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Dhruv Jurel hundred headlines India A's strong reply to Australia A
Devdutt Padikkal (86*), B Sai Sudharsan (73) and N Jagadeesan (64) were also among the runs in Lucknow
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18-Sep-2025
India A 403 for 4 (Jurel 113*, Padikkal 86*, Sai Sudharsan 73, Jagadeesan 64, Scott 1-31) trail Australia A 532 for 6 dec by 129 runs
Dhruv Jurel scored his second first-class century on a day when all India A batters except captain Shreyas Iyer were among the runs against Australia A. The hosts ended day three on 403 for 4, still 129 runs behind the visitors' first-innings total of 532. Apart from Jurel, who was batting on 113 at stumps, Devdutt Padikkal, B Sai Sudharsan and N Jagadeesan also went past fifty at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
India A started day three trailing Australia A by 416 runs, with nine wickets in hand, and Xavier Bartlett had Jagadeesan caught behind by Josh Phillipe for 64 in the sixth over of the day to end a second-wicket stand of 49. Padikkal then joined Sudharsan in a productive stand, but with their partnership nearing a hundred, Sudharsan missed an attempted reverse-sweep off Cooper Connolly and was trapped lbw for 73.
Full postLeicestershire celebrate Division Two title despite final-day washout
No play possible on third day out of four but draw enough to confirm runaway Foxes in top spot
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18-Sep-2025
Kent 17 for 0 drew with Leicestershire 459 for 7 dec (Patel 114, Cox 93, Masood 90, Hill 54)
Leicestershire's promotion as Division Two champions in the Rothesay County Championship was confirmed despite the final day of their clash with Kent going the same way as days one and three, abandoned without a ball bowled to consign the contest to a draw.
Early morning rain topped up an already saturated outfield at the Uptonsteel County Ground, where umpires Hassan Adnan and Simon Widdup, mindful of their duty to minimise the risk of injury to players, determined after a number of inspections that there was no prospect of it drying out enough for play to resume.
Full postAlleyne and Patil seal thriller to help Royals complete WCPL three-peat
Ashmini Munisar's 3 for 21 including a maiden went in vain after she brought back Amazon Warriors into the contest
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18-Sep-2025
Barbados Royals 137 for 7 (Webb 31, Knight 31, Munisar 3-21, Latchman 2-31) beat Guyana Amazon Warriors 136 for 3 (Hunter 29, Connell 1-20) by three wickets
Barbados Royals seemed down and out with 27 needed off 16 balls. With just three wickets in hand, Shreyanka Patil, batting for the first time in WCPL 2025, walked in to face the hat-trick ball. She reverse hit the first two balls she faced to release the pressure. Aaliyah Alleyne then hit a four and a six in the following over that went for 15. And soon after, Royals were rejoicing as they had not just registered a come-from-behind win in the title clash against Guyana Amazon Warriors, but also completed a three-peat in the WCPL.
While Royals soaked it all in - team-mates rushing to try and get Alleyne, who was flat on her back after hitting the winning run, up on her feet - Amazon Warriors' Ashmini Munisar couldn't contain her tears. She was involved in four of the seven Royals dismissals and picked up 3 for 21 in her four overs that included a maiden.
Full postMotie's four-for puts Amazon Warriors in third successive CPL final
Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie ran through Kings' middle order to reduce them to 48 for 7 before Khary Pierre's maiden fifty reduced the margin of defeat
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18-Sep-2025
Guyana Amazon Warriors 157 (McDermott 34, Hope 32, Shamsi 3-33, Wiese 2-14, Joseph 2-34, Mills 2-38) beat St Lucia Kings 143 (Pierre 50, Mills 30, Motie 4-30, Tahir 2-22, Pretorius 2-24) by 14 runs
Gudakesh Motie's four-wicket haul thwarted St Lucia Kings and propelled Guyana Amazon Warriors into the final of CPL 2025. It is their third successive title clash, having won the competition in 2023 and finishing runners-up to Kings last year.
Amazon Warriors were helped to 157 thanks to a lower-order assault from Dwaine Pretorius (17 off eight balls) and Romario Shepherd (21 off eight), which helped them take 41 runs in the last four overs. That still looked a par score, at best, with Kings having to chase under lights. But a disciplined bowling show from Amazon Warriors, with just two extras conceded, and Motie's strikes reduced the opposition to 48 for 7, almost a point of no return.
Full postFakhar, all-round Afridi lead Pakistan into Super Four
UAE were knocked out after they folded for 105 in their chase of 147
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17-Sep-2025
Pakistan 146 for 9 (Fakhar 50, Afridi 29*, Siddique 4-18, Simranjeet 3-26) beat UAE 105 (Chopra 35, Abrar 2-13, Afridi 2-16) by 41 runs
On a day of remarkable drama in the Asia Cup, Pakistan did just about enough to keep their focus and secure the win that guarantees them safe passage to the Super Four. But they had to weather a spirited bowling performance from UAE who gave them a mini-scare. However, an all-round performance from Shaheen Shah Afridi and a team effort from the Pakistan bowlers ultimately sealed a 41-run victory.
After the game started an hour late as the PCB threatened brinksmanship over the status of match referee Andy Pycroft, Pakistan appeared to have left all their fire and fury off the field. They scratched and poked timidly in the first four overs, limping to 17 for 2, and it wouldn't get much better for most of the innings. Junaid Siddique took wickets at top and tail while Simranjeet Singh punctured Pakistan with three in the middle. It was only Fakhar Zaman who was left holding the innings together, but even his 36-ball 50 barely got Pakistan's run rate above a run a ball.
Afridi's unbeaten 29 off 14 balls at the end gave his side some breathing room, but after a third successive below-par game with the bat, it was Pakistan's bowlers left to bail them out. Afridi enjoyed his best bowling display of the tournament, crucially breaking through with Alishan Sharafu's wicket, while Haris Rauf, playing his first match of the Asia Cup, took the wicket of Dhruv Parashar to break a 48-run fourth wicket stand whose menace had slowly been increasing.
Full postWorcestershire relegation confirmed despite tons for Gareth Roderick, Ethan Brookes
Fate sealed after failing to pick up a third batting point, though they frustrate a Durham side looking to avoid drop
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17-Sep-2025
Worcestershire 593 for 9 (Roderick 151, Brookes 100, D'Oliveira 84, Taylor 66*, Edavalath 61) vs Durham
Worcestershire's relegation was confirmed on day three of their Rothesay County Championship clash with Durham despite centuries from Gareth Roderick and Ethan Brookes.
Worcestershire, whose fate was sealed after failing to pick up a third batting point, continued to frustrate a Durham side desperately seeking points to avoid the same fate.
Full postGeorgia Adams century drives Hampshire to Final date with Lancashire
Captain leads with unbeaten 107 from 101 balls to overhaul Surrey in semi-final
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17-Sep-2025
Hampshire 290 for 6 (Adams 107*, Taylor 60*, Kemp 50) beat Surrey 287 (Chathli 81, Monaghan 55, Davies 4-39) by four wickets
Hampshire will face Lancashire in the final of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup women's competition after Georgia Adams' century bested Surrey in the gloom.
Captain Adams led from the front with an outstanding unbeaten 107 from 101 balls for her second ton for Hampshire, with Freya Kemp's ballistic half-century and Mary Taylor's match-securing 60 not out.
Full postWells, Jennings frustrate Middlesex on rain-hit day
Middlesex's promotion hopes hit the skids with victory off the cards
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17-Sep-2025
Lancashire 105 for 0 (Wells 60*, Jennings 36*) trail Middlesex 211 (De Caires 52, Geddes 52, Aspinwall 4-62, Bailey 4-68) by 106 runs
Luke Wells and Keaton Jennings enriched the penultimate evening of the season at Emirates Old Trafford with an unbroken opening stand of 105 but Lancashire's Rothesay County Championship match against Middlesex looks certain to end in the draw that would almost certainly end the visitors' chances of promotion.
Replying to Middlesex's 211, a first innings in which Tom Aspinwall and Tom Bailey both took four wickets, Lancashire ended another day shortened by rain and bad light on 105 without loss, with Jennings on 36 not out and Wells unbeaten on 60. However, only 31.4 overs were possible in Manchester on Wednesday and neither side appears to have a credible chance of forcing a win, even if Thursday's weather permits a full 96 overs' play. So far 210 overs have been lost in this match.
Heavy rain overnight and throughout the morning left the Emirates Old Trafford outfield saturated but after two inspections play got under way at three o'clock and Lancashire's bowlers took only 6.4 overs to take the two wickets they needed to end Middlesex's first innings.
Full postJohn Simpson battles to take Sussex into the lead
Sussex skipper registers the only half-century of the match as draw looms at Hove
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17-Sep-2025
Sussex 232 for 8 (Simpson 66, Milnes 3-80) lead Yorkshire 194 (Lyth 47, Hudson-Prentice 3-33, Unadkat 3-36) by 38 runs
Captain John Simpson made the only half-century so far in a bowler-dominated contest as Sussex and Yorkshire battled for supremacy at Hove.
Simpson's 66 on a day when only 51 overs were possible because of rain and bad light helped Sussex to 232 for 8, a lead of 38.
Full postJack Leach masterclass plunges Hampshire into deeper trouble
His 7 for 69 from 24.3 overs follows Kasey Aldridge's 180 and allows Somerset to enforce follow on
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17-Sep-2025
Hampshire 172 (Leach 7-69) and 35 for 1 (Middleton 8*, Vaughan 1-18) f/o trail Somerset 454 for 8 dec. (Aldridge 180, Abell 118, Overton 50*) by 247 runs
A spin bowling masterclass from Somerset's Jack Leach plunged relegation-threatened Hampshire into deeper trouble on the third day of the Rothesay County Championship Division One match at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton.
After the hosts had increased their first innings total from an overnight 381 for 7 to 454 for 8 declared, the left-arm spinner, overlooked in recent times by England, claimed 7 for 69 from 24.3 overs to help bowl out Hampshire for 172 and make them follow on.
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