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Bancroft's nightmare continues as Western Australia endured tough day
Victoria were in command at Junction as Todd Murphy and Fergus O'Neill shared seven wickets
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15-Nov-2024
Victoria 100 for 2 trail Western Australia 167 (Murphy 4-37) by 67 runs
Cameron Bancroft's horror start to the summer continued, dismissed cheaply on a tough opening day for Western Australia's batters in their Sheffield Shield match against Victoria.
On the same day Todd Murphy took four wickets for Victoria to press his claims for the Sri Lanka tour, Bancroft's misery lived on as he was out for just 12. The former Test opener was the first man out as WA were all out for 167, before Victoria went to stumps at 100 for 2.
Full postMahmood sets tone again, before Curran and Livingstone steer chase
England go 3-0 up in five-match series after hunting down below-par West Indies total in St Lucia
Vithushan Ehantharajah
14-Nov-2024
England 149 for 7 (Curran 41, Hosein 4-22) beat West Indies 145 for 8 (Powell 54, Mahmood 3-17, Overton 3-20) by three wickets
Win the toss, win the match - win the series. Jos Buttler's third correct call of the T20I series resulted in yet another successful chase, as England beat West Indies by three wickets at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground to take an unassailable 3-0 lead.
This, however, was the toughest ask, despite a target of 146 being the lowest of the three so far. Once again, West Indies scrapped to a respectable total from a dire position of 37 for 5. Saqib Mahmood took 3 for 17, doing as he has done in bossing the powerplay, before Jamie Overton gutted the middle order with 3 for 20 after Rovman Powell's 54 and 30 from Romario Shepherd rebuilt from the wreckage.
Full postMaxwell sets up Australia win in seven-over thrash
Pakistan slumped to 24 for six in the first four overs before finishing with 64 for nine
Danyal Rasool
14-Nov-2024
Australia 93 for 4 (Maxwell 43, Stoinis 21*, Afridi 2-9) beat Pakistan 64 for 9 (Afridi 20*, Ellis 3-9, Bartlett 3-13) by 29 runs
It was a shortened game at the Gabba, and Australia made short work of it. After persistent rain and lightning delayed the start by nearly three hours and reduced the game to a seven-over shootout, Australia inflicted a crushing 29-run defeat upon Pakistan. Glenn Maxwell, who struggled in the preceding ODI series, blasted his way through the innings with 43 off 19, before Pakistan slumped to 24 for six in the first four overs before finishing with 64 for nine.
Mohammad Rizwan called correctly at the toss and unsurprisingly put Australia in. But the hosts had a clarity of purpose from the outset, looking to hit a boundary off every ball, aware that wickets didn't really matter as much. Shaheen Shah Afridi was plundered for 16 off his first over to set the tone, and though Haris Rauf's tight first over had Maxwell flailing, the tide would turn soon.
Full postBird seven-for sinks South Australia as New South Wales dominate day one
Jackson Bird took 7 for 46 as NSW took a 30-run first-innings lead with eight wickets in hand day one
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14-Nov-2024
New South Wales 140 for 2 (Maddinson 69, Patterson 32*) lead South Australia 110 (Bird 7-46) by 30 runs
Jackson Bird has turned back the clock, claiming seven wickets as he ripped through South Australia, paving the way for New South Wales to secure a 30-run first-innings lead by stumps on day one of their Sheffield Shield match.
Bird finished with figures of 7 for 46 at Adelaide's Karen Rolton Oval on Thursday, nagging away outside the off stump of South Australia's batters as they were all out for 110.
Full postHeat boost WBBL finals hopes, burn Sixers' chances
Grace Harris made 39 and Jess Jonassen took 3 for 24 as Heat defended 139 to defeat Sixers
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14-Nov-2024
Brisbane Heat 139 for 9 (Harris 39, Kerr 4-23) beat Sydney Sixers 127 for 8 (Bryce 30, Jonassen 3-24) by 12 runs
Brisbane Heat have continued to breathe life back into their WBBL campaign, landing a mega blow to the Sydney Sixers' campaign after beating the hosts by 12 runs.
In a crucial match for both teams, the Heat's bowlers delivered to restrict the Sixers to 127 for 8 at North Sydney Oval, defending their total of 139 for 9 with apparent ease.
Full postTilak ton, Arshdeep three-for put India 2-1 up
India overcame Marco Jansen's blitz to win the high-scorer by 11 runs
Firdose Moonda
13-Nov-2024
India 219 for 6 (Tilak 107, Abhishek 50, Simelane 2-34) beat South Africa 208 for 7 (Jansen 54, Arshdeep 3-37) by 11 runs
Tilak Varma became India's second centurion in the space of six days and ensured they cannot lose the four-match T20I series. They lead 2-1 with the final match to be played on Friday, and the hosts left with only the option of a draw. South Africa have not won a bilateral T20I series since beating Ireland 2-0 in August 2022 and have lost five and drawn two series in that time.
At a time when the next major tournament is 15 months away, and with the knowledge they reached this year's T20 World Cup final, that may not worry South Africa much. But there will be questions over their depth and some of their strategies after they conceded heavily and stumbled in the chase for the second time this series.
Full postLee lights up WBBL again with second consecutive century
The opener became the first player in the tournament to hit back-to-back centuries
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13-Nov-2024
Hobart Hurricanes 191 for 2 (Lee 103, Carey 64) beat Adelaide Strikers 163 for 3 (Wolvaardt, Mandhana 51) by 28 runs
A blistering Lizelle Lee backed up a record century with another ton, becoming the first player to score hundreds in consecutive WBBL matches.
The Hobart Hurricanes opener cracked 103 off 59 deliveries as her side beat a struggling Adelaide Strikers outfit by 28 runs. Lee's knock, which featured 13 fours and four sixes, came after she notched the highest-ever WBBL score of 150 not out against Perth Scorchers on Sunday.
Full postKusal Mendis 143 and Avishka Fernando 100 put Sri Lanka 1-0 up
A second-wicket stand of 206 was the bedrock of a comfortable win, with a mid-innings collapse ending New Zealand's challenge in a rain-shortened chase
Andrew Fidel Fernando
13-Nov-2024
Sri Lanka 324 for 5 in 49.2 overs (Kusal 143, Avishka 100, Asalanka 40, Duffy 3-41) beat New Zealand 175 for 9 in 27 overs (Young 48, Robinson 35, Bracewell 34*, Madushanka 3-39) by 45 runs (DLS method)
Kusal Mendis and Avishka Fernando made centuries, and put on 206 together to send Sri Lanka to a commanding score. Then, once rain had reduced New Zealand's chase to 27 overs, Sri Lanka's spinners reaped five wickets for 22 runs to derail the visitors after their openers had made a strong start.
In the end, New Zealand didn't get close to the 221 they required off 27 overs. They puttered to 175 for 9, with too little firepower in their lower order to get them up with the required rate, and too much know-how in Sri Lanka's attack to let them prosper after the collapse.
Full postAinsworth shines again in Scorchers' huge win amid floodlight drama
The 19-year-old quick made early inroads into Sydney Thunder's chase and the home side fell away
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12-Nov-2024
Perth Scorchers 171 for 7 (Devine 48, Hemalatha) beat Sydney Thunder 97 (Edgar 3-19) by 74 runs
Teenage sensation Chloe Ainsworth continued her scintillating start to the WBBL, helping Perth Scorchers to a 74-wicket win over the ladder-leading Sydney Thunder.
Ainsworth claimed figures of 2 for 15 at Drummoyne Oval on Tuesday night, as Thunder were all out for 97 in the 20th over in pursuit of Scorchers' 171 for 7. The seamer set the win up for Scorchers, taking 2 for 4 from her opening two overs.
Full postGurbaz ton, Omarzai fifty and four-for win the series for Afghanistan
Mahmudullah's 98 went in vain as Bangladesh were unable to defend 244 in Sharjah
Himanshu Agrawal
11-Nov-2024
Afghanistan 246 for 5 (Gurbaz 101, Omarzai 70*, Rana 2-40) beat Bangladesh 244 for 8 (Mahmudullah 98, Mehidy 66, Omarzai 4-37) by five wickets
Before Monday evening, Rahmanullah Gurbaz averaged 16.73 in 20 innings in run chases in ODIs. But against Bangladesh in Sharjah, he hit 101 - his second century while batting second - with 42 of those runs coming in sixes alone. That took Afghanistan to victory in their pursuit of 245, and gave them their third successive series win.
It was also the first instance of a score getting successfully chased in this series, after totals of 235 and 252 were defended in the previous two games.
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