Adelaide Strikers 148 for 4 (Patterson 70, Penna 36*) beat Brisbane Heat 89 (Wellington 3-14, Schutt 3-16) by 59 runs A bizarre run out helped Adelaide Strikers hand Brisbane Heat their first defeat of the WBBL season, downing the visitors by 59 runs to go second on the ladder. On the same night that the
Month: October 2023
India took the top spot in Cricket World Cup 2023 points table with win over England on Sunday.© ANI India continued an unbeaten run in the World Cup as the hosts cantered to a 100-run win over the defending champions England to inch closer to semifinals in Lucknow on Sunday. Skipper Rohit Sharma‘s a 101-ball
Lahiru Kumara has been ruled out of the World Cup after hurting his left thigh during training in Pune, where Sri Lanka play their next game of the tournament, against Afghanistan on Monday. He has been replaced in the Sri Lanka squad by Dushmantha Chameera, who becomes the third player to come in as an
Shakib Al Hasan’s mid-event Dhaka trip has polarised opinions but the captain’s extra training has won hearts in the Bangladesh team. Taskin Ahmed said that they valued Shakib’s effort to use his day off to travel back to Dhaka for batting drills. Shakib went to Dhaka on October 25, the day after Bangladesh’s World Cup
The top seven sides at the end of the league stage of the ongoing ODI World Cup in India will qualify for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy along with hosts Pakistan to compete in the eight-team event. An ICC spokesperson confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that the qualification system for the 2025 Champions Trophy was approved by
It was left to James Neesham at the end, as it had been in the World Cup final in 2019, and as he did on that occasion he went within one hit of stealing the game with an outstanding 58 off 39 balls. But he ended like his Lord’s partner Martin Guptill, cutting a forlorn
Netherlands 229 (Edwards 68, Barresi 41, Mustafizur 2-36, Mahedi 2-40) beat Bangladesh 142 (Mehidy 35, van Meekeren 4-23, de Leede 2-25) by 87 runs Scott Edwards once more dragged his team from the abyss, but it was the bowlers who led the victory charge as the Netherlands held firm in their defence of a middling
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is now building towards the final on November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Head produces the winning hand in 388 vs 383 nail-biter Australia 388
On 57 off 38, punishing any error in length until then and now needing seven off two, this time Neesham couldn’t send a thigh-high full toss into the stands. It just got too close to him; he was probably setting himself up to punish an error on the shorter side. He ended up hitting straight
Eoin Morgan has suggested that England’s underperformance at the World Cup in India is unparalleled across sport and that their players are “definitely unsettled” after heavy defeats in four out of their five group games. England have not been mathematically eliminated from the tournament – even defeat in Lucknow on Sunday will not officially knock
Big picture: Can England return to winning ways? India versus England was among the most anticipated matches of the 2023 ODI World Cup. After all, it is the pre-tournament favourites (and the hosts) taking on the defending champions. But no one had imagined that England would be hanging by the thinnest of threads by the
The end had come quickly at Eden Gardens. As thousands of Bangladeshi fans who had crossed the border to cheer for their team made a bee line for the exits, the last two wickets – Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed – fell in the space of three balls. One of the banners held up by
Australia put up 389 on the board, in Dharamsala, and New Zealand came within one six of chasing that down. It was 19 runs needed off the last over with an in-the-mood James Neesham going strong. Pat Cummins turned to Mitchell Starc, who went wicketless for the first time in 24 ODI World Cup matches
Live Netherlands vs Bangladesh World Cup 2023: Netherlands take on BAN© AFP Netherlands vs Bangladesh, ODI World Cup 2023, Live Updates:Netherlands will be squaring off against Bangladesh in their ODI World Cup 2023 match on Saturday in Kolkata. Seeking a revival of fortunes, Bangladesh and Netherlands will have one last chance to keep their slender semifinals
Pakistan have brought in Usama Mir as a concussion substitute for Shadab Khan during their World Cup match against South Africa in Chennai on Friday. As per the rules governing concussion subs, it was a like-for-like replacement, with a legspinner coming in for the same kind of bowler. The replacement was needed after Shadab injured
KL Rahul has described his return to Lucknow as “bittersweet” ahead of India’s fixture against England in the World Cup on Sunday, nearly six months after he tore a tendon in his thigh during the IPL. Rahul, who captains Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL, pulled up while chasing a ball to the boundary during
That saw Bangladesh slip from 54 for 1 to 71 for 4, the slide including the wicket of captain Nigar Sultana. However, Shorna Akter, all of 16 years old but coming with the experience of having played in the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup last year, scored 27 off 22 balls with a four
Bancroft’s 25th first-class hundred has put the reigning Shield champions in a strong position entering the last day. Bancroft absorbed 221 balls and struck eight fours in his century, and his team-mate Aaron Hardie narrowly missed a milestone when dismissed for 99. He was given out lbw to Harry Conway after striking 13 fours and
Keshav Maharaj was just having dinner around the time when Pakistan’s concussion substitute Usama Mir pinned Rassie van der Dussen lbw for 21. South Africa were 121 for 3 at that point, needing a further 150 runs off almost 30 overs. Given South Africa’s gun middle-order – Aiden Markram at No.4, Heinrich Klaasen No.5 and
Mickey Arthur, Pakistan’s coach, said that his team’s failure to put together the “perfect game” was to blame for their struggles at this year’s World Cup, as he urged the PCB to steer clear of “witch-hunts” in the wake of their agonising one-wicket loss against South Africa. A last-wicket stand between Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz
Jos Buttler sat at a round table on the first floor of the Gujarat Cricket Association clubhouse, holding court with the travelling English press pack on the eve of the World Cup. He had just spent 40 minutes on stage at a captain’s event and was midway through a long afternoon of media duties before
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is now building towards the final on November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: South Africa rise to the top by the barest of margins in
Matthew Wade will captain Australia in the five-match T20I series against India after the 2023 ODI World Cup. The multiformat fast bowlers and allrounders have been left out ahead of the Test summer, but David Warner, Steven Smith and Travis Head are included. Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood will return home after the
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has unveiled Lanka T10, their first ten-over competition to be played from December 12-23. The tournament will be held in Colombo, with the player auction to be conducted on November 10. There are also plans to also host a women’s T10 league at the same time. While details about the women’s
South Africa are top of the World Cup standings, and firmly on course for a top-four finish, but their captain Temba Bavuma acknowledged that “conversations” would be had about their approach to run-chases, after they had an almighty scare in their one-wicket win over Pakistan in Chennai. South Africa have been a team of two
The victory was set up by their bowlers – Tabraiz Shamsi and Marco Jansen in particular – who dismissed Pakistan for 270 in 46.4 overs despite them having been well placed at 225 for 5 in the 40th over. And when Aiden Markram, who overtook Virat Kohli to become the second-highest run scorer of the
Matthew Mott accepts that his position as England’s white-ball coach will come under pressure with his side on the brink of an early World Cup exit, but said he is “fully determined” that he and captain Jos Buttler can turn things around in the future. Mott was appointed on a four-year contract in May 2022
Big Picture: World Cup 2023 comes to Kolkata The World Cup has arrived in Kolkata, where Bangladesh can expect a fair bit of support at Eden Gardens when they take on Netherlands. There are supposed to be at least 2000 fans on their way from Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh for this match, with
Australia are set to tour India in late December for a multi-format women’s series comprising a Test, three ODIs and three T20Is. The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai will play host to the one-off women’s Test and three ODIs while the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai will be host for the T20Is. The ODIs will
Pakistan and South African players during their Cricket World Cup 2023 clash© X (formerly Twitter) Pakistan cricket team’s fielding has been criticised heavily during the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2023 and they once again suffered a comedy of errors during the match against South Africa on Friday. Temba Bavuma played the ball softly towards mid-on
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