nic Maddinson‘s reinvention from enfant terrible in New South Wales to reliable first-class run-maker in Victoria has been rewarded with a full state contract for his adopted state, a year after he was unceremoniously dumped by the Blues and moved south to Melbourne with the promise only of a Big Bash League deal with the Melbourne Stars. Though injury curtailed sizeable portions of his season, Maddinson still…
11:34 PM ET Liam Brickhill South Africa seamer Masabata Klaas revelled in a maiden ODI hat-trick that helped her team draw level in their series against Pakistan, crediting “hard work” for both her and the team’s success. “It’s all because of my team-mates and the hard work we’ve put in,” Klaas said. “It’s nice. It’s a mixture of emotions. It’s the first hat-trick of my career, so it feels nice.”…
10:57 PM ET Annesha Ghosh in Jaipur The final league game of the three-team Women’s T20 Challenge in Jaipur set off a debate over whether Mithali Raj‘s Velocity should have squandered the opportunity to play a compelling brand of cricket and compete for a win, instead of securing qualification into the final via a botched chase based largely on a “calculative”, net-run-rate-centric approach. The purpose of the four-match tournament, carrying…
Steven Smith struck an unbeaten 89 © Getty Images Australia coach Justin Langer said he “slept a lot better” after Steven Smith showed some of his best form since returning from his ban with the unbeaten 89 in the second match against the New Zealand XI Wednesday. Smith dominated the back-end of the Australian innings, collecting 39 off his last 17 deliveries with increasingly dominant strokeplay including four sixes, three…
12:23 PM ET Whatever issues Jofra Archer may have experienced in winning acceptance in England’s ODI side, it seems the Test team has long been convinced of his potential value. Certainly Stuart Broad, one of those seamers who may come under pressure for his Test place, is in no doubt of Archer’s qualities. Not only does Broad expect Archer to break into England’s Ashes squad this summer, he has revealed…
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff South Africa women 148 for 2 (Wolvaardt 74*, Lee 40) beat Pakistan women 147 (Nahida 37, Maroof 32, Klaas 3-27, Sekhukhune 2-20) by eight wickets A clinical bowling effort, headlined by Masabata Klaas‘ 39th-over hat-trick, was followed by Laura Wolvaardt‘s 14th 50-plus score in ODIs as South Africa trumped Pakistan by eight wickets to level their three-match Women’s Championship series at 1-1. The first game…