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BANGLADESH CRICKET Alex Marshall will serve as a consultant for one year to oversee the board’s own ACU operations. © Getty The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed former ICC head of global cricket’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Alex Marshall as a consultant for one year to oversee the board’s own ACU operations. The decision was taken during a nearly six-hour meeting on Saturday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, where several other key issues were also discussed. “We appointed Alex Marshall for one year because we feel we need to enhance our ACU activities. They need to be more vigilant…
THE HUNDRED WOMEN’S COMPETITION 2025 Knott scored 47 off 33 and picked a wicket © Getty For a second successive game in Women’s Hundred 2025, on Saturday, a team successfully defended a low score by two runs in a final-ball thriller. This time, it was London Spirit who prevailed over Welsh Fire, courtesy Charli Knott’s stunning all-round show. The Australian allrounder top-scored with a fighting 47, amidst a collapse around her, to pull Spirit to 124 before they were bowled out. She also picked up the key wicket of in-form Tammy Beaumont to help Spirit restrict Fire to 122/5. Spirit’s…
London Spirit pulled off a dramatic last-ball victory over Welsh Fire in Cardiff to extend their perfect start to The Hundred 2025. In a tense clash, the Spirit held their nerve in the final moments to secure a thrilling win and maintain their 100% record in the competition. Match Analysis London Spirit snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in Cardiff to clinch a last-ball thriller against Welsh Fire in The Hundred and maintain their 100% record at the start of this year’s competition. Having been bowled out for 124, Spirit were staring down the barrel with Welsh Fire well…
Will Jacks of Oval Invincibles celebrates with team mate Tawanda Muyeye©ECB images Oval Invincibles produced a flawless display in The Hundred 2025 at the Kia Oval, defeating Manchester Originals by nine wickets. The defending men’s champions chased down the target with ease, wrapping up the match with 43 balls left, underlining their title credentials. Match Analysis Oval Invincibles delivered a clinical performance in The Hundred at the Kia Oval, securing a commanding nine-wicket victory over Manchester Originals. The home side, and defending champions in the men’s competition, chased down their target with 43 balls to spare. Winning the toss for…
In a tense finish at the Kia Oval, Manchester Originals edged past Oval Invincibles by just two runs in The Hundred Women’s 2025. The victory leaves the Invincibles still chasing their first win of the season after another closely fought contest. Match Analysis Manchester Originals held their nerve to claim a nail-biting two-run victory over Oval Invincibles in a dramatic clash at the Kia Oval, leaving the Invincibles still searching for their first win of their 2025 campaign in The Hundred women’s competition. After being sent in to bat, Originals captain Beth Mooney showed her class, anchoring the innings with…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL A five-year ban has been imposed on the former agent of Pakistani stars, Mugheez Ahmed Sheikh, in connection with a corruption case in England. An independent anti-corruption tribunal of the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) has sentenced him for allegedly offering a bribe to a coach, which he has denied, indicating that he may pursue legal action. Details reveal that Mugheez Ahmed Sheikh was the head of the International Cricketers Association (ICA), representing players in the past such as Saim Ayub, Aamer Jamal, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Nauman…
Will Jacks and Tawanda Muyeye combined to lead Oval Invincibles to a nine-wicket victory over Manchester Originals in The Hundred. The opening pair contributed 120 of the 129 runs needed to complete the chase set by their opponents, Jacks hitting a monster 61 off 26 and Muyeye 59 off 28. It makes it back-to-back victories for the Invincibles after their opening-round win against London Spirit.It remarkably took just 57 balls for the home outfit to complete their chase, Lewis Gregory bringing an end to the 144-run partnership between the opening pair, leaving Muyeye to combine with Jordan Cox (seven off…
David Warner made his first half-century in The Hundred to see London Spirit take the spoils against Welsh Fire in Cardiff, despite a thrilling 86 from Jonny Bairstow in response.Bairstow sat back and absorbed the blows as his Fire team fell to 55-6 at the halfway point of their reply to Spirit’s 163, before launching a high-octane counter-attack that took Fire so close to a famous victory. Bairstow’s 50-ball innings contained six sixes, and saw 70 runs plundered from balls 65 to 95, leaving 17 required off the last five of the innings.Warner’s innings was a different affair, but was…
JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Pakistan’s ODI captain Mohammad Rizwan praised debutant Hassan Nawaz and all-rounder Hussain Talat for their match-winning stand in the team’s five-wicket victory over the West Indies in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba on Friday. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Rizwan lauded the duo for staying calm under pressure. “Hassan Nawaz and Talat deserve all the credit. The conditions weren’t easy, but to have that partnership coming in at seven, I want to give a lot of credit to Hussain Talat,” Rizwan said. The skipper also…
Beth Mooney hit her fourth Hundred fifty as Manchester Originals secured their first win of the campaign and condemned Oval Invincibles to back-to-back defeats with a two-run, last-ball victory in a Kia Oval thriller.Originals had lost their opening match at home to Southern Brave on Wednesday after posting just 95-8, with skipper Mooney – the top-ranked batter in women’s T20 international cricket – out for one. But the Australian impressed on Saturday, hitting 70 from 45 balls in her side’s total of 139-6 as South Africa seamer Marizanne Kapp claimed 2-22 from 20 balls for Invincibles. Score summary – Oval…