7:19 AM GMT England 2 for 176 (Knight 108*, Sciver 59*) beat Thailand 7 for 78 (Chantam 32, Shrubsole 3-21) by 98 runs Heather Knight took England’s early World Cup campaign by the scruff of the neck after an early fright against Thailand with a maiden T20I hundred as her team secured an emphatic 98-run
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4:32 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England’s World Cup celebrations have continued with Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler collecting honours at Buckingham Palace. The pair were named alongside their World Cup-winning captain, Eoin Morgan, coach, Trevor Bayliss, and Joe Root on the New Year’s Honours list and received their awards from the Duke of Cambridge, Prince
3:14 PM GMT South Zone completed a hat-trick of BCL titles after beating East Zone by 105 runs in the final in Chittagong. The win came shortly after tea on the fourth day when they bowled out East Zone for 248 runs, with Shafiul Islam and Mahedi Hasan picking up three wickets each. South Zone
5:53 AM GMT Lunch Zimbabwe 114 for 5 (Raza 33*, Nayeem 3-44) and 265 trail Bangladesh 560 for 6 dec (Rahim 203*, Mominul 132) by 181 runs Bangladesh’s march to victory continued with a couple of vital wickets on the fourth morning in Mirpur. It was the spinners that struck first, with Taijul Islam opening
6:40 PM GMT When Kagiso Rabada earned his fourth active demerit point in a 24-month period and was suspended from the final Test against England last month, his father sent him a little something to make him feel better and it’s not what you might expect. “I sent him a song about the ICC. To
2:39 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Australia A 176 (Wildermuth 50*, Carse 3-50, Robinson 3-66) and 5 for 180 (Maddinson 52) trail England Lions 428 by 72 runs England Lions closed in on a convincing win in their four-day game against Australia A, enforcing the follow-on as their seamers continued to impress at the MCG. Resuming
6:15 AM GMT Lunch Bangladesh 351 for 3 (Haque 119*, Rahim 99*, Tshuma 1-58) lead Zimbabwe 265 by 86 runs Bangladesh raced into the lead with a batting masterclass from Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim on the third morning. Haque raised his ninth Test century, his first as captain, and the first by a Bangladesh
6:23 PM GMT While South Africans celebrate their double success in T20 cricket on a super Sunday in which both the men’s and women’s teams won crucial matches, Australia are not making any attempt to hide their disappointment that victory could have been theirs. Their men’s team lost a T20 for the first time since
2:22 PM GMT South Africa 4 for 127 beat England 8 for 123 (Sciver 50, Khaka 3-25) by six wickets In her 100th T20I, Mignon du Preez struck back-to-back boundaries in the final over as South Africa held their nerve to secure just a third victory over England in the format in what could be
5:59 AM GMT Liam Brickhill Bangladesh 25 for 1 (Tamim 10*, Nyauchi 1-11) trail Zimbabwe 265 all out (Ervine 107, Nayeem 4-70, Abu Jayed 4-71) by 240 runs A career-best innings haul of 4 for 71 from seamer Abu Jayed helped Bangladesh keep Zimbabwe to 265 on the second morning in Mirpur. On a hazy