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Australia v India | Test | Day One Five days after Lucy Hamilton received her maiden international cap from Alyssa Healy, she has become perhaps the last ‘victim’ of the retiring Australian captain’s trademark hair rub celebrations generally reserved for bowlers taking their maiden wicket. While the 19-year-old was relieved to have “got the monkey off the back” by starting her international wickets counter, there aren’t many bigger scalps she could have asked for to be her first than that of Indian run-machine Smriti Mandhana. Hamilton wasted no time in showing why she has been earmarked for great success throughout…
Brendon McCullum looks set to stay on as England head coach in all formats despite a difficult winter, according to reports.England’s narrow semi-final loss to hosts India in the T20 World Cup on Thursday brought an action-packed period across both white and red-ball cricket to an end. McCullum faced scrutiny over his position following a disastrous Ashes campaign, which only heightened after news filtered out regarding off-field incidents, but the 44-year-old expressed his desire to continue on Thursday and Press Association understands that will be the case. McCullum previously told Sky Sports: “I love the job. It’s a great job.…
LAHORE: Pakistan put up an impressive performance to edge Japan 4-3 in the semi-final of the FIH Hockey World Cup qualifier at the Suez Canal Authority Hockey Stadium in Egypt on Friday. The win has guaranteed the Green Shirts a place in the World Cup and marks their return to the global event after eight years. The tournament will be hosted jointly by Belgium and the Netherlands in August. The Pakistan team, led by Ammad Butt, was trailing 3-1 in the third quarter of the match against Japan, when it smashed three goals in the last nine minutes of the…
India can create T20 World Cup history when they face New Zealand in Sunday’s final, live on Sky Sports, with pressure on the hosts as they target more success on the global stage. The defending champions are aiming to become the first team to successfully defend the T20 World Cup title and the first three-time winners in the tournament’s history, two years on from beating South Africa in the 2024 final. India bounced back from their record T20 World Cup loss against South Africa on February 22 to win their two remaining Super 8s matches and reach the semi-finals, where…
India can create T20 World Cup history when they face New Zealand in Sunday’s final, live on Sky Sports, with pressure on the hosts as they target more success on the global stage. The defending champions are aiming to become the first team to successfully defend the T20 World Cup title and the first three-time winners in the tournament’s history, two years on from beating South Africa in the 2024 final. India bounced back from their record T20 World Cup loss against South Africa on February 22 to win their two remaining Super 8s matches and reach the semi-finals, where…
India can create T20 World Cup history when they face New Zealand in Sunday’s final, live on Sky Sports, with pressure on the hosts as they target more success on the global stage. The defending champions are aiming to become the first team to successfully defend the T20 World Cup title and the first three-time winners in the tournament’s history, two years on from beating South Africa in the 2024 final. India bounced back from their record T20 World Cup loss against South Africa on February 22 to win their two remaining Super 8s matches and reach the semi-finals, where…
India can create T20 World Cup history when they face New Zealand in Sunday’s final, live on Sky Sports, with pressure on the hosts as they target more success on the global stage. The defending champions are aiming to become the first team to successfully defend the T20 World Cup title and the first three-time winners in the tournament’s history, two years on from beating South Africa in the 2024 final. India bounced back from their record T20 World Cup loss against South Africa on February 22 to win their two remaining Super 8s matches and reach the semi-finals, where…
Australia’s pace attack led by Annabel Sutherland dominated the opening day of the pink-ball Test in Perth, before Ellyse Perry navigated a difficult period under lights to give the hosts the edge at stumps. Perry, who overcame a quad strain to take her spot in Australia’s XI, and Sutherland will resume on 43 and 20 not out respectively on Saturday afternoon at the WACA Ground with Australia 3-96, 102 runs adrift of India’s first-innings 198 all out. Sutherland (4-46 off 17 overs) and 19-year-old debutant Lucy Hamilton (3-31 off 11) had earlier been the chief destroyers on a scorching Perth…
India face New Zealand on Sunday in Ahmedabad, looking to become the first side to lift the T20 World Cup for a third time but under huge pressure with the weight of a nation on their shoulders. Standing in the way of Suryakumar Yadav’s side are a team who have already upset the odds with a thumping nine-wicket win over the previously unbeaten South Africa to reach the final. New Zealand believe, after Finn Allen’s record 33-ball century in the semi-final in Kolkata, that they are capable of taking down the hosts to win their maiden T20 World Cup title.…
England have announced 30 players will to travel to Pretoria for a rescheduled intra-squad series, with eight uncapped players given a chance to impress. The trip, which is a crucial part of preparations for this summer’s Women’s T20 World Cup, was due to take place in Abu Dhabi, but due to the ongoing political situation in the Middle East, it had to be relocated to South Africa. There are eight players on the tour yet to make an England appearance, with Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Jodi Grewcock, Grace Potts, Grace Scrivens, Alexa Stonehouse, Davina Perrin, Rhianna Southby and Ellie Threlkeld all getting…