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Sarah Bryce, Claridge and Graham six-for set up thumping Blaze victory
Visitors pile up 318 for 8 in shortened innings and then demolish Stars with the ball
ECB Reporters Network
30-Jun-2024
The Blaze 318 for 8 (S Bryce 81, Claridge 71, Kelly 52) beat South East Stars 185 (Graham 6-39) by 133 runs (DLS method)
The Blaze have beaten the South East Stars by 133 runs (DLS method) in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Beckenham.
The visitors scored a mammoth 318 for 8, their highest List A score, even though the innings was reduced to 44 overs due to rain. Sarah Bryce top-scored with 81, Ella Claridge made a career-best 71 from 45 balls and Marie Kelly weighed in with 52.
Full postLevick spins Sparks a web to keep Diamonds in playoffs hunt
Fifties for Marlow and Heath see hosts get home by four wickets in Scarborough
ECB Reporters Network
30-Jun-2024
Northern Diamonds 242 for 6 (Heath 58*, Marlow 55) beat Central Sparks 239 for 8 (George 52, Perrin 50, Levick 4-46) by four wickets
Superb performances from Katie Levick and Bess Heath led Northern Diamonds to a four-wicket win in the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy against Central Sparks at North Marine Road.
The pair helped Diamonds to their fifth win in the competition, with Levick taking 4 for 46 and Heath making an unbeaten 58.
Full postLuus and Wolvaardt lead South Africa's fightback after Rana's eight-for
India enforced the follow-on after Rana's eight-wicket haul gave them a first-innings lead of 337
Srinidhi Ramanujam
30-Jun-2024
South Africa 232 for 2 (Luus 109, Wolvaardt 93*, Harmanpreet 1-24) and 266 (Kapp 74, Luus 65, Rana 8-77) trail India 603 for 6 dec by 105 runs
For the second consecutive day, South Africa's batters showed great grit to stay in the game after being put on the back foot by the India bowlers in the one-off women's Test in Chennai. If Sune Luus and Marizanne Kapp fought hard on the second day after India declared at 603 for 6, Luus was at it again on Sunday, in the company of Laura Wolvaardt this time, which helped South Africa cut down the deficit to 105 runs after they were bowled out for 266 in the first innings.
At stumps on the third day, South Africa were 232 for 2 in their second innings, with Luus scoring her first Test hundred and Wolvaardt remaining unbeaten on 93. South Africa will hope for more of the same on the fourth and final day to push the game to a draw.
Full postEcclestone five-for, Bouchier century help England seal ODI series against New Zealand
The left-arm spinner's second ODI five-for bowled New Zealand out for another low score before the England opener scored her maiden international ton
Valkerie Baynes
30-Jun-2024
England 142 for 2 (Bouchier 100*) beat New Zealand 141 (A Kerr 43, Ecclestone 5-25) by eight wickets
England sealed their domination of New Zealand via Maia Bouchier's maiden international century and Sophie Ecclestone's five-wicket haul to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three match ODI series.
Ecclestone's 5 for 25 from nine overs was instrumental in bowling New Zealand out for a sub-par total for the second game in a row - this time they were bundled out for 141 in 41.5 overs - and Bouchier saw England home with 25.3 overs to spare.
Full postBumrah and Hardik script stunning comeback to lead India to T20 World Cup glory
South Africa needed 30 off 30 balls with six wickets in hand, to win their maiden World Cup title, and then India fought back
Andrew Fidel Fernando
29-Jun-2024
India 176 for 7 (Kohli 76, Axar 47, Maharaj 2-23, Nortje 2-26) vs South Africa 169 for 8 (Klaasen 52, Bumrah 2-18, Arshdeep 2-20, Hardik 3-20) by seven runs
Suryakumar Yadav snatched a boundary catch for the ages, Jasprit Bumrah snuck in two electric final overs, and Hardik Pandya pilfered the two big wickets as India pulled off one of their great heists to win a World Cup, finally.
With five overs to go, South Africa were rampant. Heinrich Klaasen, one of the great hitters in the game, threatening to throw off decades of painful big-match history for his team with a hail of sixes. He and David Miller had clubbed 38 runs off the two previous overs, and with six wickets in hand South Africa needed only a run-a-ball off the last 30 balls.
Full postKapp, Luus score fighting half-centuries after India post record total
Ghosh struck a quick 86 as India declared their first innings on 603 for 6
Srinidhi Ramanujam
29-Jun-2024
South Africa 236 for 4 (Kapp 69*, Luus 65, Rana 3-61) trail India 603 for 6 dec (Shafali 205, Mandhana 149, Ghosh 86, Harmanpreet 69, Tucker 2-141) by 367runs
South Africa showed great fight to reach 236 for 4 on the second day of the one-off Test in Chennai after India declared their first innings at a record 603 for 6. At stumps, the visitors were still 367 runs behind. But on a pitch where Indians bowlers were able to extract sharp turn and bounce from the second session of the day, Sune Luus and Marizanne Kapp, with their half-centuries and a 93-run stand for the third wicket, displayed commendable resilience and technique.
After a 3-0 defeat in the ODI series and conceding 525 on the first day of the Test, South Africa did not let India dent their confidence on Saturday.
Full postSri Lanka secure the spoils in opening Under-19 ODI at Chelmsford
Rocky Flintoff makes England bow alongside three other debutants in 65-run loss
ECB Reporters Network
28-Jun-2024
Sri Lanka U19 294 for 6 (Perera 58, Shanmuganathan 57, Abeywickramasingha 52) beat England U19 229 (Thain 58, Benkenstein 51) by 65 runs
A fourth-wicket partnership of 90 between Essex pair Noah Thain and Luc Benkenstein on home turf at Chelmsford could not prevent England Under-19s subsiding to a 65-run defeat in the first of three one-day internationals against Sri Lanka.
Benkenstein was the more flamboyant, hitting two sixes in his 50-ball 51, but Thain anchored the innings with six fours in his 58 from 69 balls.
Full postCampbelle, Taylor, Matthews give West Indies 2-1 series win over Sri Lanka
West Indies' top-three batters controlled the chase of 142, easily securing the win despite the margin showing them earning victory with one ball left
Madushka Balasuriya
28-Jun-2024
West Indies women 142 for 4 (Matthews 49, Campbelle 41*, Taylor 33, Kavindi 2-27) beat Sri Lanka 141 for 7 (Athapaththu 38, Fletcher 2-25, Alleyne 2-25) by six wickets
The West Indian top three of Stafanie Taylor, Hayley Matthews and Shemaine Campbelle ensured a triumphant end to a challenging tour of Sri Lanka, as they anchored a six-wicket win in the third and final T20I in Hambantota to complete a come-from-behind 2-1 series win.
Campbelle remained unbeaten at the end on a 30-ball 41 as West Indies chased down a target of 142 with just one ball to spare. The margin of victory however belies the control the visitors exuded in the chase.
Full postShafali, Mandhana dominate South Africa on historic opening day in Chennai
The 292-run opening stand helped India's top six pile on 525 runs, the most in a day of Test cricket
Srinidhi Ramanujam
28-Jun-2024
India 525 for 4 (Shafali 205, Mandhana 149, Tucker 2-141) vs South Africa
The gulf between India and South Africa in red-ball cricket could not be more evident. Shafali Verma demolished the bowlers with an extraordinary 205. Smriti Mandhana carried forward her ODI form from Bengaluru into the one-off Test in Chennai with a brilliant 149. Jemimah Rodrigues oozed class in her third half-century in this format. India blunted South Africa's attack, accumulating a crazy number of runs, 525 precisely, the most runs in a day's play by any team in Test history.
Opting to bat on a red-soil surface, India adopted the cautious approach in the first hour - where they did not hit the full tosses to boundaries - before motoring along to score 130 in the morning session. South Africa bowled well in patches and struggled for a majority of the time to hit the right lengths. The first real chance came when Marizanne Kapp spilled a half-chance when Mandhana pushed one to midwicket on 33. Mandhana and Shafali though eased up and put away the bad deliveries to boundaries.
Full postRohit, Axar and Kuldeep lead India's dismantling of England in semi-final
India's batters scored an above-par total on a tough pitch, and then their spinners ran through England in Providence
Alagappan Muthu
27-Jun-2024
India 171 for 7 (Rohit 57, Suryakumar 47, Jordan 3-37) beat England 103 (Brook 25, Kuldeep 3-19, Axar 3-23) by 68 runs
India's quest for a world title is well on course. It's been 11 years since they stood on the podium as champions. Now all that separates them from glory is a few hours' time and a fiery South African team.
Rohit Sharma and his men dismantled the defending champions England in the T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final, bowling them out for a mere 103 after first whacking them around to make 171 in Providence, Guyana. The mismatch from Adelaide 2022 was turned on its head.
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