Match details India vs Sri Lanka, Women’s T20 Asia Cup final Dambulla, July 27, 3pm local time Big Picture: India and Sri Lanka neck and neck It’s 2004. India vs Sri Lanka, the inaugural Women’s Asia Cup. India win 5-0 (it was a five-match bilateral ODI series). Cut to 2024. India vs Sri Lanka again, in a title decider. The format has changed, there were plenty more teams involved but…
Will Rhodes will join Durham next season after deciding to leave Warwickshire, the side he captained to the County Championship title in 2021. Rhodes, whose contract at Warwickshire expires at the end of the season, was offered an extension but turned it down, feeling that the time was right for a move after seven seasons in the Midlands and that he could find a more competitive deal elsewhere. He has…
Charith Asalanka, Sri Lanka’s new T20I captain, won the toss and put India into bat in the first T20I in Pallekele. Asalanka stressed on the need to create the right environment for his young squad, while targeting “more wins than what we’ve had recently.” Sri Lanka went in with three frontline fast bowlers, with Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga as their frontline spin options. Dasun Shanaka, the former captain, also…
Lunch England 157 for 5 (Root 58*, Stokes 48*, Seales 3-35) trail West Indies 282 (Brathwaite 61, Holder 59, Atkinson 4-67, Woakes 3-69) by 125 runs Joe Root and Ben Stokes steadied England after the home side’s first-day batting collapse spilled into the second morning of the third Test against West Indies at Edgbaston. The pair shared an unbroken 103-run partnership off 128 balls for the sixth wicket after England…
“Even if it’s difficult for you, crack a smile. Whatever else happens, that will shock people.” Outgoing India head coach Rahul Dravid did what many consider the unthinkable – he made Gautam Gambhir smile with the above message. Dravid sent out a touching message to the new head coach, who takes over with the T20I series against Sri Lanka starting on Saturday. In a video posted by the BCCI on…
Trent Rockets 185 for 5 (Banton 66, Hain 49) beat Northern Superchargers 138 for 8 (Dwarshuis 40*, Green 3-14) by 47 runs An immense all-round performance by Australian star Chris Green propelled Trent Rockets to a commanding 47-run victory against Northern Superchargers at a packed Headingley. Asked to bat first, the Rockets’ openers dominated the powerplay, putting on 44 before Adam Lyth mis-timed a drive to give Ben Dwarshuis his…
Somerset 270 for 7 (Umeed 114*, Rew 71) beat Kent 267 (Evison 55, Stewart 51, Goldsworthy 4-44) by three wickets Andy Umeed continued his love affair with the Metro Bank One-Day Cup as Somerset launched their Group A campaign with a three-wicket victory over Kent Spitfires at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton. The opener, who averaged 87.57 in last season’s competition, hit an unbeaten 114 off 121 balls to…
Zimbabwe will become the first country to be paid a “touring fee” by the host board in bilateral cricket when they travel to England in the 2025 summer for a two-Test series. That development was confirmed by ECB chief executive Richard Gould on Friday during a chat on Sky Sports during the first day’s play of the Edgbaston Test. It was Gould who, speaking to the Final World podcast last…
Zimbabwe 210 and 12 for 0 (Gumbie 7*, Masvaure 4*) trail Ireland 250 (Moor 79, McBrine 28, Humphreys 27*, Chivanga 3-39, Muzarabani 3-53) by 28 runs Peter Moor dominated against Zimbabwe, his former team and country of birth, to post the highest Test score by an Ireland opener. The hosts, like the visitors on day 1, then collapsed magnificently in the afternoon to throw away the advantage after they brought…
Hampshire 285 for 8 (Brown 139*, Organ 59, White 3-6) beat Northamptonshire 214 (Jack 4-29, Prest 3-41) by 71 runs Ben Brown celebrated his century of List A appearances with an exceptional hundred as Hampshire got their Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaign off to a winning start against Northamptonshire Steelbacks. Wicketkeeper Brown had only scored one previous white-ball century – for Sussex in 2021 – in his first 99 games…