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Elliott claims record seven-wicket haul as Victoria beat Tasmania
Victoria quick took the second-best figures in Australian domestic 50-over history of 7 for 12 and then made 19 not out in a nervy chase to guide his side home
Alex Malcolm
23-Sep-2024
Victoria 128 for 6 (Harper 43, Sutherland 36* Webster 3-20) beat Tasmania 126 (Elliott 7-12) by four wickets
Victoria quick Sam Elliott claimed the second-best figures in the history of Australian One-Day domestic cricket and hit the winning runs in a critical half-century stand with skipper Will Sutherland to almost singlehandedly guide Victoria to a four-wicket win against Tasmania in Melbourne.
On a very green pitch at the Junction Oval, under overcast skies, Elliott ran through Tasmania's line-up to take 7 for 12 in just his 11th List A game. Former South Australia speedster Shaun Tait is the only man with better figures in the competition's history with 8 for 43.
Full postJayasuriya wraps up victory, SL leapfrog NZ on WTC table
New Zealand batter fell for 92 just eight balls into the final morning, before Jayasuriya bagged five in the second innings
Madushka Balasuriya
23-Sep-2024
Sri Lanka 305 (Kamindu 114, O'Rourke 5-55, Phillips 2-52) and 309 (Karunaratne 83, Ajaz 6-90, O'Rourke 3-49) beat New Zealand 340 (Latham 70, Jayasuriya 4-136, Ramesh 3-101) and 211 (Ravindra 92, Jayasuriya 5-68, Ramesh 3-83) by 63 runs
Sri Lanka didn't need long on the final morning in Galle to wrap things up, taking just 15 minutes to grab the final two New Zealand wickets and secure a 63-run win in the first Test. The result means Sri Lanka go 1-0 up in the two-match series, while also leapfrogging New Zealand up to third place in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table.
Prabath Jayasuriya was at the forefront of Sri Lanka's charge, finishing with figures of 5 for 68 - his eighth five-wicket haul, and his seventh in Galle. He ended with match figures of 9 for 204, taking home the Player-of-the-Match award.
Full postDolphins overcome Khushdil-Shaheen scare for consolation win
Shaheen returned to bat despite hurting his knee but could not win the match for Lions
ESPNcricinfo staff
22-Sep-2024
Dolphins 326 (Amin 75, Akhlaq 52, Jamal 3-69) beat Lions 310 for 8 (Nazir 62, Khushdil 60, Shakeel 2-24) by 16 runs
Dolphins ensured they did not bow out of the Champions Cup without a win, as they beat Lions by 16 runs in the last league game of the tournament.
With Lions needing 81 from five overs with three wickets in hand, a Dolphins win seemed a mere formality. But Khushdil Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi, batting with an injured knee, threatened to pull off a heist. The pair hit seven sixes and two fours in the next four overs to reduce the equation to 23 needed from the final over. But Abbas Afridi held his nerve to give his side a consolation win.
Full postSai Sudharsan ton in vain as India A seal Duleep Trophy title
Prasidh Krishna beat India C's defiance with three quick wickets to secure the win
Shashank Kishore
22-Sep-2024
India A 297 (Rawat 124, Vyshak 4-51) and 286 for 8d (Parag 73, Rawat 53, Gaurav 4-68) beat India C 234 (Porel 82, Aaqib 3-43, Avesh 3-64) and 217 (Sudharsan 111, Kotian 3-47, Prasidh 3-50) by 132 runs
With 4.1 overs left and the light fading slowly, Prasidh Krishna beat India C's defiance with three quick wickets to seal India A's title triumph at the season-opening 2024-25 Duleep Trophy in Anantapur. Prasidh, playing his second straight first-class game after a long injury layoff, dismissed centurion B Sai Sudharsan, Baba Indrajith and Anshul Kamboj to secure victory.
Sai Sudharsan, who had battled hard and defied the bowlers to make his fifth first-class century, fell for 111 when he was out attempting a scoop. In Prasidh's next over, the 80th, he had the injured B Indrajith, who came out to bat only because a draw had seemed a possibility.
Full postGardner seals series win after Kerr puts Australia in a spin
Australia survived a collapse of 7 for 28 that saw them bowled out for 142, with Kerr bagging four wickets
Alex Malcolm
22-Sep-2024
Australia 142 (Healy 38, Perry 34, Kerr 4-20) beat New Zealand 113 for 7 (Bates 34, Gardner 3-16) by 29 runs
Ashleigh Gardner made a successful return from a concussion scare to claim three wickets and help Australia claim an untidy and unconvincing series win over New Zealand after a stunning collapse with the bat in the second T20I in Mackay.
Australia lost 7 for 28 to be bowled out for 142 having won the toss and elected to bat. New Zealand legspinner Amelia Kerr put the world champions in a spin, claiming a career-best 4 for 20 as the home side relinquished a commanding position that had been set up by captain Alyssa Healy to be bowled out for just the second time in their last 55 T20Is.
Full postMarkram 69 helps South Africa sign off with big win
In the absence of Rashid and Farooqi, Afghanistan's attack lacked some intensity but they did not have much to work with after the batting blunders
Firdose Moonda
22-Sep-2024
South Africa 170 for 3 (Markram 69*, Stubbs 26*, Fareed 117) beat Afghanistan 169 (Gurbaz 89, Ghazanfar 31, Phehlukwayo 2-17) by seven wickets
South Africa earned a consolation win to end their three-match series against Afghanistan 2-1 as they completed their ninth successful chase in 22 matches since 2021. After being outplayed in the first two games, South Africa finally arrived in the contest via their bowlers and fielders who dismissed Afghanistan in 34 overs and left their batters a small total to chase.
Aiden Markram scored his first ODI fifty in 10 innings and shared a 90-run fourth-wicket stand with Tristan Stubbs. Stubbs' ODI career is only four matches old and importantly for him, he was able to bat time and finish the match.
Full postArshdeep Singh's career-best of 6 for 40 gives India D consolation win
Vidarbha's Aditya Thakare got 4 for 59, as India B folded for 115 in pursuit of 373
Shashank Kishore
22-Sep-2024
India D 349 (Samson 106, Bhui 56, Saini 5-74) and 305 (Bhui 119*, Mukesh 4-98, Saini 3-58) beat India B 282 (Easwaran 116, Washington 87, Saurabh 5-73) and 115 (Nitish 40*, Arshdeep 6-40, Thakare 4-59) by 257 runs
Arshdeep Singh's first-class career-best of 6 for 40 helped deliver a consolation win for India D in the final round of the Duleep Trophy 2024-25, in Anantapur. Set 373 for victory in a little over two sessions, India B folded for 115 in just 22.2 overs, with Arshdeep and Vidarbha seamer Aditya Thakare, who got 4 for 59, picking up all ten wickets between them.
Arshdeep's strikes across both innings included the big one of Suryakumar Yadav, who only managed scores of 5 and 16 in his first first-class fixture in over a year. Left-arm seamer Arshdeep, who picked up only his second five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, finished with a match haul of 9 for 90.
Full postPhilippe century trumps Richardson five-for as NSW down WA
Josh Philippe made a stunning 139 off 119 on debut for NSW against his old side WA as the Blues held on in a thriller after Jhye Richardson took 5 for 63
AAP
22-Sep-2024
New South Wales 287 for 9 (Philippe 139, Richardson 5-63) beat Western Australia 279 (Bancroft 71, Agar 51, Edwards 2-33) by 8 runs
Josh Philippe has made a perfect start to life in New South Wales colours, plundering a sparkling century against his former side to lead the Blues to a thrilling eight-run One-Day Cup victory over Western Australia.
Philippe made an off-season switch from WA to NSW in a bid to reignite his Sheffield Shield career. But it's with the white ball that Philippe has made a memorable early impression, with the 27-year-old cracking a career-high 139 off 119 deliveries to lead NSW to 287 for 9 at Cricket Central in Sydney on Sunday.
Full postRavindra wages lone battle with Sri Lanka two wickets away from victory
New Zealand are still 68 runs away from their target of 275
Madushka Balasuriya
22-Sep-2024
New Zealand 340 and 207 for 8 (Ravindra 91*, Jayasuriya 3-66, Ramesh Mendis 3-83) need another 68 runs to beat Sri Lanka 305 and 309 (Karunaratne 83, Chandimal 61, Ajaz 6-90)
Rachin Ravindra led New Zealand's charge as they scored 194 runs in the final two sessions of day four in pursuit of their target of 275, but a fast-deteriorating Galle surface and relentless pressure from Sri Lanka's spinners meant they have only two wickets in hand to notch the remaining 68 runs.
At stumps, Ravindra was unbeaten on 91, but he was fast running out of company; Ajaz Patel just about managed to survive through to stumps. New Zealand will, no doubt, fancy their chances of completing this chase, but it will not be easy when the nature of the surface is taken into account.
Full postAshwin's double act of hundred and six-for secures 1-0 lead for India
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto's 82 kept the bowling at bay, but Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared nine wickets
Sidharth Monga
22-Sep-2024
India 376 (Ashwin 113, Jadeja 86, Mahmud 5-83) and 287 for 4 dec (Gill 119*, Pant 109, Mehidy 2-103) beat Bangladesh 149 (Shakib 32, Bumrah 4-50, Jadeja 2-19) and 234 (Shanto 82, Ashwin 6-88, Jadeja 3-58) by 280 runs
R Ashwin completed his fourth double of a hundred and a five-for in the same Test - and his second in successive Tests at Chepauk - to take India to a 1-0 series lead against Bangladesh on the fourth morning in Chennai. Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto kept the probing bowling at bay, spending a wicketless first hour with Shakib Al Hasan.
But Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja broke down the resistance in the second hour. Ashwin's 37th five-wicket haul took him level with the great Shane Warne, behind only Muthiah Muralidaran's 67.
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