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Powerhouse Australia said it was "up for the challenge" Friday of winning an unprecedented eighth Women's Cricket World Cup, naming a star-studded squad to defend their title in India and Sri Lank ...

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England's Harry Brook Rejects Talk Of Ashes Rest After South Africa ODI Series Loss

Harry Brook urged England's multi-format cricketers to press on amid a gruelling schedule following another loss to South Africa. White-ball captain Brook and England teammates Ben Duckett, Joe Ro ...

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New Zealand Great Ross Taylor Out Of Retirement To Play For Samoa

New Zealand cricket great Ross Taylor announced Friday he was coming out of retirement, nearly four years after quitting, to help Samoa qualify for next year's Twenty20 World Cup. The 41-year-old ...

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Fakhar Zaman And Abrar Ahmed Star As Pakistan Beat UAE To Reach Tri-Series Final

Fakhar Zaman cracked a robust 77 and spinner Abrar Ahmed registered career-best figures as Pakistan reached the T20I tri-series final with a 31-run win over United Arab Emirates on Thursday. Zaman hit ...

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Matthew Breetzke Stars As South Africa Edge England By 5 Runs For ODI Series Win

Matthew Breetzke became the first batsman in one-day international history to start his career with five consecutive scores of fifty or more as South Africa beat England by just five runs at Lord' ...

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Axed Australia Batsman Marnus Labuschagne 'Back To Drawing Board' In Ashes Bid

Marnus Labuschagne has gone "back to the drawing board" in a bid to regain his Australia spot for the Ashes, boosted by knowing he was once the top batsman in the world. The long-time number ...

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Australia Skipper Pat Cummins To Do 'Whatever It Takes' To Play Ashes

Pat Cummins says he will do whatever it takes to play the Ashes against England starting in November, with the Australian skipper prepared to "take a few risks" with a back injury that has sidelined ...

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Bangladesh Win T20I Series Against Netherlands 2-0 After No Result

Bangladesh won their three-match T20 series against the Netherlands 2-0 after rain forced the final match to be abandoned on Wednesday. Skipper Litton Das hammered 73 off 46 balls to guide Bangladesh ...

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'Nobody Wants To Watch That' Says Captain Harry Brook As South Africa Hammer England

England captain Harry Brook admitted "nobody wants to come and watch that" after his side suffered a humiliating seven-wicket loss to South Africa in Leeds on Tuesday. An opening one-day international ...

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South Africa Thrash England In 1st ODI

South Africa inflicted a humiliating seven-wicket defeat upon England in the first one-day international in Leeds on Tuesday.Victory for the Proteas was all but assured after they skittled out England ...

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South Africa Thrash England In 1st ODI

South Africa inflicted a humiliating seven-wicket defeat upon England in the first one-day international in Leeds on Tuesday. Victory for the Proteas was all but assured after they skittled out Englan ...

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Rashid Khan Sets T20I Record As Afghanistan Beat UAE In Tri-Series

Ace spinner Rashid Khan became the highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 internationals as he helped Afghanistan beat United Arab Emirates by 38 runs in Sharjah on Monday. The wily 26-year-old took 3-21 -- ...

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Australia Hopeful On Pat Cummins Fitness For Ashes Despite Back Issue

Australia are confident that captain Pat Cummins will be fit for the Ashes after he was ruled out Tuesday of series against New Zealand and India with a back complaint. The 32-year-old fast bowler was ...

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Adam Zampa's 21,000 Mile Trek Worthwhile As Invincibles Win Hundred Final

Adam Zampa's marathon 21,000 mile (34,000 kilometre) round trip from Australia just to bowl 20 balls paid dividends as the Oval Invincibles won their third successive final in English cricket' ...

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Pathum Nissanka Century Powers Sri Lanka To Zimbabwe ODI Series Win

A Pathum Nissanka century set up Sri Lanka for a five-wicket one-day international win over Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday with three balls to spare, and a 2-0 series victory. The 27-year-old right-hand ...

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Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan Demoted In Contracts As Pakistan Scrap A Category

Pakistan demoted former captains Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan on Tuesday in a contract review that scrapped the top category after a string of poor recent results. There are now no players in the to ...

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Bob Simpson: Australian Cricket Captain And Influential Coach

Bob Simpson, who has died at the age of 89, was the archetypal granite-jawed comic-book Australian cricketer who opened the batting, bowled leg-spin and is still cited as the greatest slip catcher the ...

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Former Australian Cricket Captain And Coach Bob Simpson Dies

Former Australian cricket captain and coach Bob Simpson has died aged 89, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praising the all-rounder for his "extraordinary service" to the sport. Cricket Australia ...

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Joe Root Says Warner Jibe 'All Part Of The Fun' Heading Into Ashes

Joe Root has brushed aside David Warner's jibe that he will need to "take the surfboard off his front leg" if England are to triumph in Australia in the upcoming Ashes series. Root is Test ...

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Test Cricket Needs Quality Not Quantity To Stay Alive: Australia Chief Todd Greenberg

Australia cricket chief Todd Greenberg on Wednesday said a slimmer Test calendar could benefit smaller nations because the five-day game was better "where it means something". Marking 100 days until t ...

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Bring On England Sledging During Ashes, Says Australia's Scott Boland

Australia fast bowler Scott Boland said on Wednesday that the hosts will be unfazed by any England aggression when the Ashes rivals clash later this year. England's thrilling home series against I ...

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Hope, Seales Star as West Indies Crush Pakistan in Series Decider

An inspired Jayden Seales led the West Indies to a crushing 202-run victory over Pakistan in the third and deciding one-day international in Trinidad on Tuesday. The fast bowler blew away the Pakistan ...

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India Captain Harmanpreet Kaur Targets Historic First Women’s World Cup Win

Harmanpreet Kaur vows to end India’s Women’s World Cup drought as the 2025 edition kicks off on September 30 against Sri Lanka. ...

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Dropped Australian Test Star Marnus Labuschagne Plots Ashes Return

Dropped Australian Test star Marnus Labuschagne says he is determined to bounce back and prove the doubters wrong, putting his hand up to open in the Ashes series against England. The long-time number ...

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