Tryon joined de Klerk with South Africa struggling at 111 for 5 in the 28th over. Captain Laura Wolvaart had just been knocked over by Rowe for 50. So, the duo took their time to consolidate and, in the 34th over, the asking rate went above six runs an over for the first time in the innings. That was when Tryon smacked three fours off Sophie Devine to bring it…
Western Australia 242 for 6 (Philippe 90, Whiteman 62) beat Queensland 238 (McDermott 52, Bryant 42, Neser 40, Morris 4-64) by four wickets Josh Philippe carried his outstanding domestic one-day form from last season into a new campaign as he starred in Western Australia’s four-wicket win over Queensland in Brisbane. The player of the 2022-23 tournament, the 26-year-old Phillipe, who made three ODI and 10 T20I appearances for Australia in…
Sri Lanka 77 for 4 (Samarawickrama 23) beat Pakistan 75 for 9 (Prabodhani 3-21, Dilhari 2-15) by six wickets Sri Lanka outplayed Pakistan on a slow and sticky surface in Hangzhou to advance to the final of the Asian Games. Chasing a small target of 76, Sri Lanka took the game till 17 overs to set up the gold medal contest with India – who beat Bangladesh in a low-scoring,…
Sri Lanka allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga may be out of the World Cup completely, and may even require surgery, after aggravating his Grade 3 hamstring tear over the past few days. Meanwhile, fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera, and spinner Maheesh Theekshana also still on the road back from injury. But there is greater hope those two can play some role in the World Cup. The chair of SLC’s medical committee, Arjuna de…
Bangladesh’s batting crisis continued as they succumbed to a 86-run defeat against New Zealand in the second ODI in Dhaka. But the return of Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah will be encouraging, as both looked sharp although they couldn’t kick on after getting starts. Mahmudullah top-scored with 49 before hitting Cole McConchi’s long hop to short fine-leg; Tamim had earlier gloved while trying a lap-sweep against Ish Sodhi after making 44….
Toss Australia chose to bowl vs India In hot and humid Indore, it was Australia who won the toss and chose to bowl, with stand-in captain Steven Smith saying he’d “fancy chasing” with dew potentially playing a part. Smith also said that regular captain Pat Cummins was being rested, as were Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis. Alex Carey and Josh Hazlewood came into the XI, along with left-arm seamer Spencer…
India 52 for 2 (Rodrigues 20*, Shafali 17) beat Bangladesh 51 all out (Nigar 12, Vastrakar 4-17) by eight wickets Pooja Vastrakar could have well been watching the Asian Games back home on TV. She was only initially named as a non-travelling reserve in the squad, who was to fly back home after a week-long pre-departure camp in Bengaluru. But when Anjali Sarvani pulled up injured a day prior to…
After Ish Sodhi ripped out the Bangladesh batters in his first spell by claiming four wickets, captain Lockie Ferguson took him out of the attack after the 19th over. Once Sodhi returned for his second spell in the 30th over, he completed his maiden ODI five-wicket haul with a peach of a googly to dismiss Mahedi Hasan. It broke Bangladesh’s last recognisable batting pair to leave Mahmudullah to wage a…
“I don’t see anything wrong in it,” Tamim said after the match. “The rule is there. If we get someone out, or one of us gets out in that manner, I don’t think we should react the way people are reacting nowadays. “I think it is a team decision,” he said. “We will definitely talk about it after today’s incident. If it is a team decision that we will take…
Bangladesh captain Litton Das recalled batter Ish Sodhi after fast bowler Hasan Mahmud had run out the New Zealand player when he left the crease early at the non-striker’s end. It was the first time that a Bangladesh cricketer attempted one of the game’s most controversial modes of dismissal. Sodhi was on 17 when he was called back, but then struck three more sixes in his 35 off 39 runs….