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Buttler powers England to 2-0 series lead after bowlers limit West Indies again
Saqib Mahmood, Dan Mousley impress with ball before Jos Buttler's 83 off 45 sets up comfortable chase
Alan Gardner
10-Nov-2024
England 161 for 3 (Buttler 83) beat West Indies 158 for 8 (Powell 43, Livingstone 2-16) by seven wickets
Jos Buttler rampaged into form in his second innings back in charge of England's T20I side, a brutal 83 off 45 balls helping to clinically ice a chase of 159 and give the tourists a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Batting once again at No. 3, Buttler followed up the good work of his bowling attack by peeling off the 26th 50-plus score of his career in T20 internationals, eight fours and six sixes ringing off his bat during a century stand with Will Jacks that saw England cruise to their requirement with more than five overs to spare.
Full postFerguson hat-trick as New Zealand stun Sri Lanka and defend 108
The T20I series ends 1-1 with Glenn Phillips also playing an important role
Andrew Fidel Fernando
10-Nov-2024
New Zealand 108 all out (Robinson 30, Hasaranga 4-17) beat Sri Lanka 103 all out (Nissanka 52, Ferguson 3-7) by five runs
Roughly 20 days after the women's team won the T20 World Cup, and about a week after the men's Test team completed a whitewash of India at home, New Zealand's cricketers continue to do the near-impossible.
On this occasion they defended 108 all out on a tricky - but far from unplayable - Dambulla surface. Lockie Ferguson bowled only two overs before having to leave the field because of a calf injury, but he claimed a hat-trick to rip out Sri Lanka's top order, as he collected figures of 3 for 7.
Full postVarun's five-for in vain as SA script comeback win
South Africa were struggling at 66 for 6 in a small chase before Stubbs and Coetzee turned the game around
Firdose Moonda
10-Nov-2024
South Africa 128 for 7 (Stubbs 47*, Varun 5-17) beat India 124 for 6 (Hardik 39*, Peter 1-20, Simelane 1-20) by three wickets
Tristan Stubbs' coming-of-age season continued as he batted South Africa to a series-levelling win over India at St George's Park. Stubbs rescued South Africa from 66 for 6 and shared in a 42-run stand off 20 balls with Gerald Coetzee to end India's winning streak in T20Is, which extended back 11 matches. In the last month, Stubbs has scored his first Test and ODI centuries and though his 47* in Gqeberha will not go down as a milestone, it was an innings of maturity that turned things around for a struggling South African side.
Since reaching the T20 World Cup final in June, South Africa had played six matches before today and won only one. They appeared to lack a certain structure to their game, which showed glimpses of returning when they put together a complete performance in the field and kept India to 124. The fast bowlers set the tone upfront before the spinners put on a squeeze and all but Keshav Maharaj were among the wickets. Importantly, they removed India's top three early, and for a combined total of eight runs, and their middle-order had to play catch up. A 37-run stand between Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh for the seventh wicket was the only time India's scoring rate went above six an over.
Full postKnight and Bates give Thunder derby victory over Sixers
Ash Gardner threatened to revive the chase for Sixers but couldn't get the side home
ESPNcricinfo staff
10-Nov-2024
Sydney Thunder 158 for 6 (Knight 50) beat Sydney Sixers 140 (Gardner 49, Bates 3-22) by 18 runs
Key performances from in-form duo Heather Knight and Samantha Bates earned Sydney Thunder the first derby bragging rights of the season over Sydney Sixers with an 18-run win at the SCG.
Knight's fluent 50 off 31 balls, a continuation of the impact she has had this season, led Thunder to a total that appeared around par on a good batting surface and a strong Thunder attack defended it expertly. The result kept Thunder top of the table and strongly placed to push for a home grand final with five games remaining.
Full postPakistan quicks set up famous series win in Australia
Afridi, Naseem and Rauf restricted the hosts to 140 before Pakistan completed a smooth chase in the decider
Tristan Lavalette
10-Nov-2024
Pakistan 143 for 2 (Ayub 42, Shafique 37, Morris 2-24) beat Australia 140 (Abbott 30, Afridi 3-32, Naseem 3-54, Rauf 2-24) by eight wickets
Completing a remarkable revival, having been engulfed in turmoil ahead of the tour, Pakistan claimed a rare series triumph in Australia after a comprehensive eight-wicket victory on a bouncy Optus Stadium surface in the third and final ODI.
Having lost a heartbreaker in the opener at the MCG, Pakistan rebounded brilliantly with almost flawless performances in Adelaide and Perth to completely overwhelm world champions Australia, who have plenty of question marks ahead of the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025.
Full postLizelle Lee smashes WBBL records with 150 not out against Scorchers
The Hobart Hurricanes opener produced a stunning display at the SCG
Andrew McGlashan
10-Nov-2024
Hobart Hurricanes 203 for 3 (Lee 150*, Ainsworth 2-17) beat Perth Scorchers 131 (Ainsworth 41, Graham 3-24, Smith 2-11, Strano 2-17) by 72 runs
Lizelle Lee set a new record for the highest score in the WBBL with a monstrous 150 not out off 75 balls against Perth Scorchers at the SCG.
Lee's innings, which included a 51-ball century, contributed an astonishing 73% of Hurricanes' total and also included a world record 12 sixes. Both Lee's score and sixes tally eclipsed the previous marks set by Grace Harris with her 136 not out last season. Overall, it was the fifth-highest score in all women's T20s and the highest in a Full Member nation.
Full postPhil Salt's century, Saqib Mahmood's four, power England to eight-wicket win
West Indies succumb to brutal batting from Salt and Bethell as 183-run target is hunted down
Valkerie Baynes
09-Nov-2024
England 183 for 2 (Salt 103*, Bethell 58*) beat West Indies 182 for 9 (Pooran 38, Shepherd 35*, Motie 33, Mahmood 4-34) by eight wickets
A superb unbeaten century by Phil Salt led England to a convincing eight-wicket victory over West Indies for a 1-0 lead in their five-match T20I series in Barbados.
Saqib Mahmood took career-best figures of 4 for 34, including three wickets in the powerplay and a tight over at the death, but in the meantime West Indies blitzed their way through three key partnerships to set England a lofty target, despite having lurched to 117 for 8.
Full postAsalanka, bowlers help SL brush NZ aside for 1-0 lead
Sri Lanka's spinners claimed six wickets between them to skittle New Zealand for 135
Andrew Fidel Fernando
09-Nov-2024
Sri Lanka 140 for 6 (Asalanka 35*, Foulkes 3-20) beat New Zealand 135 (Foulkes 27*, Wellalage 3-20, Thusara 2-14) by four wickets
On a turning Dambulla track, Sri Lanka's spinners claimed six wickets between them, kept a leash on the scoring rate, and restricted New Zealand to 135 all out. It should have been a straightforward chase, even despite the conditions. But it needed a cool head, which is what captain Charith Asalanka provided with his 35 not out off 28.
Sri Lanka got home with six balls to spare, and four wickets in hand, although the result was never super tense. New Zealand, remember, are trying out some young players at the very tail end of their long South-Asian spring.
Full postShanto, Jaker and Bangladesh bowlers level series 1-1
Afghanistan lost their last six wickets for only 21 runs, crumbling swiftly on a slow and used Sharjah surface
Himanshu Agrawal
09-Nov-2024
Bangladesh 252 for 7 (Shanto 76, Jaker 37*, Kharote 3-28) beat Afghanistan 184 (Rahmat 52, Nasum 3-28, Mehidy 2-37) by 68 runs
First, Afghanistan's spin quartet ended with combined figures of 38-0-144-7. Bangladesh's trio replied with 21.3-2-72-5. But where Afghanistan's quicks bowled 12 overs for 108 runs without a single wicket, Bangladesh's fast bowlers were more incisive with four wickets in 22 overs, which went for only 111. That was the difference in the end as Afghanistan fell 68 short in their pursuit of 253 and Bangladesh levelled the three-match series with one game to play.
Bangladesh's win was set up by captain Najmul Hossain Shanto's 76. When Shanto fell on his 119th ball in the 41st over of the first innings, his innings appeared to be too slow. But the value of his runs was visible when the Afghanistan batters struggled to get going, justifying that batting wasn't easy on a slow and used Sharjah surface. Six of Afghanistan's top eight scored at least 14, but only one could go on to score a half-century. Rahmat Shah's 76-ball 52 remained the highest.
Full postReplacement player Bekker takes centre-stage as Renegades win Melbourne derby
Called in to replace the injured Sophie Molineux, Bekker dismissed Meg Lanning and gave away just nine runs in her four overs
AAP
09-Nov-2024
Melbourne Renegades 146 for 6 (Capsey 33, Faltum 29, Stalenberg 26*, Kapp 2-22) beat Melbourne Stars 141 for 9 ( Deepti 23, Illingworh 1-8, Bekker 1-9) by 15 runs
Local replacement player Charis Bekker went from the pub to centre stage as Melbourne Renegades posted a 15-run WBBL win over arch-rivals Melbourne Stars.
Bekker was playing just her second WBBL game after being called into the squad to replace injured spinner Sophie Molineux (knee). The 20-year-old didn't let the big stage of a Melbourne derby faze her, returning the miserly figures of 1 for 9 from her four overs to be named player of the match.
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