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Surrey skittled before Ingram fires Glamorgan to rapid win
Visiting attack run riot on green Oval surface to set up victory with 34.1 overs unused
ECB Reporters Network
28-Jul-2024
Glamorgan 123 for 3 (Ingram 39*) beat Surrey 121 (Foakes 44, Kellaway 2-16) by seven wickets
Glamorgan thumped Surrey by seven wickets in their Metro Bank One-Day Cup group B match at the Kia Oval after bowling them out for 121 in 34 overs.
It then took the Welsh county only 15.5 overs to knock off the runs, with Colin Ingram launching one magnificent six over long-off from down the pitch against fast bowler James Taylor as he ended up on 39 not out from 26 balls in their 123 for 3.
Full postIndia seal series after Sri Lanka suffer slide of 7 for 31
Ravi Bishnoi and Axar Patel starred with the ball in the rain-hit game
Deivarayan Muthu
Updated on 29-Jul-2024
India 81 for 3 (Jaiswal 30, Suryakumar 26, Theekshana 1-16) beat Sri Lanka 161 for 9 (Kusal Perera 53, Nissanka 32, Bishnoi 3-26) by seven wickets via DLS method
In Dambulla, Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama had countered India's spinners to lead Sri Lanka to the Women's Asia Cup title. About 100 kilometres away in Pallakele later in the evening, it was India's spinners who dominated Sri Lanka in the second men's T20I. Ravi Bishnoi, Axar Patel and Riyan Parag returned combined figures of 12-0-86-5 to trigger another Sri Lanka collapse and help India sew up the three-T20I series, with one game to go.
Across the first two T20Is, Sri Lanka have lost 16 for 68 in the last six overs. There was so much purchase for spinners that part-time spinner Parag bowled his full allotment of overs and Axar bowled the last over of the first innings in which Sri Lanka could manage only 161 for 9.
Full postAndy McBrine and Lorcan Tucker hit fifties to thwart Zimbabwe in Belfast
The day started with Zimbabwe on top, but some sensible, and aggressive, batting from Tucker and McBrine made it easy for Ireland in the end
Himanshu Agrawal
28-Jul-2024
Ireland 250 (Moor 79, Chivanga 3-39, Muzarabani 3-53) and 158 for 6 (Tucker 56, McBrine 55*, Ngarava 4-53, Muzarabani 2-52) beat Zimbabwe 210 (Masvaure 74, McBrine 3-37, McCarthy 3-42) and 197 (Myers 57, McBrine 4-38) by four wickets
It didn't quite reach the climax the third evening had promised, but the one-off Ireland vs Zimbabwe Test had most results possible for the best part of the morning session on the fourth day till Ireland killed off the contest. Ireland had been reduced to 21 for 5 after a fiery spell from Richard Ngarava on the third evening, which had left the small band of Zimbabwe supporters in Belfast delirious. But Lorcan Tucker's second Test fifty and Andy McBrine's third ensured Ireland silenced them quickly - and took away the match - with a 96-run stand on the fourth morning.
That paved the way for Ireland's first home Test win, and also gave them back-to-back victories in the format, after they had beaten Afghanistan for their Test first win this March.
Full postEngland sweep series 3-0 after Wood finishes off West Indies resistance
With just 82 to win the Test, Stokes walked out to open in place of the injured Crawley and slammed an unbeaten 57 in 28 balls
Valkerie Baynes
28-Jul-2024
England 376 (Smith 95, Root 87, Woakes 62, Stokes 54, A Joseph 4-122, Seales 3-79) and 87 for 0 (Stokes 57*, Duckett 25*) beat West Indies 282 (Brathwaite 61, Holder 59, Atkinson 4-67, Woakes 3-69) and 175 (Louis 57, Hodge 55, Wood 5-40) by ten wickets
Mark Wood's breathtaking post-lunch spell netted him a five-wicket haul and put England on the brink of another comprehensive victory over West Indies, which they sealed inside three days at Edgbaston.
Whereas his relentless rockets at Trent Bridge had jaws on the floor but yielded just two wickets for the match, his mastery of a reverse-swinging ball in the hour after lunch accounted for all five remaining West Indies wickets for 19 runs in the space of 39 balls. Wood ended with 5 for 40 from 14 overs, his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests, to add to his 2 for 52 from West Indies' first innings.
Full postAthapaththu, Samarawickrama stun India as Sri Lanka win their first Women's Asia Cup title
Smriti Mandhana's half-century took India to 165 but it proved inadequate
Srinidhi Ramanujam
28-Jul-2024 • Updated on 29-Jul-2024
Sri Lanka 167 for 2 (Samarawickrama 69*, Athapaththu 61, Dilhari 30*) beat India 165 for 6 (Mandhana 60, Ghosh 30, Dilhari 2-36) by eight wickets
Sri Lanka created history on Sunday, dethroning India to clinch their maiden Women's T20 Asia Cup. Fighting half-centuries from top order batters Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama, and Kavisha Dilhari's all-round heroics stood out as Sri Lanka cruised to an eight-wicket victory in front of a packed crowd in Dambulla.
Samarawickrama and Dilhari's valuable contributions in the final once again highlighted a crucial point that Sri Lanka are not just dependent on their captain to deliver. They have now won 14 of the 17 T20Is this year and go into the T20 World Cup slated in October with massive confidence and pride from their performances.
Full postMousley, Bethell shine after Abbott four-for sets up Birmingham Phoenix
London Spirit show spirit after falling to 30 for 5 only to be overhauled on penultimate ball
ECB Media
27-Jul-2024
Birmingham Phoenix 131 for 7 (Bethell 43, Stone 2-14) beat London Spirit 127 for 7 (Russell 37*, Abbott 4-14) by three wickets
Sean Abbott produced a memorable performance with the ball to inspire Birmingham Phoenix to a three-wicket victory over London Spirit in a low-scoring thriller at Lord's.
Abbott claimed 4 for 14 from his 20 deliveries - the 10th-best figures in the history of the men's Hundred - as Phoenix restricted their hosts to 127 for 7, and the Australian allrounder was there at the finish as his side snuck home with a ball to spare.
Full postIreland on the brink after 15-wicket day in Belfast
Fifteen wickets fell across two innings, leaving Zimbabwe having the upper hand going into day four
Ekanth
27-Jul-2024
Ireland 250 and 33 for 5 (Tucker 9*, Ngarava 4-12, Muzarabani 1-16) need 125 runs to beat Zimbabwe 210 and 197 (Myers 57, Williams 40, McBrine 4-38, Young 2-37, Adair 2-42)
More action couldn't have been crammed into this 71-over day. There were 15 wickets, six dropped catches, Tanaka Chivanga retiring hurt temporarily, and a lightning four-over spell from Richard Ngarava that turned the game in Zimbabwe's favour. Going into the penultimate day of this one-off Test, Zimbabwe need only five more wickets to win while Ireland require another 125.
The day had begun with Zimbabwe trailing by 28 runs with ten wickets still in hand. The morning session - like every other day of this Test - was the best time for batting and a drizzle seemed to benefit Dion Myers (57) and Sean Williams (40) as they pushed the lead towards a hundred. But Craig Young broke the stand, and the opening allowed Andy McBrine to run through the tail to finish with 4 for 58.
Full postLanning and Spirit outgun Perry and Phoenix at Lord's
Perry hits 65 in chase but can't prevent Phoenix's 12th consecutive women's Hundred defeat
ECB Media
27-Jul-2024
London Spirit 147 for 9 (Lanning 53, Levick 3-24) beat Birmingham Phoenix 127 for 5 (Perry 65, Devine 37, Glenn 3-22) by 20 runs
Meg Lanning won the battle of the Australians at Lord's, scoring her first half-century in the Hundred as London Spirit overcame Birmingham Phoenix, despite Ellyse Perry's innings of 65 in reply.
The 16,641 crowd - the fifth-highest in the history of the women's Hundred - were treated to a competitive affair in the sunshine, momentum shifting this way and that as the big names on both sides took it in turns to stand up and be counted.
Full postCame, saw, conquered: Derbyshire opener blitzes Middlesex
216-run stand with Luis Reece sets up cruise to nine-wicket victory
ECB Reporters Network
27-Jul-2024
Derbyshire 267 for 1 (Came 113*, Reece 88) beat Middlesex 266 (Cracknell 56, Dupavillon 3-47) by nine wickets
Harry Came scored a maiden List A hundred as Derbyshire moved to the top of Group A in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup with a thumping nine-wicket victory over Middlesex at Derby.
Derbyshire's second win in the competition was set up by Came and Luis Reece, 88, who shared an opening stand of 216 off 202 balls. Came was unbeaten on 110 from 130 balls as Derbyshire reached their target of 267 with seven overs to spare to condemn Middlesex to a second defeat.
Full postSuryakumar leads from the front as India go 1-0 up
Sri Lanka were 140 for 1 in a chase of 214 but then lost nine wickets for 30 runs
Shashank Kishore
27-Jul-2024
India 213 for 7 (Suryakumar 58, Pant 49, Jaiswal 40, Pathirana 4-40) beat Sri Lanka 170 (Nissanka 79, Mendis 45, Parag 3-5, Arshdeep 2-24, Axar 2-38) by 43 runs
India's new T20I era under Suryakumar Yadav began on a winning note, even if it was jittery at various points in their defence of a big score. A spirited Sri Lankan batting unit, spearheaded by Pathum Nissanka and his free-stroking 79 left an Indian team playing with just five bowling options hanging onto crumbs of hope. One of them was scoreboard pressure. Sri Lanka had nine wickets in hand but they still needed 74 off 36.
Nissanka, reprieved a ball earlier by Ravi Bishnoi at deep midwicket, fell to Axar Patel to open the floodgates. India converted that opening into a double-strike when Kusal Perera fell four balls later. It would be the start of a sensational meltdown; Sri Lanka losing 9 for 30 in all to concede a game they would've backed themselves to win.
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