Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Aaliyah Alleyne, 2.6 ov), 1-48, 2-63 (Hayley Matthews, 7.1 ov), 3-63 (Shemaine Campbelle, 7.6 ov), 4-103 (Trishan Holder, 14.1 ov), 5-114 (Afy Fletcher, 15.5 ov), 6-132 (Kycia Knight, 17.4 ov), 7-136 (Rashada Williams, 18.6 ov), 8-136 (Shabika Gajnabi, 19.1 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
India 404 (Pujara 90, Iyer 86, Miraz 4-112, Taijul 4-133) and 258 for 2 dec (Gill 110, Pujara 102*) beat Bangladesh 150 (Mushfiqur 28, Kuldeep 5-40) and 324 (Zakir 100, Shakib 84, Axar 4-77) by 188 runs It took India only 11.2 overs on the final morning of the Chattogram Test to pick up the last four Bangladesh wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Their 188-run…
Having been poised on 299 after South Africa’s first innings, Starc produced a magnificent delivery which swung back into van der Dussen shortly before lunch, zipping through a huge gap between bat and pad. The landmark came on the ground where Starc had made his Test debut, against New Zealand in 2011, and claimed Brendon McCullum as his first wicket. Related ‘Hopefully there’s a bit more left in the journey’…
Lunch South Africa 3 for 2 (Erwee 1*, Bavuma 0* & 152 (Verreynne 64, Lyon 3-14) trail Australia 218 (Head 92, Rabada 4-76) trail by 63 runs Only four sessions of cricket have been played in this Test but South Africa are already in the process of setting Australia a fourth-innings target. In a fast-forward morning, seven wickets fell as Australia were bowled out for 218 to take a lead…
Australia captain Alyssa Healy suffered a calf strain while batting in the fourth women’s T20I against India and was ruled out of the contest. A word on her availability for the final game of the tour was awaited. Healy, leading for the first time in place of Meg Lanning, who is on an indefinite break, helped Australia get off to a quick start after they were asked to bat. She…
Toss India opt to bowl vs Australia Harmanpreet Kaur‘s happy knack of winning the toss continued for a third straight time as India elected to bowl in the fourth T20I at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The hosts made just one change from their last game, bringing in Harleen Deol in place of Rajeshwari Gayakwad. The Indian captain reckoned it was better to chase in the night games, and with…
Perth Scorchers 155 for 9 (Hardie 55, Bird 3-26) beat Sydney Sixers 117 (Kerr 42, Richardson 4-9) by 38 runs Emerging allrounder Aaron Hardie hit a maiden BBL half-century before a Jhye Richardson-led Perth Scorchers attack defended a modest total in trademark fashion to defeat Sydney Sixers in a grand final rematch at the Optus Stadium. After Hardie’s 32-ball 55 lifted defending champions Scorchers to respectability, Richardson starred with four…
At Calcutta, November 27 (day/night). India won by 102 runs. Toss: West Indies. A crowd widely estimated as close to 100,000 watched with delight as West Indies’ batting collapsed. From 57 for one they lost nine wickets for 66, and were all out with nearly ten overs remaining; Kumble took the last six for four runs in 26 balls. His full figures of six for 12 were the best for…
Ricky Ponting has urged David Warner to think carefully about whether he should bring an end to his Test career but team-mate Nathan Lyon believes that all of Australia should be backing him. Warner was dismissed for a first-ball duck by Kagiso Rabada on the opening day at the Gabba when he fended a hostile short delivery to short leg where Khaya Zondo took a magnificent one-handed catch above his…
At Sialkot, December 9, 10, 11, 13, 14. Drawn. Toss: Pakistan. Although a green and seemingly lively pitch held something for the fast bowlers, India were not hard pressed to compile a reasonable total after being put in. The start was delayed until after noon because of early-morning rain. Srikkanth, for the sixth time in the series, and Sidhu were victims of Wasim Akram, but Manjrekar again showed the way…