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Salman and Rauf too good for Afghanistan in tri-series opener
Salman made a 36-ball 53 not out before Rauf's four-wicket haul, including a double-wicket maiden, sealed Afghanistan's fate
Danyal Rasool
29-Aug-2025
Pakistan 182 for 7 (Salman 53*, Fareed 2-47) beat Afghanistan 143 (Rashid 39, Gurbaz 38, Rauf 4-31, Afridi 2-21, Nawaz 2-23, Muqeem 2-25) by 39 runs
An unbeaten half-century from captain Salman Agha and disciplined bowling from their quartet took Pakistan to a 39-run victory in the first game of the T20I tri-series against Afghanistan. After batting first on a surface curiously supportive of quick runs in Sharjah, Pakistan flew out of the blocks before Rashid Khan dragged them back after the powerplay.
But their gameplan encourages attack right through the innings, and equipped with a deep batting line-up, Pakistan had the ammunition to keep going hard till the end. It was best summed up by their Nos. 6, 7 and 8 - Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Haris and Faheem Ashraf - who combined to score 50 runs in 29 balls.
Full postMadushanka seals thriller with last-over hat-trick
Raza had valiantly revived Zimbabwe's chase through the middle overs but he could not take them over the line
Andrew Fidel Fernando
29-Aug-2025
Sri Lanka 298 for 6 (Nissanka 76, Liyanage 70*, Kamindu 57, Ngarava 2-34) beat Zimbabwe 291 for 8 (Raza 92, Curran 70, Williams 57, Madushanka 4-62, Fernando 3-50) by seven runs
A spectacular Dilshan Madushanka hat-trick derailed a scintillating Zimbabwe chase in the final over, which Sikandar Raza had valiantly revived through the middle overs.
Raza had brought Zimbabwe to the cusp of what would have been a famous victory. They needed ten off the last over, he himself was on strike and batting beautifully on 92 off 86 balls, and at the other end was Tony Munyonga, with whom he'd shared a 128-run stand.
Full postKings rise to No. 1 after Shamsi, Seifert and Charles make short work of Patriots
The defeat, despite Mohammad Rizwan's battling unbeaten 60 off 41 balls, left St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at No. 5 on the points table
ESPNcricinfo staff
29-Aug-2025
St Lucia Kings 180 for 3 (Seifert 68, Charles 47, Naseem 2-35) beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 177 for 3 (Rizwan 60*, Fletcher 37, Shamsi 2-17) by seven wickets
Tabraiz Shamsi was tough to score off, and earned himself two opportunities to show off his familiar shoe-phone celebration. Despite his 2 for 17, however, St Lucia Kings had a big chase on their hands in their CPL 2025 game against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots - 178. That Kings got there with 18 balls and seven wickets in hand was down to their openers Tim Seifert and Johnson Charles. 115 runs between them, in just 62 balls, made the chase a canter.
Just five runs came off the first over of the chase, bowled by Kyle Mayers. Charles took off after that, against Naseem Shah, and kept going. Kings got 13 off the second over, then 18 off the third, and 21 off the fifth, and finished the powerplay with 72 on the board. Seifert, who was slow to start with - having scored only a run-a-ball 15 by the fourth over - was now batting as quickly as Charles. It was all looking rather ominous for Patriots.
Full postRoy, Overton star as Southern Brave seal fourth spot in thriller
Welsh Fire condemned to wooden spoon once again despite best efforts of Kohler-Cadmore
ECB Media
28-Aug-2025
Southern Brave 167 for 7 (Roy 70, Payne 2-17) beat Welsh Fire 163 for 6 (Kohler-Cadmore 84, Overton 3-22) by four runs
In the last game of the group stage, Welsh Fire could have climbed as high as fourth in the table with a win against Southern Brave in Southampton but defeat left them rock bottom, joining their women's team in ending up with the wooden spoon.
In the end it was Southern Brave, with Jason Roy (70 off 39) rolling back the years, who ended up in that fourth position, after a game that was all about playing for pride, the top three positions in the table all having been decided days ago.
Full postAli Orr century sees Hampshire triumph in low-scoring play-off
Middlesex fell 42 short as Hampshire progress to face Yorkshire in the semi-finals
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28-Aug-2025
Hampshire 229 for 9 (Orr 108, Brooks 4-53) beat Middlesex 187 (Robson 48, Dawson 4-33) by 42 runs
Ali Orr's second century of the tournament guided Hampshire into the Metro Bank One Day Cup semi-finals as they saw off Middlesex in their play-off at Radlett.
The left-hander struck 108, batting through most of the innings to underpin Hampshire's recovery from 95 for 5 as they set their opponents a target of 230 with paceman Henry Brookes taking four for 53.
Full postSouthern Brave make history with 100% league record
Lauren Bell triggers 8 for 27 collapse to consign Welsh Fire to bottom of the pile
ECB Media
28-Aug-2025
Southern Brave 106 for 8 (Adams 30*, Matthews 2-16) beat Welsh Fire 77 for 9 (Beaumont 28, Bell 4-6) by 29 runs
In the final match before The Hundred Eliminator on Saturday - and with the teams already inked in for that game, which will decide who takes on the Southern Brave in Sunday's final - this top versus bottom clash was a chance for the home side to maintain their unbeaten record, a feat never before achieved in The Hundred, or for the Fire to find a spark from the dying embers of their campaign.
And it looked for all the world like the visitors would do just that, a disciplined bowling performance restricting an experimental Brave batting line-up to just 106 for 8. It took skipper Georgia Adams' resolute unbeaten innings (30 off 26) to get them up to that mark, with no batter able to break the shackles imposed by Hayley Matthews and Katie Levick.
Full postRews to the fore as Somerset advance to semi-final against Worcestershire
James Rew's 46 and younger brother Thomas' 40* make light work of Gloucestershire
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28-Aug-2025
Somerset 149 for 4 (J Rew 46, T Rew 40*) beat Gloucestershire 155 (Taylor 43, Lammonby 3-22) by six wickets DLS
Somerset romped through to the Metro Bank One-Day Cup semi-finals with a comprehensive six-wicket victory over arch-rivals Gloucestershire at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton.
The visitors were bowled out for a disappointing 155 in 40.5 overs after winning the toss, skipper Jack Taylor top-scoring with 43. There were three wickets each for Jake Ball and Tom Lammonby, while Jack Leach sent down ten overs of left-arm spin for miserly figures of 2 for 23.
Full postAmir and Carty play the starring roles as Knight Riders end Falcons jinx
Keacy Carty and Alex Hales put on an 87-run stand for the second wicket in the Knight Riders' chase after the bowlers had set a modest target for them
ESPNcricinfo staff
28-Aug-2025
Trinbago Knight Riders 152 for 2 (Carty 60, Hales 55*, Shakib 1-25) beat Antigua and Barbuda Falcons 146 for 7 (Andrew 40, Imad 37, Usama 34, Amir 3-22, Russell 2-23, Hosein 2-25) by eight wickets
Nicholas Pooran finished the game with a huge six off Jayden Seales with eight balls and eight wickets in the bank, but Trinbago Knight Riders' jinx-breaking win over Antigua and Barbuda Falcons (they had lost all three games prior to this one) on Wednesday night in CPL 2025 had been all-but confirmed well before that.
First, by Mohammad Amir, Andre Russell and Akeal Hosein, who picked up seven wickets between them to set up a chase of 147. And then by a partnership worth 87 runs between Alex Hales and Keacy Carty for the second wicket, which took its time (73 balls), but Knight Riders were never in a hurry.
Full postRehan stars as Rockets cling on in three-wicket thriller
Birmingham Phoenix battle back after posting 111 for 9, but hosts do enough to seal second spot
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27-Aug-2025
Trent Rockets 113 for 7 (Rehan 37) beat Birmingham Phoenix 111 for 9 (Rehan 3-15) by three wickets
Trent Rockets geared up for their Eliminator showdown with Northern Superchargers by sneaking past Birmingham Phoenix with one ball to spare after a memorable debut in The Hundred for Ben Cox and an eye-catching all-round display from Rehan Ahmed.
The Rockets confirmed their second-place finish in the group, behind Oval Invincibles on net run rate, and will go into Saturday evening's contest at the Kia Oval full of confidence after claiming their sixth win in eight.
Full postSciver-Brunt fifty takes Rockets over the line
Nervy three-wicket win over Phoenix concludes fourth-placed campaign
ECB Media
27-Aug-2025
Trent Rockets 126 for 7 (Sciver-Brunt 52) beat Birmingham Phoenix 123 for 6 (Lamb 56*, Gordon 2-24) by three wickets
Trent Rockets concluded their campaign with a third successive win, Nat Sciver-Brunt's third half-century of the competition setting up a nervy three-wicket victory over Birmingham Phoenix to nudge her team up to fourth in the table.
Sciver-Brunt finished as the leading run-scorer in last summer's women's competition and the England skipper's thrilling innings of 52 from 29 balls at Trent Bridge moved her up to second place in this season's batting charts, behind Meg Lanning of Oval Invincibles.
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