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Labuschange raises another ton but Ward's hundred the match-winner
Tasmania chased down their target with 10 balls to spare after the home side had suffered a 7 for 70 collapse following Labuschagne's dismissal
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09-Oct-2025
Tasmania 317 for 5 (Ward 105, Silk 85*, Jewell 79) beat Queensland 311 (Labuschagne 105, Clayton 64, Chaudhary 3-66) by five wickets
Marnus Labuschagne's case for an Ashes call-up continues to grow after scoring his second century in the space of a week in Queensland's five-wicket One-Day Cup loss to Tasmania.
Labuschagne cracked 105 off 91 balls to lead Queensland to 311 of 45.3 overs at Allan Border Field on Thursday.
Full postMcAndrew's five gets defending champions South Australia up and running
Jake Lehmann continued his fine form to lift the home side to a defendable total after they had slipped to 68 for 3
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09-Oct-2025
South Australia 273 for 8 (Lehmann 85, Crone 4-61) beat Victoria 194 (Harper 59, McAndrew 5-23, H Manenti 3-32) by 79 runs
A super spell from South Australia quick Nathan McAndrew inspired the reigning one-day champions to a 79-run bonus-point win against Victoria.
Set a target of 274 at Adelaide Oval on Thursday, Victoria were in trouble straight away as McAndrew dismissed openers Matt Short and Campbell Kellaway cheaply.
Full postAll-round Omarzai propels Afghanistan to five-wicket victory
Rashid also stars as Bangladesh target of 222 is overhauled with ease
Mohammad Isam
08-Oct-2025
Afghanistan 227 for 5 (Gurbaz 50, Rahmat 50, Tanzim 3-31) beat Bangladesh 221 (Mehidy 60, Hridoy 56, Rashid 3-38) by five wickets
Azmatullah Omarzai's allround performance took Afghanistan to a five-wicket win against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Abu Dhabi. Omarzai picked up three wickets before he contributed with an aggressive 40 when Afghanistan lost set batters Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rahmat Shah in their 222-run chase.
Afghanistan completed the win in the 48th over, with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi unbeaten on 34, while the veteran Mohammad Nabi struck the winning runs with a six off Saif Hassan.
Full postMooney's rescue act for the ages denies Pakistan a historic win
Sandhu, Shamim had Australia on the ropes at 76 for 7 before Mooney's mastery took over
Firdose Moonda
08-Oct-2025
Australia 221 for 9 (Mooney 109, King 51*, Sandhu 3-37) beat Pakistan 114 (Amin 35, Garth 3-14, Sutherland 2-15, Schutt 2-25) by 107 runs
Beth Mooney's masterful maiden World Cup century rescued Australia from 76 for 7, set up a match-winning total of 221 and denied Pakistan the opportunity to pull off the first upset of the tournament. Australia are now at the top of the points table, with two wins and a washout while Pakistan remain winless in last place.
Mooney continued a magnificent 2025, in which she now averages 63.42, with an innings that was a class above anyone else on a slow, low turner in Colombo. Only two other batters, Alana King and Sidra Amin, got more than 20; King's innings came with Mooney at the other end. The pair shared a 106-run ninth-wicket stand and King's 51* was the highest score for a player batting at No.10 or lower in women's ODIs. They completely eclipsed the efforts of Pakistan's spinners, who shared six wickets for 98 runs in their 30 overs and gave their side real hope before the batters completely faded away.
Full postIndia rout Australia inside two days in Mackay to sweep Under-19s four-day series
Henil Patel, Naman Pushpak and Udhav Mohan finish Australia off for 116 in their second innings to set up 81-run chase, which is knocked off in 12.2 overs
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08-Oct-2025
India Under-19s 171 (Deevendran 28, Barton 4-57) and 84 for 3 (Trivedi 33*, Barton 2-32) beat Australia Under-19s 135 (Young 66, Henil 3-21, Khilan 3-23) and 116 (Young 38, Pushpak 3-19, Henil 3-23) by seven wickets
Bowlers, faster ones and spinners alike, held sway right through the second four-day match between Australia Under-19s and India Under-19s in Mackay, which ended inside two days with the visiting side running out convincing victors.
The Australian batting unit didn't give a particularly strong account of its abilities in familiar conditions in Brisbane in the first game, scoring 243 and 127 to go down by an innings and 58 runs, but there were pockets of resistance. In Mackay, that was never really in evidence. It was only Alex Lee Young, the wicketkeeper, who showed his batting chops, but there was little to nothing around him.
Full postKnight scraps to help England overcome Bangladesh scare
Marufa and Fahima put the chase in jeopardy before Knight gritted through with Capsey and Dean
Valkerie Baynes
07-Oct-2025
England 182 for 6 (Knight 79*, Fahima 3-16, Marufa 2-28) beat Bangladesh 178 (Mostary 60, Rabeya 43*, Ecclestone 3-24) by four wickets
A gritty comeback by Heather Knight pulled England out of danger and into top spot on the World Cup table with a battling four-wicket win against Bangladesh that was in sharp contrast to their ten-wicket romp over South Africa to open the tournament.
Nigar Sultana, the Bangladesh captain, had implored her side to show what they're capable of "so that teams like England and Australia show interest in playing against us", and they did that in only the second ODI between the sides.
Full postPeake performance: 19-year-old batter shows his talent
Fergus O'Neill completed an excellent match with the bat to help seal the chase after Jordan Buckingham had come within a whisker of a hat-trick
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07-Oct-2025
Victoria 343 for 9 dec (Handscomb 103, O'Neill 64, Harris 61, Pope 3-87) and 231 for 6 (Peake 70*, Buckingham 3-43) beat South Australia 350 for 9 dec (Hunt 126, Lehmann 113, Perry 4-75) and 223 (Nielsen 52, Warren 5-69) by four wickets
Teenager Oliver Peake guided Victoria to an impressive four-wicket win over reigning Sheffield Shield champions South Australia.
The highly regarded Peake could have been out first ball, but instead played an early career-shaping knock to steer Victoria to the tricky chase of 231 at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.
Full postDebutant Chaudhary earns Tasmania draw after Weatherald's second fifty
The visitors were still behind when they lost their sixth wicket but hauled themselves out of trouble
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07-Oct-2025
Tasmania 379 (Silk 104, Hope 76, Weatherald 67, Doran 66, Neser 4-75) and 317 for 7 (Chaudhary 76*, Jewell 67, Weatherald 57) drew with Queensland 612 (Labuschagne 160, Renshaw 128, Khawaja 69, Clayton 59, Chaudhary 5-108)
Test aspirant Jake Weatherald posted his second fifty for the match as Tasmania's Sheffield Shield run-fest against Queensland ended in a draw.
Trailing Queensland by 233 runs after the first innings, Tasmania batted their way to safety at Allan Border Field on Tuesday. They finished on 317 for 7 in their second innings when the captains shook hands about 45 minutes before the scheduled stumps time.
Full postHatcher and Hadley inspire New South Wales to victory
The home side crumbled on the final day before a last-wicket stand narrowed the margin
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07-Oct-2025
New South Wales 170 (Salzmann 43, Agar 3-5) and 221 (Salzmann 72, Kelly 5-43) beat Western Australia 161 (Hadley 5-38) and 156 (Hatcher 4-49, Hadley 3-30) by 74 runs
New South Wales opened their Sheffield Shield campaign with a memorable 74-run away win over Western Australia.
Set 231 to win, WA crumbled for 156 on a tricky pitch at the WACA ground in Perth as unheralded Blues quick Liam Hatcher inflicted serious damage on the lower order. Batting with injured No. 11 Joel Paris, Australia allrounder Ashton Agar went down swinging.
Full postSalzmann, Lyon give New South Wales hope after Konstas misses again
Matt Kelly was superb in leading the WA attack with five wickets after the home side lost left-armer Joel Paris to enjoy early in the second innings
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06-Oct-2025
Western Australia 161 and 9 for 0 need 222 more runs to beat New South Wales 170 and 221 (Salzmann 72, Lyon 40, Kelly 5-43)
Stand-in New South Wales captain Nathan Lyon provided stubborn late-order resistance that might prove crucial as the bowlers continued to dominate the Sheffield Shield match in Perth after debutant Will Salzmann shone again
After 13 wickets fell on day three at the WACA Ground, openers Cameron Bancroft and Sam Whiteman survived four overs late on Monday. That left the home side nine without loss, needing 222 to win this Sheffield Shield opener.
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