Goodwin, Turner lead Western Australia fightback after Bancroft's first-ball duck

Western Australia 211 for 4 (Goodwin 87*, Turner 79) vs South Australia Jayden Goodwin struck a defiant half-century to lift Sheffield Shield holders Western Australia out of an early hole and finish a rain-hit day one well placed against South Australia. WA recovered from 62 for 3 to reach 211 for 4 when stumps were belatedly called on a stop-start day-night encounter at Adelaide Oval. Goodwin ended the day unbeaten…

November 23, 2024
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Heather Knight: England won't 'rip up any trees' in wake of World Cup disappointment

Heather Knight says that England’s women are determined not to “rip up any trees” in the wake of their meek exit from last month’s T20 World Cup, and backed her players to take the criticism in their stride as they enter the first of match of their multi-format series against South Africa, in East London on Sunday. With seven matches across three formats looming in the coming weeks, followed by…

November 23, 2024
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Rana dedicates 'dream' debut: 'This one's for you, dad'

Harshit Rana might only be 22 years old but he has been waiting a long time to be an international cricketer. On Instagram, with a picture of him wearing the India cap, he wrote “a dream that my father and I saw 13 years ago has come true today. This one’s for you dad.” Rana could have made his debut in a T20I series against Bangladesh last month but he…

November 23, 2024
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Relentless Jaiswal and Rahul make Australia toil to push lead over 200

India 150 and 172 for 0 (Jaiswal 90*, Rahul 62*) lead Australia 104 (Bumrah 5-30, Rana 3-48) by 218 runs After a frenetic start to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India gained control of the first Test after openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul ground down a labouring Australia attack in improved batting conditions at Optus Stadium. Jaiswal closed in on a brilliant century and finished 90 not out, while a resolute…

November 23, 2024
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Crawley, Carse top performers on day one of England warm-up in Queenstown

England 249 (Crawley 94, Johal 3-25) lead Prime Minister’s XI 136 (Reddy 60, Carse 4-48) by 113 runs Zak Crawley hit 94 and Brydon Carse took four wickets as England stretched their legs on the first day of action on their tour of New Zealand. After opting to bowl, England dismissed the Prime Minister’s XI shortly after lunch, with Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse sharing the wickets. They…

November 23, 2024
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Tilak Varma breaks records with third successive T20 hundred

Tilak, 22, headed into the domestic T20 competition on the back of consecutive hundreds in South Africa – 107 not out in Centurion followed by an unbeaten 120 in Johannesburg. With his knock for Hyderabad, he became the first Indian male cricketer to have a 150-plus score in T20s. Kiran Navgire, who now plays for Maharashtra, had scored an unbeaten 162 playing for Nagaland against Arunachal Pradesh in the Senior…

November 23, 2024
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Healy ruled out of India series, Voll in line for Australia debut

Alyssa Healy has been ruled out Australia’s upcoming women’s ODI series against India with 21-year-old Georgia Voll called up to her first international squad following some stunning domestic form. Healy will miss the three-match home ODI series against India that starts on December 5 in Brisbane due to a knee injury and her availability for the following series against New Zealand in New Zealand remains unknown. Voll has been added…

November 23, 2024
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How Bumrah left Australia reeling with his five-for

India were bowled out for 150 after opting to bat first in Perth but captain Jasprit Bumrah ensured they still finished on top. In an excellent display of fast bowling, Bumrah ran through the Australian line-up, finishing with figures of 5 for 30 to bundle them out for 104. Here’s how ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary recorded his wickets: 2.3 Bumrah to McSweeney, OUT, Much tighter call. Bumrah’s questions to his fielders…

November 23, 2024
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Matthews and Molineux star to send Renegades top

Melbourne Renegades 137 for 1 (Matthews 60*, Molineux 42*) beat Sydney Thunder 133 (Molineux 4-23) by nine wickets Melbourne Renegades crushed the Sydney Thunder by nine wickets to take top spot on the WBBL ladder. Thunder were bowled out for 133 in 19.1 overs with Renegades spinner Sophie Molineux snaring 4 for 23 at Melbourne’s Junction Oval. Renegades then raced to the target from 14.2 overs with opener Hayley Matthews…

November 23, 2024
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Louis 97, Athanaze 90 give West Indies slight edge after day one

West Indies 250 for 5 (Louis 97, Athanaze 90, Taskin 2-46) vs Bangladesh Mikyle Louis and Alick Athanaze both suffered the heartbreak of falling in the nineties on the first day of the Antigua Test against Bangladesh. Otherwise, the West Indies pair did enough to make the opening day of the series theirs. The 140-run fourth wicket stand between the pair revitalised West Indies’ innings, adding pace to the overall…

November 22, 2024
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