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In response, India failed to launch in the first six overs and were already in trouble at 31/3 after powerplay. Captain Markram led from the front, opening the bowling and getting the crucial wicket of Ishan Kishan in the first over. Though Abhishek Sharma finally got off the mark, after three successive ducks in the tournament, he fell for 15. Corbin Bosch held on to brilliant running catch, despite colliding with teammate Keshav Maharaj, to dismiss the southpaw. South Africa kept a lid on the explosive, and deep running, Indian batting line up. Dube, who had brought the fireworks during…
South Africa ended India’s 12-match winning streak at the T20 World Cup with a crushing 76-run win in Ahmedabad on Sunday in the opening Group 1 Super Eights match. After a counter-attacking 63 by David Miller and some late hitting from Tristan Stubbs took South Africa to 187-7, the defending champions were all out for 111 in 18.5 overs, failing badly in their first chase of the tournament. Left-arm quick Marco Jansen finished with 4-22, while left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj took 3-24 as the South African bowlers exposed India’s fragile batting line-up. “Great performance. Very different type of wicket to…
The England and Wales Cricket Board has written to every team in The Hundred to remind them of their responsibilities around discrimination ahead of March’s player auction.The BBC reported earlier this week that the four Indian-owned franchises in the competition – Manchester Super Giants, MI London, Southern Brave and Sunrisers Leeds – would not consider signing Pakistan players due to ongoing tensions between the countries. The ECB said in a statement earlier this week that they expected all eight side to “reflect” that the Hundred was open to players from anywhere. Now it is understood that an email has warned…
India suffered their first loss in 13 T20 World Cup games after a disappointing 76-run drubbing to South Africa in their opening game of the Super 8s stage. Jasprit Bumrah (3-15) became India’s all-time leading wicket-taker in the tournament as two of his three wickets helped reduce South Africa to 20-3 after four overs, following their decision to bat first at the toss. But the imperious David Miller (63 off 35 balls) bailed the Proteas out of trouble, as he propelled his team to a very defendable total of 187-7. In reply, India limped to 51-5 in the 10th over,…
“Can we play you every week?”That chant is often heard inside football stadiums when a side is, say, 4-0 up on their opponents in next to no time. It is also one England cricket supporters might be belting out as their team’s T20 dominance of Sri Lanka continued with a rout of a World Cup victory in Pallekele on Sunday. England have now won their last 12 T20 internationals against this opponent, including when they swept them 3-0 in a pre-World Cup bilateral series, also in Pallekele. Not since a game at The Kia Oval in May 2014 have Sri…
The early return of opener Pratika Rawal has presented India’s brains trust with a welcome headache heading into the ODI leg of the multi-format series against Australia. Rawal was a late addition to India’s one-day squad last week, having completed her rehabilitation from the horror broken ankle that prematurely ended her ODI World Cup last October.The 25-year-old had initially only been named in India’s squad for the day-night Test in Perth. Rawal had been enjoying a breakout ODI World Cup – and debut year – at the top of the order alongside Smriti Mandhana when she was struck down in…
Alana King has declared she does not want to be pigeon-holed as a longer-format specialist, with Australia’s big-turning legspinner desperate to crack back into the Twenty20 team. King is expected to return to Australia’s side for Tuesday’s opening one-dayer against India in Brisbane, after being overlooked for the three T20s against the tourists. The hosts must win at least two of the three ODIs against India if they are to have any chance of winning the multi-format series outright.Australia’s best bowler at last year’s ODI World Cup, King has played just five T20s in the past three years, while largely…
South Australian leg spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington claimed the record for the most wickets in WNCL history ACT Meteors v South Australia | WNCL Rain has thrown a spanner in the wheel for South Australia and the ACT Meteors’ WNCL finals push as the two sides had to split the points at Canberra’s EPC Solar Park on Sunday. The weather, however, couldn’t take the shine off the history-making moment of the day as Amanda-Jade Wellington overtook former Australian all-round great Lisa Sthalekar to become the leading wicket taker in the competition history when Georgia Elwiss became her 167th victim. The South…
Western Australia keeper maintains strong form in dead-rubber final One-Day Cup game Western Australia v Victoria | One-Day Cup A match-winning knock from Joel Curtis has overshadowed Campbell Kellaway’s century as Western Australia claimed an eight-wicket victory over Victoria in the One-Day Cup. After scoring 75 in his side’s thrilling one-wicket win against Tasmania on February 10, Curtis continued his fine form to help the Western Australians finish their season on a high. His 91 off 83 deliveries set up WA for a comfortable chase of Victoria’s 231-run target at the WACA Ground on Saturday. But the 26-year-old was cruelly…
Sophie Molineux says Australia will take plenty of lessons out of their T20I series defeat to India ahead of the World Cup, but first, it will be crucial to park the disappointment and move on quickly to the ODI format. Australia’s new T20I era under skipper Molineux started in inauspicious fashion, with the 1-2 result their first series loss in any format on home soil since November 2017. It has left them with plenty of questions ahead of the T20 World Cup in June, but more immediately, they will go into the ODI leg of the multi-format series trailing 2-4…