Lanning ton helps Australia Women retain Rose Bowl

Australia Women 244 for 4 (Lanning 127, Blackwell 50*, Kasperek 2-37) beat New Zealand Women 243 for 5 (Bates 110, McGlashan 46) by six wicketsScorecard Meg Lanning’s second consecutive century helped Australia home © Annette Johnston from Heddfan Photography Meg Lanning‘s 127 off 135 overshadowed Suzie Bates‘ ton to help Australia Women clinch the series 2-1 and maintain their 17-year grip on the Rose Bowl, after a convincing six-wicket victory…

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Asia Cup: Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra Take India to Big Win Over Bangladesh in Opener

Rohit Sharma’s 83 off 55 balls took his tally to 1149 runs in Twenty20 Internationals. © AFP Mirpur: India launched their Asia Cup campaign in style as they thrashed Bangladesh by 45 runs, riding on a brilliant 83 by Rohit Sharma here on Wednesday. (Scorecard | Highlights) Put into bat on a pacer-friendly wicket, India scored a challenging 166 for six with Rohit scoring his runs under pressure after they…

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Ranji Trophy Final: Dhawal Kulkarni Rips Apart Saurashtra

Dhawal Kulkarni in the devastating spell picked up Avi Barot, Cheteshwar Pujara, Arpit Vasavada and Jaydev Shah. © AFP Pune: Dhawal Kulkarni wreaked havoc with the new ball to hand Mumbai the initial edge in their quest for 41st Ranji Trophy title by reducing Saurashtra to 192 for eight in the first innings on the opening day of the summit clash in Pune. (Read More in Cricket) Back in the…

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Shahid Afridi Set For Hampshire Return

Shahid Afridi has played 27 Tests, 398 ODIs and 90 Twenty20Is for Pakistan © AFP London: Shahid Afridi is set to return to Hampshire for this season’s domestic Twenty20 Blast competition, the English county announced on Wednesday. (Shahid Afridi Reconsidering Retirement From International Cricket) Afridi, Pakistan’s captain for the forthcoming World Twenty20 in India, will be available for the whole Blast tournament, Hampshire said. Nicknamed ‘Boom Boom’ for his aggressive…

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'Dangerous' Australia climb to top of the world

Australia became the No. 1 ranked Test side after a 2-0 win against New Zealand, but plenty of challenges lie ahead © Getty Images A small crowd, a quiet Christchurch day in the last week of February, an Australian rise to No.1. It could have been Allan Border overtaking Sunil Gavaskar 23 years ago to become the leading run scorer in Tests. Instead it was Steven Smith‘s men nudging ahead…

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Smash or crash — the McCullum way

Christchurch (New Zealand) – The tattered cap was removed for the last time on Wednesday as Brendon McCullum headed into retirement ultimately in defeat, but on the back of one last destructive, record-breaking innings. Brendon McCullum drew the curtain on his illustrious career after a 2-0 series defeat as Australia wrapped up the second Test by seven wickets in Christchurch © AFP Marty Melville McCullum drew the curtain on his…

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Australia captain Steve Smith fined for dissent over umpire row

Christchurch (New Zealand) – Australian captain Steve Smith was fined 30 percent of his match fee for dissent on Wednesday after a confrontation with the umpires in the second Test against New Zealand. Australian captain Steve Smith (C) pleaded guilty to a dissent charge following an angry outburst during the second Test against New Zealand © AFP Marty Melville Australia won the Test by seven wickets to move to the…

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Time’s right, says departing McCullum

Christchurch (New Zealand) – New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum insisted the time was right to quit international cricket on Wednesday despite hitting one of his best innings just days earlier. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum insisted the time was right to quit despite hitting one of his best innings just days earlier © AFP Marty Melville It was not the way the 34-year-old wanted to retire, as Australia completed a…

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Australia’s return to the top of Test rankings hit by controversy

Christchurch (New Zealand) – Australia sealed a 2-0 series victory over New Zealand to reach the top Test ranking Wednesday but captain Steve Smith was forced to defend their aggressive style as he was fined over a row with the umpires. Australia captain Steve Smith was fined 30 percent of his match fee over a show of dissent during the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch © AFP Marty…

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