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Alyssa Healy declines batting one final time as Australia storm to 10-wicket win after spinners Ashleigh Gardner and Alana King tore through India’s tail There was no final farewell innings for Alyssa Healy, but Australia’s spinners ensured her international career ended on a triumphant note, as the hosts closed out a dominant 10-wicket win early on day three in Perth. Ashleigh Gardner and Alana King took two wickets apiece to wrap up India’s innings for 149 in a little over an hour on Sunday morning at the WACA Ground, with first drop Pratika Rawal the final wicket to fall following…
Last season’s finalists South Australia and Queensland are locked in a fight to play Victoria in the Shield decider An entertaining final round is on the cards in the Sheffield Shield after the race for the silverware narrowed to three teams. South Australia and Queensland, last year’s finalists, are now battling for the right to face Victoria in the Junction Oval decider. SA are 5.78 points clear in second but the Bulls could jump them with a win in the last regular-season round beginning Saturday. The top two sides after 10 rounds qualify for the final to played from March…
WA staring at second consecutive wooden spoon after storms put paid to their victory hopes Heavy downpours in Brisbane have allowed Queensland to snatch what could be a crucial extra point after their Sheffield Shield contest with Western Australia finished in a draw on Sunday. The Bulls were 6-44 in their fourth-innings’ pursuit of 267 and WA looked certain to claim their second win of the season on the final day after the home side’s epic collapse the previous evening at Allan Border Field. But only 4.4 overs of play were possible on day four, during which Jimmy Peirson (9no)…
Undefeated in the Sheffield Shield for nearly five months, South Australia have their sights set on a historic March in Melbourne South Australia quick Nathan McAndrew doesn’t believe there’s a big gap between his side and ladder leaders Victoria ahead of their top-of-the-table Sheffield Shield clash in Melbourne. The reigning champions rose to second spot in the Shield standings with a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over New South Wales on Saturday. After suffering consecutive defeats to start their title defence, SA have not lost a Shield match since October 18.It’s a form line that McAndrew said has the team confident in…
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO: Russia won its first Winter Paralympic medals since 2014 on Saturday as Varvara Voronchikhina and Aleksei Bugaev claimed bronze in the women’s and men’s downhill standing events in Cortina. Despite Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has allowed six Russian athletes and four from their allies Belarus to represent their countries, accompanied by their national flags, rather than competing as neutrals. The move sparked a backlash with Friday’s opening ceremony being boycotted by seven countries, including Ukraine, and the Russian delegation was booed by some spectators in the Verona Arena during the athletes parade.…
AHMEDABAD: Ticket prices for Sunday’s T20 World Cup final between India and New Zealand have soared on the black market, with fans shelling out more than 15 times the original rate as demand overwhelmed supply ahead of the title clash at Ahmedabad. Official tickets, starting at 2,000 Indian rupees, sold out within minutes on BookMyShow, prompting thousands of fans turning to unofficial routes. Some tickets with a face value of 3,500 rupees were selling at 54,000 when Reuters checked on the eve of the match. Scalpers have seized control of the resale market, pushing prices far beyond face value as…
PARIS: AS Monaco handed French champions Paris St-Germain their first home defeat of the Ligue 1 season with a 3-1 away victory at the Parc des Princes on Friday that opened up the championship race. Maghnes Akliouche had Monaco ahead at halftime, and Aleksandr Golovin and Folarin Balogun netted after the break for the visitors, while Bradley Barcola scored a consolation for PSG, still four points clear of second-placed RC Lens in the standings. Lens, however, have a chance to cut into the lead when they host bottom-placed Metz on Sunday. Monaco, who PSG had eliminated in the Champions League…
As Australia rest on the doorstep of victory after two days in the Test against India, three names have dominated the conversations emerging out of Perth – Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, and Lucy Hamilton. Nineteen-year-old debutant Hamilton was the first to make a mark on the proceedings by picking up the big wicket of Smriti Mandhana on day one on route to taking three in total in the first innings. Then Perry and Sutherland stabilised things for Australia with the bat after the side lost quick wickets at the end of the first day and continued in each other’s company…
Sutherland extends super Test record with fourth century Annabel Sutherland summed up her first two days at the WACA Ground perfectly on Saturday evening, quipping on broadcast, “How good is cricket?” Pretty damn enjoyable, it’s safe to assume, when you have just amassed a fourth Test century and backed it up with two key India wickets. And that’s hot on the heels of a career-best 4-46 with ball in hand on day one.While Ellyse Perry owned the early headlines on Saturday when she passed 1,000 Test runs to become Australia’s top female run scorer in the format, the rest of…
India can create T20 World Cup history when they face New Zealand in Sunday’s final, live on Sky Sports. The defending champions are aiming to become the first team to successfully defend the T20 World Cup title and the first three-time winners in the tournament’s history, two years on from beating South Africa in the 2024 final. India bounced back from their record T20 World Cup loss against South Africa on February 22 to win their two remaining Super 8s matches and reach the semi-finals, where they claimed a narrow victory over England in a high-scoring contest. A crowd of…