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Here are the fixtures for the inaugural edition of the International Masters League scheduled to be held on November 17 to December 8.
Stars like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara & Kumar Sangakkara will be participating in this competition. India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Australia, South Africa & England will be the teams participating in this event. Continue reading “International Masters League Schedule & Fixtures 2024”
Here is a look at the England cricket team vs Australia match scorecard and timeline of key moments from the 5th and final ODI of their series on September 29, 2024. The Australian team won this fixture on the DLS rule after rain interrupted play in their chase, with the visitors claiming the 5 game ODI series 3-2. Australia had won the first two games before England claimed the next two to set up a series decider in Bristol.
England vs Australian men’s team timeline fifth ODI
Australia win the toss and choose to bowl
England start well but collapse to spin, and go from 202/3 in the 25th over to 260/8
Adil Rashid scores a valuable 36 to take England to 309
Travis Head, Zampa and Maxwell combine to take 8 wickets between them
Australia begin nicely with Matthew Short scoring a fine 58
Rains comes when the visitors are at 165/2 in the 21st over with Steve Smith on 36 and Josh Inglis on 28
Australia win on DLS by 49 runs Continue reading “DLS 5th ODI | England vs Australian Men’s Cricket Team Match Timeline & Scorecard September 2024 Bristol”
Here are scorecards and the key moments timeline from England vs Australia which took place in Chester Le Street on September 24. This was the third one day international, and England kept the series alive by beating Australia by 46 runs under DLS method. This also put an end to Australia men’s 14-game-winning streak in ODI’s dating back to the last World Cup.
England vs Australia Third ODI Timeline 2024
England win the toss and choose to field first
Australia include Green and Abbott for Zampa and Head, while England bring in Archer for Stone.
Matthew Short (14) falls to Jofra Archer in the fourth over, while Brydon Carse dismisses skipper Mitchell Marsh for 24.
83 run stand between Steven Smith and Green get the hosts back on track.
Aussies lose Green and Labuschagne in quick succession and are reduced to 132/4.
Alex Carey (77)*, Maxwell (30) and Aaron Hardie (44) all make useful contributions that take them to 304/7.
England lose both Phil Salt and Ben Duckett to Starc early in the chase.
156 run stand between Jacks and skipper Brook sets a ideal platform for ENG.
Brook scores a brilliant unbeaten 110 and Liam Livingstone (33)*, before rain interrupts play Continue reading “England vs Australia Men’s Cricket Team Timeline 2024 Third ODI Scorecard September 24”
Marco Jansen claimed figures of 3/12, as South Africa thrashed Afghanistan by 9 wickets in the first semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad on Thursday.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Afghanistan were rocked early as Marco Jansen claimed wickets of Rahmanullah Gurbaz (0) and Gulbadin Naib (9) with the score on 16.
Kagiso Rabada then got into the act by striking twice in his opening over, as Afghanistan lost half their side for 23.
Anrich Nortje and Tabraiz Shamsi then claimed five wickets between them, as Afghans were routed out for 56 in 11.5 overs.
Chasing 57, South Africa lost Quinton De Kock early for 5. The pair of Reeza Hendricks (29) and Aiden Markram (23) featured in an unbeaten 55 run stand for the second wicket to take South Africa to a comfortable 9 wicket win.
With this victory, the Proteas reached their maiden Men’s World Cup final.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma scored a magnificent 92 as India booked their spot in the semifinals by beating Australia by 24 runs in the Super 8 fixture at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia on Monday.
After being asked to bat first, Virat Kohli’s lean run with the bat continued as he perished to Josh Hazlewood for a duck.
Rohit Sharma took on the Australian bowlers by smashing them to all parts of the group. He smashed a 41 ball-92 before perishing to Mitchell Starc.
Some useful contributions down the order from Suryakumar Yadav (31), Shivam Dube (28), and Hardik Pandya (27 ) helped The Men in Blue reached a mammoth score of 205/5 in their 20 overs.
Chasing 206, Australia started shakily by losing David Warner (6) early to Arshdeep Singh. The pair of Travs Head and Mitchell Marsh stitched together a 81 run stand for the second wicket before the latter fell to a stupendous one handed catch by Axar Patel off Kuldeep Yadav for 37.
Kuldeep then claimed his second wicket of the game by claiming Maxwell for 20. However regular wickets halted Australia’s momentum as the ended up with 181/7, thereby falling 24 run short of the target.
Arshdeep Singh was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/27, while Kuldeep bagged 2 wickets.
India 205 for 5 (Rohit 92, Hazlewood 1-14) beat Australia 181 for 7 (Head 76, Arshdeep 3-37, Kuldeep 2-24) by 24 runs
Gulbadin Naib claimed figures of 4/20 as Afghanistan stunned Australia by 21 runs in the Super 8 fixture at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St Vincent on Sunday. Continue reading “Australia vs Afghanistan Group 1 Super 8 Kingstown June 23 Match Report 2024”