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Alexa Stonehouse four-for powers Stars to a home semi-final
Diamonds fold with little fight in disappointing dead-rubber display
ECB Reporters Network
07-Sep-2024
South East Stars 275 for 8 (Davidson-Richards 79, Jones 47) beat Northern Diamonds 119 (Stonehouse 4-27, Moore 3-10) by 156 balls
New-ball seamer Alexa Stonehouse returned a career-best four for 27 to help South East Stars clinch a home semi-final in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy as they crushed already confirmed group stage winners Northern Diamonds by 156 runs at Durham.
A season's best run-a-ball 79 from Alice Davidson-Richards anchored the Stars' imposing 275 for eight in a final round group clash between first and second in the table at the Seat Unique Riverside before left-armer Stonehouse's opening seven-over burst was key in bowling the Diamonds out for 119 inside 37 overs.
Full postKate Cross stars with bat and ball in four-wicket England win
Orla Prendergast's 76 underpins Ireland innings but England side featuring five debutants get home
ESPNcricinfo staff
07-Sep-2024
England 211 for 6 (Armitage 44, Cross 38*) beat Ireland 210 (Prendergast 76, Cross 6-30) by four wickets
Kate Cross claimed career-best figures with bat and ball on her captaincy debut to lead England to a four-wicket win over Ireland in the first ODI at Stormont.
Cross, leading a side featuring five ODI debutants in the absence of most of England's T20 World Cup squad, was largely responsible for limiting the home side to 210 all out, her haul of 6 for 30 including Ireland's top-scorer, Orla Prendergast, for 76.
Full postThrelkeld judges the conditions as Thunder ride out the Storm
Unbeaten half-century does enough to edge victory by two runs on DLS method
ECB Reporters Network
07-Sep-2024
Thunder 216 for 9 (Threlkeld 69*, Clarke 41) beat Western Storm 69 for 2 by two runs (DLS)
Eleanor Threlkeld staged a superbly-judged knock of 69 not out as Thunder beat Western Storm by two runs on the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern Method in a rain-shortened Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy contest at Taunton's Cooper Associates Ground.
Thunder's captain won the toss, elected to bat first and then led by example as the visitors raised 216 for 9 from 50 overs, Alice Clarke weighing in with 41 and Grace Johnson contributing a useful 23, their efforts representing atonement for three self-inflicted run outs in a rollercoaster innings.
Full postDhananjaya, Kamindu fifties add to Sri Lanka fightback
England hit back with ball after morning collapse before bad light brings another early finish
Valkerie Baynes
07-Sep-2024
Sri Lanka 211 for 5 (Dhananjaya 64*, Nissanka 64, Kamindu 54*) trail England 325 (Pope 154, Duckett 86, Rathnayake 3-56, Dhananjaya 2-18) by 114 runs
Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis rebuilt Sri Lanka on a see-sawing second day that closed early due to bad light yet again, but this time the tourists could claim the better of the contest.
After their bowlers had staged a remarkable turnaround to bundle England out for 325 from their overnight 221 for 3, Sri Lanka slumped to 93 for 5 before Dhananjaya and Kamindu staged an unbroken stand worth 118 for the sixth wicket to close the deficit.
Full postGreen's career-best with bat and ball seals Australia's 3-0 sweep
McMullen scored his third half-century in four matches against Australia, but once again it went in vain
Abhimanyu Bose
07-Sep-2024
Australia 153 for 4 (Green 62*, Marsh 31, Currie 2-20) beat Scotland 149 for 9 (McMullen 56, Green 3-35, Hardie 2-18) by six wickets
An all-round display from Cameron Green, coupled with some excellent fielding, helped Australia complete a 3-0 sweep against Scotland at Edinburgh.
Green first registered his career-best figures to help restrict the hosts to 149 for 9 before anchoring the chase with his highest score as Australia overcame the challenge of losing their openers early and completed the chase with 23 balls to spare.
Full postPant and Sarfaraz's thrilling double-act hands India B advantage
The duo helped India B finish the day on 150 for 6, leading India A by 240 runs
Shashank Kishore
07-Sep-2024
India B 321 and 150 for 6 (Pant 61, Sarfaraz 46, Akash 2-36, Khaleel 2-56) lead India A 231 (Rahul 37, Kotian 32, Saini 3-60, Mukesh 3-62) by 240 runs
Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant, batters who bring daredevilry to the crease, brought a small but festive Saturday crowd to life after tea on the third day in Bengaluru.
The trigger for this thrilling counter was an instinctive response to India A's Akash Deep and Khaleel Ahmed striking early. Although India B had a 90-run first-innings lead, they were in choppy waters at 22 for 3. A contest was brewing until Pant and Sarfaraz decided to take the counterattacking route.
Full postSuthar's seven-wicket haul sets up India C's win
Saransh Jain bagged 4 for 92 for India D and helped trigger a collapse, before Abishek Porel and Suthar added an unbeaten 42 to calm India C's nerves
ESPNcricinfo staff
07-Sep-2024
India C 168 (Indrajith 72, Harshit 4-33, Saransh 2-16) and 233 for 6 (Juyal 47, Gaikwad 46, Saransh 4-92) beat India D 164 (Axar 86, Vyshak 3-19, Kamboj 2-47) and 236 (Padikkal 56, Shreyas 54, Suthar 7-49) by four wickets
Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar first bagged 7 for 49 with the ball in the third innings, before smashing a six and a four during his contribution of 19 with the bat in what turned out to be the final over of the match. Those efforts helped India C successfully - yet nervously - chase down 233 against India D in the Duleep Trophy first-round game in Anantapur.
At one stage, India C had eight wickets intact when they were only 68 runs away from the target. But India D offspinner Saransh Jain triggered a collapse, as India C lost 4 for 26 in the space of 12 overs. Saransh first broke a stand of 88 when he had Rajat Patidar stumped for 44 in the 38th over before Arshdeep Singh had Patidar's partner Aryan Juyal caught for 47 in the next over.
Full postGloucestershire stun Bears in low-scorer to book Finals Day spot
David Payne, Ollie Price share seven wickets to extend Birmingham's losing run in T20 knockouts
ECB Reporters Network
06-Sep-2024
Gloucestershire 138 (Bancroft 43, Foulkes 3-22) beat Birmingham Bears 124 for 9 (Payne 4-23, O Price 3-32) by 14 runs
Birmingham Bears suffered a fourth consecutive quarter-final exit as Gloucestershire stunned the North Group winners with a 14-run victory in a tense, low-scoring contest at Edgbaston.
The west country side scraped into the last eight only on net run rate, finishing fourth in the South Group, but will now face Sussex in the semi-final back on this ground on Saturday week.
Full postThe Blaze face anxious wait after slipping to Sparks defeat
Katie George anchors run chase as Sparks clinch consolation victory
ECB Reporters Network
06-Sep-2024
The Blaze face an anxious 24 hours to learn if their dream of landing the domestic double in women's regional cricket remains alive after slipping to a five-wicket defeat against Central Sparks in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Chesterfield.
The result leaves the Charlotte Edwards Cup holders fourth in the table with one hand on a semi-final place but just a one-point advantage over fifth-placed Sunrisers, who complete their 14-match league programme on Saturday. Sunrisers travel to Southern Vipers, who are the defending champions but have lost their last three.
On a track that yielded runs only sparingly, The Blaze were restricted to 166 after being asked to bat first. Michaela Kirk top-scored with a season-best 36, backed up by Kathryn Bryce's 33, sharing a 63-run partnership for the second wicket.
Full postSaini makes a stand for India B, but Rahul helps steer India A ahead
India B were propped up on Musheer Khan's magnificent 181 in the Duleep Trophy game in Bengaluru
Shashank Kishore
06-Sep-2024
India B 134 for 2 (Mayank 36, Parag 27*, Saini 2-36) trail India A 321 (Musheer 181, Saini 56, Akash Deep 4-60, Khaleel 2-54) by 187 runs
Until last week, Navdeep Saini hadn't touched a red ball for over seven months. He was hoping to ease himself into the season with a steady diet of white-ball cricket courtesy of the Delhi Premier League (DPL). But when the Duleep Trophy call-up came, as a late replacement for Mohammed Siraj, he had to hit the ground running.
Two days in, Saini has already had a bigger influence on the game than he may have imagined. A mix of stoic defence and the occasional free swing brought him an excellent half-century, his second in first-class cricket. He occupied the crease for 349 minutes, his longest vigil, during the course of a magnificent 205-run stand for the eighth wicket with Musheer Khan as India B recovered from 94 for 7 to post 321.
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