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Jemimah Rodrigues guided Northern Superchargers to victory with her 92* off 42 balls.© Twitter Indian batter Jemimah Rodrigues slammed 92 off just 43 balls to help Northern Superchargers register a thumping win over Welsh Fire at Headingley in The Hundred on Saturday. While skipper Lauren Winfield Hill, Laura Wolvaardt, and Hollie Armitage struggled to get

Report India batter seals home side’s comeback after falling to 19 for 4 inside the Powerplay Northern Superchargers 131 for 4 (Rodrigues 92*) beat Welsh Fire 130 for 8 (Matthews 30, Smith 3-14) by six wickets A sublime innings from Jemimah Rodrigues carried Northern Superchargers to a six-wicket victory over Welsh Fire in their opening

Report Two-wicket win sealed after late onslaught, despite heroic efforts from young visitors Lancashire 274 for 8 (Lamb 86*, Lenham 4-59) beat Sussex 270 for 9 (Head 56, Carter 55; Hurt 3-55) On evenings like this, which are rich beyond easy measure, one wonders why the incomparable game seems periodically determined to tear itself to

Opener Wesley Madhevere top-scored with 73 as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 23 runs on Friday to keep alive hopes of winning the three-match Twenty20 series. Zimbabwe made 166-6 before bowling Bangladesh out for 143 with one ball remaining in Harare, enabling the hosts to avenge an eight-wicket defeat in the first match on Thursday. It

Virat Kohli was the top-scorer across both teams when India last toured England.© Twitter India captain Virat Kohli is gearing up for the upcoming five-match Test series against England. Although Kohli did not feature in the three-day warm-up game against County XI in Durham, he was seen middling the ball during a net session. Reminiscing

News Cornell took the original idea to Kerry Packer for a competition that would change world cricket John Cornell, the Australian TV and film icon and one of the major architects behind World Series Cricket, has died at the age of 80 after a 20-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Cornell played a central role in

ENG vs IND: Rishabh Pant poses for a photo with Ravi Shastri.© Twitter Having joined Team India in their bio-secure bubble, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant took to social media to thank head coach Ravi Shastri for giving him a “grand welcome”. India are set to face England in a five-match Test series, and they are currently

News It would appear, meanwhile, that the injured Shubman Gill is now back in India Rishabh Pant has joined the India squad after recovering from Covid-19 and completing his mandatory period of isolation. Pant tested positive on July 8, and had not travelled with the rest of the team to Durham, where the Indians are

Young opener Haseeb Hameed celebrated his Test recall with a gritty hundred even as Umesh Yadav bowled a few incisive spells and was largely responsible in India bowling Select County XI out for 220 on the second day of the warm-up first-class game. Coming back into the England squad after nearly five years, right-handed opener

Report Away from the impending thrills of the Hundred, Cumbria’s homespun youngsters take on Lancs Lancashire 383 for 7 (Jennings 103, Wells 86, Vilas 82, Jones 56*) beat Cumbria 174 (Boyce 107, Wells 3-16) by 209 runs And so we have returned to Sedbergh. For a few days this week at least, one of cricket’s

India pacer Deepak Chahar, who was an unexpected hero with the bat in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, on Tuesday said coach Rahul Dravid’sbelief in his batting inspired him to produce a match-winning knock for his team. Chahar came ahead of the more accomplished Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the batting order after India lost their

Age, experience and expertise have done little to ease Marizanne Kapp‘s nerves ahead of the opening match in the Hundred. Kapp, the 31-year-old veteran of nearly 200 international matches across formats and ranked as the world’s leading ODI allrounder, is part of a formidable three-pronged South African contingent who will turn out for Oval Invincibles

Tabraiz Shamsi, the world’s top-ranked T20I bowler, picked up four wickets against Ireland.© Twitter Spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took four wickets as South Africa comfortably beat Ireland by 33 runs in the first game of a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series in Dublin on Monday. Aiden Markram top-scored for the visitors with 39 and David Miller

News Nepalese legspinner awaiting clearance to play for Oval Invincibles Sandeep Lamichhane is a doubt for the opening games of the Hundred due to visa issues. Lamichhane, the Nepalese legspinner, is due to play for Oval Invincibles in the competition on a £60,000 deal but his availability is now uncertain. He had also been due

India wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan got off to a blistering start in his ODI career, smashing 59 off just 42 deliveries as India chased 263 with ease to beat Sri Lanka in the first ODI in Colombo. Coming in at one down after Prithvi Shaw gave India an explosive start, Kishan made his intentions clear from

News Karunaratne, who top-scored in the first ODI, said the fact that most of the batting order had got starts was encouraging Although none of Sri Lanka’s batters hit a half-century in the first ODI, the team has the ability to put up scores that will challenge India – something beyond 300. This was what

SL vs IND: Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan made their ODI debuts in 1st ODI vs Sri Lanka.© Indian Cricket Team/Instagram Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan made their ODI debuts for India on Sunday in the first ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Incidentally, both Suryakumar and Kishan had made their T20I debuts together as

Lancashire 131 for 6 (Wells 30, Croft 26*) beat Yorkshire 128 for 7 (Root 32, Ballance 31, Wood 4-20) by four wickets Those in charge of recording Roses folklore, pens and pads to the ready please. Joe Root, as a stand-in Yorkshire captain, was at the centre of one of the most debatable acts of