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Birmingham Phoenix 120 for 4 (Bethell 38*, Livingstone 30*, Duckett 30) beat Trent Rockets 118 (Alsop 51, Southee 5-12) Birmingham Phoenix put themselves back into the knockout positions in the Hundred with an important win at Edgbaston, knocking Trent Rockets out of this year’s competition in the process. “It was a pretty good performance,” Southee

Trigger warning for suicide. Details in this story may be unsuitable for some. Graham Thorpe died after taking his own life following a battle with depression and anxiety, his family has revealed in a newspaper interview. The ECB announced last week that Thorpe, widely considered to be among England’s greatest batters, had died at the

Samarawickrama then largely took control of the remainder of the chase, hitting 15 fours and one six in all, as the remainder of the top order produced small innings in support. Sri Lanka will be especially buoyed by pulling off this chase without their best player, Chamari Athapaththu, who is with her Hundred team. Samarawickrama’s

Northern Superchargers 156 for 3 (Pooran 66*, Brook 43) beat Manchester Originals 152 for 7 (Salt 61, Santner 3-24) by seven wickets Nicholas Pooran smashed 66 from just 33 balls, including eight sixes, to inspire a memorable comeback victory for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred. But it was a suspected hamstring injury to England men’s

Australia A 121 for 3 (McGrath 51*, Wilson 39) beat India A 120 for 8 (Navgire 38, Parsons 2-18, Brown 2-19) by seven wickets Vlaeminck, who was benched in the second T20, made instant impact on her return to the Australia A side. The 25-year-old fast bowler came away with remarkable figures of 4-0-6-1. She

South Africa 30 for 0 (de Zorzi 14*, Markram 9*) and 357 lead West Indies 233 (Carty 42, Holder 36, Maharaj 4-76, Rabada 3-56) by 154 runs A Test that seemed destined for a draw is set for a thrilling final day, weather-permitting, after South Africa grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck

Birmingham Phoenix 148 for 5 (Moeen 60, Duckett 54*) beat Welsh Fire 146 for 8 (Kohler-Cadmore 54, Abbot 4-16) by five wickets Moeen Ali and Ben Duckett made classy half-centuries as Birmingham Phoenix claimed a five-wicket win at Sophia Gardens to end Welsh Fire’s hopes of reaching The Hundred Eliminator and push themselves up to

Adam Zampa retains hope of wearing the baggy green, confident that his game would stand up in Tests despite a lack of first-class cricket over the last six years. His heavy white-ball schedule has meant Zampa has played just two first-class games since 2019, both for New South Wales having returned to the state where

West Indies 145 for 4 (Carty 42, Louie 35, Brathwaite 35,Maharaj 3-45) trail South Africa 357 (Bavuma 86, De Zorzi 78, Warrican 4-69, Seales 3-67) by 212 runs Keshav Maharaj bowled 28 overs unchanged from the Media Centre End, albeit with weather-related interruptions, as South Africa frustrated West Indies on the third day of a

Gloucestershire 333 for 3 (Hammond 157, Price 61, Bancroft 52) beat Nottinghamshire 332 (Hameed 105, James 61) by seven wickets Miles Hammond‘s brilliant 157 was the highlight as Gloucestershire chased down a 333-run target to beat Notts Outlaws by seven wickets at Trent Bridge to keep themselves in contention for a quarter-final place in the

Australia A 133 for 2 (Wilson 53*, McGrath 47*) beat India A 130 for 9 (Punia 29, Parsons 4-30, Hancock 3-14) by eight wickets In a show of the player depth on offer, legspinner Grace Parsons and quick Nicola Hancock both starred on their Australia A debuts as the home side claimed the T20 series

South Africa 344 for 8 (Bavuma 86, de Zorzi 78, Warrican 3-66) vs West Indies Tony de Zorzi, South Africa’s opening batter who was dismissed for 78 before lunch, sat on the change-room balcony with a copy of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Ironic, because what played out in front of him was nothing like

Southern Brave 85 for 3 (Wyatt 46*) beat Oval Invincibles 79 for 4 (Kapp 26, Cheatle 2-6, Corteen-Coleman 2-19, ) by seven wickets (DLS method) England star Danni Wyatt led Southern Brave to a breakthrough win and moved top of the women’s runscorers list in a seven-wicket rain-affected win against Oval Invincibles. Wyatt hit an

Perhaps India should have swept the ball more. Or at least employed the sweep more effectively (given several batters were out playing that shot throughout the series). India captain Rohit Sharma thinks that this is what the Sri Lanka batters did better than their counterparts through the course of this 2-0 result. They were better

“We need to talk about it.” That was India captain Rohit Sharma when asked if being spun out on dry Colombo surfaces to lose the ODI series against Sri Lanka 2-0 was a result of their lack of application. India lost 27 wickets to spin, the most by any team against this variety of bowling

Sri Lanka’s top-order batters were good, and their spinners were even better. This was captain Charith Asalanka‘s take on what had enabled his team to overcome India, a side which they had lost to 16 times since 2015, but beaten only on three occasions in ODIs. In this series, played on raging turners, Sri Lanka

Ranjan Madugalle has become the first match referee to officiate 400 ODIs, with his taking charge of the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Khettarama. Madugalle has been a match referee since 1993 and in that time has also officiated more than 200 Tests, also a record. He had, in addition, served as

Big picture: Where has the competition gone? A rivalry that started with intensity in a one-off Test in 1992 has fizzled out into a one-sided affair with South Africa victorious in 22 out of 32 matches against West Indies, and vanquished in just three. They have never lost a Test series (the emphasis being on