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Burns, Sibley carry the fight as Surrey, Notts face thrilling final-day showdown
Matt Fisher claims six wickets to finish with 11 in match, in potential title-deciding contest
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17-Sep-2025
Surrey 173 (Burns 47, James 3-35, Tongue 3-43) and 66 for 0 (Burns 41*) need another 249 runs to beat Nottinghamshire 231 and 256 (Patterson-White 58, Fisher 6-73)
A thrilling last day is in prospect at the Kia Oval, where Surrey need a further 249 runs with all their second innings wickets in hand to beat Nottinghamshire and take a giant step towards a fourth successive Rothesay County Championship title.
Rory Burns, the Surrey captain, is leading the charge with 41 not out as the champions reached 66 for no wicket in just 16 overs after setting off in search of 315 for victory on a third day much shortened by bad weather.
Full postRain wrecks contest on 25-over day at Bristol
Draw all but guaranteed after poor weather dogs contest
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17-Sep-2025
Gloucestershire 158 for 5 (van Buuren 28*, J Taylor 24*) trail Northamptonshire 206 (Zaib 76, McManus 44, van Buuren 3-23, M Taylor 3-48) by 48 runs
Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire were again frustrated by the elements in their efforts to accrue bonus points on day three of the Rothesay County Championship Second Division match at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol.
Resuming on 65 for 3 in reply to Northamptonshire's first-innings 206, Gloucestershire advanced their score to 158 for 5 for the loss of Ollie Price and James Bracey in the 25 overs that were possible before rain set in just before the lunch interval.
Full postSalt's latest onslaught powers England in 197-run chase
Tector, Tucker ensure Ireland put decent total on the board, but England's batting cruises to target
Matt Roller
17-Sep-2025
England 197 for 6 (Salt 89) beat Ireland 196 for 3 (Tector 61*, Tucker 55) by four wickets
England made light work of chasing 197 in sunny Malahide, sauntering home with 14 balls unused to take a 1-0 lead over Ireland. Fresh from his fourth T20 international hundred at Old Trafford on Friday night, Phil Salt fell just short of a record-equalling fifth but his 89 from 46 balls underpinned a chase that proved much simpler than the margin suggests.
It made for a serene start to life as an international captain for Jacob Bethell who, at 21, became the youngest man to lead England, deputising for Harry Brook. His own contribution was a cameo of 24 from No. 3, which featured one of the day's 22 sixes with a crisply-struck slog-sweep over the temporary stand at midwicket, before he chipped to extra cover.
Full postPhilippe's rapid hundred powers Australia A to 532
India A made a steady start to their innings before rain brought an early end to the second day in Lucknow
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17-Sep-2025
India A 116 for 1 (Jagadeesan 50*) trail Australia A 532 for 6 dec (Philippe 123*, Konstas 109, Dubey 3-141) by 416 runs
Josh Philippe's unbeaten 123 off 87 balls and Liam Scott's 81 continued Australia A's dominance on day two of the first four-day game against India A in Lucknow.
With Sam Konstas also making a century on the first day, Australia A declared their innings on 532 for 6 in just 98 overs, having scored at a run rate of 5.43. In reply, India A lost opener Abhimanyu Easwaran for 44, but N Jagadeesan remained unbeaten on 50 before rain brought an early end to the day.
Full postLabuschagne launches with a century: 'Nothing else matters but runs'
The top-order batter, looking to return to the Test line-up for the Ashes, produced some flowing stroke play against Victoria
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17-Sep-2025
Queensland 310 for 5 (Labuschagne 130, Wildermuth 54) beat Victoria 255 (Maxwell 107, Handscomb 55, Neser 3-43, Wildermuth 3-46) by 55 runs
Marnus Labuschagne's quest to return to the Test side for the Ashes series gained momentum with a century for Queensland, before Glenn Maxwell responded as only he can.
Queensland skipper Labuschagne struck a classy 130 from 118 deliveries in the 55-run win over Victoria in the One-Day Cup clash at Allan Border Field on Wednesday.
Full postMandhana ton hands India first win at home against Australia since 2007
India consigned Australia to their heaviest ODI defeat, winning by 102 runs
S Sudarshanan
17-Sep-2025
India 292 (Mandhana 117, Deepti 40, Brown 3-42, Gardner 2-39) beat Australia190 (Sutherland 45, Perry 44, Goud 3-28, Deepti 2-24) by 102 runs
Eighteen years and 206 days. It was a long wait. Entire careers started and ended in the time between India's previous ODI victory at home against Australia in 2007 and the 102-run triumph in New Chandigarh on Wednesday.
The final margin may make the win seem easy but it took spirited bowling from India following Smriti Mandhana's century to draw level at 1-1 in the three-match series. Riding on Mandhana's 12th ODI ton, India posted 292, a total that seemed lower than what they should have got. In response, India's seamers stifled the top order and the spinners put pressure on the middle to hand Australia their biggest ODI defeat. All this after being thrashed in the opening match at the same venue.
Full postPooran powers all-round Knight Riders into CPL Qualifier 2
The other stars for Knight Riders were Usman Tariq and Saurabh Netravalkar, who returned 5 for 42 between them to stop Antigua and Barbuda Falcons at 166
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17-Sep-2025
Trinbago Knight Riders 168 for 1 (Pooran 90*, Hales 54*) beat Antigua and Barbuda Falcons 166 for 8 (Gous 61, Jangoo 55, Netravalkar 3-23, Tariq 2-19, Russell 2-30) by nine wickets
It was set up nicely for Trinbago Knight Riders after their bowling innings, with Saurabh Netravalkar and Usman Tariq, in the main, restricting Antigua and Barbuda Falcons to 166. Then it was over to Nicholas Pooran, with Alex Hales his able collaborator, to knock off the runs with 15 balls and nine wickets in hand - Falcons were out of CPL 2025, and Knight Riders are now in Qualifier 2, where they will take on either Guyana Amazon Warriors or St Lucia Kings, and take them on full of confidence.
The last two games of the CPL group stage had been played in Providence too, and a total in the range of 185-190 might have been competitive based on that small evidence. On the night, though, Pooran made it seem like even 215-220 wouldn't have been enough.
Full postTanzid, Mustafizur keep Bangladesh's Asia Cup campaign alive
The powerplays proved to be the difference on a pitch that was difficult for batting
Madushka Balasuriya
16-Sep-2025
Bangladesh 154 for 5 (Tanzid 52, Saif 30, Noor 2-23, Rashid 2-26) beat Afghanistan 146 (Gurbaz 35, Mustafizur 3-28, Nasum 2-11, Rishad 2-18) by eight runs
Bangladesh held on for a win in the first real nail-biter of Asia Cup 2025, as they pipped Afghanistan by eight runs and kept their hopes of qualification alive.
The defence was set up by the very first delivery of the chase, as Nasum Ahmed trapped Sediqullah Atal lbw. It signalled the start of a dominant bowling powerplay that would see just 27 runs scored for the loss of two wickets.
Full postKapp, Brits deflate Pakistan as SA win ODI series opener
Both batters scored unbeaten centuries and posted South Africa's third-highest partnership in women's ODIs
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16-Sep-2025
South Africa 259 for 2 (Kapp 121*, Brits 101*, Rameen 1-29) beat Pakistan 255 for 4 (Amin 121*, Muneeba 76, Khaka 2-36) by eight wickets
Marizanne Kapp and Tazmin Brits hit centuries and put up the third-highest partnership for South Africa in women's ODIs to brush aside Pakistan in the series opener in Lahore.
South Africa were in trouble early in their chase of 256. Sadia Iqbal bowled Laura Wolvaardt in the second over and Sune Luus was out lbw by Rameen Shamim in the tenth. But from 43 for 2, the 216-run third-wicket stand lifted South Africa, and the pair finished the game off with ten balls to spare. Kapp, the No. 4, stayed unbeaten on 121 with her third ODI ton, while opener Brits scored 101 not out for her fifth ODI century.
Full postKiran Carlson rescues Glamorgan on hard-fought day at Derbyshire
Luis Reece shows why he is leading wicket-taker by claiming 4 for 67, while Anuj Dal finishes with 3 for 29
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16-Sep-2025
Derbyshire 17 for 0 trail Glamorgan 259 (Carlson 94, Reece 4-67, Dal 3-29) by 242 runs
Kiran Carlson rescued Glamorgan on a hard-fought second day of the Rothesay County Championship match against promotion rivals Derbyshire at the Central Co-op County Ground.
After high winds prevented any play on Monday, Derbyshire made up for lost time by reducing Glamorgan to 99 for 6 in helpful bowling conditions.
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