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Heather Knight stars as London shows Spirit to shock Brave
England Women's captain flexed in the chase to inflict just a second home defeat on Southern Brave
ECB Media
24-Jul-2024
London Spirit 153 for 4 (Knight 65*, Redmayne 45) beat Southern Brave 151 for 6 (Wyatt 59, Burns 2-6) by six wickets
Heather Knight produced a batting masterclass as London Spirit shocked reigning champions Southern Brave in a thrilling contest in The Hundred at Utilita Bowl.
Chasing 152 for victory, the England captain made an unbeaten 65 from 31 balls to steer her team to a six-wicket victory with three deliveries to spare, inflicting only a second-ever home defeat on Brave.
The hosts looked on course for victory after Danni Wyatt had struck 59 from 35 balls, in the process surpassing Sophia Dunkley to become The Hundred's all-time leading run-scorer.
Full postEd Barnard cracks 173 as Warwickshire outgun Essex at Chelmsford
Epic innings surpasses List A previous best of 161, and backs up Championship hundred in May
ECB Reporters Network
24-Jul-2024
Warwickshire 328 for 3 (Barnard 173) beat Essex 324 for 7 (Browne 75, Hannon-Dalby 3-69) by seven wickets
Ed Barnard continued his summer love affair with the Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford, by hammering his highest score in List A cricket.
Warwickshire's Metro Bank One-Day Cup captain followed up his personal-best 165 in the Vitality Championship reverse in May by carrying his bat with a 140-ball 173 to underpin a seven-wicket victory over Essex. Barnard, whose previous best was 161, was ably assisted in match-defining stands by Rob Yates, Will Rhodes and Michael Burgess as last year's semi-finalists eased home with 14 balls to spare.
Full postPollock-Roderick stand outscores Middlesex in Worcestershire rout
Opening pair combine for club-record 259-run partnership to set up huge win
ECB Reporters Network
24-Jul-2024
Worcestershire 371 for 3 (Pollock 180, Roderick 115) beat Middlesex 188 (Stoneman 75, Sturgess 3-37, Darley 3-45, Home 3-54) by 183 runs
Centurions Ed Pollock and Gareth Roderick rewrote the record books in spectacular style for Worcestershire during their 183-run Metro Bank One Day Cup triumph over Middlesex at New Road.
The opening pair smashed 259 off just 35.2 overs, Worcestershire's highest first wicket List A partnership, in a total of 371 for 3 from 48 overs. Their stand surpassed by the 243 made by Brett D'Oliveira and Jack Haynes against Essex at Chelmsford three years ago.
Full postAthapaththu, Gunaratne and bowlers take dominant Sri Lanka to Asia Cup semi-final
Thailand managed just 93 after batting first, and Sri Lanka's openers wiped the target out comfortably
Ashish Pant
24-Jul-2024
Sri Lanka 94 for 0 (Athapaththu 49*, Gunaratne 39*) beat Thailand 93 for 7 (Koncharoenkai 47*, Putthawong 13, Dilhari 2-13, Priyadharshani 1-10) by ten wickets
A disciplined bowling effort from Sri Lanka, backed up by Chamari Athapaththu and Vishmi Gunaratne's unbeaten 94-run stand helped Sri Lanka beat Thailand by ten wickets and coast into the semi-final of the Women's Asia Cup 2024 .
Batting first, Thailand's innings never found a high gear as they were restricted to 93 for 7 in their 20 overs. Athapaththu and Gunaratne then made light work of the target, as they romped home with 51 balls to spare. The win meant Sri Lanka topped Group B with three wins on the bounce, and will now face Pakistan in the semi-final on Friday.
Full postMurshida, Nigar headline huge win as Bangladesh make semi-final
Their fifties propelled Bangladesh to 191 for 2 after which Malaysia were kept to just 77 for 8
Hemant Brar
24-Jul-2024
Bangladesh 191 for 2 (Murshida 80, Nigar 62*) beat Malaysia 77 for 8 (Hunter 20, Nahida 2-13) by 114 runs
Bangladesh qualified for the semi-final of the Women's Asia Cup 2024 after beating Malaysia by 114 runs in what turned out to be a complete mismatch.
Batting first, Bangladesh posted 191 for 2, their second-highest total in T20Is. Murshida Khatun scored a career-best 80 off 59 balls and captain Nigar Sultana an unbeaten 62 off 37.
Full postOval Invincibles land statement win as Zampa, Mahmood, Amir thrive
Billings, Malan seal emphatic eight-wicket win over Birmingham Phoenix at The Oval
ECB Media
23-Jul-2024
Oval Invincibles 93 for 2 (Billings 31) beat Birmingham Phoenix 89 (Zampa 3-11) by eight wickets
Defending champions Oval Invincibles romped to victory under the lights at The Kia Oval as the fourth year of The Hundred got underway with two wins out of two for the men's and women's South London team.
The Invincibles pace duo of Saqib Mahmood and Mohammad Amir ripped the heart out of Birmingham Phoenix's first-innings effort, after captain Moeen Ali won the toss and decided to bat, reducing them to 10 for 4 after just 17 balls.
Full postOpener Scholfield sets tone as Oval Invincibles open with big win
Partnership between Paige Scholfield and Alice Capsey underpins convincing win over Phoenix
ECB Media
23-Jul-2024
Oval Invincibles 150 for 5 (Scholfield 71, Capsey 52) beat Birmingham Phoenix 105 (Jone 21, Wellington 3-9) by 45 runs
A sparkling 71 from Paige Scholfield took Oval Invincibles to a domineering 45-run victory against Birmingham Phoenix in the first game of the fourth year of the Hundred.
In front of 10,249 fans, the two-time champions Oval Invincibles batted first and the 28-year-old Scholfield - enjoying a new role at the top of the order in the absence of Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu - found admirable company in England's young superstar Alice Capsey, who herself made 52.
Full postShafali's T20I best blasts India into the semi-final
The opener made 81, while Rodrigues chipped in with a 15-ball unbeaten 28 to help India out-bat Nepal
Srinidhi Ramanujam
23-Jul-2024
India 178 for 3 (Shafali 81, Hemalatha 47, Magar 2-25) beat Nepal 96 for 9 (Deepti 3-13, Radha 2-12, Reddy 2-28) by 82 runs
Shafali Verma's career-best 81 and a disciplined bowling effort propelled India into the semi-finals of the Women's Asia Cup 2024 with an 82-run win over Nepal. With three wins from three games, India topped Group A. Pakistan, who defeated UAE earlier in the afternoon, were the second team to advance to the knockouts, with two wins out of three.
Opting to bat first, the Smriti Mandhana-led India posted 178 for 3 thanks to Shafali's breezy knock and a solid opening stand with D Hemalatha. It was an uphill task for Nepal, who don't play under lights and, against an in-form bowling attack, they could only manage 96 for 9 in 20 overs.
Full postSpinners and Feroza's 62* put Pakistan in semi-finals
Pakistan openers add an unbeaten century stand, their second in successive games, to end UAE's campaign without a win
Ekanth
23-Jul-2024
Pakistan 107 for 0 (Feroza 62*, Muneeba 37*) beat UAE 103 for 8 (Theertha 40, Iqbal 2-11, Tuba 2-17, Sandhu 2-22) by ten wickets
Gull Feroza and Muneeba Ali helped secure Pakistan's spot in the semi-finals of the Women's Asia Cup 2024 with their second straight century stand, sealing the first ever ten-wicket win in the tournament's history. Pakistan's spinners, who took seven of the eight wickets to fall, set up the ten-wicket thumping of UAE in Dambulla.
Sadia Iqbal was the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 11 at an economy of 2.75. Nashra Sandhu and Tuba Hassan contributed with two-fors, the former taking the first two wickets after UAE's openers made their way out of the powerplay and the latter dismissing Theertha Satish.
Full postRabeya and Murshida end Bangladesh's losing streak
Rabeya's four-for helped Bangladesh restrict Thailand to 96 for 9 after which Murshida anchored the chase with a fifty
Srinidhi Ramanujam
22-Jul-2024
Bangladesh 100 for 3 (Murshida 50, Maya 1-8) beat Thailand 96 for 9 (Boochatham 40, Rabeya 4-14, Moni 2-10, Jesmin 2-28) by seven wickets
Bangladesh ended their ten-match losing streak in T20Is and collected their first points in Women's Asia Cup 2024. They bounced back from the opening game defeat to Sri Lanka with a convincing seven-wicket victory over Thailand in Dambulla to keep their hopes for a semi-final spot alive.
Legspinner Rabeya Khan's four-wicket haul and seam-bowling allrounder Ritu Moni's two scalps helped Bangladesh restrict Thailand to a below-par 96 for 9 on a spin-friendly surface. Nattaya Boochatham top-scored for Thailand with a 41-ball 40. In reply, Murshida Khatun, after missing the previous game, scored 50 off 55 balls to take Bangladesh home in 17.3 overs.
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