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Owen hammers 149 off 69 balls as Tasmania win high-scoring thriller
South Australia were already assured of a spot in the final and clinched hosting rights as the game was ongoing
AAP
23-Feb-2025
Tasmania 330 for 8 (Owen 149) beat South Australia 329 for 9 (Harvey 129, Drew 63, Webster 3-48) by two wickets
Mitch Owen produced another heroic batting display, crushing 149 off 69 balls in Tasmania's thrilling two-wicket One-Day Cup win over South Australia.
Ladder leaders South Australia posted a formidable 329 for 9 at Adelaide Oval courtesy of a century from Mackenzie Harvey and Daniel Drew's 63.
Full postKellaway's maiden one-day hundred leads Victoria into final
Peter Handscomb struck 92 off 52 balls to more than make up for an earlier dropped catch as NSW's tournament came to an end
AAP
23-Feb-2025
Victoria 311 for 2 (Kellaway 117*, Handscomb 91*, Dixon 57) beat New South Wales 310 (Shaw 80, Gilkes 72, Green 57, Murphy 3-46, Siddle 3-54)
Victoria secured a spot in the One-Day Cup final after defeating New South Wales by eight wickets on the back of blistering knocks from Campbell Kellaway and Peter Handscomb.
In reply to NSW's 310 in Sunday's clash at Cricket Central in Sydney, Victoria reached the victory target with a whopping 74 balls to spare. Kellaway (117 not out off 101 balls) and Handscomb (91 not out off 52 balls) led the way, combining for an unbeaten 145-run stand on the way to the bonus-point win.
Full postQueensland crash out of One-Day Cup to youthful WA
Bryce Jackson claimed four wickets as the home side collapsed when they had a chance of reaching the final
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23-Feb-2025
Western Australia 132 for 4 beat Queensland 131 (Swepson 45, Jackson 4-39, Couch 3-45) by six wickets
Queensland crashed out of the One-Day Cup title race in humbling fashion, suffering a six-wicket loss to wooden spooners Western Australia at the Gabba.
WA paceman Bryce Jackson snared 4 for 39 in a player-of-the-match performance as Queensland were skittled for 131 in 29.2 overs.
Full postJosh Inglis 120* seals record win for Australia
Duckett's ton went in vain as Inglis countered by pummelling a lacklustre England pace attack
Tristan Lavalette
22-Feb-2025
Australia 356 for 5 (Inglis 120*, Carey 69, Short 63, Rashid 1-47) beat England 351 for 8 (Duckett 165, Root 68, Dwarshuis 3-66, Labuschagne 2-41, Zampa 2-64) by five wickets
Ben Duckett provided the ruthlessness England so desperately craved for with a record knock of 165. But his heroics went in vain as Josh Inglis countered by pummelling a lacklustre England pace attack and powering Australia to the highest successful chase in men's ICC tournament history.
The first match at an ICC event in Lahore since March 1996 saw batting completely dominate this Champions Trophy blockbuster with little margin for error for the bowlers on such a benign surface.
Full postLittle, Young trouble Zimbabwe before rain has the final say
Ryan Burl did some repair work for the hosts after a woeful powerplay, helping them to 77 for 5 in their nine
Abhimanyu Bose
22-Feb-2025
Zimbabwe 77 for 5 (Burl 36, Little 2-8, Young 2-15) vs Ireland
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Only nine overs of play were possible before the first T20I between Zimbabwe and Ireland in Harare was called off due to rain.
The match was already shortened to nine overs a side with weather delaying the toss by more than two hours, and the rain returned right after Zimbabwe finished their innings, forcing the match to be abandoned.
Full postHenry's onslaught, Harris and Goud's dream spells get Warriorz off the mark
Warriorz became the first team to successfully defend a total in WPL 2025 despite Rodrigues' 56
Srinidhi Ramanujam
22-Feb-2025
UP Warriorz 177 for 9 (Henry 62, Jonassen 4-31, Kapp 2-18, Reddy 2-52) beat Delhi Capitals 144 (Rodrigues 56, Harris 4-15, Goud 4-25) by 33 runs
Chinelle Henry's late onslaught, uncapped seamer Kranti Goud's four-wicket haul, Grace Harris' last-over hat-trick. UP Warriorz had brilliant moments on the field and produced a thumping win over Delhi Capitals to finally get off the mark, in their third attempt, in WPL 2025. In the first reverse fixture of this season, Warriorz defended 177 by bowling Capitals out for 144 for a 33-run victory. They are also the first team to defend a total in this edition.
The Chinnaswamy Stadium came alive late in the first innings thanks to Henry's fireworks. From 89 for 6, her entertaining 23-ball knock lifted Warriorz from a potential below-par total to a match-winning one. Striking at an astonishing 269.56, Henry smashed eight sixes and two fours to reach the joint-fastest fifty, off 18 balls, in WPL history.
Full postRickelton's maiden ODI hundred, middle order set up SA's big win over Afghanistan
Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Wiaan Mulder shared seven wickets, even as Rahmat Shah scored 90
Ashish Pant
21-Feb-2025
South Africa 315 for 6 (Rickelton 103, Bavuma 58, Markram 52*, van der Dussen 52, Nabi 2-51) beat Afghanistan 208 (Rahmat 90, Rabada 3-36, Mulder 2-36, Ngidi 2-56) by 107 runs
Ryan Rickelton is showing the value of runs under the belt. He came into the Champions Trophy on the back of a solid SA20, where he was the fourth-highest scorer. Before that, he had smoked 259 in the New Year's Test against Pakistan. On Friday, it was time for him to leave his mark on the 50-over format as he scored his maiden ODI century in his seventh game as South Africa began their Champions Trophy with a solid 107-run win over Afghanistan.
Batting first on a Karachi surface that had a nice layer of grass, South Africa rode on Rickelton's 103 followed by steady fifties from Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram to rack up 315 for 6. That meant Afghanistan had to record their highest-ever successful chase if they had to win on Champions Trophy debut.
Full postAmanjot, Kamalini seal thriller for MI after Harmanpreet fifty
Perry's 81 and Wareham's three wickets weren't enough for RCB
Hemant Brar
21-Feb-2025
Mumbai Indians 170 for 6 (Harmanpreet 50, Sciver-Brunt 42, Wareham 3-21) beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru 167 for 7 (Perry 81, Ghosh 28, Amanjot 3-22) by four wickets
Win the toss, field first, win the match. This has been the story of all seven games in WPL 2025 so far. Mumbai Indians (MI) were the latest benefactors of winning the toss as they beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by four wickets in the first game of the Bengaluru leg.
Bowling first, MI restricted RCB to 167 for 7 despite a pristine 81 off 43 balls by Ellyse Perry. Then they had the joint-best powerplay of the season, cruising to 66 for 2. Harmanpreet Kaur's half-century kept MI in a comfortable position until Georgia Wareham dismissed her and S Sajana off successive balls in the 18th over. Amanjot Kaur took over from there and, with 22 needed from 12 balls, hit Kanika Ahuja for two sixes. That brought it down to run-a-ball in the final over. Still, it came down to two needed from two balls before 16-year-old G Kamalini smashed Ekta Bisht through covers to seal the game.
Full postDubey five-for takes Vidarbha into Ranji final despite Shardul and Mulani's fightback
At one stage, Mumbai were 124 for 6 in pursuit of 406, but eventually fell only 80 runs short of the target
Shashank Kishore
21-Feb-2025
Vidarbha 383 (Malewar 79, Shorey 74, Dube 5-49) and 292 (Rathod 151, Wadkar 52, Mulani 6-85) beat Mumbai 270 (Anand 106, Rekhade 4-55, Dubey 2-68) and 325 (Shardul 66, Mulani 46, Dubey 5-127) by 80 runs
Shardul Thakur's fighting half-century wasn't enough for another Mumbai rearguard as the defending champions lost the Ranji Trophy semi-final to Vidarbha, last year's finalists, in an absorbing contest that went into the final session of the final day in Nagpur.
Leading Vidarbha's run to the final - they've won two of three Ranji finals previously - against Kerala was left-arm spin-bowling allrounder Harsh Dubey, who picked up his seventh five-wicket haul of the season to take his wickets tally to 66. He's now just two short of Bihar left-arm spinner Ashutosh Aman's record for most wickets in a Ranji season.
Full postKerala steal two-run lead on dramatic final morning to reach maiden Ranji final
Aditya Sarwate took three wickets in the morning session to give Kerala the decisive first-innings advantage
Shashank Kishore
21-Feb-2025 • Updated on 20-Mar-2025
Kerala 457 and 114 for 4 drew with Gujarat 455 (Panchal 148, Jaymeet 79, Sarwate 4-111, Saxena 4-139) Kerala won on basis of first-innings lead
Sixty-eight years after playing their first match, Kerala secured an entry into their maiden Ranji Trophy final on a dramatic fifth morning against Gujarat in Ahmedabad.
Needing to pick up three wickets while having just 28 to defend at the start of the day's play, left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate rose to the occasion by picking up all the remaining wickets to fall as Kerala bowled Gujarat out for 455 to clinch a two-run first-innings lead. This after they made it to the semi-final on the back of a one-run first-innings lead against Jammu and Kashmir.
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