Play 01:29 ‘Need more consistency from top order – Taylor Having controlled the controllable by beating India, West Indies were faced with a nervous-yet-optimistic wait to see if they made it through to the semi-finals of the Women’s World Twenty20 for the fourth time in a row. The result was all but confirmed somewhere halfway through Pakistan’s chase against England, when it became evident that an upset wasn’t on the…
Magical Kohli steers India into semi-finals
Toss: Australia chose to bat v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Australia made no changes to the team that beat Pakistan © Getty Images Steven Smith won the toss and chose to bat in Australia’s quasi quarter-final against India in Mohali. Both captains named unchanged teams, Australia resisting the temptation to tweak their side after beating Pakistan, and India now going through the group stage with the same XI in…
Mithali Raj focuses on positives despite India's lacklustre showing
Play 01:44 ‘There are always slip-ups in cricket’ – Raj The World Twenty20 was built up beautifully for India Women to create a splash. A record T20I series win in Australia and a creditable showing in the ODIs that followed raised hopes of an improved show at their own party. India hadn’t qualified for the semi-finals since 2010, but were primed to break the deadlock this time around. It looked…
Coles craving trophies at Kent
In the lead up to the 2016 domestic season, ecb.co.uk will be running a series of features with all 18 first-class counties. Matt Coles is hoping to bowl Kent to silverware this term. Ending a seven year silverware drought is top of Kent’s agenda for 2016, according to Matt Coles. The Spitfires had a successful three-season period from 2007, winning the Twenty20 Cup, finishing runners-up in both limited-overs competitions before…
Wilson powers EWA to victory
Fran Wilson hit a century as England women’s Academy thrashed Sri Lanka A by 75 runs in their opening tour match. Wilson clubbed 13 fours and a six in her 115 from 100 balls to underpin a huge total of 311 for nine after England won the toss and elected to bat. The Shooting Stars rarely threatened to reel in an imposing target of 312, although a late rally saw…
Mithali Raj focuses on positives despite India's lackluster showing
Mithali Raj has misfired in her last three games, managing only scores of 16, 20 and 0 © International Cricket Council The World Twenty20 was built up beautifully for India Women to create a splash. A record T20I series win in Australia and a creditable showing in the ODIs that followed raised hopes of an improved show at their own party. India hadn’t qualified for the semi-finals since 2010, but…
'We haven't won anything yet' – Bayliss
Play 01:40 WATCH – Buttler’s ferocious 66* Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, has urged his players not to get ahead of themselves as they build towards a World T20 semi-final against New Zealand in Delhi on Wednesday, despite the understandable excitement that has been generated by the thrilling 10-run victory over Sri Lanka that secured their progression to the last four. “We haven’t won anything,” Bayliss told reporters at the…
Hurt teams out to salvage pride after early exit
Match facts March 28, 2016Start time 1930 local (1400 GMT) An injured Angelo Mathews was left fighting a lone battle against England, and could miss Sri Lanka’s final game of the tournament © Associated Press Big Picture There were no visible tears when Sri Lanka were knocked out of the World T20, but to see Angelo Mathews and his men speak, and to read their tweets the next day, there…
Amla insists South Africa stars are not finished yet
Hashim Amla falls cheaply against Reece Topley in a defeat against England © Getty Images Hashim Amla remains adamant that, despite South Africa’s failure to progress to the World T20 semi-finals, their much-vaunted senior players will refocus on the 2017 Champions Trophy in England in an attempt to add a limited-overs medal to their cricketing CVs. Ahead of South Africa’s dead-rubber against Sri Lanka on Monday, Amla insisted that he…
Afghanistan stun West Indies
Afghanistan finished their World Twenty20 campaign on a high as they stunned Group 1 winners West Indies by six runs in Nagpur to record their first victory over a Test-playing nation other than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. The Windies had won their previous three group matches, and seemed set to maintain their 100 per cent record when the associate minnows were restricted to 123 for seven. But spinners Rashid Khan and…