As the IPL heads towards the business end of the tournament, a number of Australia’s World Cup squad members have been having an impact. Here is how they fared over the past week. Starc’s up and down tournament continues ] Mitchell Starc returned to some form in the past week when he claimed 4 for 33 in Kolkata Knight Riders’ win over Mumbai Indians in a low-scoring game at Wankhede….

It was the first time this IPL season that a side had scored 200 or more batting first in seven matches in Lucknow. Rahul felt LSG lost their way while trying to go hard to haul in the target, saying his bowlers allowed KKR to score “20 or 30 runs above par”. “When you’re chasing a big total, you try to go hard and you end up losing wickets. So…

Sri Lanka Women 149 for 6 (Gunaratne 45) beat United Arab Emirates 134 for 7 (Oza 66) by 15 runs Sri Lanka Women overcame a spirited run-chase from United Arab Emirates in their World Cup Qualifier semi-final in Abu Dhabi, to seal their place in the main event in Bangladesh later this year, as well as a place in Tuesday’s final, where they will face fellow qualifiers, Scotland. After being…

Kolkata Knight Riders 235 for 6 (Narine 81, Salt 32, Raghuvanshi 32, Naveen 3-49) beat Lucknow Super Giants 137 (Stoinis 36, Rana 3-24, Varun 3-30, Russell 2-17) by 98 runs Sunil Narine crashed 81 off 39 deliveries and Ramandeep Singh got only six balls to face and smashed 25 in those. In addition, Phil Salt, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Shreyas Iyer played aggressive innings. All of which meant that Kolkata Knight…

Kent 261 and 71 for 1 (Bell-Drummond 39*, Compton 14*) trail Lancashire 92 and 332 (Bell 65, Hurst 58, Agar 3-65) by 93 runs Lancashire’s young batters staged a gutsy fightback on the third day of the Vitality County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford but Kent need only 93 runs with nine wickets in hand to clinch victory on the final morning. Keaton Jennings’ team were bowled out for…

Glamorgan 221 (B Root 51, Bess 4-25, Moriarty 4-74) and 171 for 3 (Northeast 46*, Ingram 43*) trail Yorkshire 519 for 7 dec (Bean 173, J Root 156, Brook 65) by 127 runs Joe Root completed a superb day three 156 as Yorkshire pushed for a Vitality County Championship victory over Glamorgan at Headingley. Root followed Fin Bean’s lead, the opener who scored his first century of the season late…

Middlesex 407 for 8 (Robson 162, du Plooy 131) lead Leicestershire 306 (Handscomb 109, Bamber 4-68) by 101 runs Sam Robson and Leus du Plooy shared a Middlesex record third-wicket stand against Leicestershire of 252 to put the home side in control of their Vitality County Championship clash at Lord’s. Robson marked his return from a thumb injury by top-scoring with a meticulous 162, while Du Plooy struck 131 from…

Sussex 479 (Pujara 113, Coles 72, Alsop 64, Haines 58) beat Derbyshire 246 (Tickner 47) and 109 (Seales 5-29) by an innings and 124 runs An electric spell of reverse swing bowling from Jayden Seales inspired Sussex to a crushing victory over Derbyshire inside three days in the Vitality County Championship match at Derby. The 22-year old West Indian fast bowler took a career-best 5 for 29 and was twice…

Scotland 112 for 2 (McColl 50, Bryce 35*, Kelly 2-28) beat Ireland 110 for 9 (Paul 45, Bryce 4-8, Slater 3-32) by eight wickets An all-round show by captain Kathryn Bryce helped Scotland Women make history as they qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup, beating Ireland in the first semi-final of the qualifiers on Sunday. Bryce first bagged 4 for 8 with the ball and followed that up with…

Only in one game since match number 46, on April 28 in Chennai, has 200-plus been scored in IPL 2024. That’s six games without 200. The highest in these matches is 169, and the one exception was 201 plays 200, far from the record-breakers we have gotten used to. Are pitches getting tired and slow? And are par scores getting lower? “The way the wicket [in Dharamsala] played in the…