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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…
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 reached 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 116-2 – including a stretch of three for five – and the ask became 15 from six balls once David Payne…
Southern Brave maintained their unbeaten streak in The Hundred Women’s 2025 with a dominant win over London Spirit at Lord’s, highlighted by a 95-run stand between Maia Bouchier and Laura Wolvaardt. Match Analysis Southern Brave made it seven wins in a row in this year’s The Hundred women’s competition with a resounding victory over London Spirit at Lord’s, underscored by a superb partnership of 95 between Maia Bouchier and the stylish South African superstar, Laura Wolvaardt. The result, achieved with six balls to spare, leaves the Spirit hanging on in their quest to break into the final top three. After…
Manchester Originals’ Hundred play-off hopes took a huge dent as they slumped to a 16-run defeat to Birmingham Phoenix – a result that keeps Trent Rockets in the play-off picture.Beth Mooney’s side crumbled to 95 all out in a chase of 112 on a tricky Emirates Old Trafford pitch amid a blizzard of loose strokes and four run outs – they were 14-4 after 21 balls – and have slipped to fourth in the standings, behind London Spirit on net run-rate. Originals can still qualify for the top three but even a win over second-placed Northern Superchargers in their final…
Southern Brave booked their spot in the women’s Hundred final after beating London Spirit by eight wickets at Lord’s for their seventh win in as many matches this season.Brave coasted to their target of 126 with six balls remaining as Laura Wolvaardt (56no off 40 balls) and Maia Bouchier (43 off 34) stitched a stand of 95 from 62 deliveries after the early exit of Dani Wyatt-Hodge (8), who was trapped lbw by Issy Wong (2-34). Cordelia Griffith (44 off 34) and Charli Knott (36 off 26) shared a partnership of 67 from 41 balls for Spirit but the home…
Southern Brave booked their spot in the women’s Hundred final after beating London Spirit by eight wickets at Lord’s for their seventh win in as many matches this season.Brave coasted to their target of 126 with six balls remaining as Laura Wolvaardt (56no off 40 balls) and Maia Bouchier (43 off 34) stitched a stand of 95 from 62 deliveries after the early exit of Dani Wyatt-Hodge (8), who was trapped lbw by Issy Wong (2-34). Cordelia Griffith (44 off 34) and Charli Knott (36 off 26) shared a partnership of 67 from 41 balls for Spirit but the home…
RCB won their first IPL title in 18 years, but within the team there is belief that not adding to it in this three-year cycle would be an ‘underachievement’ ©AFP In Part Two of an extensive interview with Cricbuzz, RCB’s Director of Cricket Mo Bobat speaks about how the franchise figured out a winning method at the Chinnaswamy, the challenges that came with the IPL season being disrupted by the India-Pakistan conflict, and how he wants the 2025 success to create an ongoing culture of lifting trophies. You can read the Part 1 of this in-depth Mo Bobat interview, here.…
BUILDING UP TO THE BIG EVENT Choice of venue – Vizag – is strategic as India play two World Cup games there. © BCCI India Women’s World Cup 2025 squad is set to assemble in Visakhapatnam for a preparatory camp ahead of the three-match ODI series against Australia in the lead up to the mega event. Cricbuzz understands the week-long camp will kick off on August 25, with the players asked to report in a day prior. Besides the 15-member squad selected for the World Cup, the camp will also include the six players officially announced as stand-bys. That includes…