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16Sep

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Travis Head’s World Cup participation in doubt after fracturing left hand

Australia’s Travis Head leaves the field after receiving medical attention during the fourth ODI cricket match between South Africa and Australia in Pretoria, South Africa, on September 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Travis Head's participation at next month's World Cup has been thrown into uncertainty after the Australian opener fractured his left hand during the fourth ODI against South Africa.Head was struck on the on the left glove by a short delivery from Proteas seamer Gerald Coetzee in the seventh over in the fourth ODI here on Friday.The 29-year-old faced three more deliveries but looked in discomfort and was forced to retire hurt in Australia's massive 164-run loss."It's a confirmed fracture," Australia head coach Andrew McDonald said at the post match conference."As to the natu...

3Sep

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3rd T20I: Australia complete clean sweep of T20 series against South Africa with convincing win | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Left-handed opener Travis Head played a blistering innings of 91 from 48 balls to guide Australia to a comprehensive five-wicket victory over South Africa in Durban, securing a clean sweep in their three-match Twenty20 International series.Throughout the series, Australia demonstrated their dominance over a depleted South African side on the compact Kingsmead ground, showcasing superior performances with both bat and ball. The home team, on the other hand, struggled with their fielding, contributing to their defeats."We had a great team effort this tour, we prepared well and took the game on," new Australia T20 captain Mitch Marsh said at the post-match presentation. "We are building towards next year’s (T20) World Cup and I am really pleased with the players who have come in...

31Aug

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Australia thrashes South Africa by 111 runs in Durban T20

Australia’s Mitchell Marsh in action as South Africa’s Tristan Stubbs looks on during the 1st T20 in Durban, South Africa, on August 30, 2023 | Photo Credit: Reuters Australia turned the highest Twenty20 total at Kingsmead into a 111-run win over South Africa. Made to bat first, Australia put up 226-6 then bowled out South Africa for 115 in 15.3 overs.New captain Mitch Marsh led with a 22-ball fifty in an unbeaten 92, and was supported by Tim David's 28-ball 64. All four debutants contributed, especially leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha with 4-31 and fast bowler Spencer Johnson's 2-33.South Africa never got going. It was 69-5 and lost its last five wickets for nine runs.Marsh walked in after only three deliveries and plundered 20 runs in the game's second over bowled by Lungi Ngidi. Matthew...

18Aug

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Injured Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc eye ODI series in India for comeback, to miss South Africa tour

Injured Australian stalwarts Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc will miss the limited-overs tour of South Africa but are expected to be fit for the ODI series in India ahead of the World Cup. Australia captain Pat Cummins is recovering from a wrist fracture suffered during the Ashes in England, while Smith is nursing a tendon injury on his left wrist, which has sidelined him for four weeks, according to Cricket Australia. Both will miss the three T20Is in South Africa from August 30 to September 3, which will be followed by five ODIs from September 7-17.The pair will return for the three-match ODI series against India beginning September 22 along with left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc, who is also not in the squad for the South Africa series. Starc, who played a crucial role in Australia’...

7Aug

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Mitchell Marsh named as Australia’s new T20 captain

All-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been named Australia’s new T20 captain and will lead the team in the three-match T20 series against South Africa. “Marsh has been named as skipper for the South Africa series only, with Cricket Australia yet to commit to a full-time replacement for Finch, who played his final T20 International last October,” Cricket Australia said in a statement. “Mitch has long been a senior player within the white-ball structure, with this an opportunity for him to add to his leadership skills at international level,” said selection chair George Bailey. “We look forward to him taking that step in South Africa.” Marsh has played a key role in Australia lifting the 2021 T20 World Cup held in Dubai, where he has scored a match winnings 77 not out from 50 balls in the fin...

1Mar

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Women’s Premier League | Delhi will look to capitalise on its explosive batting, spin attack

Meg Lanning, a top buy for Delhi Capitals. | Photo Credit: AFP Delhi Capitals knows a thing or two about auctioning cricketers. The franchise used its IPL experience at the auction for the inaugural Women’s Premier League to put together a formidable squad. It could consider itself a bit lucky that it got Meg Lanning for only ₹1.1 crore; it was one of the best buys at the auction. Besides being a run machine — she has amassed over 8,000 runs with 17 centuries in international white-ball cricket — she has been an inspiring captain for Australia, which she led to the Women’s T20 World Cup triumph on Sunday at Cape Town. Biggest buyLanning is part of a strong batting line-up that includes Jemimah Rodrigues, the franchise’s biggest buy at ₹2.2 crore, and Shafali Verma, who can take any...

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Women’s Premier League | Delhi will look to capitalise on its explosive batting, spin attack

Meg Lanning, a top buy for Delhi Capitals. | Photo Credit: AFP Delhi Capitals knows a thing or two about auctioning cricketers. The franchise used its IPL experience at the auction for the inaugural Women’s Premier League to put together a formidable squad. It could consider itself a bit lucky that it got Meg Lanning for only ₹1.1 crore; it was one of the best buys at the auction. Besides being a run machine — she has amassed over 8,000 runs with 17 centuries in international white-ball cricket — she has been an inspiring captain for Australia, which she led to the Women’s T20 World Cup triumph on Sunday at Cape Town. Biggest buyLanning is part of a strong batting line-up that includes Jemimah Rodrigues, the franchise’s biggest buy at ₹2.2 crore, and Shafali Verma, who can take any...

27Feb

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Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia’s unprecedented sixth title hailed worldwide | Cricket News – Times of India

Australia's win over South Africa in the Women's T20 World Cup final on Sunday brought them an unmatched sixth title in the shortest white-ball format, and it earned the team applause from cricket fraternity worldwide.The title-holders, captained by Meg Lanning, defended 156/6 for a 20-run triumph to ensure that the trophy remains with Australia. "Australia's Women's team are absolutely fantastic," tweeted former England captain Michael Vaughan, who is now also a commentator.Australia’s Women’s team are absolutely fantastic .. 👏👏👏👏👏👏— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) 1677432445000"Australian women's team are an indomitable force, and have been for so long. Deserved champions once again What has been pleasing is to see that South Africa are heading in the right direction," remarked form...

26Feb

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Meg Lanning: ‘It was pretty special’: Meg Lanning on record-extending sixth T20 WC title | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Australia extended their domination in world cricket by clinching a record-extending sixth ICC Women's T20 World Cup title on Sunday.Australia dished out an all-round performance in the final to inflict a 19-run defeat on the tournament hosts South Africa and completed a second hat-trick of T20 World Cup titles.Awesome Australia have done it 🏆They become Women’s #T20WorldCup champions for the sixth time! #AUSvSA |… https://t.co/7XlNrPKnvN— ICC (@ICC) 1677427393000Skipper Meg Lanning expressed her joy over the team's stunning show and termed the title as a "special" effort from the group."It's pretty special from the group. All teams came hard at us but super proud. We felt like it was a good score but we have to bowl well. It was not as good as the semi-final. We had to put p...

26Feb

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Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women’s T20 World Cup Final: It’s South Africa vs Australia in the final – The Times of India

LIVE NOWTHE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 26, 2023, 16:28:23 ISTODI MATCH LIVE UPDATES T20 World Cup Women's Final Live: South Africa will get their fairytale finish at home if they find a way to halt the Australian juggernaut in the Women's T20 World Cup final today. South Africa showed commendable fighting spirit to upset England in the semifinal but they will need to stitch together a perfect game to topple the mighty Australia, who are the record five-time champions and are in their seventh successive final.Read Less!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {}; const { TimesApps } = window; TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() { (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function() { n.callMethod ?...

25Feb

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Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 | Invincible Australia looms for South Africa

South Africa showed commendable fighting spirit to upset England in the semifinal. File | Photo Credit: AP South Africa will get their fairytale finish at home if they find a way to halt the Australian juggernaut in the Women's T20 World Cup final on Sunday.South Africa showed commendable fighting spirit to upset England in the semifinal but they will need to stitch together a perfect game to topple the mighty Australia, who are the record five-time champions and are in their seventh successive final. South Africa have made rapid strides over the past 12 months and after making the semifinals of the ODI World Cup last year, they entered their maiden final of an ICC event here on Friday. In Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits, a former world junior javelin champion whose Olympic dream was...

19Feb

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Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner power Australia into Women’s T20 World Cup semis | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Tahlia McGrath and Ashleigh Gardner played aggressive knocks in chase of 125 to power defending champions Australia to a comfortable six-wicket win over South Africa in the Women's T20 World Cup match in Gqeberha on Saturday. With the comfortable win, Australia made it a perfect four wins from their four group games to cruise into the semifinals of the cricketing extravaganza. Chasing a par 125, Australia reached their target with 21 balls to spare with McGrath hitting a powerpacked 33-ball 57. Australia were put under pressure by South Africans in the chase early as at one stage they were in trouble at 40 for three but McGrath and Gardner (28 not out off 29) went for their shots in a fourth-wicket partnership of 81 to secure victory for the champions."Tahlia was excellent, A...

8Jan

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AUS vs SA 3rd Test: South Africa dig in to draw SCG Test; Australia win series 2-0 | Cricket News – Times of India

SYDNEY: South Africa dug deep to deny Australia a 3-0 series sweep with a battling draw in the rain-disrupted third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, finally finding some fight on the final day of a miserable tour.The hosts, who declared on 475-4 on Saturday to try and force a result, dismissed South Africa for 255 in their first innings after lunch to enforce the follow on, but came up short in their bid to bowl out the tourists again.Sarel Erwee and Temba Bavuma guided the Proteas to stumps on 106 for two, enabling the tourists to take something out of the series after being thoroughly outclassed in the first two matches in Brisbane and Melbourne.Remarkably, it was the first draw in 47 Tests for South Africa going back to a match against New Zealand in Hamilton in March 201...

7Jan

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Australia vs South Africa, 3rd Test: Australia eye victory at Sydney after declaration | Cricket News – Times of India

SYDNEY: Australia reduced South Africa to 149 for six at the close of play on the fourth day of the rain-disrupted third Test on Saturday after declaring on 475-4 in pursuit of a victory that would give them a 3-0 series sweep.The poor weather that had washed out the best part of two days of the match finally relented at lunch and Australia immediately declared to allow the bowlers as much time as possible to dismiss the tourists twice.Skipper Pat Cummins (3-29) and Josh Hazlewood (2-19) rose to the task with some ferocious pace bowling as the hosts broke South African resistance every time a partnership looked like developing.Marco Jansen, who had made 10 not out, and Simon Harmer, unbeaten on six, will resume on Sunday as South Africa, still 126 runs short of avoiding the follow-on, l...

7Jan

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Aus vs SA 3rd Test | Australia chase Sydney victory after declaration on Day 4

Australia’s Pat Cummins, center, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of South Africa’s Khaya Zondo during the fourth day of their cricket Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, on January 7, 2023 | Photo Credit: AP Australia reduced South Africa to 149 for six at the close of play on the fourth day of the rain-disrupted third Test on Saturday after declaring on 475-4 in pursuit of a victory that would give them a 3-0 series sweep.The poor weather that had washed out the best part of two days of the match finally relented at lunch and Australia immediately declared to allow the bowlers as much time as possible to dismiss the tourists twice.Skipper Pat Cummins (3-29) and Josh Hazlewood (2-19) rose to the task with some brilliant pace bowling as the hosts broke ...

6Jan

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Aus vs SA 3rd Test | Rain washes out Day 3, dampening Australia’s hopes of series sweep

Match officials with umbrellas inspect the pitch during a rain delay on the third day of the cricket Test match between Australia and South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 6, 2023 | Photo Credit: AP Inclement weather threatens to derail Australia’s bid of a series clean sweep against South Africa and a confirmed place in the World Test Championship final as the third and final Test against South Africa at Sydney Cricket Ground appears destined for a draw.After rain and bad light delays across he first two days, consistent, and at times heavy, rain meant no play was possible at all on Friday. It left Australia unable to add to its imposing first-innings score of 475-4 and Usman Khawaja stranded on his overnight score of 195 and tantalizingly close to his first double cen...

6Jan

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To combat fading lights, Australia’s cricketers want to develop a ‘bad-light’ ball

Australian Cricketers’ Association chief executive Todd Greenberg on Friday revealed that Australia’s players are eager to develop a ball that will allow Test cricket to continue during fading light. Greenberg said will talk to Cricket Australia about the possibility of a joint venture. “I want to talk to them about it and say what else can we do?” Greenberg told the Herald and The Age at the SCG on Friday. “Who can we partner with? How do we work this out? Because what I’m learning quickly is the ICC aren’t doing these things. There’s no-one in cricket doing this stuff, so there is a void. “And in the absence of someone else doing it, I’m going to call it and say, well, we should do it. Let’s do it. “We can’t just sort of sit around and whinge about the fact we’re not on the field...

5Jan

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Australia vs South Africa, 3rd Test: Steve Smith’s 30th Test ton takes him past Don Bradman | Cricket News – Times of India

SYDNEY: Steven Smith passed a Don Bradman landmark to claim his 30th Test century on Thursday as Usman Khawaja and Australia piled on the misery for the beleaguered South Africans in the third Test in Sydney.Smith passed Bradman's 29 Test hundreds with a majestic pull shot off Anrich Nortje to the boundary ropes to claim a home-town hundred off 190 balls.He was out two balls later on 104 when he innocuously chipped back a catch to Keshav Maharaj for the left-arm spinner's first wicket of the series.At tea on day two, Khawaja had moved on with his 13th Test century to be unconquered on 172 with Travis Head on 17 to have Australia in firm control at 394 for three.Along the way, Smith also overtook Michael Clarke to become Australia's fourth-highest Test run-getter with 8,647 behind Ricky ...

5Jan

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Marnus Labuschagne ‘frustrated’ by his dismissal in 3rd Test against South Africa

Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne walks off after he was caught out by South Africa during the first day of their cricket test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP World No. 1 Test batter Marnus Labuschagne on Wednesday said that losing his wicket against South Africa on Day 1 of the Sydney Test was upsetting. The right-handed hitter also mentioned that it was dark and challenging to see the red ball in that environment.South Africa was confident that Simon Harmer had taken a clean catch from Marnus Labuschagne in the slips, despite the third umpire ruling it not out. In the 40th over, with the score at 70, Labuschagne escaped a disputed catch at slip by Simon Harmer off the bowling of Marco Jansen. In response to the call, South Afric...

4Jan

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Aus vs SA 3rd Test | Aussies reign on gloomy Day 1, Proteas frustrated

Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne is congratulated by Usman Khawaja after reaching 50 runs against South Africa during the third Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, on January 4, 2023 | Photo Credit: AP Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja grabbed half-centuries as Australia made the best of a rainy day one to be 147 for two at stumps in the third Test against a frustrated South Africa in Sydney on Wednesday.Opener Khawaja was 54 not out and Steve Smith yet to face a ball when rain halted play midway through the final session at the Sydney Cricket Ground.The match is a dead rubber after Australia sealed the series with wins in Melbourne and Brisbane, but Pat Cummins's side can book their place in the World Test Championship final with another victory.Lion-hearted paceman A...