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England women take series to decider
The England Women have taken their one-day series against Australia to a deciding match after a superbly timed four-wicket win at Taunton
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30-Aug-2005
England Women 216 for 6 (Taylor 116) beat Australia Women 215 for 5 (Keightley 78, Rolton 54) by four wickets
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Following their Ashes series triumph England have taken their one-day series against Australia to a deciding match after a superbly timed four-wicket win at Taunton. They were led by a century from Claire Taylor and chasing 216 reached their target with nine balls to spare.
Taylor allowed England to recover from the early loss of Charlotte Edwards and was well supported with three useful partnerships. Laura Newton helped her add 65 for the second wicket and then Arran Brindle combined to put on 61 for the fourth. But when Brindle was caught behind off Karen Rolton England still needed another substantial partnership to see them towards the target.
Jenny Gunn provided the perfect foil for Taylor - who was now well into her stride - and the pair's fifth wicket stand accrued 65 priceless runs. Although both fell with the target in sight they had done enough and England had breathing space when the winning runs came. After not beating the Australians in ODIs since 1993 they have now done it twice in two matches.
Full postRummans century has Victoria cheering
An unbeaten Graeme Rummans century pushed Victoria to a lead of 419 on a contrasting second day of the Pura Cup match against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval
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30-Aug-2005
Victoria 5 for 358 (Rummans 160*, Hodge 96, Hussey 67) & 162 lead Tasmania 101 by 419 runs
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On a wicket that had flattened after 20 wickets fell on the first day, Rummans, who reached his second first-class century, joined in partnerships of 166 with Brad Hodge and 135 with David Hussey as they batted Tasmania out of the game.
Adam Griffith, who took 7 for 54 yesterday, again caused the Bushrangers the most trouble and captured his first 10-wicket haul with 3 for 87. He had Brad Hodge, who was a reserve batsman on the Australia tour to India, caught behind for 96 and also dimissed Matthew Elliott and David Hussey.
Full postQueensland recover with Hopes and Noffke
A lower-order recovery steadied Queensland after they fell to 6 for 190 against South Australia on the first day of the Pura Cup match at Adelaide Oval today
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30-Aug-2005
South Australia 0 for 35 trail Queensland 279 (Hopes 57, Symonds 44, Noffke 44*, Rofe 5-93) by 244 runs
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A series of recoveries steadied Queensland after they fell to 4 for 80 and 6 for 190 against South Australia on the first day of the Pura Cup match at Adelaide Oval today. The final three of Ashley Noffke, Nathan Hauritz and Joe Dawes made aggressive contributions late in the day before the Redbacks replied with 35 without loss.
James Hopes, the No. 6, scored his second half-century in three days on the Adelaide Oval. Hopes, who made 69 in the ING Cup on Sunday, lifted the Bulls from 4 for 80 with an 84-run stand with Aaron Nye, who was dismissed by the offspinner Daniel Cullen for 31.
Full postAgarkar gives Mumbai the edge
A round-up of the lastest Ranji Trophy matches
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30-Aug-2005
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Ajit Agarkar demonstrated that despite his modest success at international level, he is still a force to be reckoned with on the domestic circuit. His 5 for 96 at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi restricted Railways to 284, giving Mumbai a first-innings lead of 77. At close of play on the third day, Mumbai were 3 for 0.
Karnataka faced an uphill run-chase on the final day against Bengal. After conceding a lead of 136, Karnataka pulled things back somewhat, dismissing Bengal for just 206 in the second innings - thanks primarily to Sunil Joshi, who was given the new ball and returned figures of 5 for 62, nailing, among others, Sourav Ganguly for 5 - but that still left them with a daunting target of 343. They closed on 41 for 1, requiring 302 more on the last day to pull off an improbable win.
Full postLeverock completes the formalities
Bermuda virtually guaranteed themselves a place in the Intercontinental Cup semi-finals with an innings-and-105-run victory over Cayman Islands
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30-Aug-2005
Bermuda 387 for 7 dec beat b>Cayman Islands 197 and 85 (Leverock 6-16) by an innings and 105 runs
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Canada need to score more than 575 inside 90 overs against Cayman Islands later this week and then bowl them out twice if Bermuda are to be denied. But weather forecasters expect heavy rains in the Toronto area from Hurricane Katrina, and if correct that match could be a complete washout.
It took Bermuda a little over an hour to polish of Caymans. Resuming on 50 for 4, they had little answer to Dwayne Leverock who took five of the six wickets to fall, finishing with 6 for 16 and match figures of 11 for 72. Despite that, Clay Smith was named Man of the Match for his first-innings hundred.
Full postZimbabwe routed by 161 runs
A blistering half-century from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, buttressed by a well-paced effort from Yuvraj Singh, propelled India to a competitive total of 226 for 6 after a magnificent opening spell from Heath Streak had set the tone for a subdued batting effort
The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
29-Aug-2005
India 226 for 6 (Kaif 65, Dhoni 56, Yuvraj 53*, Ireland 3-54) beat Zimbabwe 65 all out (Pathan 5-27, Agarkar 4-18) by 161 runs
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A blistering half-century from Mahendra Singh Dhoni and a well-paced effort from Yuvraj Singh gave a pallid Indian batting display some colour, but that was rendered irrelevant by a truly abysmal Zimbabwean batting effort as India romped to a 161-run victory. Irfan Pathan scalped five, and Ajit Agarkar four, with only Heath Streak and Prosper Utseya getting to double-figures as Zimbabwe were skittled for 65 in just 24.3 overs. Streak had bowled a superb spell earlier in the day to inspire a disciplined session in the field, spoilt only by late pyrotechnics from Dhoni and Yuvraj, but all the good work was undone by clueless batting that would have shamed a school team.
Brendan Taylor started the slide, bizarrely shouldering arms to a Pathan delivery that darted back, and after Zimbabwe had kept out three overs from Ashish Nehra, Ajit Agarkar was given an opportunity to demonstrate his new-ball credentials. Vusi Sibanda patted back the tamest of catches to give him the perfect start, and when Hamilton Masakadza followed, trapped in front, a rout appeared possible.
Full postRomaine and Smith put Bermuda on top
A 158-run partnership between Clay Smith, the Bermuda captain, and Irving Romaine, with each racking up centuries, quashed all hopes of a Cayman Island fightback and put Bermuda on course to a comfortable win
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29-Aug-2005
Cayman Islands 197 and 50 for 4 trail Bermuda 387 for 7 dec (Smith 138, Romaine 111, Taylor 4-60) by 140 runs
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A 158-run partnership between Clay Smith, the Bermuda captain, and Irving Romaine, with each racking up centuries, quashed all hopes of a Cayman Island fightback and put Bermuda on course to a comfortable win on the second day of the Intercontinental Cup at Toronto.
The Cayman Island bowlers, led by Troy Taylor, the medium-pacer, reduced Bermuda to 56 for 3 early in the day and harboured hopes of a gallant fightback. But Smith led the counterattack with a blistering 138, including 16 fours and a six, and was well supported by Romaine, who helped himself to a steady 111. There was no respite for the Cayman Island bowlers even after their partnership as Dean Minors clattered five fours and five sixes on his way to a 71-ball 74 and enabled bermuda to declare at a healthy 387 for 7.
Full postGunawardene and Tharanga humiliate Bangladesh
Avishka Gunawardene and Upul Tharanga hammered unbeaten centuries and sent Bangladesh crashing to a humiliating defeat by ten wickets
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28-Aug-2005
Sri Lanka Cricket XI 239 (Gunawardene 111*, Tharanga 104*) beat Bangladesh 238-8 (Rajin Saleh 53) by 10 wickets
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Avishka Gunawardene and Upul Tharanga hammered unbeaten centuries and sent Bangladesh crashing to a humiliating defeat by ten wickets against Sri Lanka Cricket XI at Moratuwa.
Gunawardene (111) and Tharanga (104) made short work of the target after Sri Lanka Cricket XI had earlier restricted Bangladesh to 238 for 8 in 50 overs. Rajin Saleh top-scored for Bangladesh with 53. Several Bangladesh batsmen failed to capitalise after they got off to good starts. Mohammad Ashraful fell for 37 and Habibul Bashar was run out for 31.
Full postLeverock's five-for routs Cayman Islands
Dwayne Leverock turned in an impressive performance of 5-56 and was instrumental in dismissing the Cayman Islands for 197
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28-Aug-2005
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Bermuda 7 for 0 trail Cayman Islands 197 (Steve Gordon 65, Dwayne Leverock 5-56 by 190 runs)
Dwayne Leverock, Bermuda's imposing bowler, turned in an impressive performance of 5 for 56 and was instrumental in dismissing the Cayman Islands for 197 after the openers had got them off to a good start.
The Cayman Islands, participating in their first Intercontinental Cup, started well with Steve Gordon and Ainsley Hall putting on 62 for the first wicket. Gordon's fluent innings of 62 was interrupted because he had to retire hurt on 50. He returned after the fall of the fourth wicket but was dismissed after adding just 12 runs to his total.
Full postEngland hold their nerve in yet another thriller
England held their nerve to take victory by three runs and a 2-1 series lead
The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan
28-Aug-2005
England 477 and 129 for 7 (Trescothick 27, Warne 4-32) beat Australia 387 (Langer 61, Katich 59) by 3 wickets
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England held their nerve to seal a three-wicket triumph at Trent Bridge and take a 2-1 lead into the final Test. For the third time in this series the match went down to the wire as Shane Warne and Brett Lee led a courageous Australian fightback after England set off in pursuit of 129. Wickets kept falling and it was left to Ashley Giles and Matthew Hoggard to play the most important innings of their careers.
This Ashes series continues to defy belief at the extraordinary situations each match is throwing up - and you know amazing feats are afoot when Hoggard plays a sumptuous cover drive to bring the target within grasp. He joined Giles with 13 runs required when Warne claimed his fourth wicket during another a mesmeric spell of leg spin. But Giles and Hoggard were the two coolest people on the ground - if not in the country - as they slowly but surely picked off the runs.
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