Monday, September 30, 2024

Hampshire sell majority stake to GMR Group, owners of Delhi Capitals

Deal for English county confirmed after former majority owner Rod Bransgrove sells stake

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CSA okays Test tour of Bangladesh after security assessment

The security assessment became necessary because of the political turmoil in Bangladesh in July-August

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Mominul century keeps Bangladesh going despite Rohit, Siraj's stunning catches

India struck three times in an extended morning session on day four, after two days went by without any play

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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Bowling long spells gave me more confidence - Shadab Khan after Champions Cup win

The allrounder, who led Panthers to the Champions One-day Cup title, contributed with either bat or ball in all but the opening game

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Third day of Kanpur Test called off despite no rain

The area around mid-on and mid-off, and the bowler's run-up from the media box end were too soggy to play

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Sanath Jayasuriya likely to continue as Sri Lanka men's head coach for one year

His extended tenure is likely to be beyond the end of the current World Test Championship cycle

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Saturday, September 28, 2024

Decks cleared for 'uncapped' Dhoni to be retained

The rule, scrapped in 2021, applies to Indian players who retired from international cricket at least five years before the relevant season

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Jofra Archer back on England's fast track as cautious optimism abounds

Fast bowler finds form to revive memories of 2019 heyday after coming through injury struggle

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Persistent drizzle in Kanpur washes out second day

The whole ground was under cover throughout the day

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Musheer Khan likely out of Irani Cup after road accident in UP

He has suffered neck injuries and is expected to miss a few Ranji Trophy games too

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Murphy spins a web as Victoria hold off Queensland in a thriller

Murphy claimed 3 for 38 after Usman Khawaja posted 57, as Victoria held on despite some late batting heroics from Michael Neser

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Kamindu 93* takes Sri Lanka past 400 despite Phillips' strikes

Kamindu and de Silva stitched a 74-run stand as Sri Lanka continued to dominate

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Thursday, September 26, 2024

Unchanged India bowl in Kanpur; two changes for Bangladesh

Bangladesh brought in Taijul Islam and Khaled Ahmed for Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana

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Weather and pitch in focus as India, Bangladesh ponder three spinners

India lead the series 1-0 after winning the first Test in Chennai by 280 runs

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Punjab Kings part ways with Bayliss and Bangar

The development is a part of Kings revamping their coaching staff. Recently, they appointed Ponting as their new head coach

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Sri Lanka opt to bat with debut for Peiris; New Zealand unchanged

Sri Lanka's second change was bringing in Milan Rathnayake for Lahiru Kumara

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Sri Lanka look to ride on hot streak to stay in the fray for WTC final

New Zealand had plenty of positives in the first Test, and will want to go one step further and square the series

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Renshaw fifty in vain as rain and bad light win to leave points shared

Queensland and Tasmania share the points after only 16 overs were possible due to rain and bad light, with Renshaw posting 51 off 36

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Carey's form creates headache ahead of Champions Trophy

Carey has produced scores of 74 and 77 not out while incumbent Inglis has nursed a quad issue, creating a selection quandary

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Men's and women's Super Smash 2024-25 to begin on December 26

The tournament will run from December 26 to February 2 and comprise 64 games - 32 men's and women's double-headers

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Nigar Sultana wants to beat Scotland in first game and 'get into a flow'

Bangladesh haven't won a game in the last four T20 World Cups, and the skipper wants to end that streak

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Sri Lanka call up uncapped offspinner Nishan Peiris for second New Zealand Test

Vishwa Fernando, who didn't play the first Test, has been sent for rehab after picking up a hamstring injury

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Shakib won't be 'harassed' on return to Bangladesh, say officials

"Don't see any reason as of now why Shakib should not play in Bangladesh in the home series [against South Africa]," Shahriar Nafees says

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McAndrew five-for inspires SA to stunning victory against WA

WA were 133 for 3 chasing 167 but lost 7 for 31 with McAndrew taking a career-best 5 for 40. Earlier, Bryce Jackson took the best-ever 50-over figures for WA of 6 for 31

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Monday, September 23, 2024

Australia women ban 'Vortex' as Gardner demands more

Australia's women's T20 world champions want to pile on the runs in Brisbane before heading "into the unknown" to defend their title in Dubai.

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Elliott claims record seven-wicket haul as Victoria beat Tasmania

Victoria quick took the second-best figures in Australian domestic 50-over history of 7 for 12 and then made 19 not out in a nervy chase to guide his side home

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Sunday, September 22, 2024

Jayasuriya's nine in the match takes Sri Lanka to victory despite Ravindra's fight

New Zealand batter fell for 92 just eight balls into the final morning, before Jayasuriya five in the second innings

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Swepson to captain Queensland in Labuschagne's absence

Swepson will captain in both the One-Day Cup and Sheffield Shield when Labuschagne is on international duty

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Philippe century trumps Richardson five-for as NSW down WA

Josh Philippe made a stunning 139 off 119 on debut for NSW against his old side WA as the Blues held on in a thriller after Jhye Richardson took 5 for 63

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Ashwin's double act of hundred and six-for secures 1-0 lead for India

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto's 82 kept the bowling at bay, but Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared nine wickets

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New Zealand set 275 to win after Ajaz Patel six-for

Asitha removed Conway before the break after Ajaz ran through Sri Lanka in the morning session

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Pant: 'Coming back to Test cricket, where I belong most is great'

He is "loving it every day" after returning from injury because he "wanted to play all three formats"

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Saturday, September 21, 2024

England bowl as Maxwell, Starc and Hazlewood return for Australia

The home side have brought in Olly Stone for the rested Jofra Archer

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Gardner cleared of concussion after Wareham head clash

The Australia allrounder will train on Saturday before a call is taken on whether she will play the second match

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Gill, Pant punish Bangladesh in wicketless morning session

Both batters closed in on centuries as India moved closer to batting Bangladesh out of the game

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Friday, September 20, 2024

Imad Wasim's review leads to 'chaos' and controversy in CPL

"If I speak, I'll get into trouble. So I better stay quiet on that," TKR captain Pollard said of the incident

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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Mahmud bags a five-for but Ashwin, Jadeja propel India to 376

Taskin picked three in the morning as India lost their last four wickets for just 37 runs

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Dulip Samaraweera banned from coaching in Australia for 20 years

Former Sri Lanka player found to have committed a series breach of CA's Code of Conduct by engaging in inappropriate behaviour while working at Cricket Victoria

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Bangladesh bowl, both teams play three pacers

It was an unusual decision to put India in to bat in a Test match in India, but team selections on both sides and the overhead conditions seemed to back up Bangladesh's call

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Bangladesh drop Rumana Ahmed for Women's T20 World Cup; call up uncapped Nehar

Twenty-year-old Disha Biswas, who is too yet to make her Bangladesh debut, was also selected

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Australia won't experiment as New Zealand hope to find some form

Alyssa Healy says Australia will not be in trial mode while Sophie Devine is hoping her side can regain some form ahead of the T20 World Cup after a nightmare tour of England

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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Sri Lanka opt to bat; New Zealand pick Ajaz, Santner as frontline spinners

Hosts promoted Kamindu Mendis up to No. 5, with the wicketkeeping gloves gone to Kusal Mendis

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Can New Zealand outspin Sri Lanka in Galle?

Both sides could potentially field three spin-options each, but for a result to be possible, rain has to stay away

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Chris Guest named as England Women U19 performance lead

Head coach of The Blaze has overseen pathway and age-group programmes, including England U19s

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Monday, September 16, 2024

'Heat acclimation' a priority for Australia's women's World Cup warm-up against NZ

Australia's women begin a three-match series against New Zealand in Queensland on Thursday having not played an international since April

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Lehmann quits coaching roles with Heat and Queensland for commentary gig

Former Australian coach leaves assistant roles with a year to run on his contract for a radio commentary job with ABC Sport

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Luke Fletcher, Nottinghamshire's stalwart seamer, to leave club at end of season

Fast bowler set to depart Trent Bridge having played a role in six title-winning campaigns

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Mahli Beardman added to Australia ODI squad as cover

Promising fast bowler handed first senior call-up after slew of fast-bowling injuries

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Oshada Fernando back in squad for Sri Lanka's Tests against New Zealand

Nishan Madushka, Kasun Rajitha and Nisala Tharaka make way from the group that toured England

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Sunday, September 15, 2024

Harry Brook to captain England for Australia ODIs with Jos Buttler ruled out

Liam Livingstone handed 50-over recall as cover, but left-arm quick Josh Hull is also out with a quad injury

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Mulani, Kotian share seven wickets in India A's big win

India A remain in contention to finish on top of the table heading into the final round

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Kamboj takes career-best eight-for, Gaikwad hits fifty as India C eke out draw

Kamboj's performance was among his most impactful yet in a nascent first-class career

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Shanto: If we take the match into final session, anything can happen

"It will be a challenging series but we have the extra confidence from the Pakistan series"

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Saturday, September 14, 2024

Easwaran makes 143*, but Kamboj's five-star show puts India C in the driver's seat

Musheer, Sarfaraz, Rinku, and Reddy all fell cheaply to Kamboj and let go of the advantage India B had going into day three

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Pakistan women miss out on daily allowances at training camp

The PCB's official policy does not necessitate the provision of daily allowances when three meals and accommodation are provided

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Morkel's goal as India's bowling coach - 'To protect the set-up that operates by itself'

Morkel said he interacted with the players about their goals and was "blown away" by how professional they were

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Friday, September 13, 2024

New Zealand 'frustrated' to have lost game-time ahead of Sri Lanka and India Tests

Head coach Gary Stead says the players were "very disappointed" to have been denied a chance to play Afghanistan

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Afghanistan coach Trott: Sometimes we take things like drainage 'for granted'

Greater Noida Test against New Zealand was abandoned without a ball bowled, and Trott hoped it was a "good learning case"

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Thursday, September 12, 2024

Amid persistent rain, one-off Test between Afghanistan and NZ called off without a ball bowled

It was only the eighth such instance in the Test history and the first since 1998

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Rashid back for South Africa ODIs, but Ibrahim and Mujeeb remain unavailable

Uncapped Bilal Sami, Darwish Rasooli and Abdul Malik also named for Afghanistan's first bilateral ODI series against SA

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CSA reports profits of R815 million for 2023-24 fiscal year

Hosting India in all three formats and another bumper SA20 serves as a boost to CSA coffers

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Uncapped Jaker Ali replaces injured Shoriful Islam for Bangladesh's Tests against India

Bangladesh made just one change to the squad that sealed a 2-0 series win in Pakistan

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Match likely to be abandoned after fourth day also washed out

There was a lot of overnight rain and some morning drizzle before play was called off

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ACC unveils Women's Under-19 T20 Asia Cup

The tournament is set to be staged bienially to help Asian teams prepare for the Under-19 World Cup

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Gloucestershire avoid penalty for alleged breach of pitch regulations

Club remain disappointed by damage to reputation and earnings after day one abandonment against Northamptonshire

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Persistent rain forces Day 3 of Afghanistan-New Zealand to be called off early

Play was abandoned as early as 9.15am local time after overnight rains persisted through the morning

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WTC scenarios: England's chances take a hit; Sri Lanka, Bangladesh still in contention

A look at how the teams are placed, and their chances of qualifying for the final

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Day two of Afghanistan-New Zealand Test called off despite sunny conditions

The ground-staff used electric fans and even tried a grass transplant but the outfield remained unfit for play

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Monday, September 9, 2024

Rosemary Mair back as New Zealand name experienced squad for T20 World Cup

Fast bowler returns from back injury; Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates are set for their ninth T20 World Cup

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Jansen and Coetzee on road to recovery, likely to be back in action by November

South Africa are also giving Kagiso Rabada time off ahead of a busy period of Test cricket

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Opening day of Afghanistan-New Zealand Test called off due to wet outfield

Despite a sunny day, the drainage facilities could not dry out the outfield following overnight rain

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De Kock's T20I future: 'I don't know, to be dead honest,' says Walter

"I've left the door open for him to approach me... [but] that might never happen," South Africa white-ball coach says

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South Africa inject fresh blood for white-ball games against Afghanistan and Ireland

Rabada, Maharaj, Nortje, Jansen, Shamsi, Miller and Klaasen not included in any of the squads

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Sunday, September 8, 2024

New Zealand begin subcontinent expedition against Afghanistan at new Test venue

It's their first Test match against each other, and both teams are getting back to the red-ball format after several months

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Shahidi wants 'one good home venue' and more Tests for Afghanistan

Afghanistan captain hopes the ACB "will try harder to give us opportunities against good teams in the future"

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Saturday, September 7, 2024

'Felt the time was right' - Moeen Ali retires from international cricket

He says the decision was made after not being considered for England's upcoming white-ball series against Australia

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No fracture, Khurram Shahzad expected to be fit for England Tests

Khurram Shahzad missed the best part of the last day of the Test series against Bangladesh because of pain and stiffness on the left side

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Suthar's seven-wicket haul sets up India C's win

Saransh Jain bagged 4 for 92 for India D and helped trigger a collapse, before Abishek Porel and Suthar added an unbeaten 42 to calm India C's nerves

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Williamson: We don't usually get such a volume of Tests

New Zealand batter also touches on the importance of learning to play differently in the subcontinent

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Graeme West joins Cricket Ireland as high-performance director

Warren Deutrom, Cricket Ireland CEO, said the appointment is a step towards Ireland becoming a "fit-for-purpose Full Member"

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Friday, September 6, 2024

Sri Lanka win the toss and bowl under cloudy Oval skies

Sri Lanka set to unleash all-pace attack as England look for series clean sweep

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Herath, Rathour join NZ Test team for short-term roles

They will join the support staff just before New Zealand's six Tests in Asia over the next two months

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Wolvaardt, Jansen win big at CSA Annual Awards

Quinton de Kock was named the men's ODI Player of the Year, while Reeza Hendricks won the T20I award

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Matthew Mott joins Sydney Sixers as assistant coach following England exit

He has signed a three-year deal with the club to replace Cameron White who moved to Melbourne Renegades

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10 रन पर मंगोलिया ऑलआउट, T20I के सबसे छोटे स्कोर की बराबरी

सिंगापोर ने महज़ पांच गेंदों में जीता मैच, पूरा मुक़ाबला 65 गेंदों तक ही चला

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Mongolia bowled out for 10, the joint-lowest total in men's T20Is

Singapore's 17-year-old legspinner Harsha Bharadwaj picked up six wickets for three runs

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Duleep Trophy first round: Kishan likely to be sidelined, Prasidh not ready yet

Kishan is believed to have complained of a hamstring niggle while Prasidh continues to recover from a quadriceps injury

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India Test squad likely to be named after first round of Duleep Trophy

India will start training in Chepauk on September 12 ahead of their first Test against Bangladesh, who will begin training on September 15

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Southee excited about 'great challenge' in the backdrop of cricket's 'changing landscape'

"We've seen in the other formats what a side they can be," Southee says of the Test against Afghanistan

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

JP Duminy named Sharjah Warriorz head coach in ILT20

Duminy is currently also South Africa's white-ball batting coach, having taken up the role in late 2023

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Australia's road to 2026: Eyes on Fraser-McGurk and Ellis' chance to lead

Everyone in the squad can expect an opportunity with six matches in less than two weeks

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Shanto, Mominul bring target within sight on fifth morning

Pakistan removed openers but Bangladesh stayed firm and are now only 63 runs adrift of a 2-0 win

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Monday, September 2, 2024

SA20: Sunrisers begin title defence at home; Wanderers to host final

SuperSport Park will host the eliminator and the second qualifier on consecutive days, making it the first time in the tournament's short history that the playoffs take place in Centurion

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Bryce sisters to lead Scotland at Women's T20 World Cup 2024

This will be Scotland's maiden outing at the Women's T20 World Cup, making it to the main event after coming second in the qualifier tournament earlier this year

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Sunday, September 1, 2024

Stone strikes for England after Karunaratne half-century

Sri Lanka opener sets tone before becoming second wicket to fall during morning session

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Duckett first pick as English players dominate BBL draft

Overall, 14 English players will be part of BBL 14, with Bangladesh legspinner Rishad Hossain also in the mix

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WPL and WCPL mates Rodrigues, Jonassen and Pandey reunite for Brisbane Heat

Deepti will join Lanning at Melbourne Stars, having won the Hundred together recently

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Khurram Shahzad and Mir Hamza run through Bangladesh's top order

In less than six overs, Bangladesh slipped from 14 for no loss to 26 for 6 in the first session of day three

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