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Tasmania down WA to extend silky start to One-Day Cup
Sam Fanning and debutant Teague Wyllie both made half-centuries but the home side chases the target with room to spare
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20-Oct-2025
Tasmania 252 for 6 (Silk 81) beat Western Australia 248 for 9 (Fanning 66, Wyllie 56, Hope 3-40) by four wickets (DLS method)
Tasmania's perfect start to the One-Day Cup continued with stalwart Jordan Silk top-scored in a four-wicket win against Western Australia.
In a Bellerive Oval fixture restricted by rain to a maximum of 44 overs each, WA posted 248 for 9 with Sam Fanning top-scoring with 66 from 91 balls.
Full postSalt, Brook fireworks set up crushing England win
Adil Rashid four-for ensures New Zealand fall well short in chase of 237
Vithushan Ehantharajah
20-Oct-2025
England 236 for 4 (Salt 85, Brook 78) beat New Zealand 171 (Seifert 39, Rashid 4-32) by 65 runs
Phil Salt and Harry Brook combined to blow New Zealand out of the water in the second T20I, as England sealed a dominant 65-run win in Christchurch to take an insurmountable 1-0 lead in this three-match series.
Both Salt (85 off 56 balls) and Brook (78 off 35) were independently brutal but came together in devastating fashion with a partnership of 129 from just 69 deliveries. England's 236 for 4 was a new record T20I score at Hagley Oval, comfortably bumping off the previous best of 208 with 10 balls still to go in their innings. New Zealand were eventually dismissed for 171 with two overs to spare.
Full postSouth Africa, Pakistan share opening-day honours after Masood 87
South Africa could have been in a better position had they not dropped four clear chances
Firdose Moonda
20-Oct-2025
Pakistan 259 for 5 (Masood 87, Shafique 57, Maharaj 2-63, Harmer 2-75) vs South Africa
The calendar has moved forward a week from the Lahore Test, but you'd be forgiven for thinking the clock has stopped. In an almost exact replica of day one at Gaddafi Stadium, Pakistan established a position of control in Pindi, moving to 259 for 5, after choosing to bat on a surface that is already tough, and will get tougher.
The major difficulty, at this stage, is the lifelessness of the track, which is not offering significant spin (yet) but there have been signs of deliveries keeping low. South Africa also benefited from reverse swing with the older ball. Pakistan's top and middle order navigated the challenges well, albeit not quickly. Their scoring rate remained under three an over as they batted conservatively and will be happy to have only lost five wickets on a day where many more could have gone down.
Full postEngland in semi-finals after India unravel in tense finish
Mandhana 88, Harmanpreet 70 in vain as India suffer their third successive defeat
Shashank Kishore
19-Oct-2025
England 288 for 8 (Knight 109, Jones 56, Deepti 4-51) beat India 284 for 6 (Mandhana 88, Harmanpreet 70, Deepti 50, Sciver-Brunt 2-47) by four runs
Indore was a giant party waiting to take off on Diwali eve. Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur had put together a century stand. Deepti Sharma knocked off a measured half-century after picking up four wickets with the ball.
When India needed 57 off 57 balls, with seven wickets in hand, their attempt to scale down their highest-successful chase in women's ODIs was well on track. But big-match nerves took centre stage, like it often has in the recent past. They collapsed sensationally, and fell short by four runs. England joined Australia and South Africa in the semi-finals.
Full postMarsh secures seven-wicket canter after Starc, Hazlewood set game up
In a contest cut to 26 overs by rain, India couldn't recover from early trouble against the new ball
Tristan Lavalette
19-Oct-2025
Australia 131 for 3 (Marsh 46*) beat India 136 for 9 (Rahul 38) by seven wickets (DLS squad)
Mitchell Marsh spoiled counterpart Shubman Gill's ODI captaincy debut after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli struggled in their much-anticipated comeback to international cricket.
On a damp day at Optus Stadium, the series-opening ODI was reduced to 26 overs per side with India making 136 for 9, after a series of rain delays frustrated the crowd of 42,423, having slumped to 45 for 4 against impressive new-ball bowling, particularly from Josh Hazlewood.
Full postAnother washout for Pakistan; SA through to semis
Tahuhu's two-for reduced Pakistan to 92 for 5 and leave their chances of progressing hanging by a thread
Vishal Dikshit
18-Oct-2025
No result Pakistan 92 for 5 (Riaz 28*, Tahuhu 2-20, Carson 1-7) vs New Zealand
Colombo handed a second washout in four days to Pakistan at the Women's World Cup 2025, leaving their chances of progressing to the knockouts hanging by a thread. As Pakistan and New Zealand shared points, South Africa became the second team to progress to the semi-finals, after Australia, as even a finish on eight points in the league stage will take them through.
If two or more teams finish on the same points, it will first be seen who has more wins, and South Africa will progress with four wins already from five games.
Full postRishad's six-for wrecks WI as Bangladesh take 1-0 lead
Chasing 208, WI folded for 133 in 39 overs on an unusually dark pitch in Dhaka
Mohammad Isam
18-Oct-2025
Bangladesh 207 (Hridoy 51, Mahidul 46, Seales 3-48) beat West Indies 133 (King 44, Athanaze 27, Rishad 6-35) by 74 runs
Rishad Hossain's 6 for 35, which included the first five West Indies wickets in a chase of 208, paved the way for a Bangladesh win in the series opener in Dhaka. After being on 51 for 0, West Indies were dismissed for 133 in 39 overs.
The visitors' chief tormentor on an unusually dark Dhaka pitch was Rishad, who became only the second legspinner to take the first five wickets in an ODI innings. Sri Lanka's Jeffrey Vandersay is the only other legspinner to this feat, when he took the first six wickets against India last year in Colombo.
Full postSwepson's career-best outing charges Queensland to big win
Mitchell Swepson has claimed 10 wickets for the match to lead Queensland to a comfortable fourth-day Sheffield Shield victory over South Australia
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18-Oct-2025
Queensland 398 (Labuschagne 159, Hearne 106, W Agar 5-88) and 139 for 3 (Lovell 72*) beat South Australia 228 (McInerney 60, Sangha 51, Neser 4-30, Swepson 4-50) and 308 (Sangha 55, Swepson 6-109) by seven wickets
Mitchell Swepson has spun Queensland to a seven-wicket win over South Australia, producing the finest match of his Sheffield Shield career in Adelaide.
Swepson ran through the hosts' tail on Saturday to have them all out for 308 in their second innings, leaving Queensland a fourth-innings chase of 139.
Full postRain ruins Christchurch opener after Curran claws England to 153
New Zealand thrive on green-tinged pitch before the weather has the final say
Andrew Miller
18-Oct-2025
England 153 for 6 (Curran 49*, Bracewell 1-10) vs New Zealand - match abandoned
It turns out there's a reason New Zealand don't often host international cricket in October. A truly glorious sunset over Christchurch gave way to dankness and mizzle after dark, as persistent rain wrecked a well-poised contest at Hagley Oval and sent a capacity crowd home unfulfilled.
The home fans could at least be content that their own players had had the better of the 20 overs that were possible. New Zealand's six bowlers claimed a wicket apiece, as England's aggressive batters struggled to cope with the early-season movement of a green-tinged pitch.
Full postCarey the key to denying Queensland victory against South Australia
Mitch Swepson took three wickets and Lachlan Hearne scored his first Sheffield Shield century as Queensland closed on victory
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17-Oct-2025
South Australia 228 and 238 for 5 (Sangha 55, Swepson 3-87) lead Queensland 398 (Labuschagne 159, Hearne 106, W Agar 5-88) by 68 runs
Alex Carey holds the key to South Australia's hopes of manufacturing a draw on the final day of their Sheffield Shield match against Queensland.
The Test wicketkeeper is the last realistic hope for the hosts, who lead by 68 runs with five wickets in hand at Adelaide Oval.
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