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Cox's maiden fifty seals England six-wicket win, and series
Sonny Baker suffers again on debut in only blemish for visitors at Malahide
Matt Roller
21-Sep-2025
England 155 for 4 (Cox 55, Banton 37*) beat Ireland 154 for 8 (Delany 48*, R Adair 33, Rashid 3-29) by six wickets
Jordan Cox has spent the past 10 months desperate for another chance in international cricket and grasped this end-of-season opportunity. He cracked 55 off 35 balls at a sold-out Malahide, setting up another comfortable England win to seal this series 2-0, after their spinners restricted Ireland to 154.
Named in squads across formats last summer, Cox's first five England innings revealed an apparent vulnerability against the short ball and brought him just 39 runs. He was on the cusp of a Test debut in New Zealand last November when he fractured his thumb in the nets, and later sought help from a psychologist to help him get over the disappointment of being ruled out of the series.
Full postSaif and Hridoy fifties hand Sri Lanka their first Asia Cup defeat
Shanaka's unbeaten 64 had taken Sri Lanka to 168 but it wasn't enough
Andrew Fidel Fernando
20-Sep-2025
Bangladesh 169 for 6 (Saif 61, Hridoy 58, Shanaka 2-21) beat Sri Lanka 168 for 7 (Shanaka 64*, Mustafizur 3-20, Mahedi 2-25) by four wickets
Three top order stands, one after the other, led by Saif Hassan, then Towhid Hridoy, propelled Bangladesh to overhaul Sri Lanka's 168, on a dry Dubai track.
Saif's 59-run stand with Litton Das came off 34 balls. It saw Bangladesh set the platform. Then Saif joined Hridoy for a 54-run stand off 45 balls, that consolidated their innings through the middle overs. Hridoy then took charge in a 45-run partnership off 27 balls with Shamim Hossain that put Bangladesh on the cusp of victory. There were some wobbles very late in the game, but those batters had done enough. Bangladesh only needed five to win going into the final over, and they got there with a ball to spare, even if they'd lost two wickets and almost a third scoring the winning run.
Full postBrookes stars in thrilling chase as Worcestershire seal One-Day Cup glory
Orr century, Currie five-for give Hampshire the edge until flying finish at Trent Bridge
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20-Sep-2025
Worcestershire 188 for 7 (Brookes 57, Currie 5-34) beat Hampshire 237 for 7 (Orr 110, Waite 3-60) by three wickets (DLS)
Worcestershire ended a week that saw them relegated in the Rothesay County Championship by winning the Metro Bank One-Day Cup by three wickets in a sensational finish to a rain-affected final at Trent Bridge, despite a brilliant century from Ali Orr for Hampshire.
Chasing a twice-revised target of 188 from 27 overs after Hampshire had made 237 for seven in 45, the Rapids clinched victory with two balls to spare after ninth man Henry Cullen, with four required to win, was caught on the boundary at long leg only for the fielder, Kyle Abbott, to touch the rope while the ball was still in his hand.
Full postAustralia 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
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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.
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