Australia vs England – match abandoned Australia and England took a point each from their Group 1 match at the T20 World Cup after a wet, unsafe outfield led to their match being abandoned at the MCG. Both teams now have three points, after a win and a loss apiece in their opening two games. As a consequence, Friday’s fixture between these two old rivals had been billed as a…
Adelaide Strikers 4 or 112 (Mack 47*) beat Perth Scorchers 5 for 111 by six wickets Adelaide Strikers recovered from a mini-innings stumble to beat Perth Scorchers by six wickets and exact some revenge for their loss to the Scorchers in last season’s WBBL final. Strikers were cruising at 0 for 51 at Allan Border Field in Brisbane on Friday. But young Scorchers spinner Lilly Mills struck with three wickets,…
Daryl Mitchell admitted having a moment when he feared the worst about his T20 World Cup prospects after fracturing his finger just weeks before the tournament, but he is confident ahead of his return to New Zealand’s middle order against Sri Lanka at the SCG. Mitchell suffered the blow while batting in the nets before the tri-series involving Bangladesh and Pakistan in Christchurch. However, after being assessed it was decided…
Match abandoned without a ball bowled Afghanistan and Ireland shared the points on offer after persistent rain prevented any action – or even the toss – from taking place in their men’s T20 World Cup match at the MCG on Friday. For Afghanistan, the result came just two days after their game against New Zealand, at the same venue, had also been abandoned. With the point they earned today, Ireland,…
Big picture On geographical terms, Afghanistan and Ireland are perhaps two of the most peculiar rivals across cricket, but the intensity of this rivalry was borne out of a battle for Associate supremacy throughout the 2010s before both sides were elevated to Test status in 2017. Whether locked in a virtual dead heat in that era, or joined at the hip in the time since then as the fresh faces…
Cyclone Sitrang wreaked havoc as it travelled along the southern tip of Bangladesh, leaving most of the country, and the National Cricket League, rain-soaked. Three out of the four matches were drawn after the first two days, October 24 and 25, were rained off, with only Barishal Division beating Dhaka Metropolis by four wickets in mostly dry Rajshahi. The lowest number of overs was played in the drawn game between…
Pakistan captain Babar Azam conceded his team was “not up to the mark”, but backed the selection gamble to field a bowling heavy line-up after their T20 World Cup semi-final prospects nosedived with a one-run defeat to Zimbabwe at Optus Stadium in Perth. Just four days after a harrowing last-ball defeat to India at a packed MCG, Pakistan suffered more heartbreak after they were stunned by Zimbabwe having dominated the…
After Zimbabwe’s third win at the tournament, when they stunned Pakistan by one run, Raza revealed that when he struggled to sleep in the early hours of the day of the Pakistan match, it was Ponting’s clip, which referred to greats of the game like Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne when discussing Raza’s form, that calmed him. “I know there was a small clip that was sent to me this…
Zimbabwe 130 for 8 (Williams 31, Wasim 4-24, Shadab 3-23) beat Pakistan 129 for 8 (Masood 44, Raza 3-25, Evans 2-25) by one run Zimbabwe promised to cause as much damage as they could in the Super 12s and, two games in, they have inflicted a major blow. They defended 130 to deny Pakistan their first points and leave them at risk of not making the semi-finals, and they did…
Adelaide Strikers 8 for 140 (Wolvaardt 46, Jonassen 3-17, Hancock 3-26) beat Brisbane Heat 109 (Schutt 4-11, Brown 4-16) by 31 runs Adelaide Strikers fast bowlers Megan Schutt and Darcie Brown have combined to destroy Brisbane’s top order to secure a 31-run win in the WBBL. The duo , both Australian representatives, were on fire at the start of Heat’s run chase and had the home side 4 for 7…