“As many as there is out there,” Beth Mooney said when asked how many more titles Australia had left in them. And that is the key to this side’s remarkable success. After claiming their third straight T20 World Cup title with a 19-run victory over hosts South Africa on Sunday, their sixth in the format
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Lahore Qalandars 241 for 3 (Fakhar 96, Shafique 75, Billings 47*, Riaz 2-45) beat Peshawar Zalmi 201 for 9 (Kohler-Cadmore 55, Ayub 51, Shaheen 5-40) by 40 runs Gaddafi Stadium witnessed a clinic in six hitting on Sunday, as the home side Lahore Qalandars pumped 18 sixes while posting 241 for 3, the season’s highest
Tamim Iqbal has said that Bangladesh are taking firm steps towards playing on more batting-friendly pitches with the upcoming ODI World Cup in mind. He said that originally the three-match ODI series against England was supposed to be played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, but then the last match was shifted to
Tea New Zealand 209 (Southee 73, Broad 4-61) and 128 for 0 (Latham 72*, Conway 53*) trail England 435 for 8 dec by 98 runs New Zealand produced their best partnership of the series after being made to follow on at Basin Reserve, the openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway batting through the afternoon session
Meg Lanning broke into a knowing smile when it was put to her on the eve of her fifth T20 World Cup final as Australia captain that the team who wants it more will win the trophy. “I think it’d be pretty even in terms of how much each team wants to win, there’s no
Joe Root says he “owed” England his 29th Test century after finishing unbeaten on 153 at Wellington on day two of the second Test against New Zealand. Root’s innings, the 14th time he has gone past 150 in Tests, has now put his average back above 50. It allowed England to declare on 435 for
Tea New Zealand 96 for 6 (Blundell 12*) trail England 435 for 8 dec (Brook 186, Root 153*, Henry 4-100) by 339 runs James Anderson and Jack Leach shared six wickets between them as England took a firm grip on the second Test at Basin Reserve. Buoyed by another attacking declaration from Ben Stokes, the
Islamabad United 220 for 6 (Azam 97, Asif 42, Smith 2-41) beat Quetta Gladiators 157 all out (Hafeez 48, Sarfaraz 41, Farooqi 3-28) by 63 runs It was a contest between an elite PSL team, and, frankly, a PSL has-been. Quetta Gladiators have been the poorest side of this league since they lifted their only
Harry Brook hailed what he rates as the best of his four Test hundreds to date after helping England recover from 21 for 3 to finish day one of the second Test against New Zealand on 315 without any further loss. This fourth century – the slowest so far, yet still only from 107 deliveries
Tea England 237 for 3 (Brook 136*, Root 72*) vs New Zealand Harry Brook continued his regal start to life as a Test cricketer with his fourth hundred in nine innings, as England recovered from a parlous position inside the first hour to dominate the rest of the morning and afternoon sessions at the Basin
Deepti received support from captain Harmanpreet Kaur in the immediate aftermath of the incident during a post-match interview, saying, “Whatever we have done, I don’t think it was any crime. It is part of the game and is an ICC rule, and I think we just need to back our player.” The MCC World Cricket
Magistrate Jennifer Atkinson did prohibit him from using WhatsApp “for the purposes of facilitating or managing dating,” however. Gunathilaka is facing four charges of sexual intercourse without consent, after a woman he met off the dating app Tinder, accused him of choking her without consent, and stealthing, among other offences. He had subsequently been arrested
Ben Stokes says he can’t see James Anderson stopping anytime soon after the 40-year-old topped the latest ICC men’s Test rankings. Anderson will earn his 179th cap on Friday as England named an unchanged team for the 2nd Test against New Zealand at Wellington. It was at the Basin Reserve 15 years ago that Lancashire
Multan Sultans 196 for 2 (Rizwan 110*, Masood 51, Malik 1-29) beat Karachi Kings 193 for 5 (Vince 75, Imad 46*, Afridi 2-55) by 3 runs For about ten overs, Karachi Kings looked like they would cruise to victory, but for the other 30, Multan Sultans comprehensively outplayed them. You do the maths. And yet,
Australia opener Alyssa Healy is going to captain WPL team UP Warriorz at the inaugural edition of the tournament starting March 4. Healy is among the six overseas players for Warriorz and was named the captain ahead of Deepti Sharma, who is from UP. “The WPL is a tournament we have all been keenly waiting
Lahore Qalandars 198 for 6 (Hope 47, Raza 32*, Qais 2-36) beat Quetta Gladiators 135 for 8 (Roy 48, Afridi 3-22, Wiese 3-23) by 63 runs Quetta Gladiators’ campaign continues to leap from one disaster to the next. Hours after it was confirmed their Platinum pick, Sri Lankan allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga, would miss the entire
The shot went for four and brought up a 29-ball fifty for Sciver-Brunt but she was far from done and her side will assert collectively that neither are they as they head into a semi-final against either South Africa or New Zealand on Friday. She pulled the next ball for another boundary then advanced on
Ghosh scored 44 not out in 32 balls in a win over West Indies, and 47 not out in 34 balls in the defeat to England, which gave her enough points to finish the week up 16 spots to 20th despite a first-ball duck against Ireland. Smriti Mandhana (No. 3), Shafali Verma (No. 10), Jemimah