India have come agonisingly close to beating world champions Australia in two thrilling knockout games in the last seven months and captain Harmanpreet Kaur believes a tournament like WPL will help bridge the gap between the two teams in the future. India lost out on a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games last year when they fell nine runs short against Australia in the final and recently lost the semi-final…
Madhya Pradesh 112 for 3 (Dubey 53*, Gawli 47, Saini 2-15) trail Rest of India 484 (Jaiswal 213, Easwaran 154, Avesh 4-74) by 372 runs In reply to Rest of India’s (RoI) massive total of 484, Madhya Pradesh got off to a shaky start, as Mukesh struck in the first over getting Arham Aquil to edge behind for a duck. In the next over, Saini induced a thick outside edge…
There is no one Nathan Lyon would rather have stood at slip to him than Steven Smith after Australia’s stand-in captain pulled off a spectacular catch to remove Cheteshwar Pujara and leave the visitors in a position where they can be confident of victory in Indore. As Australia, and mostly Lyon, worked their way through India on the second afternoon, Pujara was standing in their way and threatening to engineer…
India 109 & 163 (Pujara 59, Lyon 8-64) lead Australia 197 (Khawaja 60, Jadeja 4-78, Umesh 3-12) by 75 runs A remarkable eight-wicket haul from Nathan Lyon put Australia on the brink of a rare Test win in India. The game, however, was far from over after a stunning first-innings batting collapse from the visitors and an obdurate half-century from Cheteshwar Pujara kept the hosts in the contest in Indore….
Western Australia 1 for 67 (Whiteman 37*, Freeman 1-10) trail Tasmania 179 (Ward 44, Rocchiccioli 4-31, Stobo 3-28) by 112 runs Offspinner Corey Rocchiccioli claimed four wickets on the pace-friendly WACA surface as defending Sheffield Shield champions Western Australia continued their stranglehold over Tasmania after a dominant day one performance. Rocchiccioli equalled his best first-class figures of 4 for 31 to tear through Tasmania, who were bowled out for 179…
Hampshire have confirmed that Ben McDermott and Nathan Ellis, their T20 Blast-winning overseas pairing, will return to the club to help their bid to defend the title in 2023. McDermott scored 494 runs in the Blast last season including five centuries, second only to his opening partner and captain James Vince among Hampshire players. He top-scored in the final against Lancashire with 62 – Hampshire’s next-highest score was 22 –…
Lunch West Indies 212 and 0 for 1 need another 247 runs to beat South Africa 342 and 116 (Markram 47, Coetzee 20, Roach 5-47, Holder 2-7) West Indies turned the tables on South Africa and bundled them out for 116 on the third morning at SuperSport Park to leave the game on a razor’s edge. From an overnight 49 for 4, South Africa collapsed spectacularly, but then West Indies…
South Australia 272 (Manenti 88, Lehmann 65, Neser 3-60, Bartlett 3-54) vs Queensland Benjamin Manenti has fallen short of a maiden first-class century, but the spinner’s boundary-laden innings lifted South Australia back from the brink on day one of their Sheffield Shield match against Queensland in Brisbane. Manenti cracked 88 as South Australia were bowled out for 272 just before stumps on day one at the Gabba. Easily the Shield’s…
Victoria 15 for 1 trail New South Wales 203 (Green 52, Henriques 29, Perry 4-24) by 188 runs An injury to run-machine Daniel Hughes added to a tough first day for winless New South Wales in their Sheffield Shield match against Victoria in Albury. NSW were bowled out for just 203 on a challenging Lavington Sports Ground surface on Thursday. At stumps, Victoria had reached 15 for 1 with Marcus…
Big picture – Can the likes of Mushfiqur and Shakib stand up? England would know all too well the importance of taking a 1-0 lead against Bangladesh in Dhaka. The last time it happened, in 2016, England ended up winning the series 2-1 despite the home side bouncing back with a win in the second game. In fact, the last time Bangladesh won a bilateral ODI series after losing the…