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Rangpur overcome late scare to secure spot in the final
Qais' late cameo wasn't enough for Dubai Capitals to avoid being knocked out
ESPNcricinfo staff
16-Jul-2025
Rangpur Riders 158 for 5 (Iftikhar 41, Sarkar 36, Mustafa 1-2, Shakib 1-16) beat Dubai Capitals 150 (Atal 38, Krishnamurthi 27, Hassan 3-20, Khaled 2-14) by eight runs
After beating Hobart Hurricanes by one run, the Global Super League defending champions Rangpur Riders overcame a late scare to register another narrow victory, this time to seal a spot in the final. The loss officially knocked Dubai Capitals out of the competition.
Capitals needed 28 in the last two overs with two wickets in hand, but Qais Ahmad - aided by sloppy fielding - brought the equation to 9 off 8 with two sixes and a four. However, the innings ended with four balls to spare. Ibrahim Zadran calmly caught Qais on the long-on boundary and Khaled Ahmed dismissed Dominic Drakes.
Full postNuwanidu century secures draw for Sri Lanka A
Australia A could only manage two wickets on the final day as batters dominated
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16-Jul-2025
Sri Lanka A 272 (Dinusha 105*) and 280 for 3 (Nuwanidu 104*, Rathnayake 56*, Sooriyabandara 56) drew with Australia A 486 (McSweeney 94, Scott 94, Philippe 85, Perry 61, Weatherald 54, Dinusha 4-97)
Australia A and Sri Lanka A ground out a tame draw at Marrara Stadium in Darwin as Nuwanidu Fernando hit an unbeaten century.
In reply to Australia A's 486 after making 272 in their first innings, the Sri Lankans dug in to finish on 280 for 3 when the match was called on Wednesday afternoon.
Full postMahedi four-for, Tanzid fifty give Bangladesh first series win against Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka never had enough as Bangladesh chased 133 in just 16.3 overs
Mohammad Isam
16-Jul-2025
Bangladesh 133 for 2 (Tanzid 73*, Litton 32, Mendis 1-21) beat Sri Lanka 132 for 7 (Nissanka 46, Shanaka 35*, Mahedi 4-11) by eight wickets
Career-best contributions from Mahedi Hasan and Tanzid Hasan powered Bangladesh to a series-winning eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka. The home side had blown away Bangladesh in the first game in Pallekele, but the visitors fought back in the second game in Dambulla, before this win in Colombo. Bangladesh have previously only once turned around from 1-0 down to win a three-match T20I series, against West Indies seven years ago.
Mahedi took 4 for 11, in a spell that never let Sri Lanka change gears due to constant wickets. This was an apt reward for a bowler who had been out of the side for Bangladesh's previous four T20Is. By the time his spell was over, Bangladesh were in control, and they seldom looked in trouble thereafter.
Full postDeepti digs deep to deliver India's four-wicket win
Visitors make it four ODI wins in a row in England as familiar nemesis strikes again
Valkerie Baynes
16-Jul-2025
India 262 for 6 (Deepti 62*, Rodrigues 48, Dean 2-52) beat England 258 for 6 (Dunkley 83, Davidson-Richards 53, Rana 2-31) by four wickets
Deepti Sharma gave India the upper hand against England again, although in more conventional style this time, with a match-winning half-century at Southampton for a 1-0 lead in their three-match ODI series.
The last time these sides met in an ODI in England, in 2022, Deepti scored an unbeaten fifty to rescue her side from an early stumble then ran out Charlie Dean while backing up on the last ball to seal a 3-0 ODI series sweep at Lord's.
Full postRobinson, Duffy, Henry step up as New Zealand subdue South Africa
New Zealand's sixth-wicket pair helps put a strong total which proved to be 21 too many for South Africa
Firdose Moonda
16-Jul-2025
New Zealand 173 for 5 (Robinson 75*, Jacobs 44*, Maphaka 2-38) beat South Africa 152 (Brevis 35, Linde 30, Duffy 3-20, Henry 3-34) by 21 runs
New Zealand's new coach Rob Walter - who is also South Africa's old white-ball coach - began his tenure with a win but his previous team made his current one work for it.
Chasing 174, South Africa were 111 for 7 in the 14th over before George Linde struck 30 from 20 balls and shared a 37-run stand with Gerald Coetzee. South Africa needed 31 runs from the last three overs but Linde holed out against Jacob Duffy who ended the contest with two wickets in two balls.
Full postBruce and Heaphy set up Central Districts' first win of GSL 2025
Hobart Hurricanes started poorly in the 168 chase, but got close because of a big stand between Nabi and Allen
ESPNcricinfo staff
16-Jul-2025
Central Districts 167 for 4 (Bruce 62, Heaphy 50*, Stanlake 1-20) beat Hobart Hurricanes 151 for 8 (Nabi 43, Allen 36*, Ajaz 2-18) by 16 runs
A 113-run partnership for the fourth wicket between captain Tom Bruce and Curtis Heaphy, and a strong bowling performance led by Ajaz Patel and Blair Tickner took Central Districts past Hobart Hurricanes. That earned Central Districts their first points in GSL 2025.
Having chosen to bat after losing their first and second matches in the competition having opting to field, Bruce got in after another poor start, with Central Districts losing Dane Cleaver and Will Young by the end of the powerplay, which came with 37 runs on the board.
Full postEngland U19s hold out for draw after Hamza Shaikh hundred
India U19s set home side target of 350 in 63 overs but unable to force victory in final session
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15-Jul-2025
England U19s 439 (Flintoff 93, Shaikh 84, Ekansh 59, Henil 3-81, Suryavanshi 2-35) and 270 for 7 (Shaikh 112, Mayes 51, Rew 50) drew with India U19s 540 (Mhatre 102, Kundu 90, Kumar 85, Ambrish 70, Malhotra 67, Green 3-74) and 248 (Malhotra 63, Suryavanshi 56, Ambrish 53, Vaughan 6-84)
A thrilling Under-19 Test match between England and India at Beckenham ended in draw, after England reached 270 for 7 at stumps on the final day.
India set England a target of 350 to win from 63 overs, after making 248 in the second innings: Vihaan Malhotra hit 63 and a there was a late charge by RS Ambrish, who made 53, while Archie Vaughan took 6 for 84 after bowling unchanged from the City End.
Full postScott and Philippe leave Australia A scenting victory
Mitchell Perry also added a half-century to grow a big lead before the home side claimed an early wicket
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15-Jul-2025
Sri Lanka A 272 and 49 for 1 trail Australia A 486 (McSweeney 94, Scott 94, Philippe 85, Perry 61, Weatherald 54, Dinusha 4-97) by 165 runs
Liam Scott, Josh Philippe and Mitchell Perry turned the screws on Sri Lanka A on day three to put Australia A in command of the four-day game at Darwin's Marrara Oval.
After the hosts resumed on Tuesday on 241 for 4 in reply to Sri Lanka A's 272 - and lost Nathan McSweeney to the day's first ball for 94 - batters six, seven and eight completed impressive half centuries to build Australia A a formidable first-innings score.
Full postStarc six-for, Boland hat-trick consign West Indies to 27 all-out and 0-3 defeat
West Indies' second innings lasted only 14.3 overs and had seven batters dismissed on a duck as they went down by 176
Andrew McGlashan
14-Jul-2025
Australia 225 (Smith 48, Green 46, Shamar 4-33, Greaves 3-56) and 121 (Green 42, Alzarri 5-27, Shamar 4-34) beat West Indies 143 (Campbell 36, Boland 3-34) and 27 (Starc 6-9, Boland 3-2) by 176 runs
There was a feeling that the stars had aligned for Mitchell Starc, playing his 100th Test with the pink ball he has so often dominated with, but few could have imagined the carnage that unfolded on the third day at Sabina Park as he claimed three wickets in his first over and the quickest five-wicket haul in Test history including his 400th.
Yet that was not the end of it. Scott Boland claimed a hat-trick, removing Justin Greaves, Shamar Joseph and Jomel Warrican, leaving West Indies 26 for 9 and in danger of equaling the lowest-ever Test total - made by New Zealand against England in 1955. They edged past it courtesy of a Sam Konstas misfield in the gully, but only by one run when Starc ended the Text next ball to finish with a career-best 6 for 9. West Indies were all out in 14.3 overs.
Full postSuryavanshi's 39-ball fifty extends India Under-19s' lead
Ekansh and Albert made fifties for England U19 while Henil Patel took three wickets for the visitors
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14-Jul-2025
India Under-19s 540 and 128 for 3 (Suryavanshi 56, Malhotra 34, Vaughan 3-14) lead England Under-19s 439 (Flintoff 93, Shaikh 84, Ekansh 59, Henil 3-81, Suryavanshi 2-35) by 229 runs
India lead England by 229 after three days of the Under-19 test at Beckenham, having reached 128 for three in their second innings, after bowling the hosts out for 439.
England's Ekansh Singh made 59 and Ralphie Albert hit 50, while Henil Patel had India's best figures with three for 81. 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi showed his all-round potential with two for 35 and RS Ambrish took two for 81.
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