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Suryavanshi fifty drives India to U-19 Asia Cup final
India will face Bangladesh in the final in Dubai on Sunday
PTI
06-Dec-2024
India 175 for 3 (Suryavanshi 67) beat Sri Lanka 173 (Abeysinghe 69, Shanmuganathan 42, Chetan 3-34) by seven wickets
Vaibhav Suryavanshi starred with a second successive half-century as India stormed into the Under-19 Asia Cup final with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Sharjah on Friday.
The 13-year-old, who became the youngest cricketer ever to be bought at an IPL auction last month, smashed five sixes and six fours for his 36-ball 67 as India chased down a target of 174 with as many as 170 balls to spare.
Full postMcSweeney, Labuschagne blunt India after Starc sizzles on Australia's day
Starc's career-best figures of 6 for 48 saw India fold for 180 before the batters kept Bumrah and Co at bay
Deivarayan Muthu
06-Dec-2024
Australia 86 for 1 (McSweeney 38*, Labuschagne 20*, Bumrah1-13) trail India 180 (Reddy 42, Rahul 37 Starc 6-48, Cummins 2-41) by 94 runs
Mitchell Starc's sizzling spell with the pink ball headlined the opening day of the day-night Test in Adelaide as Australia responded to their 295-run drubbing in Perth by dismissing India for 180.
Jasprit Bumrah then got rid of Usman Khawaja in the twilight but the under-pressure Marnus Labuschagne and rookie opener Nathan McSweeney navigated a tricky passage of play to guide Australia to stumps without any further damage. Their unbroken 62-run partnership helped Australia cut their deficit to under 100 and ensured that the first day belonged to them.
Full postNissanka 89 cuts down SL deficit after Verreynne 105*
Afternoon and evening sessions belonged to Sri Lanka with their top four producing best collective effort
Andrew Fidel Fernando
06-Dec-2024
Sri Lanka 242 for 3 (Nissanka 89, Mathews 40*) trail South Africa 358 (Verreynne 105*, Rickelton 101, Bavuma 78, Kumara 4-79) by 116 runs
Kyle Verreynne's manic sprint to a third Test century lit up the second morning and sent South Africa speeding to a total of 358. But the afternoon and evening sessions belonged to Sri Lanka. Their top four produced their best collective effort in the series so far, with Pathum Nissanka hitting 89 off 157 balls, forging a 109-run second wicket stand with Dinesh Chandimal.
With Angelo Mathews not out on 40 at stumps, and Kamindu Mendis unbeaten on 30, Sri Lanka have seven wickets in hand, and are well-placed to take a lead in the first innings. They have for the first time in the series, put serious pressure on a South Africa attack that seemed short of options on a flattening Gqeberha deck.
Full postKonstas makes another statement with more runs for NSW
Test hopeful Sam Konstas has gone to stumps unbeaten on 55, after Jack Edwards' five-for put NSW on top again WA at the SCG
AAP
06-Dec-2024
New South Wales 97 for 0 (Konstas 55*, Nikitaras 29*) trail Western Australia 211 (Inglis 41, Edwards 5-41, Bird 3-48) by 114 runs
Sam Konstas has made another statement to Australia's selectors, backing up his hundred against India with an unbeaten half-century in the Sheffield Shield.
Konstas went to stumps on day one of their Shield clash with Western Australia not out on 55, with New South Wales 97 for 0 in reply to the visitors' 211 at the SCG on Friday.
Full postHunt and Sangha star with centuries for South Australia
Henry Hunt and Jason Sangha put Tasmania to the sword with a 300-run opening day partnership for South Australia
AAP
06-Dec-2024
South Australia 329 for 3 (Sangha 151, Hunt 136*) against Tasmania
New recruit Jason Sangha and opener Henry Hunt have posted sparkling centuries to put South Australia in complete control of their Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania at Bellerive Oval.
South Australia went to stumps on day one at a dominant 329 for 3, with Sangha (151 off 257 balls) and Hunt (136 not out off 292 balls) the stars of the day.
Full postO'Neill and Perry take five each for Victoria
Duo snared five wickets apiece to skittle Queensland for 172 at the MCG while Matt Renshaw made 59
AAP
06-Dec-2024
Victoria 43 for 2 (Harris 26*) trail Queensland 172 (Renshaw 59, Perry 5-33, O'Neill 5-51) by 129 runs
Victorian paceman Fergus O'Neill produced an over of magic to put the hosts on top of their Sheffield Shield encounter with Queensland at the MCG.
O'Neill and Mitchell Perry wreaked havoc to skittle Queensland for 172 on Friday, with only Matt Renshaw and tail-ender Mark Steketee putting up any resistance for the Bulls.
Full postBrook hundred repels New Zealand before Carse leads England surge
England saved by another Brook-Pope special as New Zealand lose early grip on contest
Alan Gardner
05-Dec-2024
New Zealand 86 for 5 (Carse 2-28) trail England 280 (Brook 123, Pope 66, Smith 4-86, O'Rourke 3-49) by 194 runs
Harry Brook scored his second dazzling hundred in as many innings to once again rescue his side from trouble in Wellington. Buoyed by Brook's 123 off 115 balls, England then knocked over half of the New Zealand batting as 15 wickets fell on the opening day of the second Test.
Having been reduced to 43 for 4 on what Tom Latham had described at the toss as a "traditional" Basin Reserve pitch, England were indebted to Brook and Ollie Pope reprising their Christchurch heroics with a rip-roaring stand of 174 at more than a run a ball. But New Zealand held their nerve - and (almost) all of their catches - to claim the last four wickets for 21 after Brook had been run out by the alert Nathan Smith.
Full postDebutant Tinotenda Maposa's last-over heroics wins thriller for Zimbabwe
It was a low-scoring roller-coaster of a game to close out the T20I series, which Pakistan had already sealed
Danyal Rasool
05-Dec-2024
Zimbabwe 133 for 8 (Bennett 43, Afridi 3-24) beat Pakistan 132 for 7 (Salman 32, Muzarabani 2-25) by two wickets
On Tuesday, the Zimbabwean cricket team let Bulawayo's exhilarating crowd down, but today, they picked them right back up. In a nerve-shredding encounter, Zimbabwe controlled, won, threw away and eventually stole a roller-coaster of a game off the penultimate delivery. A slap from Richard Ngarava that thudded into the stumps at the non-striker's end, a hesitant jitter, and a scampered single was what it took to seal a two-wicket win that will feel much more significant than the mere consolation it will be recorded as in a 2-1 series defeat against Pakistan.
In pursuit of 133 after a insipid batting performance from Pakistan, Brian Bennett and Tadiwanashe Marumani appeared to have made this game routine when Zimbabwe blazed to 50 in five overs. But with a middle order as fragile as Zimbabwe's no game is truly done, and even when the hosts sat pretty at 73 for 1 with more than half the overs the spare, Pakistan knew they were in with a shot, not least because of a Sufiyan Muqeem-shaped trump card who ran rampant through the middle overs once more. Within a five-over spell, 73 for 1 became 94 for 5, with Muqeem piling on the pressure as Abbas Afridi cleaned up from the other end. With four overs to go, the run rate was pushing 12.
Full postRickelton's maiden ton propels SA but Asitha, Kumara ensure opening day is evenly shared
Bavuma was proactive and Verreynne stable to ensure Sri Lanka's pacers, who were effective, could not skittle the hosts
Firdose Moonda
05-Dec-2024
South Africa 269 for 7 (Rickelton 101, Bavuma 78, Kumara 3-54, Asitha 2-67) vs Sri Lanka
Ryan Rickelton scored a first Test century in his eighth match and became the eighth batter for South Africa to bring up a hundred in 2024 on an evenly shared day at St George's Park.
After choosing to bat first in blustery conditions, South Africa teetered on 44 for 3 in the morning session but a 133-run fourth wicket stand between Rickelton and Temba Bavuma, who brought up his third successive score over fifty, saw them take control. They were rocked again at 186 for 5 but Rickelton and Kyle Verreynne put on 77 for the sixth-wicket to re-steady them. Sri Lanka came back with two late wickets in the day and will eye dismissing South Africa for under 300 and making the most of what are expected to be good batting conditions on day two.
Full postDebutant Georgia Voll steers Australia home after Megan Schutt's five-for
Rookie legspinner Mishra, Renuka help India salvage positives in big defeat
Tristan Lavalette
05-Dec-2024
Australia 102 for 5 (Voll 46*, Litchfield 35, Renuka 3-45, Mishra 2-11) beat India 100 (Rodrigues 23, Schutt 5-19, Sutherland 1-13) by five wickets
Returning to the field for the first time since a disappointing T20 World Cup campaign, Australia comfortably beat India in the ODI series-opener at Allan Border Field after quick Megan Schutt claimed a career best 5-19 and Georgia Voll impressed on debut.
In a disastrous start in their bid to win a first series over Australia in Australia, India were unable to capitalise on good batting conditions. They lost wickets regularly to be bowled out for just 100 in the 35th over, their lowest total in women's ODIs since being dismissed for 79 by Australia in 2012.
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