ENGW vs INDW, Match 15 of 31, a high stake game, is scheduled to be played at Bay Oval on 16th March 2022. Defending champions, England, are on the cusp of being thrown out of the tournament. With three consecutive losses and no wins to show, the English women would be hoping to replicate their success against women in blue in the finals of Women’s World Cup 2017. On the other hand, India has bounced back against the Windies to register their second win of the ICC tournament and would be eyeing to pay back the humiliating defeat they suffered…
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Sri Lanka had the daunting task of chasing 447 in the 4th innings of the pink ball test match. Sri Lankan captain, Dimuth Karunaratne demonstrated why he is known as 4th innings specialist but his counterattacking 107 runs were not enough to eclipse massive total India had put on the board. India has whitewashed Sri Lanka in both T20is and Test format of the game in this tour with the win at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Lone Warrior Karunaratne: The Sri Lankan captain notched up his 14th test hundred; however, found himself losing partners at the other end on a…
Aus vs Pak, 3rd day of the 2nd test, witnessed the Australian bowlers pouncing on a clueless Pakistani batting line-up. Pakistan could only muster 148 in their first innings after conceding 556/9 against the Kangaroos. Even after taking a gigantic lead of 408 runs, Australia did not press the follow-on. Pat Cummins and co. are well aware that it is their chance to tire out the already exhausted Pak fielders much more before the final test of the three-match test series is played. Aus vs Pak, 3rd-day highlights: Pat Cummins, the skipper for the Kangaroos, added more to the misery…
ENGW VS SAW, Match 13th of 31 at ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 saw the defending champions England lose the third match to slip at the 7th position in the points table.
Pakw vs Banw, Match 12 of 31 of ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 in New Zealand, was an absolute thriller that had the cricket community hooked till the very end. Despite Sidra Ameen’s brilliant hundred, Pakistan Women failed to chase down Bangladesh’s 234 runs. Bangla Women won the match by 9 runs after restricting Pak Women on only 225-9 in their 50 overs. With this win, Bangladesh has registered their first win of the tournament and moved up at 6th position in the points table, while Pakistan have lost four in a row to occupy the last spot in…
Pink Ball Test between India and Sri Lanka is most probably heading towards a finish on the 3rd day of the test match. India wrapped Sri Lanka’s first innings quickly at 109 in 35.5 overs in the first session to bat for the second time in the test match on the second day itself. Jasprit Bumrah was the star for the Indians as he bagged another fifer in the game’s longest format. Rishabh Pant (51) and Shreyas Iyer (67) again replicated their heroics from the first innings in their electric fifties against the Sri Lankans. India secured a lead of…
Australia finished on 505-8 at the stumps on day 2 of the 2nd test versus Pakistan at National Stadium, Karachi. Carrying on from 251-3, the Australian batters seemed in no hurry and took their time tiring out the Pakistani fielders. The night-watchman keeps the guard up: Nathan Lyon, sent in as a night-watchman at the end of the first day’s play, kept batting for more than one and half hours on the 2nd day. He frustrated the already irritated bowling lineup and kept the momentum going on for the Kangaroos. He combined with Khwaja to put up a 54 run…
AUSW VS NZW, ODI 11 of 31, ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup ends with a massive victory for Australia by 141 runs. Australia rightfully regains their spot at the top of the table with a thumping third victory in a row at the tournament. Ellyse Perry and Tahlia Mcgrath each scored fifty to take Australia to 269-8 in their 50 overs. In reply, New Zealand never posed a threat as Australian bowlers ran through the kiwi innings in 30.2 overs. New Zealand could only manage a paltry 128 runs to concede their second loss of the tournament and slip at…
ENG VS WI, the first test on the 5th day of the play at Antigua, has wrapped up with an already foreseen draw. In the third innings of the game, England posted 349-6 before declaring and set the target of 286 for the West Indies to chase down in 70 overs. In reply, West Indies had a shaky start and lost 4 wickets early in the innings, but the heroes of the first innings, Bonner (38*) and Holder (37*), once again rescued the sinking ship for the Caribbeans as they finished on 147-4 at the stumps. Few significant moments from…
Shreyas Iyer played a valiant knock of 92 off 98, including 10 fours and 4 sixes, as India finished on 252 in 59.1 overs on the 1st day of the pink ball test. The pitch on Chinnaswamy had it all for both the pace and spin bowlers. In the first session itself, the ball started turning, and the odd one kept extremely low to surprise the batters out. As many as 16 wickets fell on the first day as Sri Lanka finished on 86-6 in 30 overs at the stumps. In the day/night test history, this became the first instance…