Toss South Africa chose to bowl vs England South Africa opted to chase after winning the toss in Benoni. The hosts are 1-0 down in the series after losing the opener in East London on Sunday. Chloe Tryon was available to return, having missed the first T20I after being delayed on her return from the WBBL, while Faye Tunnicliffe came in for her first international appearance in more than three…
Wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia has been ruled out of India’s upcoming ODI series in Australia due to a wrist injury she picked up during the ongoing WBBL. In her place, India have called up Uma Chetry, who is uncapped in the format. Chetry has played four T20Is, all this year. Her debut was against South Africa in July. Earlier this month, she was the second-highest run-getter in the domestic T20 Challenger…
West Indies will be without veteran allrounder Stafanie Taylor for their upcoming white-ball tour of India. The 33-year-old is currently rehabilitating from an injury, according to a CWI release, and will not be available for the three T20Is and three ODIs in India. Deandra Dottin, who returned to West Indies’ squad for the T20 World Cup earlier this year in the UAE, two years after announcing her international retirement, is…
Sydney Thunder 129 for 4 (Litchfield 46) beat Hobart Hurricanes 126 for 6 (Villani 49*) by six wickets Phoebe Litchfield steered Sydney Thunder to within one win of the WBBL grand final, helping her side end Hobart Hurricanes’ season with a tense six-wicket victory at Drummoyne Oval. With Thunder chasing 127 for victory in the knockout final, they appeared to be in trouble with 26 runs required from the final…
The third edition of the ILT20 will clash with the SA20, the Big Bash League (BBL), the Super Smash (New Zealand) and the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) early next year. The six-team franchise-based competition in the UAE will run from January 11 to February 9 in 2025, a window very similar to that of the SA20. The third edition of the SA20 will run from January 9 to February 8,…
Victoria 186 (Short 54, Swepson 4-31) and 439 (Kellaway 122, Rogers 69, Harris 62, Short 59, Guthrie 4-96) beat Queensland 297 (Peirson 61, Lovell 60, Bartlett 57, Crone 4-68) and 238 (McDermott 68, Elliott 4-43) by 90 runs Queensland have been left to rue a number of bizarre final-day dismissals, after falling to a 90-run defeat to Victoria. Resuming on day four at 58 for 3 chasing 329 for victory…
Phillip Hughes‘ family have described the popular cricketer as “the light of our lives” in a touching tribute before tears were shed at the SCG on the 10th anniversary of his death. The family of Hughes, who died two days after being struck by a ball while batting in a Sheffield Shield game at the SCG, hope his exploits and character will be an inspiration for younger cricketers. “He shined…
India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is back as the No. 1 Test bowler and has also achieved his career-best rating of 883 in the ICC rankings following his match-winning haul of 8 for 72 against Australia in Perth. His team-mate Yashasvi Jaiswal, who smashed 161 in the second innings of the Test, has moved to his career-best No. 2 ranking in the batters’ charts. Bumrah, whose 5 for 30 in…
Tasmania 364 (Ward 92, Silk 74, Webster 61, Radhakrishnan 55) and 268 for 8 dec (Ward 96, Abbott 4-71) beat New South Wales 338 (Patterson 99, Gilkes 62, Bell 4-52) and 239 (Philippe 55, Kuhnemann 3-76) by 55 runs Test dark horse Beau Webster has iced Tasmania’s tense 55-run Sheffield Shield defeat of New South Wales on an emotional day when the SCG commemorated the 10th anniversary of Phillip Hughes’…
Exactly a year after smashing the second-fastest 50-over century by an Indian, Gujarat opener Urvil Patel clattered a 28-ball century in the shortest format, which is the second-fastest overall in T20s and the fastest by an Indian. Urvil’s feat came against Tripura in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), India’s domestic T20 tournament, in Indore. The record for the fastest T20 hundred belongs to Sahil Chauhan of Estonia, who got…