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Welsh Fire through to Hundred final as Hayley Matthews stars with bat and ball
Captain Tammy Beaumont's unbeaten half-century secures nine-wicket win at Southern Brave
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14-Aug-2024
Welsh Fire 106 for 1 (Beaumont 59*, Matthews 35*) beat Southern Brave 103 (Tryon 55, Matthews 4-14, Jonassen 3-21) by nine wickets
Hayley Matthews continued her remarkable all-round form as Welsh Fire cruised to a commanding nine-wicket victory over bottom side Southern Brave at the Utilita Bowl. The margin of victory ultimately guaranteed the Fire top spot and progression to the Hundred's final on Sunday at Lord's.
The Barbadian, opening the bowling, delivered figures of 4 for 14 with her offbreaks, before her unbeaten 35, in the slipstream of Tammy Beaumont's 59 not out off 40 balls, helped the visitors knock off their target with 26 balls to spare.
Full postMack's century marshals Australia A to victory in opening one-dayer
Raghvi Bist helped India A recover from a tricky start to post a decent total in Mackay
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14-Aug-2024
Australia A 250 for 6 (Mack 129, McGrath 56) beat India A 249 for 9 (Bist 82, Hasabnis 53, Brown 4-23) by four wickets
Katie Mack's superbly-constructed 129 led Australia A to a four-wicket victory over India A which was more comprehensive that the final scoreline suggested in the first one-day match in Mackay.
Mack's hundred controlled the chase as she added 122 in 20 overs for the third wicket with captain Tahlia McGrath who continued the form she showed in the last two T20s with a brisk half-century.
Full postNorthern Superchargers thrash London Spirit to keep knockout hopes alive
Adil Rashid's 3 for 16 sets up rainy win to leave Superchargers with anxious wait
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13-Aug-2024
Northern Superchargers 64 for 1 beat London Spirit 111 for 8 (Bopara 31, Jennings 30, Rashid 3-16) by 21 runs via DLS method
Northern Superchargers kept their season alive with a rain-affected victory over London Spirit in the Hundred at Headingley.
They sit second in the table with 11 points, and now face an anxious wait to see if that is enough to secure a place in the knockout stages. They are relying on either Welsh Fire or Manchester Originals doing them a favour in the next two nights, but will be eliminated if those two teams are beaten by Southern Brave and Birmingham Phoenix respectivley. Either way, it is clear progress after they finished bottom last year.
Full postLewis smacks 75-ball 119 as Ireland hold off SL to level series 1-1
Samarawickrama and Dilhari strike fifties but fail to overhaul Ireland's 173 for 3 and go down by seven runs
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13-Aug-2024
Ireland 173 for 3 (Lewis 119, Prendergast 38) beat Sri Lanka 166 for 7 (Samarawickrama 65, Dilhari 51*, Prendergast 2-28, Sargent 2-36) by seven runs
Gaby Lewis' smashing second T20I century backed up by Orla Prendergast's all-round show helped Ireland record a close seven-run win in the second T20I against Sri Lanka to level the two-match series 1-1.
Batting first in Dublin, Ireland lost Amy Hunter inside the powerplay, but Lewis kept the hosts going. She found an ally in Prendergast with the duo adding 119 runs for the second wicket off 80 balls. Lewis did the bulk of the scoring in the partnership with 78 off 49 balls while Prendergast scored 38 off 31.
Full postDeepti Sharma, Heather Knight knock out Superchargers, keep Spirit afloat
Duo put on 77 to take Spirit up to second in the table
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13-Aug-2024
London Spirit 105 for 2 (Knight 43*, Deepti 37*, Smith 3-16) beat Northern Superchargers 99 for 7 (Alice Davidson-Richards 33, Gray 3-17) by seven wickets
Heather Knight and Deepti Sharma guided London Spirit to a vital seven-wicket win at Headingley in the Hundred to keep their team in the hunt for the play-off stages and knock out their opponents, Northern Superchargers.
The pair put on 77 to take Spirit up to second in the table, on nine points, and they will now keep an eye on events at Trent Bridge on Thursday with the Trent Rockets and Oval Invincibles fixture deciding the final make-up of the top three.
Full postNaseem, Hamza three-fors skittle Bangladesh A for 122
Mahmudul was the only Bangladesh A batter to show fight as the rest of the unit crumbled
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13-Aug-2024
Pakistan A 2 for 0 trail Bangladesh A 122 (Mahmudul 65, Naseem 3-24, Hamza 3-33, Rameez 2-41) by 120 runs
Fast bowlers Naseem Shah and Mir Hamza picked three wickets apiece as Pakistan A bowled out Bangladesh A for just 122 in 44.3 overs on the opening day of the first four-day clash in Islamabad on Monday.
After the start was delayed by a wet outfield, Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to bat. But, they had no answers to Naseem and Hamza who tore through the top order. Only opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy thwarted the Pakistan attack to an extent by scoring 65 as the others crumbled around him on a pitch offering help to the fast bowlers.
Full postTim Southee knocks Rockets out as Phoenix stay in race
Rockets' decision to retire Imad Wasim out backfires before Jacob Bethell ices chase
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12-Aug-2024
Birmingham Phoenix 120 for 4 (Bethell 38*, Livingstone 30*, Duckett 30) beat Trent Rockets 118 (Alsop 51, Southee 5-12)
Birmingham Phoenix put themselves back into the knockout positions in the Hundred with an important win at Edgbaston, knocking Trent Rockets out of this year's competition in the process.
Tim Southee claimed a five-wicket haul, to restrict the Rockets to 118, before Liam Livingstone and Jacob Bethell helped the Phoenix to overtake Northern Superchargers in third with a measured chase.
Full postTrent Rockets eliminate Birmingham Phoenix to keep own knockout hopes alive
Nat Sciver-Brunt and Ash Gardner set up nerve-jangling win at Edgbaston
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12-Aug-2024
Trent Rockets 114 for 7 (Sciver-Brunt 34) beat Birmingham Phoenix 112 for 6 (Kalis 47, Ghosh 41) by three wickets
Trent Rockets were victorious in a nervy must-win encounter against Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred at Edgbaston on Monday. The Rockets drew level on points with third-placed Northern Superchargers to keep themselves in the hunt for a place in the knock-outs, as they came out on top by three wickets with just three balls to go in a tense affair.
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and chose to bat, with both sides sitting on six points in the table and looking for the opportunity to keep their seasons alive. Phoenix had to make do without Sophie Devine, forced to miss out through injury.
Full postHarshitha Samarawickrama's 86* leads Sri Lanka to thumping win
Chasing 146, Sri Lanka romped home with 20 balls remaining
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12-Aug-2024
Sri Lanka 149 for 3 (Samarawickrama 86*, Gunaratne 30) beat Ireland 145 for 6 (Lewis 39, Priyadharshani 2-35) by seven wickets
Harshitha Samarawickrama's 86 off 45 balls sent Sri Lanka galloping to a 17th-over win in the first T20I of their series against Ireland in Dublin.
Ireland had put together what had seemed a competitive 145 for 6 after being sent in, with contributions from opener Gaby Lewis (39 off 33), Oria Prendergast (29 off 27), captain Laura Delany (25 off 21), and Rebecca Stokell (21 not out off 16). Prendergast and Lewis had supplied the innings a foundation with a 59-run second-wicket stand.
Full postAthanaze, rain deny South Africa in the first drawn Test of 2024
Maharaj, Rabada's heavy workloads could not force a result in a Test where 142 overs were lost across five days
Firdose Moonda
11-Aug-2024
South Africa 357 (Bavuma 86, De Zorzi 78, Warrican 4-69, Seales 3-67) and 173 for 3 dec (Stubbs 68, de Zorzi 45) drew with West Indies 233 (Carty 42, Holder 36, Maharaj 4-76, Rabada 3-56) and 201 for 5 (Athanaze 92, Holder 31*, Carty 31, Maharaj 4-88)
South Africa ran out of time, ideas and most importantly bowlers, as they fell five wickets short of winning the first Test against West Indies in Trinidad. The hosts weren't too far from challenging for a win themselves: West Indies were 97 short of their target when the curtains came down.
With 142 overs lost to rain over the five days, South Africa made a fist of the final day when they batted quickly, declared early and gave themselves a little over two sessions to bowl West Indies out. But, Alick Athanaze, playing in his eighth Test match, scored a career-best 92 and shared in half-century stands with Kavem Hodge and Jason Holder to deny South Africa and save the match. This was the first drawn Test worldwide in 28 matches, since July last year.
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