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Whether your take on England’s narrow win at the World Cup on Sunday was that they earned it or India threw it away, it definitely marked progress for Nat Sciver-Brunt’s side.Keeping their cool in crunch moments has long been the team’s nemesis: in successive T20 World Cups and, most obviously, that 16-0 Ashes drubbing just under a year ago. Yes, Australia are a brilliant team, one perhaps currently marching towards an eighth 50-over World Cup title, but England did not half shoot themselves in the foot last winter, freezing when it mattered most, losing games they could, perhaps should, have…
ENGLAND TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND, 2025 Phil Salt and Harry Brook set up England’s commanding win in the second T20I against New Zealand © Getty After a limp batting performance in the rain-hit opener, captain Harry Brook had a simple message for his batters: stay aggressive through the course. He led by example in the second T20I with a blistering 35-ball 78, and alongside Phil Salt’s 85 off 56, powered England to 236 for 4 – the highest T20I total ever at Hagley Oval – a mountain that was too steep for New Zealand to climb. The surface this time…
England have secured their place in the Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-finals and there remains one more spot up for grabs, but who will it go to?England booked their spot after a thrilling four-run victory against tournament co-hosts India with Heather Knight hitting her third ODI century. England now sit second in the table, with the top four teams making it through to the penultimate stage, with the first semi-final taking place on Wednesday October 29 in Guwahati or Colombo, and the second on Thursday October 30 in Navi Mumbai, live on Sky Sports Cricket.The first team will play the…
ICC WOMEN’S WORLD CUP, 2025 South Africa have won four matches in a row. © Getty South Africa and Pakistan, after contrasting journeys in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, face off in Colombo in the 22nd match of the tournament. South Africa have looked assured and composed for most of the campaign, sitting comfortably in third place with four wins from five games and having already sealed a semifinal berth. Pakistan, meanwhile, have been left frustrated by the rain gods and their own inconsistency, finding themselves at the bottom of the table with no wins in five outings and…
Phil Salt led the way as England completed a record 65-run win over New Zealand in the second T20I in Christchurch.England posted 236-4, the highest total at Hagley Oval, as Salt (85) and captain Harry Brook (78) shared a decisive 129-run partnership for the third wicket. Jos Buttler (4) departed cheaply to Jacob Duffy (1-44), with Jacob Bethell (24) following suit when he was dismissed by Michael Bracewell (1-36), but Salt and Brook then took centre stage before Kyle Jamieson (2-47) removed them both in the 18th over.In reply, England bowled New Zealand out for 171 after Brydon Carse (2-27)…
INDIA TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, 2025 Mitchell Marsh finished unbeaten on 46 in Australia’s clinical win. ©Getty It wasn’t that bad, but Mitchell Marsh’s facial expressions as he gulped down the gel-like substance that was brought out to him for cramps kind of summed up the first ODI of the series in Perth. Australia’s ODI captain had, by then, nearly sealed off a very facile run-chase in wet and dreary conditions at the Perth Stadium. But he did seem obviously disgusted by the pickle juice substitute that was offered to him by the team physio and substitute Marnus Labuschagne, even yelling,…
WEST INDIES TOUR OF BANGLADESH, 2025 Akeal Hosein will join the team on Monday © Getty West Indies Akeal Hossain is all set to feature in the ongoing three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. The left -arm spinner is expected to arrive tonight to join the team as they prepare to take on the host in the second ODI of the series after losing the opening game by 74 runs. “Akeal is expected to arrive tonight to join the ODI team,” a BCB official confirmed Cricbuzz on Monday. Earlier BCB announced that they have included left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmedin the ODI…
SA captain Nathan McSweeney has shone in a nine-wicket one-day win against Queensland Defending one-day champions South Australia have claimed a nine-wicket win over Queensland, banking a bonus point in their rain-marred victory. As rain restricted the match to a maximum 25 overs each, the Queenslanders were bowled out for 128 in 23.5 overs at Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide. The hosts were set 120 to win under the Duckworth-Lewis method and reached 1-122 from 17.1 overs, taking Monday’s match with 47 balls to spare. South Australia, the holders of the Dean Jones Trophy, now have two wins from four…
Victoria have held on in the last over to beat NSW by five runs after Charlie Stobo’s late-innings heroics Charlie Stobo was nearly the hero for NSW, as Victoria held on in the last over for their first one-day win of the season. The No.8’s 47 from 41 balls made for a riveting finish, after NSW had collapsed again at Junction Oval in the wake of last week’s Sheffield Shield loss. Stobo’s impressive knock brought them to within five runs of a comeback win, before he holed out to Todd Murphy at mid-off off the bowling of paceman Sam Elliott…
Tasmania have defeated Western Australia to log a fourth-straight win in the One-Day Cup. Tasmania v Western Australia | One-Day Cup Tasmania’s perfect start to the one-day cup has continued with stalwart Jordan Silk top-scoring in a four-wicket win against Western Australia. In a Bellerive Oval fixture restricted by rain to a maximum of 44 overs each, WA posted 9-248 with Sam Fanning top-scoring with 66 from 91 balls. The Tigers, set 252 runs to win under the Duckworth-Lewis system, lost six wickets and reached their target from 38 overs to win Monday’s contest with 36 balls to spare. Silk…