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4. England v New Zealand — Final, 2009 (Lord’s) An understated classic that was the catalyst for the Women’s T20 World Cup, while the fixture did not have high-scoring fireworks, it was filled with tension and the weight of history. New Zealand, one of the strongest sides of the era, were restricted to 85 by a superb England bowling performance. Katherine Sciver-Brunt (3/6) set the tone with early breakthroughs along with Nicky Shaw (2/17) and Jenny Gunn (2/19), while England’s fielding ensured there were no easy runs for the Kiwis. Chasing a modest total, England might have expected a straightforward…
Weatherald’s day ended prematurely but only after he’d reached his hundred Jake Weatherald’s excellent start to the English summer has continued, hitting his maiden county century against Glamorgan in Cardiff. The Test opener hit 14 boundaries in his rollicking knock, needing only 114 balls to reach three figures. With scores of 83 and 96 already under his belt in the ongoing campaign for Leicestershire, Weatherald survived some nervous moments in the 90s, which included running down the wicket at leg-spinner Mason Crane on 97 which he was lucky to survive after edging the ball over the wicketkeeper’s head. However, there…
Glenn Maxwell’s BBL coach believes the Melbourne Stars icon has more to give amidst speculation regarding his international playing future Melbourne Stars coach Peter Moores is adamant Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell remains a pivotal “driver” in the organisation’s pursuit of a maiden men’s Big Bash title. The third-highest run-scorer in BBL history re-signed with the Stars in January, knocking back significant interest from rival clubs by committing to a fresh two-year deal. Despite scoring just 76 runs across 11 matches last season, Moores told cricket.com.au in February that the 37-year-old is still a key figure in his squad for next…
Pat Cummins has returned to cricket after four months out with injury while the Punjab Kings went on a record blitz After four months out of action, Australian captain Pat Cummins has returned from injury in brilliant winning fashion – even though his initial welcome back in India was to be hit for a six by Rajasthan’s 15-year-old wonder boy. On a day when the unstoppable Ricky Ponting-coached Punjab Kings also pulled off the biggest run chase in the history of T20 cricket against Delhi Capitals, Cummins’ comeback for Sunrisers Hyderabad began with him being tonked by the Royals’ incredible…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player, and the fastest by balls faced, to complete 1,000 runs in T20 cricket as the 15-year-old smashed a 36-ball century in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.Sooryavanshi hit 12 sixes and five boundaries as he completed his second century in the IPL, shortly after reaching 1,000 runs in T20 cricket, having faced just 473 balls in the format. The previous record was held by Australia’s Mitchell Owen, who completed 1,000 runs in 533 balls. The century was the third fastest in IPL history, after Chris Gayle’s 30-ball ton in 2013 and Sooryavanshi’s own 35-ball…
Former Test opener makes it two centuries in three matches, to the delight of his Lancashire team and coaching staff Marcus Harris is continuing to make hay with Lancashire, taking advantage of a couple of let-offs to compile his second century in what’s turning into a record-breaking English summer for the former Test opener. The ever-reliable left-hander, who’s become a firm favourite with the Old Trafford-based county since joining last year, was dropped twice on a tricky morning at Chester-le-Street after Lancashire had been asked to bat by Durham. But taking advantage of those reprieves even as wickets were falling…
The Bangalore boys move into second place after a six-laden century stand between the Indian legend and Devdutt Padikkal Royal Challengers Bangalore have jumped into second spot on the IPL ladder with an impressive five-wicket win over Gujarat Titans at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Sai Sudharsan crashed a 58-ball 100 to help the Titans to 3-205 after they were sent in, but he was outdone by a stirring 115-run stand in 9.5 overs between Virat Kohli (81 off 44) and Devdutt Padikkal (55 off 27). Aussie Tim David (10no off 9) and Krunal Pandya (23no off 12) finished things off for…
Jacob Bethell was dismissed for 14 on his first appearance of the 2026 Indian Premier League season for Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday.Bethell’s involvement in the tournament had been called into question this week, with England’s Test No 3 unused through RCB’s opening six matches and former captain Sir Alastair Cook urging the youngster to return to Warwickshire to play county cricket instead of “sitting on his a*** at the IPL not doing anything”. Ex-England batter Kevin Pietersen weighed in on the debate, posting on social media: “Alastair Cook has absolutely NO IDEA what it’s like to be in the…
Ben Duckett made his first half-century of the season for Nottinghamshire to help strengthen his position at the top of England’s Test order.The left-hander failed to make a fifty and averaged just 20.20 during the Ashes, with his off-field indiscipline also making headlines, putting his place for the first Test of the summer against New Zealand in June in some doubt. His first County Championship match of the season yielded scores of 25 and one against Glamorgan but Duckett played patiently at Trent Bridge to help the defending champions respond to Warwickshire’s commanding first-innings total of 459 in the Division…
England fast bowler Josh Tongue claimed a five-for on the opening day of Nottinghamshire’s County Championship clash with Warwickshire at Edgbaston.Tongue took 5-91 from 22 overs, the first three of which helped reduce Warwickshire to 140-5 before the hosts’ lower order rallied late in the day to see them to stumps on 375-8. Ed Barnard hit a magnificent, unbeaten134, sharing in a century stand for the seventh wicket with Chris Woakes (64) before Tongue cleaned up the latter for his fourth. John Simpson scored an unbeaten century as a buoyant Sussex enjoyed an impressive start to their clash with Yorkshire…