Report
Mulani and Shaw put Mumbai in position of strength on tricky track
Mumbai finished the fourth day 274 runs in front with four second-innings wickets in hand
ESPNcricinfo staff
04-Oct-2024
Stumps Mumbai 153 for 6 (Shaw 76, Kotian 20*, Jain 4-67, Suthar 2-40) and 537 lead Rest of India 416 (Abhimanyu 191, Jurel 93, Kotian 3-101, Mulani 3-122) by 274 runs
The fourth day of the Irani Cup started with Rest of India well placed to challenge Mumbai's first-innings score of 537, and overnight batters Abhimanyu Easwaran and Dhruv Jurel did well to begin with. Shams Mulani, however, sent them back in back-to-back overs to finish off the fight, and from 393 for 4, Rest of India collapsed to 416 all out. That gave Mumbai a handy lead of 121, which Prithvi Shaw has added to since, putting the team in a strong position to finish on top.
Abhimanyu and Jurel were on 151 and 30 overnight, and Jurel was the quicker of the two on the fourth morning, scoring at 76.85 to get to 93 before Mulani sent him back gloving an attempted sweep through to wicketkeeper Hardik Tamore. That ended the fifth-wicket stand of 165, and one wicket led to another when Abhimanyu also fell to the sweep, sending the ball pitched in the rough outside leg stump to Tanush Kotian at short fine-leg. He fell for 191.
Full postTristan Stubbs' maiden ODI ton moves South Africa into 2-0 lead
He made an unbeaten 112 off 81 balls and Lizaad Williams picked up three wickets as South Africa won by 174 runs
Abhimanyu Bose
04-Oct-2024
South Africa 343 for 4 (Stubbs 112*, Verreynne 67, Mulder 43) beat Ireland 169 (Young 29, Williams 3-36, Fortuin 2-36, Ngidi 2-38) by 174 runs
Tristan Stubbs' maiden ODI century set South Africa up for a 174-run win that gave them an unassailable 2-0 series lead against Ireland. Stubbs followed up his maiden ODI fifty in the last game with an unbeaten 81-ball 112 that powered South Africa to 343 for 4 after they won the toss in Abu Dhabi. Lizaad Williams then picked up three wickets, all with the new ball, effectively shutting Ireland out of the contest within the first 10 overs of their chase.
Ireland slid to 117 for 9 and it took the third-highest 10th-wicket stand in Ireland's history, between Graham Hume and Craig Young, to take them to 169.
Full postMlaba and Wolvaardt-Brits secure effortless opening win for South Africa
Nonkululeko Mlaba devastated West Indies' batters before South Africa's openers coasted home
Andrew Fidel Fernando
04-Oct-2024
South Africa 119 for 0 (Wolvaardt 59*, Brits 57*) beat West Indies 118 for 6 (Taylor 44*, Mlaba 4-29, Kapp 2-14) by ten wickets
South Africa reeled off an effortless opening win against West Indies, as the left-arm spin of Nonkululeko Mlaba devastated West Indies' top order, before Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits produced fuss-free unbeaten fifties. The openers walked South Africa home with 13 balls to spare, in the Dubai curtain-raiser for this women's T20 World Cup.
West Indies couldn't really get out of the blocks, with bat or ball. Stafanie Taylor was their top scorer, with 44 not out off 41. But they never seemed like putting up a huge total, and South Africa never seemed at risk of failing to chase it down.
Full postAll-round Fatima Sana, spinners give Pakistan a winning start
Chasing 117, Sri Lanka were tied down by spin and could manage only 85 for 9
Firdose Moonda
03-Oct-2024
Pakistan 116 (Sana 30, Dar 23, Athapaththu 3-18, Sugandika 3-19, Prabodhani 3-20) beat Sri Lanka 85 for 9 (Silva 22, Iqbal 3-17) by 31 runs
Pakistan secured their first win in four meetings against Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka and opened their campaign with a win at T20 World Cup 2024. Sri Lanka had been riding a wave of success since the last T20 World Cup, winning three out of six bilateral T20I series and 22 out of 32 games, but Pakistan, who had lost four out of their last six series and 16 out of 27 games, had the measure of them on a slow, low Sharjah pitch.
Run-scoring was laboured on the opening day of the tournament and scoring rates did not get above six an over but Pakistan's 116 still looked well below par. None of their top six scored more than 23, there were no partnerships in the top eight of over 25, and captain Fatima Sana, batting at No. 7, was the top scorer with 30. For Sri Lanka, left-armer Udeshika Prabodhani, left-arm spinner Sugandika Kumari and captain Chamari Athapaththu, with her offspin, picked up three wickets each.
Full postEaswaran 151* leads Rest of India's reply after Sarfaraz 222*
RoI are still trailing Mumbai's first-innings total of 537 by 248 runs
ESPNcricinfo staff
03-Oct-2024
Rest of India 289 for 4 (Easwaran 151*, Avasthi 2-66) trail Mumbai 537 (Sarfaraz 222*, Rahane 97, Mukesh 5-110) by 248 runs
Abhimanyu Easwaran's unbeaten 151 took Rest of India (RoI) to 289 for 4 at the end of day three of the Irani Cup in Lucknow. But with Mumbai posting 537 in their first innings, RoI still have a mountain to climb.
In the morning, Mumbai could add only one to their overnight 536 for 9. In the third over of the day, Mukesh Kumar knocked out Mohammad Juned Khan's off stump for his fifth wicket of the innings, leaving Sarfaraz Khan unbeaten on 222.
Full postBowlers come to the party as Bangladesh end ten-year wait in Sultana's 100th T20I
Scotland did themselves no favours, spilling chances in the field - as did Bangladesh - and failing to get their power-hitting going
Vithushan Ehantharajah
03-Oct-2024
Bangladesh 119 for 7 (Mostary 36, Rani 29; Horley 3-13) beat Scotland 103 for 7 (Sarah Bryce 49*, Moni 2-15) by 16 runs
An unwanted 16-match, decade-long losing streak in T20 World Cups has come to an end in the form of a first tournament match win away from home for Bangladesh, in one they were meant to be hosting. Their victory in the first match of the women's T20 World Cup 2024 was layered, and at times laboured, eventually besting Scotland by 16 runs.
It was a gritty affair in Sharjah, and a chastening experience for Scotland, making their first appearance in a World Cup. They managed just five of the 15 boundaries struck between both teams.
Full postSarfaraz's historic 221* grinds down Rest of India
With lower-order support from Kotian and Thakur, he became the first Mumbai batter to score a double-hundred in the Irani Cup
ESPNcricinfo staff
02-Oct-2024
Mumbai 536 for 9 (Sarfaraz 221*, Rahane 97, Kotian 64, Iyer 57, Mukesh 4-109) vs Rest of India
Sarfaraz Khan ground down Rest of India (ROI) on day two, becoming the first-ever batter to make a double-century for Mumbai in the Irani Cup. He was part of a 131-run stand with Ajinkya Rahane (97) for the fifth wicket and a 183-run stand with Tanush Kotian (64) for the seventh wicket as ROI toiled away for 138 overs in Lucknow.
The day started with Mumbai on 237 for 4. Sarfaraz and Rahane saw off the first 10 overs of the day before Rahane fell three short of a hundred to a bouncer from Yash Dayal, with the new ball under two overs away from being available.
Full postRickelton, Stubbs and Williams power SA to 1-0 lead
Ireland were bowled out for just 132 inside 32 overs
Abhimanyu Bose
02-Oct-2024
South Africa 271 for 9 (Rickelton 91, Stubbs 79, Adair 4-50, Young 3-45) beat Ireland 132 (Dockrell 21, Williams 4-32, Fortuin 2-28, Ngidi 2-35) by 139 runs
Career-best ODI scores from Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs respectively and career-best List A figures of 4-32 from Lizaad Williams helped South Africa crush Ireland by 139 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Rickelton and Stubbs put on a 152-run partnership in the middle of two mini-collapses to help South Africa get to 271 before Williams' three-for in an eight-over opening spell left Ireland five down inside 14 overs. Ireland eventually only got to 132.
Full postRahane and Sarfaraz fifties drive Mumbai on opening day
Three early wickets from Mukesh had Mumbai rattling before Rahane, Shreyas and Safaraz took the team to 237 for 4
ESPNcricinfo staff
01-Oct-2024
Mumbai 237 for 4 (Rahane 86*, Sarfaraz 54*, Shreyas 57, Mukesh 3-60) vs Rest of India
Three early wickets from Mukesh Kumar had Mumbai rattling at 37 for 3, but Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer and Sarfaraz Khan all stroked composed half-centuries, ensuring they ended day one of the Irani Trophy on the ascendancy. At stumps - after just 68 overs due to bad light - Mumbai were 237 for 4 against Rest of India, with Rahane and Sarfaraz still at the crease.
Mumbai, after being inserted, endured the worst possible start, losing their opener Prithvi Shaw for just 4 after he edged Mukesh to Devdutt Padikkal at second slip. Mukesh would strike again in no time, getting Hardik Tamore caught behind for a duck just two deliveries later. Ayush Mhatre tried to lead a recovery for Mumbai, but Mukesh returned in his second spell and struck immediately, dismissing the batter for 19.
Full postIndia beat the weather and the clock to sweep Bangladesh 2-0
Jaiswal scored twin fifties as India registered a remarkable win despite two days of no play due to rain in Kanpur
Vishal Dikshit
01-Oct-2024
India 285 for 9 dec (Jaiswal 72, Rahul 68, Mehidy 4-41, Shakib 4-78) and 98 for 3 (Jaiswal 51, Kohli 29*, Mehidy 2-44) beat Bangladesh 233 (Mominul 107*, Bumrah 3-50) and 146 (Shadman 50, Bumrah 3-17, Jadeja 3-34, Ashwin 3-50) by seven wickets
Less than 24 hours after sparking off a near-unthinkable push for victory in a game in which only 35 overs had been bowled in the first three days, India's batters completed the task they had started by smashing down their target of 95 in just over an hour. The highlight of India's performance on Tuesday came from another record-breaker from the fourth day; Ravindra Jadeja's triple-strike started a slide for Bangladesh in an extended first session, in which they were bowled out for 146. India lost three wickets in pursuit before Rishabh Pant hit the winning runs in the chase set up by a 43-ball fifty from Yashasvi Jaiswal, and extended their lead at the top of the WTC points table with a 2-0 series sweep.
The 312 balls India batted for in this Test is the second-fewest they have faced - and the fourth-fewest overall - to win a Test match, behind the 281 against South Africa in Cape Town earlier this year.
Full post