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Legspinner Alana King has been awarded her first Cricket Australia contract after being an integral part of the ODI World Cup triumph with left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux dropping off the list after an injury-hit season. King made her international debut at the beginning of the multi-format Ashes having come in as a replacement for the

On a pitch that posed problems to every other batter, and in a chase that had just got tense, Pat Cummins walked out and produced an innings for the ages. The Kolkata Knight Riders allrounder hammered an unbeaten 56 off just 15 balls to utterly stun the Mumbai Indians. Here is a snapshot of the

Coulter-Nile has a history of serious injuries, and has been forced to leave the IPL before also. In 2014, when he was a Delhi Daredevils [now Capitals] player, he had to cut short his time with the team because of a hamstring injury, which required surgery. Last year, too, he struggled with a calf injury,

Skipper Aaron Finch predicts the future is bright for Nathan Ellis and Josh Inglis after the inexperienced pair played a vital role in Australia’s one-off T20 international win against Pakistan in Lahore. Australia were missing David Warner, Mitch Marsh, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc from the side

Pakistan, who had begun brightly with Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, as they often tend to do, lost their way through the middle overs, losing six wickets for 24 runs in a disappointing game for the middle order. Babar did bring up his own 33-ball half-century but struggled thereafter. Ben Dwarshuis aside, every specialist bowler

Among the bowlers, Sophie Ecclestone continues to lead the rankings, despite going wicketless in the final. She picked six wickets in the semi-final against South Africa. Shabnim Ismail, who finished second among the wicket-takers in the World Cup, gained a spot to be ranked second. Anya Shrubsole’s five wickets across two knockout games saw her

Avesh Khan played the last season of the IPL in an attack that had Anrich Nortje breaking speed record, Kagiso Rabada threatening the purple cap, and the spinners R Ashwin and Axar Patel displaying their guile. Yet it was Avesh who bowled the most balls for Delhi Capitals at the death. In fact only Harshal

Lucknow Super Giants 169 for 7 (Rahul 68, Hooda 51, Natarajan 2-26, Washington 2-28, Shepherd 2-42) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 157 for 9 (Tripathi 44, Pooran 34, Avesh 4-24, Holder 3-34) by 12 runs Deepak Hooda, KL Rahul and Avesh Khan led the way as Lucknow Super Giants came back from behind with bat and ball

Finn Allen, the explosive New Zealand batter, has signed to play for Yorkshire in this year’s Vitality Blast. Allen, who appeared for Lancashire in the competition last year and is currently at the IPL with Royal Challengers Bangalore, will come in to the Yorkshire set-up after the departure of Pakistan seamer Haris Rauf, who is

Report Allrounder’s 60 lifted Punjab Kings to 180, and Super Kings fell apart in the chase Punjab Kings 180 for 8 (Livingstone 60, Dhawan 33, Jordan 2-23) beat Chennai Super Kings 126 (Dube 57, Chahar 3-25, Livingstone 2-25) by 54 runs Chennai Super Kings’ winless start to the 2022 IPL continued into a third game

News “I have seen such inconsistency in umpiring after a long time,” team director Khaled Mahmud says Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud called the umpiring in the Durban Test “inconsistent”, adding that Bangladesh could have been “chasing 180 instead of 270” had the decisions gone their way. Following Shakib Al Hasan‘s tweet, which called for

News “We didn’t quite find an answer [to Australia’s batting],” says England captain Heather Knight Australia “deserved a victory today” to lift their seventh World Cup title, after being “extremely consistent over a long period of time”, captain Meg Lanning has said. Australia were unbeaten throughout the tournament and have had a phenomenal run in

Report England go in unchanged to defend their title Toss England Women chose to bowl vs Australia Women England have opted to bowl in the final of the 2022 World Cup against Australia in Christchurch. Ellyse Perry will play for Australia – who have progressed through the tournament undefeated – most likely, as captain Meg

News The pair has been handed short-term contracts as batting and bowling coach Afghanistan have roped in former Pakistan players Younis Khan and Umar Gul as batting and bowling coach, respectively, on short-term contracts. They are set to join the team in Abu Dhabi for a 15-day stint, working with an expanded squad of 25

Report Jason Behrendorff has replaced Mitchell Swepson to strengthen the fast-bowling attack for Australia Toss Pakistan chose to field against Australia Pakistan have won the toss and will field first in the final – and decisive – ODI of the three-match series against Australia in Lahore. For the third time in a row, the coin

News Australia’s selectors are set to make a final call on Saturday afternoon Ellyse Perry is on track to avoid a second World Cup final heartbreak and take her place in Sunday’s showpiece as a specialist batter against England. Perry has missed Australia’s last two matches in New Zealand with a back issue and underwent

Report He came to the rescue after a shaky chase to lift Knight Riders to the top of the table Kolkata Knight Riders 141 for 4 (Russell 70*, Shreyas 26, Chahar 2-13) beat Punjab Kings 137 (Rajapaksha 31, Umesh 4-23) by six wickets Zero backward steps taken. Two of the most exciting sides in this

News Australian bowling allrounder signs for ten Championship games McAndrew, 28, joined South Australia ahead of this season’s Sheffield Shield after losing his New South Wales contract and was the competition’s second-highest wicket-taker ahead of this week’s final. He is due to be available for up to 10 County Championship fixtures, starting from Warwickshire’s fixture