India won a record third T20 World Cup title and became the first team to defend their crown with a 96-run thumping of New Zealand in a lop-sided final on Sunday.
India retain T20 World Cup with 96-run final win over New Zealand – as it happened
Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah starred as an irresistible India crushed New Zealand to retain the T20 World Cup
3rd over: India 27-0 (Samson 14, Abhishek 12) Matt Henry is replaced by Jacob Duffy after only one over. The gamble doesn’t pay off, with Duffy’s first over costing 15.
Abhishek larruped two fours over the top before hitting another big shot just short of Phillips at deep square leg. Samson finished the over with an imperious drive over mid-off for four.
Continue reading...‘Irreplaceable’: Legend’s career ends in style, special scenes as Aussies rout rival
Selfless Alyssa Healy had no intention of opening the batting for Australia on her final day of international cricket, saying her “time in the sun” was over after leading her team to a 10-wicket Test match thrashing of India in Perth.
‘Wouldn’t mind breaking a few hearts’: Kiwis out to silence 100,000 fans in World Cup final
New Zealand will “not mind breaking a few hearts” in the T20 World Cup final against defending champions and hosts India, captain Mitchell Santner said on Saturday.
Five wickets in five balls! New Zealander creates cricket history with absurd feat
New Zealander Brett Randell has made history during a Plunket Shield match in Napier on Sunday morning, becoming the first cricketer to take five wickets across five deliveries in a first-class contest.
‘I just wanna go home’: Windies coach left fuming at farcical six-day World Cup stranding
Nearly a week after their T20 World Cup exit, the West Indies are yet to return home due to flight restrictions caused by the Middle East conflict.
Aussie’s record-shattering feat before Indian star’s ugly brain fade as 19yo quick wreaks havoc
Australia is on the verge of a commanding victory in the women’s Test against India at the WACA after Annabel Sutherland sealed her legacy as one of the sport’s modern greats with another impressive hundred.
Bazball set to stay… Poms back McCullum despite review into Ashes humiliation
Brendon McCullum is set to remain England’s coach across all formats as the England and Wales Cricket Board wrapped up a review following their 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia.
No fairytale for retiring great as Aussie star dominates opening day of pink ball Test
Australia dominated day one of the day/night Test against India at the WACA, but there was no fairytale first innings from retiring captain Alyssa Healy.
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Continue reading...Tasmania rolled in eight-year low as finals hopes dashed after Shield carnage
Tasmania has been rolled for its fourth-lowest home total in Sheffield Shield history as the fast bowlers continue to wreak havoc on a green Bellerive Oval deck on Friday morning.
Brendon McCullum would ‘love to carry on’ as coach… but England ‘can’t just move on’ from Ashes disaster
Brendon McCullum has declared he would “love to carry on” as England coach despite a challenging winter headlined by the Ashes disaster and Harry Brook’s nightclub altercation.
‘Scary’ kid to immortality: Healy bows out with a ‘fearless’ legacy Aussies will never forget
The whisper spreading around the ‘Gong about the blonde pocket rocket behind the stumps with reflexes like a cat had become a roar by the time it reached Ellyse Perry’s ears.
Young gun’s brilliant hundred can’t rescue England as ‘big mistake’ proves costly in 499-run epic
India clung on to beat England by seven runs in a thrilling T20 World Cup semi-final in Mumbai on Friday morning AEDT, despite Jacob Bethell’s superb 105 that put Harry Brook’s side within a whisker of pulling off a record chase.
England fall just short against India in epic T20 World Cup semi-final – as it happened
Jacob Bethell’s excellence was still not enough to carry England over the line as India set up a final showdown with New Zealand
England’s first task is to stop Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson getting off to a flyer. As Finn Allen showed yesterday, an opener can win a semi-final all by himself.
Will Jacks belts out God Save The King like a peroxide version of a Chelsea pensioner. As soon as it finishes, Harry Brook pops a piece of chewing gum into his mouth. The young chaperones look on with mild curiosity from under their yellow bucket hats.
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