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The 2025 edition of The Hundred has hit the home stretch with places in the knockout stages up for grabs.The men’s and women’s sides to finish first in their respective tables will secure direct qualification to the finals at Lord’s on Sunday August 31. The teams coming second and third will meet in the eliminator at The Kia Oval on Saturday August 30, with the winners of those games then also making the final.Here is the state of play as the league phase enters its final week… The Hundred – Men’s standings Team Played Wins Losses Points Net run-rate Invincibles…
The 2025 edition of The Hundred has hit the home stretch with places in the knockout stages up for grabs.The men’s and women’s sides to finish first in their respective tables will secure direct qualification to the finals at Lord’s on Sunday August 31. The teams coming second and third will meet in the eliminator at The Kia Oval on Saturday August 30, with the winners of those games then also making the final.Here is the state of play as the league phase enters its final week… The Hundred – Men’s standings Team Played Wins Losses Points Net run-rate Invincibles…
London Spirit are still alive in The Hundred after an emphatic win over Southern Brave took them level with their opponents on 12 points and meant that both are still within reach of the third qualifying spot as this wide-open men’s competition heads into its defining week. Points Table Match Analysis Under the lights at Lord’s, the Spirit turned in arguably their most complete performance of the tournament to date. Jamie Smith was immense in the powerplay, pumping seven of his 18 deliveries either to or over the fence to dominate an opening stand of 66 in 36 balls with…
Trust in young guns Bangladesh have shown immense faith in up-and-coming talents, Nishita Akter Nishi and Sumaiya Akter. The duo had represented Bangladesh earlier this year at the U19 Women’s World Cup. Sumaiya Akter, who had captained the team at the tournament, had also finished as their leading run-getter in Malaysia. Akter made her ODI debut in March 2024 during the home series against Australia, and has been rewarded for her consistent returns in the domestic season and for the Bangladesh Emerging Team. Meanwhile, Nishita Akter Nishi also boasts a couple of ODI outings, having received her maiden ODI cap…
Who is playing in the ICC Women’s World Cup? Take a look at the squads for this year’s event in India and Sri Lanka.The eight-team, 50-over tournament runs from September 30 to November 2 – live on Sky Sports, with all countries playing each other in a round-robin group stage. The top four sides then progress to the semi-finals, with the final to be held in either Bengaluru or Colombo.Australia return as defending champions after their victory over England in the 2022 contest.EnglandNat Sciver-Brunt (captain), Em Arlott, Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren…
CPL 2025 Shai Hope smashed 82 in his team’s victory © Getty The Guyana Amazon Warriors ran riot over the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in North Sound to win by 83 runs. The win was set up by monstrous batting performances from Shai Hope (82 off 54), Shimron Hetmyer (65* off 26) and a finishing touch from Romario Shepherd (25* off 8) to guide their team to 211 for 3. The Warriors scored a whopping 145 runs in their last nine overs before Imran Tahir picked up career best figures of 5 for 21 in 4 overs – including a…
A new-look Manchester City showed familiar frailties as Tottenham strolled to a 2-0 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, while Aston Villa slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Brentford. Brennan Johnson and Joao Palhinha struck for the Europa League winners just before half-time as Spurs went top of the table, making it a perfect start for Thomas Frank after two league games in charge. City’s run of four consecutive Premier League titles came to a spectacular end last season as they finished a distant third behind Liverpool and Arsenal. A 4-0 thrashing of Wolves on the opening weekend of…
Harry Brook crunched five sixes and three fours off a host of fellow England internationals on the day his Northern Superchargers side and defending champions Oval Invincibles secured top-three finishes in The Hundred.Brook (56 off 27) tucked into the bowling of Invincibles’ Gus Atkinson, Will Jacks and Curran brothers Sam and Tom before he was finally caught off Sam in the deep as Superchargers racked up 198-4 at Headingley on Saturday afternoon. Defending champions Invincibles could only make 182-7 in reply as they lost by 16 runs and were subsequently joined at the top of the table on 20 points…
The blockbuster tie at Headingley between two of The Hundred’s real glamour teams saw Northern Superchargers overcome the Oval Invincibles with a spectacular six-hitting blitz from Harry Brook and Zak Crawley. Match Analysis In a competition which has tended to favour teams who chase, the Superchargers bucked the trend, going hard immediately to set an ultimately insurmountable target. Crawley was irresistible, smacking three maximums and five fours in his 25-ball stay, only miscuing a Nathan Sowter leg-break to long-off with a fifty at his mercy. He dominated an opening stand of 76 with Dawid Malan, the two yet again complementing…
Trent Rockets Men snatched the final spot in the knockout stages of The Hundred as Joe Root’s second straight half-century secured a nervy three-wicket win over Welsh Fire.Root backed up his 76 from 41 balls against Oval Invincibles last time out with an unbeaten 64 off 41 against Fire as Rockets edged to their target of 151 with one delivery to spare in Cardiff. The visitors were seemingly coasting, only to then lose five wickets for 20 runs from 116-3 – including a stretch of three for six – and the ask became 15 from six balls once David Payne…