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Australia clinch series after scintillating Mooney, Mandhana tons and 781 runs
Deepti Sharma's fifty kept India in the contest but they fell short in the final equation
S Sudarshanan
20-Sep-2025
Australia 412 (Mooney 138, Voll 81, Perry 68, Reddy 3-86) beat India 369 (Mandhana 125, Deepti 72, Harmanpreet 52, Garth 3-69) by 43 runs
Cricket was played at a breakneck speed in Delhi on Saturday with close to 800 runs scored at a rate of over eight per over. Australia's 412 was fuelled by what was then the second-fastest ODI century from Beth Mooney. India - and in particular Smriti Mandhana - came out hunting for both those targets. They got one - Mandhana is now the second-fastest centurion - but India fell just 43 short in the series decider.
In the end, Australia protected a proud record of never losing a bilateral ODI series in India as they prepare to defend their crown in exactly these conditions.
Full postAll-round Green leads NSW to comprehensive win against South Australia
Gilkes (99), Patterson (73) and Green (38*) took NSW to 288, before Green and Sangha shared eight wickets
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20-Sep-2025
New South Wales 288 for 7 (Gilkes 99, Patterson 73, Green 38*, Agar 2-44) beat South Australia 157 (Harvey 60, Green 4-25, Sangha 4-35, Dwarshuis 2-37) by 131 runs
NSW wicketkeeper Matthew Gilkes had been run out for 99 but spinners Tanveer Sangha and Chris Green wreaked havoc in a crushing 131-run One-Day Cup win over defending champions South Australia in Sydney.
Gilkes (99 off 107 balls) was run out by a direct hit from Jason Sangha in the 44th over after pushing for a quick single in his quest to bring up his century in Saturday's clash at Cricket Central.
Full postPooran, Hales fifties and Tariq, Narine strikes put Knight Riders in CPL 2025 final
Tim Seifert hit 57 for St Lucia Kings in the chase, but Usman Tariq took four wickets and Sunil Narine got three for Knight Riders to stop them short
ESPNcricinfo staff
20-Sep-2025
Trinbago Knight Riders 194 for 4 (Hales 58, Pooran 50, Pollard 35, Chase 1-16) beat St Lucia Kings 138 for 8 (Seifert 57, Tariq 4-35, Narine 3-18, Pollard 1-4) by 56 runs
Alex Hales played anchor, Nicholas Pooran the aggressor, Kieron Pollard the controller in the middle overs, and Andre Russell the finisher to take Trinbago Knight Riders to 194 in Qualifier 2 of CPL 2025 against St Lucia Kings. In reply, Tim Seifert started quickly, but Kings never recovered from a slowdown after the first four overs, and eventually fell short by 56 runs.
Unlike Kings later in the game, Knight Riders had scored just 25 runs in their first four overs after Kings asked them to bat. By then, Khary Pierre had bowled Colin Munro for 6, and Pooran, the new batter, had smashed all of his 14 runs in boundaries.
Full postBrits 171* trumps Amin 122 as South Africa clinch series
Pakistan lost six wickets for 40 runs late in the chase to lose the match by 25 runs
ESPNcricinfo staff
19-Sep-2025
South Africa 292 for 3 (Brits 171*, Wolvaardt 100, Baig 2-45) beat Pakistan 287 (Amin 122, Pervaiz 73, Sohail 43, de Klerk 3-45) by 25 runs via DLS method
With 11 days to go for the World Cup, Pakistan and South Africa played out a high-scoring thriller in Lahore. There were three centuries: Tazmin Brits posted her career-best 171 not out, Laura Wolvaardt brought up her ninth ODI hundred, and Sidra Amin hit 122. After over 90 overs and a rain break, South Africa won the match and took a 2-0 unassailable lead in the series with a match to spare.
Chasing a revised target of 313 in 46 overs due to rain, Pakistan lost their first three wickets for 101, with Omaima Sohail making a brisk 43 and laying a solid platform. From there, Amin and Natalia Pervaiz stitched a momentum-changing 146-run stand off just 111 deliveries to lift Pakistan to a strong position. When Amin was cleaned up by Chloe Tryon, attempting to slog to the midwicket region, Pakistan needed 66 from 49 balls, with Pervaiz batting on 55 off 46. However, South Africa struck again, thanks to Tryon, and that shifted the momentum in their favour.
Full postIndia go into Super Four unbeaten despite Oman's impressive display
Fifties from Kaleem and Mirza could not overcome a stiff target despite India testing out their non-regular bowlers
Deivarayan Muthu
19-Sep-2025
India 188 for 8 (Samson 56, Abhishek 38, Faisal 2-23, Kaleem 2-31, Ramanandi 2-33) beat Oman 167 for 4 (Kaleem 64, Mirza 51) by 21 runs
After their batters got only around 20 overs of crease-time across their first two games against UAE and Pakistan, India batted first for the first time in the Asia Cup and posted 188 for 8 against Oman. All their batters got a hit in the middle except their captain Suryakumar Yadav, who did not come out to bat despite India losing eight wickets. Though Oman made a creditable impression with both ball and bat, they could not overcome India's might and depth.
Abhishek Sharma did Abhishek Sharma things, clattering 38 off 15 balls. He was the only India batter with a strike rate of over 200 on an Abu Dhabi pitch that offered grip and turn. Sanju Samson, who slotted in at No.3, was less fluent, but moved to a 41-ball fifty. Cameos from Tilak Varma (29 off 18), Axar Patel (26 off 13), and Harshit Rana (13* off 8) then pushed India up towards 190.
Full postDublin downpour leads to Ireland-England washout
Sellout crowd disappointed as heavy and persistent rain prevents any action at Malahide
Matt Roller
19-Sep-2025
Ireland vs England - Match abandoned without a toss
Persistent rain wiped the second of three T20Is between Ireland and England out before a ball was bowled. Heavy overnight rain in the Dublin area left patches of the outfield totally sodden at Malahide Cricket Club, and a planned 1.30pm inspection was pushed back indefinitely until umpires Aidan Seaver and Jonathan Kennedy eventually called the game off at 3.47pm.
It made for an anticlimactic afternoon, not least with a "sold out" sign plastered onto the ticket booth and a crowd of more than 4,000 expected. After three washouts against West Indies, Ireland have now lost four out of their eight home men's internationals this summer to the weather; the only consolation is that the forecast for Sunday's match is more promising.
Full postWade hits 65-ball century as Tasmania sweep Victoria aside
The third-highest all-out score (381) in the domestic competition's history proved too much for the visitors in Brisbane
AAP and ESPNcricinfo staff
19-Sep-2025
Tasmania 381 (Wade 105, Webster 81, Chaudhary 67, Owen 53, Perry 4-101, McClure 3-50) beat Victoria 272 (Harper 88, Owen 4-57) by 109 runs
Matthew Wade's powerful best and more Mitchell Owen fireworks have propelled Tasmania past Victoria in a One-Day Cup triumph that threatened the history books.
Tasmania were all out for 381 at Brisbane's Allan Border Field after No. 6 Wade (105) brought up a century off 65 balls and opener Owen made 53 off 21 and Beau Webster 81 off 95.
Full postPadikkal scores 150 in rain-affected high-scoring draw
Rocchiccioli was the most successful Australian bowler, picking up 3 for 159
ESPNcricinfo staff
19-Sep-2025
Australia A 532 for 6 dec (Philippe 123*, Konstas 109, Dubey 3-141) and 56 for 0 drew with India A 531 for 7 dec (Padikkal 150, Jurel 140, Rocchiccioli 3-159)
Devdutt Padikkal scored his seventh first-class hundred to lead India's response as the first four-day game in Lucknow ended in a high-scoring draw.
India A resumed the day on 403 for 4 with Padikkal on 86 and Dhruv Jurel on 113. Jurel could add only 27 to his overnight score but Padikkal carried on. Along with Tanush Kotian, he added 41 for the sixth wicket. Padikkal hit 14 fours and a six in his 150 before falling to Corey Rocchiccioli's offspin.
Full postKusal Mendis, Nuwan Thushara knock Afghanistan out
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh qualify for the Super Four from Group B
Madushka Balasuriya
18-Sep-2025
Sri Lanka 171 for 4 (Kusal 74*, Perera 28, Omarzai 1-10) beat Afghanistan 169 for 8 (Nabi 60, Rashid 24, Ibrahim 24, Thushara 4-18) by six wickets
Kusal Mendis ensured Sri Lanka's 100% record through the group stage as his unbeaten 74 off 52 trumped Mohammad Nabi's outrageous 60 off 22 for a six-wicket win against Afghanistan. The result means Bangladesh also qualify with a second place in group B.
Kusal was crucial to the chase with his ability to navigate Afghanistan's variety of spinners - courtesy of well-executed sweeps and pulls - proving crucial in Sri Lanka running down a tricky target with eight deliveries to spare.
Full postOllie Price fifty under pressure helps Gloucestershire to dramatic win
Ajeet Singh Dale takes 4 for 46, Ben Charlesworth 3 for 6 as Northants are bowled out for second-innings 192
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18-Sep-2025
Gloucestershire 241 (J Taylor 63, Broad 3-84) and 158 for 3 (Price 54, Hammond 38*) beat Northamptonshire 206 (Zaib 76, van Buuren 3-23, M Taylor 3-48) and 192 (Broad 49, Singh Dale 4-46, Charlesworth 3-6) by seven wickets
Ollie Price scored a superb half-century under pressure to help Gloucestershire achieve a dramatic seven-wicket victory over Northamptonshire on the final day of the Rothesay County Championship Second Division match at the Seat Unique Stadium.
Set 158 to win in 27 overs, Gloucestershire reached their target with 18 balls to spare in a thrilling finale, Price top-scoring with 54 from 58 deliveries and Miles Hammond weighing in with 38 not out and Graeme van Buuren 20 not out as the home side won for only the second time this season.
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