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Vaibhav Suryavanshi strikes fastest Youth ODI century as India seal series
As youngest Youth ODI century-maker, 14-year-old Suryavanshi's 52-ball ton comes in 55-run win for India
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05-Jul-2025
India Under-19 363 for 9 (Suryavanshi 143, Malhotra 129, Home 4-63, Morgan 3-54) beat England Under-19 308 (Flintoff 107, Dawkins 67, Moores 52, Pushpak 3-63) by 55 runs
Fourteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi struck the fastest ever Youth ODI century - from 52 balls - as India U19 beat England U19 by 55 runs in Worcester to secure a series victory.
India's total of 363 for 9 featured two brilliant centuries. Suryavanshi smashed a blistering 143 from 78 balls and Vihaan Malhotra compiled a high-class 129 from 121 as they built a second-wicket partnership of 219 in 24 overs.
Full postIndia sight victory after Gill buries England with runs
Akash and Siraj made early inroads after another Gill ton set England a target of 608
Matt Roller
05-Jul-2025
England 407 and 72 for 3 (Duckett 25, Akash 2-36) need 536 more runs to beat India 587 and 427 for 6 dec (Gill 161, Jadeja 69, Pant 65, Tongue 2-93)
India need seven fifth-day wickets to beat England at Edgbaston and head to Lord's with the series level. It would be a first Test win as captain for Shubman Gill, who followed his 269 in the first innings with 161 in the second, declared at drinks to set a world-record target of 608, then watched Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep prise out England's top order.
The fourth day was dominated by intrigue about the timing of India's declaration, which arrived far later than many expected and left England facing an ideological problem. After a single draw - and that one prompted by two days of rain - in the last three years, would they finally tone down their approach with the bat and accept that winning was off the table?
Full postLuke Wood's crucial early strikes seal Lancashire victory
Phil Salt top-scored with an opening 44 off 35 balls in Lancashire's 178 for 6 before Wood's hand in hosts' defence
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05-Jul-2025
Lancashire Lightning 178 for 6 (Salt 44, Chappell 3-23) beat Derbyshire Falcons 136-6 (Madsen 53, Wood 3-25) by 42 runs
England limited-overs pacer Luke Wood struck twice with the first two balls of Lancashire's defence of a 179-target as they beat struggling Derbyshire by 42 runs at Emirates Old Trafford to put one foot in the Vitality Blast quarter-finals.
Wood's international team-mate Phil Salt top-scored with an opening 44 off 35 balls in Lancashire's 178 for 6.
Full postKing, Cross overpower Essex in rain-reduced win at Old Trafford
Ashes rivals take two wickets each to seal five-overs-a-side contest
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05-Jul-2025
Lancashire 55 for 2 (Lamb 21) beat Essex 47 for 7 (Cross 2-9, King 2-17) by eight wickets (DLS)
Ashes rivals Kate Cross and Alana King equally shared four wickets to set Lancashire Thunder up for a convincing rain-affected Vitality Blast win over Essex Eagles at Emirates Old Trafford, keeping their Finals Day hopes alive.
England seamer Cross and Australia legspinner King struck twice apiece in the space of 10 legitimate balls in the sixth and seventh overs of what turned out to be an eight-over Essex innings as they slipped to 38 for six and later totalled 47 for seven.
Full postTanvir five-for spins Bangladesh to series-levelling win
Sri Lanka collapse sensationally after Kusal Mendis' 20-ball fifty
Andrew Fidel Fernando
05-Jul-2025
Bangladesh 248 (Emon 67, Hridoy 51, Asitha 4-35, Hasaranga 3-60) beat Sri Lanka 232 (Liyanage 78, Kusal Mendis 56, Tanvir 5-39) by 16 runs
Left-arm spinner Tanvir Islam ripped out Sri Lanka's middle order after Bangladesh's batters had scrapped together a workable 248, thanks to gritty half-centuries from Parvez Hossain Emon and Towhid Hridoy.
The defining period of Sri Lanka's chase was the patch between the tenth and 30th overs, when they lost five wickets for 57 runs off 122 balls. Although Janith Liyanage produced a valiant 78 off 85 balls, the lower order was simply left with too much to accomplish. They eventually fell short by 16 runs.
Full postPhil Salt 80, Jos Buttler 54 fire Lancashire past Northants
Saqib Mahmood hat-trick helps Lightning overtake Steelbacks at top of table
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05-Jul-2025
Lancashire 181 for 5 (Salt 80, Buttler 54) beat Northamptonshire 177 (Mahmood 4-49) by five wickets
Phil Salt shrugged off an enforced change of bat to blaze 80 from 57 balls and power Lancashire Lightning to a win that lifted them above Northamptonshire Steelbacks in the Vitality Blast North Group table.
The England white-ball international, playing his first game since winning the IPL with Royal Challengers Bangalore a month ago, had to call for a replacement bat after umpires Simon Widdup and Rob Bailey inspected his original blade early in the Lancashire run-chase.
Full postMaxwell and Netravalkar set up Freedom's demolition of Orcas
Heinrich Klaasen was the only batter to resist as Orcas were bowled out for 82, which took Freedom just 9.2 overs to overhaul
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05-Jul-2025
Washington Freedom 86 for 2 (Mukhtar 36*, Ravindra 32, Jasdeep 1-11) beat Seattle Orcas 82 (Klaasen 48, Maxwell 3-12, Netravalkar 3-13, Edwards 3-19) by eight wickets
Shimron Hetmyer had done it three games in a row for Seattle Orcas, but couldn't on this occasion, against Washington Freedom. That Orcas batting line-up, which had stuttered and stumbled to five losses in a row before Hetmyer took charge, went back to being incompetent as Hetmyer had an off-day, putting up a paltry 82. It took Freedom just 9.2 overs to complete the chase and climb back to No. 2 on the MLC 2025 points table.
Freedom won the toss, bowled, and Saurabh Netravalkar struck first ball, sending back Shayan Jahangir. Next over, Glenn Maxwell had Aaron Jones' number. Netravalkar got rid of Sikandar Raza in the third over. First ball of the fourth, Maxwell sent back Steven Taylor. And Maxwell then finished the powerplay with Kyle Mayers' wicket, leaving Orcas at 21 for 5 after six overs.
Full postShort and Bartlett do it for Unicorns as Super Kings go down by one run
Super Kings dropped to No. 3 after failing to get 13 off the last over, with Unicorns going clear at the top after their seventh win
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05-Jul-2025
San Francisco Unicorns 148 for 6 (Short 80, Hassan 40, Stoinis 3-32) beat Texas Super Kings 147 for 7 (Ferreira 39, Mukkamalla 34, Couch 2-26, Shepherd 2-26) by one run
The trend of low-scoring games in Lauderhill continued but this one - between table-toppers San Francisco Unicorns and Texas Super Kings - turned out to be a bit of a thriller.
Chasing 149 for victory, TSK started the last over looking for 13 for victory with Calvin Savage still in the middle. Savage, however, got to face only one ball from Xavier Bartlett. And though his partner Mohammad Mohsin slammed two fours, it came down to three from one, Bartlett sent in a low full-toss, and the two batters could only scramble one, Savage run out as he ran desperately back for a second to tie the game.
Full postSeales' late strikes, King's 75 put Australia under pressure
King made a maiden Test fifty as West Indies were bowled out for 253 before Seales claimed both Australian openers as the visitors hold a narrow 45-run lead
Andrew McGlashan
04-Jul-2025
Australia 286 and 12 for 2 (Green 6*, Lyon 2*, Seales 2-5) lead West Indies 253 (King 75, Campbell 40, Lyon 3-75, Hazlewood 2-43, Cummins 2-46) by 45 runs
A dramatic conclusion to the second day in Grenada put Australia under severe pressure as Jayden Seales removed both openers after West Indies had limited their deficit to 33. Australia's bowlers shared the success but Brandon King's maiden Test fifty and lower-order resistance lifted West Indies before Australia's top-order was put under the pump again.
West Indies had extended their first innings to the point that Australia had an awkward 35 minutes before the close. Sam Konstas couldn't make it to the end of the first over. Looking to force through the off side from the back foot, playing away from his body, he dragged the ball into his stumps to leave much for him to ponder ahead of the final Test in Jamaica.
Full postHughes sets up Sussex, Lamb five-for skittles Kent
Visitors maintain top-four form with comfortable win in Canterbury
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04-Jul-2025
Sussex 195 for 9 (Hughes 48, Gilchrist 3-31) beat Kent 161 (Finch 56, Lamb 5-15) by 34 runs
Sussex Sharks comprehensively beat Kent Spitfires by 34 runs in the Vitality Blast at Canterbury.
Daniel Hughes top-scored with 48 as Sussex made 195 for 9, despite no one passing 50.
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