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Sky Sports’ Lauren Winfield-Hill says England “lost control” as they suffered their biggest T20I loss against India at Trent Bridge on Saturday.England, who went down by 97 runs, made a mistake from the very first ball with a misfield from Sophie Ecclestone, who was making a return from international cricket after taking a break to “prioritise her mental wellbeing”, which gifted India their first run. The mistakes continued with Alice Capsey misjudging a catch off India’s centurion Smriti Mandhana (112) and dropping Amanjot Kaur (3no) and Danni Wyatt-Hodge unable to take Harleen Deol (43) at deep midwicket, as well as…
CNN — Shohei Ohtani threw the fastest pitch of his MLB career on Saturday as he continued his return to the mound with two innings during the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 9-5 defeat to the Kansas City Royals. Making just his third start as a pitcher for the Dodgers, Ohtani threw a fastball to Vinnie Pasquantino on an 0-2 count that clocked in at 101.7 mph and was grounded into a double play by the first baseman. The Japanese two-way superstar couldn’t contain his smile as he walked back to the dugout. “It’s something that I don’t think I would have…
AP — Dave Parker, a hard-hitting outfielder who was set to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, has died, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday. He was 74. No further details about Parker’s death were immediately available. The Pirates informed the crowd of his death just before the start of their game against the New York Mets and held a moment of silence. Nicknamed “the Cobra,” the 6-foot-5 Parker made his major league debut in 1973 and played 19 seasons, 11 for the Pirates. He was the NL MVP in 1978, won a World Series with Pittsburgh…
MLC 2025 Tajinder Singh Dhillon eclipsed Nicholas Pooran with his sensational hitting against Seattle Orcas © Sportzpics Just ahead of the MLC domestic draft earlier this year, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, 33, had a choice to make. He could either settle for a third consecutive season as a peripheral figure with the San Francisco Unicorns where he had faced just 21 balls in total across two years from the lower order or he could break free from the shadows, unshackle himself from being an afterthought. Chance his luck with a new team willing to back his batting pedigree. Allow him opportunities…
MLC 2025 Owen bowled two game-flipping overs © MLC A lower-order batting surge led by Glenn Phillips (58 off 39) followed by a scintillating fifer for Mitchell Owen helped Washington Freedom end San Francisco Unicorns’ unbeaten run and secure a spot for themselves in the playoffs. Washington Freedom recovered from dire straits of 30/4 to post 169/6, before defending it despite Matthew Short’s fighting efforts (67 off 40). Freedom were rocked early after Glenn Maxwell chose to bat as Bartlett ran through the top-order inside the PowerPlay with the quick wickets of Owen – on the first ball of the…
Australia coach Andrew McDonald has urged for patience with the Test side’s new-look top order after a challenging initiation in their first Test win over West Indies in Barbados. Returning opener Sam Konstas, first-drop Cameron Green and recalled No.4 Josh Inglis all improved on their first-innings efforts in the second but were worn down by the strong Windies pace attack on a tough batting surface, each facing upwards of 30 balls second time around before being dismissed. Middle-order aggressors Travis Head, Beau Webster and Alex Carey all hit half-centuries to wrestle back control of the contest on day three at…
INDIA WOMEN’S TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Mandhana now has the highest individual score for India Women in T20Is. © Getty Powered by a blistering Smriti Mandhana hundred and Shree Charani’s debut heroics, India Women defeated England Women in the first of five T20Is, at Trent Bridge on Saturday (June 28). Here are all the key numbers from the game: 2 – Smriti Mandhana became just the second India batter to register a hundred in Women’s T20Is, after Harmanpreet Kaur (103) did that against New Zealand at Providence during the Women’s T20 World Cup 2018. Mandhana’s 112 is now the highest…
COLOMBO: Pakistan’s journey at the Asian 6-Red & Team Championship ended in Colombo on Saturday as Pakistan 1, the pairing of Awaisullah Munir and Mohammad Asif, were defeated 1-3 by Malaysia in the semi-finals. Despite the loss, the duo secured bronze medal in the event. Facing a strong Malaysian pair of Lim Kok Leong and Thor Chuan Leong, the Pakistan cueists found the going tough. Malaysia seized control early, winning the opening frame convincingly with a 55 break [79(55)-24]. Pakistan 1, featuring defending Asian 6-Red singles champion Awaisullah and Asif, the nation’s most decorated cueist, responded positively in the second…
BRIDGETOWN: Australia’s vaunted pace attack demolished West Indies’ fragile batting, routing the hosts for just 141 off 33.4 overs to complete a comprehensive 159-run victory in the final over of the third day of the first Test here at the Kensington Oval on Friday. Josh Hazlewood was the chief destroyer with figures of 5-43 as the tourists dominated the day with both ball and bat. Half-centuries from Alex Carey, Beau Webster and Travis Head were the fulcrum of a recovery from 65-4 late on day two to a final second innings total of 310 at tea the next day. Shamar…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 After an expensive outing in Leeds, the 29-year-old Prasidh Krishna is keen to make amends © Getty Prasidh Krishna has just four Tests to his name, but one area of concern already stands out. An economy rate of 5.07 after 90 overs in the format leaps off the page, and it’s one he’s keen to address. That number became a bigger worry in the Headingley defeat, where Krishna went at 6.28 and Shardul Thakur at 5.56. As change bowlers, neither could sustain pressure, compounding India’s problems after Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj were done with…