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…
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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…
Usman Khwaja (127*) overpowered the Pakistani attack as Australia finished the day on a high with 251 runs for a loss of only three wickets. Earlier in the day, Australia won the toss and opted to bat first. Australia and Pakistan announced that they had made one and two changes respectively to their sides. Playing XI: Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Swepson Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam (c), Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Sajid Khan Australia gets off to a flier: Usman Khwaja and David Warner were in no mood…
RCB revealed the former South African skipper, Faf du Plessis as their new captain for IPL 2022 at the RCB unboxing event on 12th March 2022. RCB snatched Faf out of Chennai Super Kings’ jaw at the IPL Mega Auction 2022 by splurging Rupees 7 crores to rope him in for the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League. Virat Kohli relinquished his captaincy at the end of last season, and fans were eagerly waiting for the franchise to announce the new captain of the franchise in IPL 2022. While mentioning that he is a very good friend, Kohli wished…
Smriti Mandhana (123) and Harmanpreet Kaur (109) both scored individual hundreds against West Indies Women to propel India to a massive score of 317-8 in 50 overs. Chasing 317, West Indies went all guns blazing in the first ten overs, but a horrible batting collapse saw them winding up on a measly score of 162. Here’s how the events unfolded: Yastika Bhatia became the fuel to power Indian innings in the first 6 overs. She scored a quickfire 31 off 21, while Mandhana anchored the innings from the other end. Following Yastika, Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma failed to make…
Kolkata Knights Riders have roped in the Australian white-ball captain Aaron Finch as the replacement for Alex Hales in IPL 2022. Hales parted ways with KKR citing bubble fatigue and mental well-being, just like he pulled away from Pakistan Super League in February. Hales is the second English opener after Jason Roy to pull out of Tata IPL 2022, citing bubble exhaustion and stress. Hales was bought at his base price of Rupees 1.5 crores by KKR at the IPL Mega Auction in January. Aaron Finch, a veteran of the game with the highest ever score in T20is of 172,…
Root (84*) and Zak Crawley (117*) formed an unbeaten 193* run partnership for the 2nd wicket to put England ahead by 153 runs in a match heading towards an inevitable draw. England finished on 217-1 in 63.2 overs on day 4 of the 1st test filled with episodes of intermittent showers. Here’s what transpired on the 4th day: West Indies fold quickly: Beginning from 373-9, West Indies did not move the scoreboard much by quickly giving way to England batters. The Caribbeans could only add two more to their tally before the fall of their last wicket in the first…
India Women will take on West Indies Women on 12th March 2021 at Seddon Park, Hamilton, from 6:30 AM IST. West Indies are riding high on confidence on the back of their two consecutive wins in the tournament, while India Women suffered a massive setback against New Zealand in their 2nd match of the tournament. The women in blue will be eager to bounce back and get back to winning ways, while the Caribbean side will want to make it three in a row to climb at the top position in the points table. Probable Playing XI: India Women: Smriti…
South Africa Women defeated Pakistan Women by 6 runs in the 9th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022. Pakistan could only manage 217 in reply to the Proteans 223-9 in the 50 overs. Here’s how the match proceeded: Bismah Mashroof, the Pakistani women’s skipper, won the toss and elected to bowl first at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui. The Proteans had a patchy start, losing the first 2 wickets in the span of 21 runs. Lizelle Lee and Tazmin Brits contributed only 2 runs each in the team’s total tally. At 21-2 in 7.4 overs, the South African skipper…