As was expected, the all-conquering Meg Lanning led Australian side proved too good at the biggest stage once again and pulled off yet another ICC Women’s World Cup trophy to their name this April 3. The Aussies hammered their arch-rivals England in the final played at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval in New Zealand. Years of planning and investment came to fruition for Lanning and her team as they went through the tournament unbeaten, winning all nine of their matches, including seven league stage fixtures, the semifinal versus West Indies and the summit clash against England. https://twitter.com/sthalekar93/status/1510543453222207494 With their 71-run commanding victory, they…
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Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant was disappointed over the nature of his side’s loss to Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022 on April 2 in Pune. The 24-year-old rued wickets falling at regular intervals through the run-chase as his team collapsed to 157/9, chasing a decent target of 172. While experts felt the track in Pune was a touch on the slower side for this fixture, Pant said it was still good enough to be able to chase down Titans’ 171/6. But DC kept losing wickets and that eventually led to their downfall under pressure. Credit: IPL The likes of Mandeep Singh (18), Lalit Yadav (25), Rovman…
Ricky Ponting hopes Delhi Capitals’ first-choice picks Anrich Nortje and David Warner will be available for his team’s next Indian Premier League 2022 match on April 7 against the Lucknow Super Giants at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. DC have played their first two matches with mixed results without their two incumbents, winning the opening game against Mumbai Indians but going down heavily versus Gujarat Titans. Also read 👉 Lalit Yadav & Patel star as Delhi Capitals thrash Mumbai Indians 👉 Gujarat Titans go 2-0 up with convincing win over Delhi Capitals Speaking to reporters after the loss to Titans in Pune,…
Pakistan defeated Australia in a historic ODI series win on April 2 after clinching the third and final encounter in Lahore by nine wickets. Babar Azam and co. dominated the Aussies at the Gaddafi Stadium to pull off their country’s first ODI series victory against the team from Down Under since 2002. Heading into the three-match series, Pakistan had won only 10 of their 53 ODIs against Australia since the turn of the century. But Babar’s team made some amends on that front, coming back very strongly from their loss in the series opener with two successive wins. Babar led his team from the…
Simon Harmer’s impressive four-wicket haul near the close of Day 2 in the Durban Test versus Bangladesh may have reinforced his quality and promise as the South African off-spinner. But the 33-year-old continues to carry doubts about his capabilities at the top-level game. Harmer was rated as a potential spin great within the Proteas ranks when in 2017, he decided to cut short his international career and sign a Kolpak deal with Essex County Cricket Club. Playing for the club, he emerged as one of the world’s best contemporary first-class bowlers and spinners, helping them clinch two Championship titles. Credit: Getty Images…
The Kiwis have added a Dutch leg to their elongated trip to Europe this summer, as they will also stopover in the Netherlands for a two-match T20I series in August. Netherlands’ cricket board announced the fixtures on April 1, adding more exciting game time to their rare busy summer. The two matches will be played at the Voorburg Cricket Club in The Hague on August 4 and 6. https://twitter.com/KNCBcricket/status/1509835545416982542 For the Dutch, these fixtures will present a chance to build properly towards the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, provided they make the cut at July’s global qualifier B in Zimbabwe. This will be…
Former Chennai Super Kings opener Matthew Hayden was critical of the team’s decision to use medium-pace allrounder Shivam Dube in the penultimate over of the run-chase in the Indian Premier League game against Lucknow Super Giants on March 31. The Australian feels LSG got their victory served on a platter courtesy of Dube’s dibbly-dobblies towards the end of the game in Mumbai. Needing 34 off the last 12 balls, defending Premier League champions smashed Dube for 25 runs in the 19th over and tilted the scales decisively in their favour. Credit: Pakistan Cricket On a flat batting surface with dew making it tough for CSK spinners…
David Warner, Andre Russell, Babar Azam are in the list of prominent international stars who have registered their names for the draft procedure of the 2022 edition of The Hundred, which will be played from August 3 to September 3. Warner’s inclusion is of great interest as he has registered himself in the most expensive Hundred draft category of 125,000 pounds. Babar has put himself in the same bracket of players, while Russell interestingly has his name up for grabs one category below with a base sum of 100,000 pounds. Credit: Reuters This will be Warner’s maiden stint in The Hundred. The…
A sightscreen issue caused a 35-minute delay to the first Test between South Africa and Bangladesh at Kingsmead, Durban, on March 31. There have been some bizarre reasons for the play to be stopped during a cricket match, but a game getting delayed due to the sightscreen malfunction might top it all. The first Test between South Africa and Bangladesh hit an unexpected setback even before a ball was bowled as the sightscreens from both ends malfunctioned. South African openers Dean Elgar and Sarel Erwee waited in the ground initially for the issue to be sorted at Old Fort End. But the black spots from the background on…
Lucknow Super Giants batter Ayush Badoni ended up hitting a female spectator straight off a maximum during the critical stage of his team’s IPL 2022 encounter played on March 31 against Chennai Super Kings. The 22-year-old made a clean connection of an attempted sweep shot through the on-side as the ball sailed over the ropes in the mid-wicket region. But while the batter got a timely six for his team, his well-timed stroke proved harmful for this lady spectator, who was seen in visible pain after the blow. https://twitter.com/time__square/status/1509590551145811978 Thankfully for this spectator, the pain from the blow died down soon as…