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Akash Deep ten-for seals statement win for India
Shubman Gill's 430 runs got him the Player-of-the-Match award - he took the match-winning catch to celebrate what was his first win as Test captain
Vithushan Ehantharajah
06-Jul-2025
India 587 (Gill 269, Jadeja 89, Jaiswal 87, Bashir 3-167) and 427 for 6 dec (Gill 161, Jadeja 69, Pant 65, Tongue 2-93) beat England 407 (Smith 184, Brook 158, Siraj 6-70, Akash Deep 4-88) and 271 (Smith 88, Akash Deep 6-99) by 336 runs
Fittingly, it was Akash Deep, Bumrah's "replacement", who capped off India's dominance. A maiden five-wicket haul of 6 for 99 dismissed England for 271 in their second innings. He took ten in the match, becoming only the second Indian bowler since Chetan Sharma in 1986 to use English conditions to such devastating effect.
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Phoebe Franklin, Kira Chathli share unbroken stand of 72 off 35 before Lauren Winfield-Hill's quick 49
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06-Jul-2025
Surrey 159 for 5 (Franklin 48*, Chathli 44*, Gray 2-18) tied with Essex 93 for 5 (Winfield-Hill 49, Chatterji 2-12, Harris 2-22) DLS method
Phoebe Franklin and Kira Chathli shared an explosive unbroken partnership of 72 from 35 balls as Surrey and Essex fought out a dramatic rain-affected tie in the Vitality Blast.
The home side slumped to 45 for 4 at the Kia Oval, with former Surrey seamer Eva Gray taking 2 for 18 before Franklin, with an unbeaten 48 from 23 and Chathli (44 not out from 38) reinvigorated their innings.
Full postEmma Lamb's unbeaten fifty steers Lancashire to victory
Alana King helps tie down stuttering Birmingham innings as hosts win again
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06-Jul-2025
Lancashire 124 for 3 (Lamb 60*) beat Birmingham 123 for 7 (George 30*, King 2-16) by seven wickets
Alana King took 2 for 16 and Emma Lamb made an unbeaten 60 as Lancashire Thunder defeated the Bears by seven wickets at Emirates Old Trafford to keep their Vitality Blast top-three qualification hopes alive
After a promising opening partnership of 39 between Meg Austin and Issy Wong, a good bowling performance led by King saw the Thunder claw back the advantage and it was a quickfire 21 from Laura Harris and a late-innings unbeaten 30 by Katie George that pushed the Bears to a total of 123 for 7 after being put in to bat.
Full postFreya Kemp hauls Hampshire over line as Somerset stay winless
Three wickets from Freya Davies, half-century from Rhian Southby set up home side
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06-Jul-2025
Hampshire 154 for 2 (Southby 57, Kemp 42*) beat Somerset 153 for 8 (Wilson 55, Davies 3-38) by eight wickets
Freya Kemp proved Hampshire Hawks' last-over hero to edge a nail-biter against winless Somerset in the Women's Vitality Blast.
Rhianna Southby's 57 and Ellyse Perry's 40 had given Hampshire the advantage in chasing 154, but accurate bowling had seen them fall behind the rate.
Full postRenshaw plunders hundred but collapse costs Australia A
Half-centuries from Nuwanidu Fernando and Lasith Croospulle led the Sri Lanka A batting performance
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06-Jul-2025
Sri Lanka A 294 for 7 (Nuwanidu 82, Croospulle 63) beat Australia A 243 (Renshaw 106, Scott 53, Madushan 4-37) by 51 runs
Matt Renshaw continued his return to runs by producing a swashbuckling century for Australia A but couldn't prevent them falling to a 51-run defeat.
Renshaw hit 106 from 75 balls for the hosts in Darwin on Sunday as Australia A lost 8 for 65 to be all out for 243 in reply to the visitors' 294 for 7. His century included nine boundaries and two sixes, coming after he also hit 80 in an emphatic win on Friday.
Full postMulder 264* as SA post 465 on opening day
South Africa feasted on a largely toothless Zimbabwe attack, putting on 222 runs in just the final session
Shashank Kishore
06-Jul-2025
South Africa 465 for 4 (Mulder 264*, Bedingham 82, Pretorius 78, Chivanga 2-85) vs Zimbabwe
Wiaan Mulder marked his captaincy debut with a marathon unbeaten 264 as South Africa ran Zimbabwe ragged on a hot opening day of the second Test in Bulawayo.
South Africa went into stumps on a mammoth 465 for 4, the final session alone bringing them 222. Runs hemorrhaged from both ends against a toothless attack that was further depleted by a niggle to debutant seamer Kundai Matigimu, who largely bowled within himself for much of the evening.
Full postDu Plessis, Milne propel Texas Super Kings to top of table
Du Plessis made 91 before retiring out while Milne's five-wicket haul skittled Orcas for 137 in chase of 189
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06-Jul-2025
Texas Super Kings 188 for 4 (du Plessis 91, Ranjane 65) beat Seattle Orcas 137 (Mayers 35, Milne 5-23) by 51 runs
Texas Super Kings produced a dominant all-round performance to crush Seattle Orcas by 51 runs and finish, for now, at the top of the table. With 14 points, Super Kings have a superior net run-rate than San Francisco Unicorns and Washington Freedom, who are placed second and third respectively but have a game to play in the group stage.
After being put in to bat, Super Kings were powered by a sensational 91 off 52 balls from captain Faf du Plessis, who retired out in the penultimate over of the innings. His innings included six fours and four sixes. Du Plessis was well supported by Shubham Ranjane, who smashed 65 off 38 balls as the pair stitched together a 131-run stand off just 71 balls that laid the foundation for Super Kings' imposing total of 188 for 4.
Full postPollard helps MI New York keep playoff hopes alive
This was LAKR's eighth defeat in nine games
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06-Jul-2025
MI New York 142 for 9 (Pollard 50, van Schalkwyk 3-24, Dry 2-25, Holder 2-28) beat Los Angeles Knight Riders 136 for 4 (Chand 59, Pollard 1-12, Kenjige 1-14) by six runs
Kieron Pollard's all-round performance of a 36-ball 50 and bowling figures of 1 for 12 in two overs kept MI New York in the hunt for a playoff spot in MLC 2025 as they defeated bottom-placed Los Angeles Knight Riders by six runs.
Pollard came in at 63 for 4 in the tenth over of the first innings and hit four sixes and one four to give MINY a fighting total of 142 for 9 although he had little support from the remaining batters, except Nicholas Pooran's 24-ball 30 from No. 3. MINY's batting was wrecked by Shadley van Schalkwyk taking 3 for 24 with support from Jason Holder (2 for 28) and Corne Dry (2 for 25) to leave LAKR chasing 143.
Full postHalf-centuries from Smith and Green give Australia control
Smith's 71 and Green's 52 builds Australia's lead to 254 with three wickets in hand on tricky batting surface
Andrew McGlashan
05-Jul-2025
Australia 286 and 221 for 7 (Smith 71, Green 52, Greaves 2-22) lead West Indies 253 (King 75, Campbell 40, Lyon 3-75, Hazlewood 2-43, Cummins 2-46) by 254 runs
A pristine innings from Steven Smith and Cameron Green's first half-century at No. 3 put Australia in control of the second Test in Grenada on a day limited to 58.3 overs by three rain interruptions, a lethargic over rate and latterly bad light. However, regular breakthroughs after tea kept West Indies in touch although the surface remained a challenge for batters.
Smith, playing with the lingering effects of the compound dislocation he suffered in the World Test Championship which requires him to wear a splint on his right little finger, barely put a foot wrong during an innings studded with classy drives. There was general shock, not least from Smith himself, when he fell lbw to Justin Greaves for 71 shortly after tea - the DRS confirming ball had struck pad first - leaving the series still waiting for its first century.
Full postChris Lynn fifty sets up Hampshire victory over Sussex
Australian debutant shares 84-run stand from 46 balls with James Vince, including 64 in the powerplay
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05-Jul-2025
Hampshire 196 for 8 (Lynn 51, Vince 34, Howell 258, McAndrew 3-32) beat Sussex 134 (McAndrew 31*, Howell 2-22, Wood 2-24) by 62 runs
Hampshire Hawks ended a run of five games without a win in the Vitality Blast to revive their hopes of qualifying from the South Group with an emphatic 62-run win over Sussex Sharks at Hove.
Sussex could have gone second with a victory, but they lost their way in the powerplays. Hampshire crashed 64 in theirs and went on to post 196 for 8 while Sussex lost three wickets in the first four overs of their reply and never recovered. Nathan McAndrew came in at No. 8 and top scored with an unbeaten 31 but Sussex were bowled out for 134 in the 17th over.
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