Meg Lanning broke into a knowing smile when it was put to her on the eve of her fifth T20 World Cup final as Australia captain that the team who wants it more will win the trophy. “I think it’d be pretty even in terms of how much each team wants to win, there’s no
Veteran seamer Katherine Sciver-Brunt has confirmed that England’s semi-final exit in Cape Town will be her last World Cup appearance. Sciver-Brunt, who turns 38 in July, has not made any decision on her playing future beyond the current T20 World Cup, where hosts South Africa will take on defending champions Australia in the final on
Big Picture: A sellout at Newlands Ask any South African and they will tell you they never expected this – their team in the Women’s T20 title decider, the first senior cricket side from their country to reach a World Cup final. Ask any Australian and they will tell you they expected this – their
Joe Root says he “owed” England his 29th Test century after finishing unbeaten on 153 at Wellington on day two of the second Test against New Zealand. Root’s innings, the 14th time he has gone past 150 in Tests, has now put his average back above 50. It allowed England to declare on 435 for
Travis Head had “robust” conversations with Australia’s selectors after he was surprisingly dropped for the opening Test in India but believes he has shown he can find success in challenging conditions amid a hasty switch to opening the batting. Head was left out in Nagpur despite a prolific home summer based on his poor returns
Jasprit Bumrah accounted for Steve Smith with a brilliant delivery that shocked the world No.1 Test batsman to clip the leg stump and dislodge the bails much to the bemusement of the Australian. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau
Find out more at ecb.co.uk Half centuries from Dean Elgar, Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis put South Africa in an extremely dominant position in the second Test of the series. England will have to break all records if they are going to chase down 474. Cook and Jennings survived a number of scares, but
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NZ vs ENG, 2nd Test Day 2, Live: England bowlers dominate as New Zealad struggle.© AFP NZ vs ENG, 2nd Test Day 2, Live Updates: New Zealand are seven wickets down against England on Day 2 of the ongoing 2nd Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Earlier, the visitors had declared their innings on 435/8,
England Women leave the T20 World Cup determined that their shock semi-final defeat at the hands of South Africa won’t define them or do anything to alter their newly branded attacking style. South Africa stifled England with a perfect performance before a 7,507-strong home crowd at Newlands to secure a place in Sunday’s final against
The PCB and the caretaker Punjab government have hit a roadblock in a financial dispute over the cost of security for the PSL games in Lahore and Rawalpindi. The PCB has set a deadline of Saturday to decide the fate of the remaining PSL games in Punjab province, and if the deadlock remains intact, the
Lunch New Zealand 12 for 2 (Latham 7*, Young 1*) trail England 435 for 8 dec (Brook 186, Root 153*, Henry 4-100) by 423 runs England’s attacking declaration paid dividends for the second Test running as James Anderson claimed the wickets of Devon Conway and Kane Williamson in a testing seven-over spell before lunch. The
How does Ashton Agar go from being Australia’s second spinner in the Test team in January to being sent home from the Test tour of India halfway through? Tony Dodemaide, one of Australia’s three selectors alongside chair George Bailey and coach Andrew McDonald, explained the decision in Delhi. “From a pure selection point of view,
Madushka, 23, has seemingly forced his way into the selectors’ minds following a string of impressive performances against the England Lions earlier this year. Turning out for Sri Lanka A, he produced innings of 241 and 100, while he also hit 150 against the same opposition while representing a Board President’s XI. His inclusion means
Islamabad United 220 for 6 (Azam 97, Asif 42, Smith 2-41) beat Quetta Gladiators 157 all out (Hafeez 48, Sarfaraz 41, Farooqi 3-28) by 63 runs It was a contest between an elite PSL team, and, frankly, a PSL has-been. Quetta Gladiators have been the poorest side of this league since they lifted their only
South Africa Women 164 for 4 (Brits 68, Wolvaardt 53, Ecclestone 3-22) beat England Women 158 for 8 (N. Sciver-Brunt 40, Khaka 4-29, Ismail 3-27) by six runs South Africa staged their best performance of the tournament – with bat, ball and in the field – to upset England and secure a place in a
Australia captain Pat Cummins will miss the third Border-Gavaskar Test against India in Indore to remain home in Sydney for family reasons. Cummins left India just hours after the second Test loss in Delhi, flying home to Sydney to be with his mother who is seriously ill. He was booked to return to India on
Harry Brook hailed what he rates as the best of his four Test hundreds to date after helping England recover from 21 for 3 to finish day one of the second Test against New Zealand on 315 without any further loss. This fourth century – the slowest so far, yet still only from 107 deliveries
Cameron Green has declared himself 100% fit for the third Test against India in Indore as Australia desperately search for a winning combination in the midst of a raft of absences. Australia trained at the Kotla in Delhi on Friday morning having enjoyed a few days off to freshen up since the dramatic collapse that
Chasing a small total in the 2012-2013 1st ODI against the West Indies, a young Glenn Maxwell is elevated to the opening position and doesn’t disappoint! On his way to an unbeaten 51, he belts nine fours and two sixes off just 35 deliveries to see the Aussies home in the 10th over. Download our
James Anderson and Stuart Broad are now the most prolific bowling partnership in Test history. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket teams and England and Wales Cricket Board, including highlights, interviews and features getting you closer to the England
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) wishes to announce that the Radella Cricket Ground in Nuwara Eliya has been redeveloped and is now ready for national team training ahead of their crucial tour of New Zealand. The redevelopment work of the ground commenced following the consent given by SLC Member Club Dimbula Athletic and Cricket Club, the
One of the brightest stars in Indian women’s cricket, Shafali Verma lost her cool for a little while in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 clash against Australia on Thursday. Shafali, fielding at backward point, completed a clean catch of Beth Mooney, who had already scored a half-century. While there’s no denying the importance of
The remainder of the PSL might be moved in its entirety to Karachi after a financial dispute between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the interim Punjab government. The decision will be made following a meeting, chaired in the afternoon with all franchise owners. The dispute concerns how to split the security costs of hosting
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur believes they “can’t be unluckier” after her run-out led to Australia wresting back control and eking out a five-run win to enter their seventh straight final in the Women’s T20 World Cup. After slipping to 28 for 3 while chasing 173, India clawed back via a 69-run partnership between Jemimah Rodrigues
Lunch England 101 for 3 (Brook 51*, Root 23*) vs New Zealand New Zealand’s new-ball attack sliced through the England top order in helpful conditions before the Yorkshire double-act of Joe Root and Harry Brook revived their side’s fortunes with an unbroken 80-run stand to take them through to lunch in better shape. Matt Henry
David Warner is not feeling the pressure and has vowed to play international cricket until 2024 even if the selectors end his prolific Test career. But the 36-year-old believes he is the right man to open the batting on this year’s Ashes tour despite scoring just one Test century during the last three years. “I’ve
Magistrate Jennifer Atkinson did prohibit him from using WhatsApp “for the purposes of facilitating or managing dating,” however. Gunathilaka is facing four charges of sexual intercourse without consent, after a woman he met off the dating app Tinder, accused him of choking her without consent, and stealthing, among other offences. He had subsequently been arrested
Big picture: England the favourites South Africa in a semi-final. Against England. You think you know how this ends, don’t you? Three times in three meetings – at the 2014 T20 World Cup and 2017 and 2022 fifty-over World Cup – England have emerged triumphant from a final four meeting against South Africa and there’s
Islamabad United 159 for 4 (Gurbaz 62, van der Dussen 42, Neesham 1-21) beat Peshawar Zalmi 156 for 8 (Babar 75*, Haris 40, Hasan 3-35) by 6 wickets This was less of a game, more of a template. Islamabad United have been playing this sort of match for eight years, and when it clicks, no