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Suryakumar 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.
Full postJamie Smith stars as England turn the tables after West Indies' flying start
Another three-day Test on the cards as tourists struggle in second innings after giving England a scare
Valkerie Baynes
27-Jul-2024
West Indies 282 and 33 for 2 (Louis 18*, Athanaze 5*, Woakes 1-8, Atkinson 1-16) trail England 376 (Smith 95, Root 87, Woakes 62, Stokes 54) by 61 runs
Who wore it best? Opinions may well be divided on the Paris Olympics opening ceremony's acid-dream catwalk but the answer was clearer at Edgbaston.
While the gracefully ageing supermodels Joe Root and Ben Stokes set out to show how it's done, an assured, new young thing swept the runway in their wake and stole much of the attention. There were no diva strops from either man along the way, however, nor any smug satisfaction when Jamie Smith tripped over before he could strike his ultimate pose.
Full postChris Green's smash-and-grab sends Trent Rockets soaring against Northern Superchargers
Australian stars with bat, ball and in the field in one-off appearance to ruin Flintoff coaching debut
ECB Media
26-Jul-2024
Trent Rockets 185 for 5 (Banton 66, Hain 49) beat Northern Superchargers 138 for 8 (Dwarshuis 40*, Green 3-14) by 47 runs
An immense all-round performance by Australian star Chris Green propelled Trent Rockets to a commanding 47-run victory against Northern Superchargers at a packed Headingley.
Asked to bat first, the Rockets' openers dominated the powerplay, putting on 44 before Adam Lyth mis-timed a drive to give Ben Dwarshuis his first wicket.
Full postIreland, Zimbabwe go toe to toe on error-strewn day
Moor and extras were the highest scorers for Ireland while Chivanga and Muzarabani starred with the ball
Sreshth Shah
26-Jul-2024
Zimbabwe 210 and 12 for 0 (Gumbie 7*, Masvaure 4*) trail Ireland 250 (Moor 79, McBrine 28, Chivanga 3-39, Muzarabani 3-53) by 28 runs
Peter Moor dominated against Zimbabwe, his former team and country of birth, to post the highest Test score by an Ireland opener. The hosts, like the visitors on day one, then collapsed in the afternoon to squander the advantage after they brought the deficit under 100 with eight wickets in hand. But an unlikely tenth-wicket partnership of 47 between Andy McBrine and debutant Matthew Humphreys gave them a useful 40-run lead after two completed innings in Belfast.
Zimbabwe's erratic bowling, along with their fielding behind the stumps, was a major factor in Ireland taking the lead. Zimbabwe leaked 59 runs in extras - of which 42 came in byes - the most in the 137-year history of Test cricket. However, Tanaka Chivanga's (3 for 39) and Blessing Muzarabani's (3 for 53) exploits ensured Ireland didn't run away with the bat.
Full postBen Brown bosses Northants with superb unbeaten hundred
Jack and Prest in the wickets for Hampshire to complete 71-run win
ECB Reporters Network
26-Jul-2024
Hampshire 285 for 8 (Brown 139*, Organ 59, White 3-6) beat Northamptonshire 214 (Jack 4-29, Prest 3-41) by 71 runs
Ben Brown celebrated his century of List A appearances with an exceptional hundred as Hampshire got their Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaign off to a winning start against Northamptonshire Steelbacks.
Wicketkeeper Brown had only scored one previous white-ball century - for Sussex in 2021 - in his first 99 games but picked up a career-best 139 not out.
Full postKing channels Warne as Rockets blast off at Headingley
Legspinner's first ball of the season pitches outside leg and hits off as Superchargers slip to defeat
ECB Media
26-Jul-2024
Trent Rockets 123 for 5 (Sciver-Brunt 36*, Scrivens 32, Sutherland 3-14) beat Northern Superchargers 103 (Higham 26, Graham 3-13) by 20 runs
Trent Rockets began their Hundred campaign in fine style, defeating Northern Superchargers by 20 runs at Headingley thanks to a superb performance from their spin arsenal.
Chasing 124 on a dry surface, last year's runners-up could only manage 103 all out in 97 balls, Australian legspinner Alana King starring with 2 for 17 including a beauty that Shane Warne would have been proud of to clean bowl Bess Heath.
Full postBen Slater, Haseeb Hameed centuries pound Sussex in eight-wicket win
Nottinghamshire romp to victory with 50 balls to spare to atone for opening loss
ECB Reporters Network
26-Jul-2024
Nottinghamshire 217 for 2 (Slater 107*, Hameed 101*) beat Sussex 216 (Hudson-Prentice 90, Fletcher 3-35, Pettman 3-44) by eight wickets
Ben Slater and Haseeb Hameed made unbeaten centuries as Nottinghamshire Outlaws bounced back from defeat at Leicester in their opening match with a eight-wicket victory over Sussex Sharks in their Metro Bank One-Day Cup match at the picturesque home of Welbeck Cricket Club in the north of the county.
Opener Slater, who averages more than 53 in the List A format, again demonstrated his penchant for 50-over cricket by scoring 107 with Outlaws skipper Hameed making 101 not out as they shared a county List A third-wicket record partnership of 209 to inflict a heavy opening-match defeat on their Group B opponents, who managed only one win in the competition last season.
Full postAthapaththu, Sanjeewani help SL beat Pakistan in last over-thriller
Sadia Iqbal's 4 for 16 goes in vain; Sri Lanka to face India in a repeat of last edition's final
Srinidhi Ramanujam
26-Jul-2024
Sri Lanka 141 for 7 (Athapaththu 63, Sanjeewani 24*, Iqbal 4-16) beat Pakistan 140 for 4 (Muneeba 37, Feroza 25, Prabodhani 2-23, Dilhari 2-30) by three wickets
Chamari Athapaththu's fighting 63 off 48 balls and Anushka Sanjeewani's unbeaten 24 off 22 helped Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by three wickets in a last-over thriller in the second semi-final of Women's Asia Cup 2024. The win saw Sri Lanka march into the final for the second successive edition.
Two years ago in Sylhet, they held their nerve with the ball to overcome Pakistan by one run in the semi-final. Once again, Sri Lanka will meet India in the title clash.
Full postAtkinson four-for highlights 13-wicket opening day
Wood and Woakes also got among the wickets to bowl out WI for 282 but Seales struck late in the day to keep England at bay
Valkerie Baynes
26-Jul-2024
England 38 for 3 (Crawley 18, Seales 2-19) trail West Indies 282 (Brathwaite 61, Holder 59, Atkinson 4-67, Woakes 3-69) by 244 runs
Flashes of West Indies fight saw them end the opening day of the third Test at Edgbaston just about even with England, but the tourists' challenge is to turn the glimmers of hope they've shown since the start of the second Test into match-turning moments.
Fifties from Kraigg Brathwaite and Jason Holder led what appeared to be a below-par first innings 282 in the face of some excellent bowling by Gus Atkinson and Chris Woakes. But then Jayden Seales grabbed two of the three England wickets to fall late on a day that yielded 13 in all to level things up.
Full postIndia make short work of Bangladesh in march to final
Renuka Singh and Radha Yadav derailed Bangladesh's innings, before India's in-form openers finished the small chase themselves
Shashank Kishore
26-Jul-2024
India 83 for 0 (Mandhana 55*, Shafali 26*) beat Bangladesh 80 for 8 (Renuka 3-10, Radha 3-14, Deepti 1-14) by 10 wickets
As far as wins go, it couldn't have got more dominant than this. Bangladesh's attempt to inflict scoreboard pressure fell flat, with Renuka Singh and Radha Yadav picking up six wickets between them to ensure India had a small target to chase. Their in-form openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma then got the job done themselves, with nine overs to spare. On Sunday, India will have a chance to clinch an incredible eighth Women's Asia Cup crown (across white-ball formats), when they meet the winner of Sri Lanka vs Pakistan which will be played at the same venue later today.
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