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India secured their place in the men’s Asia Cup final on Wednesday as Abhishek Sharma starred with 75 in a 41-run win over Bangladesh in Dubai. The holders posted 168-6 batting first after stumbling following a quick start, but their spinners helped stifle Bangladesh to 127 all out. The result means Sri Lanka are out of the tournament, with Thursday’s Super Four match between Pakistan and Bangladesh to decide who faces India in Sunday’s final. Abhishek has enjoyed a remarkable start to his T20 international career with 783 runs from 22 matches at a strike-rate of 197.72. The opener set…
The Pakistan women’s team on Wednesday started training for the Women’s Cricket World Cup, in Sri Lanka’s Colombo, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. The Women in Green arrived in the Sri Lankan capital late on Tuesday as the tournament is set to start on September 30 in India’s Guwahati. The eight-nation showpiece will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka from Sept 30 to Nov 2. However, Pakistan — under an International Cricket Council (ICC) hybrid model decided by the ICC due to political strains between New Delhi and Islamabad — will play all their matches of the event…
ENGLAND CRICKET The current 14-match County Championship format, consisting of 10 teams in Division One and eight counties in Division Two, will be retained © Getty The format of the County Championship is set to remain unchanged following a vote from the Professional County Cricket Clubs (PCCs). A proposal to play a remodelled 13-match County Championship, down from 14 matches, did not pass after failing to receive majority votes amongst the counties. After a packed English summer, which saw scheduling clashes between international, domestic and The Hundred games, a county-led review of the scheduling and structure was held in consultation…
Dramatic collapse from the hosts sees Queensland leave the WACA Ground with five points Western Australia v Queensland | WNCL 2024-25 WNCL runners-up Queensland have begun their new campaign brightly, claiming a 64-run win over Western Australia at the WACA Ground. The Fire’s total of 236, forged off the back of strong contributions from their top three, with Charli Knott’s 53 the top score, appeared short of competitive as WA cruised to 1-124 in the 23rd over. It was at that point though that Queensland’s exciting young allrounder Sianna Ginger, who posted a List A hundred for Australia A in…
Australia A super-sub Henry Thornton had an extraordinary second day of the second first-class contest with India A, putting the visitors in control despite Sam Konstas’ dismissal amid a mad late stumble in Lucknow. Thornton starred with bat and ball on Wednesday, while also putting one of India’s leading fast bowlers in doubt for their upcoming Test series, as the hosts were rolled for 194 in reply to the Aussies’ 420.But after Nathan McSweeney elected to build on his team’s 226-run advantage rather than enforcing the follow-on, the Australia A captain was swiftly called into action as his side slumped…
The Professional County Cricket Clubs (PCCs) have voted to retain the existing format of the Rothesay County Championship. A proposal to introduce a remodelled 13-match structure did not achieve the required majority from the PCCs, meaning no changes will be made to the current competition format. The decision follows a county-led review into the structure of the men’s county competitions, conducted in consultation with the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA). The review explored potential adjustments across the Rothesay County Championship, the men’s Vitality Blast, and the men’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup. In July, PCCs approved a new structure for the men’s…
Triple ton, Aussie gun: Megan Schutt and her teammates reflect After becoming just the second member of an exclusive club, Megan Schutt has silverware in her sights as she plots the next phase of her career. Schutt collected her 300th international wicket in Delhi last Sunday, becoming just the second Australian woman to the milestone behind Ellyse Perry. She combined with her captain and ‘keeper Alyssa Healy for the stumped dismissal of Sneh Rana – a fitting outcome, given Healy took the catch that handed Schutt her first international wicket against New Zealand in 2012. Schutt will again spearhead the…
Pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi has declared that the Green Shirts will reach the Asia Cup final and can beat India if the arch-rivals clash again. Pakistan kept their campaign alive with a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a Super Four clash in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Pakistan and India have met twice in this edition of the regional competition, but the two teams have never played against each other in an Asia Cup final. The regional tournament, played this time in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the Twenty20 format, started in 1984, and this is its 17th edition.…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets with 12 balls remaining in their Asia Cup 2025 Super Four match at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night. “The plan was to go and attack straight away, but I had to take some time, and the boundaries will come,” said the player of the match Hussain Talat, who took two crucial wickets and an unbeaten stand of 58 off 41 with Mohammad Nawaz from the 12th over onwards. It was Nawaz who smashed three sixes and together their partnership produced five fours. It…
The Rothesay County Championship will retain the same format in 2026 after a proposal to play a remodelled 13-game structure did not receive the required majority of votes to affect change.Division One will continue to consist of 10 counties and Division Two of eight counties, with the same two-down, two-up of relegation and promotion also retained. The decision follows a county-led review into the structure of the men’s county competitions.The review, which was staged in consultation with the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), made proposals for changes to the County Championship, Vitality Blast men’s competition and Metro Bank One-Day Cup men’s…