Australia vs Pakistan Live Scorecard 3rd ODI© AFP Aus vs Pak Live Updates 3rd ODI: Ignited by a comprehensive win in Adelaide, Pakistan eye a rare ODI series victory as they take on Australia in the series-decider at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Australian soil has mostly been the site of nightmares for Pakistan over decades,
Nathan McSweeney will open the batting for Australia in the first Test against India in Perth having won the race to partner Usman Khawaja while Josh Inglis has been included as the reserve batter in a 13-player squad. McSweeney had firmed as the favourite for the vacant role in recent weeks and though he couldn’t
Toss England win toss, bowl vs West Indies England have won the toss and chosen to field in the first of five T20Is against West Indies. With play set to get underway in bright sunshine after heavy overnight rain in Barbados, England are seeking to overcome a 2-1 ODI series loss to the hosts as
Big picture: Two contrasting T20I runs Both India and South Africa had a sensational T20 World Cup 2024. They sailed through the group stage unbeaten and then topped their respective groups in the Super Eight before registering comfortable wins in the semi-finals. Even in the final, there was little to separate between the two teams
Bangladesh 252 for 7 (Shanto 76, Kharote 3-28) vs Afghanistan After Bangladesh had lost 8 for 23 in the first ODI, Najmul Hossain Shanto, who was part of that disastrous collapse, said that it was his wicket that made the difference. Three days later, Shanto top-scored for Bangladesh with 76 off 119 balls, helping them
New Zealand opt to bat vs Sri Lanka New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first on what Mitchell Santner thought was a “good surface maybe a touch on the slower side”. With “no rain on the forecast”, Santner was more emboldened to bat first in the first T20I. Charith Asalanka said he
Australia A 223 (Harris 74, Prasidh 4-50, Mukesh 3-41) and 169 for 4 (Konstas 73*, Webster 46*) beat India A 161 (Jurel 90, Neser 4-27, Webster 3-19) and 229 (Jurel 68, Rocchiccioli 4-74, Webster 3-49) by six wickets Sam Konstas signalled he is a player for the future, even if he might not be ready
Big picture: Pakistan confident, Australia shorthanded Australian soil has mostly been the site of nightmares for Pakistan over decades. But ignited by fiery bowling from quick Haris Rauf, Pakistan are on the verge of a rare series victory in Australia and go into Sunday’s decider at the Optus Stadium highly confident after a nine-wicket hammering
Sanju Samson in action© AFP It was a dreamy night for wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson, who propelled India to a stunning 61-run victory over South Africa in the first T20I in Durban. With this win, India have gained 1-0 lead in the four-match series. Samson scored a marvelous 107-run knock off just 50 balls as India
Sneh Rana, Poonam Yadav, Heather Knight and Lea Tahuhu are among the prominent players released by their respective Women’s Premier League (WPL) franchises ahead of the next auction in the lead-up to the 2025 season. The auction is likely to be in early December and the purse has been increased from INR 13.5 crore last
Offspinner Amar Virdi has been released by Surrey, having been overlooked throughout their run of three consecutive County Championship titles. Virdi, 26, claimed 39 wickets in Surrey’s Championship-winning season in 2018, and was at the time considered to be a future Test prospect, having featured for the England Under-19 side in 2016 and 2017. He
On a “gut call”, Buttler chucked the ball to Will Jacks to bowl the second over of England’s World Cup match against Australia. With a gale blowing to the short leg-side boundary, Travis Head and David Warner took Jacks apart with glee. Twenty-two runs came off the over. Australia won by 36. It was the
Coming off three limited overs series wins in a row, men’s captain Charith Asalanka has serious aspirations for this team: let’s be as good as Sri Lanka had been before 2014. That 2007-2014 side had arguably been Sri Lanka’s greatest ever outfit, getting to no fewer than five World Cup finals (three in T20Is and
Prithvi Shaw, the out-of-favour India and Mumbai opener, has found support from Greg Chappell as he deals with a career that’s been affected by form, fitness and disciplinary issues. Chappell has suggested Shaw embark on a “journey of self-reflection” and move prioritise processes over results. The latest setback for 24-year-old Shaw came last month when
Big picture: Can West Indies deepen England’s white-ball funk? Plenty has gone on since Jos Buttler led his players off the field at the Providence Stadium in Guyana, following a comprehensive defeat to India in their World Cup semi-final. Matthew Mott vacated his post soon after, leading to Brendon McCullum’s appointment as cross-format supremo and,
The quartet missed West Indies’ previous T20I fixtures, in Sri Lanka last month, for personal reasons. Hetmyer was then recalled for the ODIs against England. The squad is otherwise largely the same as that which lost 2-1 to Sri Lanka. Alick Athanaze, Andre Fletcher, Fabian Allen and Shamar Springer were the players to drop out,
South Africa chose to bowl v India Aiden Markam decided to chase in the first match of South Africa’s international home summer, with a line-up loaded with allrounders. Both Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee were included in the XI for the first time in almost four months in their respective returns from injury and conditioning
A frustrating wait over the Gabba’s future has prompted a joint plea for a new 2032 Olympic stadium from tenants Queensland Cricket and AFL club Brisbane Lions. A letter has been sent by the sporting bodies to Premier David Crisafulli urging him to reconsider his new stadium ban, backing a proposed AU$3.4 billion Victoria Park
The PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has said his board was “not prepared to accept” a hybrid model for the Champions Trophy, insisting Pakistan was preparing to host the entire tournament in the country. In a discussion with media at the Gaddafi Stadium, which is undergoing renovation ahead of the Champions Trophy, Naqvi said there had
Alice Capsey has paid the price for England’s disastrous performance in last month’s T20 World Cup, after being omitted from the T20I leg of their forthcoming tour of South Africa. Capsey, who made her England debut aged 17 in 2022, is regarded as one of the brightest talents in the women’s game, but is in
When is the IPL 2025 auction happening, and where? The IPL 2025 action will take place on November 24 and 25, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It’s being held overseas for only the second time – the 2024 auction was in Dubai. The exact start and end times for the auction is yet to be confirmed,
Australia 163 (Smith 35, Rauf 5-29, Afridi 3-26) vs Pakistan Haris Rauf caused Australia a whole heap of problems once again with a fiery 5 for 29 as they were skittled for 163 in the second ODI at the Adelaide Oval to give Pakistan a terrific chance of leveling the series. Rauf ran through the
India A 73 for 5 (Jurel 19*, Webster 2-14, McAndrew 2-22) lead Australia A 223 (Harris 74, Prasidh 4-50, Mukesh 3-41) by 11 runs Marcus Harris boosted his chances of a Test recall with a gritty 74, while Prasidh Krishna continued his impressive tour with four wickets and KL Rahul failed again as wickets continued
Australia vs Pakistan 2nd ODI Live Score Updates© AFP Australia vs Pakistan 2nd ODI Live Score Updates: Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf have put Pakistan in command against Australia in the second ODI of the three-match series, in Adelaide. The hosts are eight-wicket down with less than 150 runs on the board. Earlier, Pakistan skipper
India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has not given up hopes of adding to his lone Test cap, insisting that he is trying to play as much domestic cricket as possible in a bid to make a comeback into the Test side. Suryakumar played his first and only Test against Australia in early 2023, and while
The final auditions for the vacant batting spot in Australia’s Test side will again dominate the discussion in the second four-day A-team encounter at the MCG, but quick bowler Scott Boland is eyeing the opportunity to keep the pressure on India Test squad member KL Rahul after he flew in early to feature for India
The outfield at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, which hosted the rain-affected second Test between India and Bangladesh from September 27 to October 1, has earned an “unsatisfactory” rating from the ICC. The rating comes with one demerit point for the venue. Only 35 overs of play were possible on day one of the Test
Marcus Trescothick has described the current List A domestic structure as “not helping” England’s new era of white-ball players. With the series overlapping with England’s Test commitments, several first-choice players are missing with only Jordan Cox and Rehan Ahmed from the group that toured Pakistan also being in the Caribbean. Cox batted at No. 3
Big picture: Rematch of T20 World Cup final In one way, Friday’s T20I between South Africa and India is a grudge match. The last time these two sides met was in Barbados, in the 2024 T20 World Cup final. India had no business winning that match when South Africa needed 30 off 30 balls with
The surfaces Pakistan prepared for the recently concluded three-Test series against England have been given a seal of approval by the ICC, who labelled the pitches for all three Tests “satisfactory”. The series, which Pakistan won 2-1, drew widespread attention for the pitches that were prepared. In the first Test, the surface appeared exceedingly flat,
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