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India one win from the series in Hamilton, where New Zealand have won their last eight completed ODIs
India lead 2-0, and a win at Seddon Park on Tuesday would give them an unbeatable lead and only their third bilateral ODI series win in New Zealand. New Zealand have won all ten home ODI series they have completed since 2020, and India have won once in eight ODIs against New Zealand in Hamilton.
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One spin option and four late call-ups: Pakistan open their home Test season against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi
Pakistan, bottom of the World Test Championship table, released Ali Usman and Abdullah Fazal and added four players on Saturday, two days before the first Test. Sri Lanka play their first Test under Kusal Mendis, are without a Test win this year, and bring Sonal Dinusha, who averages 86.57 in five Tests.
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Gardner's 25-ball 64 and Bray's four wickets win rain-cut Sydney derby as Sixers and Scorchers stay unbeaten
Ashleigh Gardner hit 64 not out and added 97 unbroken with Ellyse Perry before Caoimhe Bray took 4 for 28, and the Sixers beat the Thunder by nine runs on the DLS method in a 16-over match. Sophie Devine's 55 from 24 balls then took the Scorchers past the Stars with 30 balls to spare.
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Hamza Zahoor's 100 not out lifts Pakistan from 61 for 5 to a three-wicket win over India at the U19 Asia Cup
Pakistan's wicketkeeper made an unbeaten 100 from 108 balls and added 107 with Hasnain Abbas Dar after India's Arjun Rajput had made 107 from 85. The defending champions won with 11 balls left in Oman and are sure of a top-two finish in Group A, where the UAE beat Nepal.
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Niazai's 6 for 7 bowls Malaysia out for 42 as Afghanistan lead U19 Asia Cup Group B and Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka
Noor Ali Niazai took 6 for 7 in 9.3 overs as Malaysia were all out for 42 in Al Amerat and Afghanistan won in three overs. Ahsan Al Mumin's 82 set up Bangladesh's 45-run win over Sri Lanka, and Monday's last round of Group B decides the two semi-final places.
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Wareham's 73 not out from 31 balls lifts Renegades past Strikers as Heat make it two wins in a row
Georgia Wareham and Courtney Webb added 109 from the last 58 balls as the Melbourne Renegades made 188 for 3 and beat the Adelaide Strikers by 36 runs. In Brisbane, Lily Bassingthwaighte took 3 for 16 as the Heat beat the winless Hobart Hurricanes by four wickets.
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Hridoy's 242 not out is Bangladesh's highest individual Test score and turns 184 for 7 into a lead against West Indies
In his third Test, Towhid Hridoy made 242 not out from 359 balls, with a Bangladesh-record 11 sixes, passing Mushfiqur Rahim's 219 not out. He scored 161 of the 202 runs Bangladesh added for their last two wickets, and West Indies were 7 for 0 when bad light ended day three in Sylhet, 23 behind.
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Brar's 4 for 30 bowls New Zealand out for 134, their lowest all-out home total against India, and India go 2-0 up
New Zealand were bowled out for 134 in 41 overs in Wellington, their lowest all-out total in 47 home ODIs against India, as Gurnoor Brar took a career-best 4 for 30. India were 113 for 7 after 26 overs, four runs ahead of the DLS par score, when rain ended the match.
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Usman Khan's 139 and Sehwag's 70 as Pakistan and India open their U19 Asia Cup campaigns with big wins
Pakistan, the defending champions, beat the UAE by nine wickets after Usman Khan made 139 not out, and India bowled Nepal out for 128 before Aaryavir Sehwag's unbeaten 70 took them home in 19.1 overs. The two sides meet in Group A in Al Amerat on Sunday.
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Coyte defends eight in the last over as Sixers beat Stars by one run after Perry's 84 not out
Ellyse Perry's unbeaten 84 from 57 balls carried the Sydney Sixers to 160 for 5 at Junction Oval, and Sarah Coyte defended eight runs in the final over as the Melbourne Stars, needing four from the last ball, finished on 159 for 7. The Sixers top the WBBL table, unbeaten after three games.
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Michael Hussey joins Australia as consultant for the 2027 Ashes and ODI World Cup and T20 advisor to 2028
Cricket Australia has appointed Michael Hussey consultant coach for next year's Ashes and ODI World Cup and T20 advisor for the 2028 Olympics and T20 World Cup. He will assist during the T20I series against England this month and the home Test series against New Zealand.
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Conway out of the series and Henry cleared as New Zealand look for a Wellington reply to India's 1-0 lead
Update: India won by four runs on the DLS method to lead 2-0. Devon Conway's concussion ends his ODI series and left-hander Nick Kelly joins the squad, while Matt Henry is available again. India, 1-0 up after Auckland, return to the city where they last won an ODI in New Zealand before this week, with rain forecast from around midday before a 3pm start.
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Rahmat Shah's 173 gives Afghanistan a ten-run lead before Taylor's 82 puts Zimbabwe 154 ahead in Sharjah
Rahmat Shah made 173 and added a record 92 for the eighth wicket with Zia-ur-Rehman as Afghanistan reached 514, ten ahead, on day four of the first Test. Brendan Taylor's 82 then took Zimbabwe to 164 for 3, a lead of 154 going into the last day.
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Kavem Hodge made 140 not out and added 165 with the debutant Kevin Wickham as West Indies reached 345 for 3 on day four of the second Test, a lead of 315. Bangladesh had taken a 30-run first-innings lead through Towhid Hridoy's record 242 not out.
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Charli Knott's 104 ends Brisbane Heat's 706-day WBBL drought
Charli Knott's 104 from 61 balls, her first WBBL hundred, took the Heat to 184 for 4 at Drummoyne Oval. Laura Wolvaardt (75) and Madeline Penna (68) kept Adelaide Strikers in the chase, but Sarah Glenn and Grace Harris took two wickets each and the Heat won by 14 runs.
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Livingstone joins CSK at less than half his fee in four-player trade with Sunrisers
Liam Livingstone and Jack Edwards move to Chennai Super Kings, and Khaleel Ahmed and Nathan Ellis to Sunrisers Hyderabad, before IPL 2027. Livingstone's fee falls from INR 13 crore to 6 crore; the other three move on their existing fees.
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Starc back at No. 1 among Test bowlers after a week behind Jansen as Harmer climbs to seventh on 817
Mitchell Starc's nine wickets in Cape Town put him back on top of the ICC Test bowling rankings, a week after Marco Jansen first reached No. 1. Simon Harmer's ten-wicket match took his rating to 817, second only to Hugh Tayfield among South African spinners.
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Naqvi in line for debut and Cremer recalled for first Test since 2017 as Afghanistan and Zimbabwe meet in Sharjah
Brian Bennett, 22, leads Zimbabwe in place of the injured Richard Ngarava, and Afghanistan are without the rested Rashid Khan for a two-Test series at a ground that has not staged a Test since 2016. Craig Ervine needs nine runs for 2,000 in Tests.
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Last-ball no-ball denies Hurricanes a Super Over as Molineux's 4 for 22 sets up Renegades' first win
Scores were level at 154 when Deandra Dottin missed the final delivery in Hobart, but a no-ball was called, with replays reported to show keeper Lizelle Lee had taken the ball in front of the stumps. Melbourne Renegades won by four wickets; Hobart Hurricanes are without a point after three games.
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Kamboj's 10-2-22-2 and Kohli's 51-ball 74 give India a rain-hit win at Eden Park and a 1-0 lead
India's seamers bowled New Zealand out for 185 in 40.2 overs, Arshdeep Singh taking 4 for 70 and Gurnoor Brar 3 for 44. Virat Kohli's 80th ODI fifty then set up the chase of a DLS target of 143 from 32 overs, reached with 56 balls to spare.
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