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Openers Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits both scored unbeaten half-centuries as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets (DLS) to book a Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final place.Nonkululeko Mlaba had earlier starred with the ball, picking up three wickets as South Africa restricted Sri Lanka to 105-7 after rain forced the contest to be reduced to a 20-over-a-side game. Wolvaardt and Brits then took over to coast to victory in 14.5 overs, as the former struck 60no from 47 balls and the latter registered 55no from 42 deliveries. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using…
FITNESS CONCERNS Shami wasn’t chosen for the Australia tour. © Getty Ajit Agarkar, the chairman of Indian men’s selection panel, stated on Friday that Mohammed Shami was not selected for India’s tour of England due to fitness issues. However, even as Shami was left out of India’s ODI squad for the upcoming tour of Australia, Agarkar mentioned that he continues to be in the plans if the selectors are convinced of his fitness levels. Agarkar’s comments came a few days after Shami had expressed his displeasure at not being considered in the national team despite playing four-day cricket – in…
India’s Kiran Navgire broke the record for the fastest century in women’s T20 cricket history with a 34-ball ton as she scored a remarkable 106 not out.Navgire achieved the feat while helping Maharashtra to a nine-wicket victory over Punjab in a Women’s T20 Trophy game in India on Friday. The 31-year-old opener, who has featured six times for India in T20 international matches, overtook New Zealander Sophie Devine’s 2021 record of a 36-ball century. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.…
WEST INDIES TOUR OF BANGLADESH, 2025 The ODI series kicks off on October 18. © BCB Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons on Friday (October 17) urged his players to stay away from posting on their social media handles to respond to critics. The request came after the Bangladeshi cricketers received hostile reception at the airport following their return from the UAE where they were whitewashed by the Afghans in the three-match ODI series. That prompted Naim Sheikh, who was booed by the fans while getting into the car, to answer them in his official social media handle. Simmons touched the…
ICA GENERAL ELECTIONS 2025 The ICA General Elections 2025, were held on October 15 and 16 © Agencies V Chamundeswaranath has switched panels in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He will be the players representative to the Apex Council of the BCCI. He was previously the member of the Governing Council of the IPL, a position taken by Shubhangi Kulkarni. Kulkarni was on the Apex Council as a woman nominee. Shantha Rangaswamy, a former India women’s captain, has been elected president of the ICA. There was election for only one position — that of Apex Council…
ICC WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2025 Sophie Devine has been the star batter for New Zealand in the ongoing World Cup © Getty New Zealand began their 2025 Women’s World Cup campaign with fixtures against Australia and South Africa. They are also scheduled to finish the league stage with fixtures against India and England. These four opponents were primarily viewed as the challengers for a semifinal spot. The T20 World champions have already lost the first two fixtures and now next week, they will have to take on India and England in fixtures that would likely seal their fate in the…
Fast bowler Mark Wood is quietly confident England can do “something special” in Australia as he eyes a return to action in The Ashes.Wood was one of England’s standout bowlers in the 2021-22 Ashes, claiming 17 wickets, but this year’s tourists last won the Ashes in 2015, with their last series victory in Australia coming in 2011. Wood has not played since a Champions Trophy defeat by Afghanistan in February and had an operation on a left knee injury in March.The 35-year-old was ruled out for the Test summer but was included in England’s 16-man Ashes squad named last month.…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The Women’s World Cup has achieved record viewing figures with 60 million fans having already tuned in to watch the first 13 one-day matches, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said Thursday. This is the first women’s tournament where the prize money is more than the previous men’s ODI World Cup, boasting an overall purse of $13.88 million (11.9 million euros). The 13th edition of the women’s showpiece 50-over tournament, which started last month in India and Sri Lanka, has eight teams competing for the title to be awarded after the final on November 2. “According to…
Axar Patel believes Shubman Gill can replicate his stunning red-ball captaincy debut in his first ODI series at the helm with his development as a leader also set to be boosted by the return of veterans Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Champion batters Kohli and Rohit are set to play their final international matches on Australian soil over the next week as part of India’s squad for the three-match series in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney.The pair have retired from Test and T20 international cricket but appear determined to push on in the ODI format until the 2027 World Cup in…
Labuschagne has found his red- ball mojo again ©Getty In a way, the break in play owing to lightning being spotted within 10 km of the Adelaide Oval came at an opportune time for George Bailey. It’s not that he wasn’t keen to stay back till the end of the day’s play. But the chief selector had more or less already seen what he’d come to see. Or assessed the one player above everyone else he’d come to assess. With the overall verdict quite evidently an overwhelming tick in the right direction. For, only 10 or so minutes before the…