Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Cameron Bancroft, 6.5 ov), 2-71 (Sam Whiteman, 21.4 ov), 3-78 (Teague Wyllie, 23.6 ov), 4-110 (Aaron Hardie, 30.5 ov), 5-176 (Hilton Cartwright, 46.5 ov), 6-220 (Marcus Stoinis, 60.2 ov), 7-245 (Joel Paris, 68.5 ov), 8-284 (Matthew Kelly, 79.4 ov), 9-296 (Josh Inglis, 84.3 ov), 10-300 (Charles Stobo, 87.6 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Australia captain Pat Cummins will miss the third Border-Gavaskar Test against India in Indore to remain home in Sydney for family reasons. Cummins left India just hours after the second Test loss in Delhi, flying home to Sydney to be with his mother who is seriously ill. He was booked to return to India on the weekend and join the team in Indore on Sunday ahead of the third Test…
India needed 18 runs off nine balls when Ellyse Perry sprinted to her right from deep-backward square leg, threw herself into the air and flicked the ball back before tumbling over the boundary rope to save two runs. That moment epitomised what makes Australia tick. Every piece of effort is given at 100% and forms part of the whole juggernaut, which even when pushed by India in the T20 World…
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The remainder of the PSL might be moved in its entirety to Karachi after a financial dispute between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the interim Punjab government. The decision will be made following a meeting, chaired in the afternoon with all franchise owners. The dispute concerns how to split the security costs of hosting the tournament, with the interim Punjab government understood to be demanding the PCB to pay…
The MCC World Cricket Committee has reaffirmed its stance on the matter of bowlers who run out non-strikers leaving the crease prior to delivery – colloquially referred to as a “Mankad” – which may help settle the cries for less severe punishment than the batter losing their wicket. In the same statement issued on Thursday following a meeting of the committee members in Dubai, the MCC also called for “calm…
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur believes they “can’t be unluckier” after her run-out led to Australia wresting back control and eking out a five-run win to enter their seventh straight final in the Women’s T20 World Cup. After slipping to 28 for 3, India clawed back via a 69-run partnership between Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet. Then with 40 needed off 33 balls, India’s captain was run-out for 52 after her bat…
Islamabad United 159 for 4 (Gurbaz 62, van der Dussen 42, Neesham 1-21) beat Peshawar Zalmi 156 for 8 (Babar 75*, Haris 40, Hasan 3-35) by 6 wickets This was less of a game, more of a template. Islamabad United have been playing this sort of match for eight years, and when it clicks, no side can quite match their explosiveness. It clicked today in some style, with United blowing…
England are targeting a calm performance in their Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final against South Africa on Friday, but opening batter Danni Wyatt‘s nerves were frayed in the lead-up during an incident involving a cable car she was travelling in down Table Mountain. Wyatt revealed during a pre-match press conference in Cape Town on Thursday that a cable car she was travelling in while descending the peak on Wednesday afternoon…
Legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane is not in Nepal’s provisionakl 15-member squad for the Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series be played in Dubai because of travel restrictions. That situation may change as efforts are believed to be underway to secure court permission for Lamichhane to travel – a decision of that is due on Friday, which is also the last day Nepal can make changes to their squad. Lamichhane is currently…