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16 minutes ago
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Bangladesh beats Sri Lanka by 8 wickets as Tamim's 73 not out helps clinch T20 series
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Tanzid Hasan Tamim's career-best half-century backed Bangladesh's eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka to clinch their three-match T20 series 2-1 on Wednesday. Sri Lanka won the first game by seven wickets and Bangladesh came back with a massive 83-run win to level the series. Sri Lanka scored a mediocre 132-7 in their 20 overs after captain Charith Asalanka won the toss and elected to bat first. Bangladesh replied with 133-2 with 21 deliveries to spare. Bangladesh lost their first wicket in the first ball of their innings when Sri Lankan fast bowler Nuwan Thushara trapped Parvez Hossain Emon lbw. Tamim and captain Litton Das held the Bangladesh innings together sharing a 74-run partnership for the second wicket in just 50 deliveries. Das made 32 before being caught by Kusal Perera off spin bowler Kamindu Mendis. Tamim and Towhid Hridoy joined in an unbroken 59-run stand and saw their team through to victory. Tamim finished with 73 not out to beat his previous best Twenty20 international score of 67 made against Zimbabwe last year. He hit six sixes and a boundary during his 47-ball innings. Hridoy remained unbeaten on 27. Earlier, Bangladesh off spin bowler Mehedi Hasan took a career best 4-11. Sri Lanka started its innings aggressively scoring 14 runs in the first over. However, Bangladesh fast bowler Shoriful Islam dismissed in-form batter Kusal Mendis (6) in the last ball of the over having him caught at deep-square-leg by Hridoy. Kusal Perera was out in the first ball edging Mehedi Hasan to Tamim at slip. Dinesh Chandimal also failed, being dismissed for 4 runs trying an aggressive shot against Mehedi to be caught by Jaker Ali. Asalanka (3) was stuck on the crease and played the wrong line against Mehedi and was bowled. Mehedi caught Pathum Nissanka, the top scorer for Sri Lanka with 46 runs, off his own bowling. He bettered his previous best bowling figures of 4-13 against the West Indies. Kamindu Mendis attempted to increase Sri Lanka's scoring rate with 21 runs in 15 deliveries while Dasun Shanaka remained not out on 35 off 25 deliveries. He hit 21 runs out of 22 scored by Sri Lanka in their last over. ___ AP cricket:
Indian Express
11 hours ago
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- Indian Express
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 3rd T20I Live Cricket Streaming: Where to watch SL vs BAN match live telecast today?
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (SL vs BAN) 3rd T20I Live Cricket Score Streaming Online: After making an emphatic comeback in the second game to level the three-match series 1-1, Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the decider as they hope to finish a gruelling all-format tour to the island nation on a high with a win today. After being brushed aside by Sri Lanka in a seven-wicket win in the first match, Bangladesh bounced back with a resounding win by 83 runs led by captain Litton Das. The wicket-keeper smashed five sixes and a four as his 50-ball 76 powered the Tigers to 177 for seven before they skittled the hosts for a paltry 94 on the back of a collective bowling performance, headed by wrist-spinner Rishad Hossain's three-wicket haul. When will the third Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20I happen? The third Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20I will be played today (Wednesday, July 16). Where is the third Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20I going to be played? The third Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20I will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. What time will the third Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20I start? The third Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20I will begin at 7:00 PM IST. The toss for the third T20I between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be held at 6:30 PM IST. Where to watch the live telecast of the third Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20I in India? The third Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20I will be televised live on the Sony Sports Network in India. Where to watch the live stream of the third Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20I in India? The third Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20I will be streamed live on the SonyLIV and FanCode apps and websites. SL vs BAN T20I squads Sri Lanka Squad: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka(c), Dasun Shanaka, Chamika Karunaratne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara, Kamindu Mendis, Dunith Wellalage, Matheesha Pathirana, Eshan Malinga, Dinesh Chandimal. Bangladesh Squad: Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Litton Das(w/c), Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shamim Hossain, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Naim, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nasum Ahmed.
ABC News
12 hours ago
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- ABC News
Ashes question marks around Sam Konstas, Australian batting after West Indies tour
The Test tours of Sri Lanka and the West Indies were supposed to bridge the gap for the Australian men's Test team and paint a picture of the future both imminent and distant. Instead, with the Ashes starting in four months, it doesn't feel like we know much more than we did a year ago about who should line up against an England team brimming with bravado. And it starts at the top. It was never likely to be a straightforward tour for Usman Khawaja and Sam Konstas. In Caribbean conditions rarely seen by Australian cricketers, against a team cobbled together haphazardly and with nothing to lose, 19-year-old Konstas and 38-year-old Khawaja were both playing for their immediate international futures. And now, after three Tests and six innings each, those futures are both up in the air. The numbers are damning. Konstas scored just 50 runs at an average of 8.3, and Khawaja fared only slightly better, with a top score of 47 and a 19.5 average. Each Test followed a similar pattern for the opening pair. With Australia batting first in all three matches, Khawaja's opening effort of 47 was the only occasion either batter made it to the first break. In each Test, Australia was back at the crease for its second innings before the close of play on day two, and in each match, neither Khawaja nor Konstas came out to bat on the third morning. It was hardly subtle from the West Indies, but it didn't have to be. Around the wicket and angling in, their quartet of right-arm seamers homed in on the left-handed Khawaja's pads. Three of his six dismissals were LBWs prised with such an approach. Despite his tough series, Khawaja still played the odd authoritative shot and remained composed for much of his time in the middle, as he generally does. Konstas, meanwhile, seemed to deflate further with every innings. That fearless, nation-stopping Boxing Day cameo felt like a lifetime ago as he fought for his life on the uneven, unfamiliar Caribbean pitches. His hard hands and lack of footwork were exposed again and again by Shamar Joseph in particular, who claimed Konstas's wicket on three occasions. By the final session of the third Test, Konstas's confidence was clearly shot. He grassed two catches and produced the misfield that allowed the West Indies to escape equalling the record for the lowest Test total of all time. But how much have we actually learnt from Konstas's first overseas series? For every Australian batter, the going was tough in the West Indies. There was uneven bounce and pronounced movement off the seam in Barbados and Grenada, while in Jamaica, the combination of magenta mystery and floodlights was never likely to provide ideal batting conditions. Across the three Tests, no batter came close to scoring a century for either side. The West Indies Brandon King made the highest individual score of the series with 75, while Steve Smith hit Australia's best of 71. Travis Head was the only batter to average over 35, while in Jamaica, no-one made it past 50. The 516 runs scored between the two teams in that third Test was the lowest Test match aggregate for well over 100 years. It shouldn't be a surprise that batting was tough. The strength of this West Indies team lies in its fast bowling, and the hosts were always likely to choose venues and manufacture conditions that would suit Jayden Seales, Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph, who all had excellent series to continue promising Test match careers. But, through the carnage, Cameron Green had a promising, if understated, tour. Arriving in the West Indies just one match into his international comeback, his failure in the World Test Championship final against South Africa meant questions were already being asked about him at number three. Before the opening Test in Barbados, Cummins told the media Green was seen as Australia's "long-term" first drop, despite having never played there in first-class cricket. After an uncomfortable first Test in which he made scores of 3 and 15, Green played the series' longest — and perhaps most telling — innings in the second. He ate up 123 balls for his watchful 52, laying the foundation for his middle order to build a substantial second-innings lead. In the third Test, his two scores in the 40s made him by far the game's best batter. The manner in which Green made his scores will be particularly pleasing to the Australian selectors. Critics had labelled him too slow and too robotic to be effective against a lively new ball. But success against exactly that was the backbone of the West Australian's solid series. With his return to bowling now only a matter of months away, Green's success at number three is also vital for the future of Australia's newest Test success story, Beau Webster. The all-rounder continued his outstanding start to international cricket, scoring two vital half-centuries and picking up five wickets in the Caribbean. If Green can make the number three position his own, Australian selectors can feel confident including both in the team. Of course, there is a lot of men's cricket to be played between now and the start of the Ashes. Australia is playing 22 limited-overs matches in four countries over the next three-and-a-half months, which overlaps with the first three rounds of the Sheffield Shield season. Meanwhile, a strong Australia A side is playing Sri Lanka A in the first of four straight four-day matches, with three 50-over games completed in Marrara and three to come in India in September and October. Including the fourth round of the Shield season, from November 10 to 14, there are dozens of opportunities for players to prove their worth in the long and short forms of the game before the first Ashes Test in Perth on November 21. And already some batters are putting their hands up, albeit without any great consistency. Matt Renshaw has gone on a heater in 50-over games against Sri Lanka A but isn't playing the first-class fixture, while fellow recent Test opener Nathan McSweeney has jumped between opener, first drop and number five, boasting as many 80-plus scores as single-digit innings. Kurtis Patterson still has a Test average of 144 (from two innings) and has enjoyed something of a resurgence in the first-class scene of late. Jason Sangha had unbeaten centuries in his past two Shield games and a pair of half-centuries for Australia A, and don't be surprised if you start hearing "Ollie Davies" whispered on the wind if the 24-year-old makes a hot start to the Shield season with NSW. Of course, none of these players are currently starting the innings for their states. Konstas has the inside track as the incumbent Test opener but Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne were picked ahead of him in Australia's past three Tests, so selectors clearly aren't sold on him. Add in his failures in the Caribbean and a tough start to the Shield season might just see him lapped by the field. Plus, as we learned with McSweeney last summer, selectors aren't afraid to make a mid-series change if things aren't going right. So, even if Konstas starts the summer, a couple of poor outings against England could see the tides shift. Cricket Australia made sure to point out the fifth round of Shield cricket, played during the first Test, will feature day-night games at Adelaide Oval and the Gabba, the site of the second pink-ball Test against England the following week. At the end of the day, the top scorer in domestic first-class cricket last summer was a specialist opener: Jake Weatherald. The Tasmanian was the only batter with over 900 runs, and scored three tons — all over 140 — last season. He's also already turned 30, which didn't scare selectors away from Beau Webster in their hour of need, but would signal a clear change of tack away from the selections of McSweeney and Konstas, both of which were at least partly fuelled by their youth when compared to the rest of the Test team. And while we're talking about 30-plus Shield veterans, don't be surprised if calls start for Marcus Harris to resume his 14-Test career. Despite a rare down year in Shield cricket, he travelled to England and averaged 63.5 with three centuries and two 50s for Lancashire in April and May, albeit while batting exclusively at number four and facing none of the bowlers England will bring down under. And the bowling attack for England will be an interesting watch. Rarely have they brought a seamer to Australia with any sort of success, leading to a decade without the Urn, but this time could be different. Jofra Archer has returned from four long years in the Test wilderness to torment superstar India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal with the sort of rapid pace and bounce that lends itself to Australian pitches and England missed so sorely when he was absent for the 2021/22 series. Gus Atkinson is also returning for the next Test and has genuine speed in his arm, while Headingley destroyer Mark Wood continues his recovery from a knee injury, looking to return to Australia for the first time since taking nine wickets with the pink ball in Hobart three years ago. Brydon Carse offers more seam, while Ben Stokes is back bowling at his lion-hearted best in the gripping five-Test series against India, which should have England far more ready for a proper contest than Australia after brushing aside the West Indies. The team Australia picks will be anyone's guess, but if England can keep its pace attack fit and firing, the flimsy batting line-up will need to find some fight to keep the streak alive.
The Independent
a day ago
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- The Independent
Kate Cross expects results under ‘queen of English cricket' Charlotte Edwards
Kate Cross is hoping 'the queen of English cricket' can take the nation back to the pinnacle of the international game as they step up their World Cup preparations. Charlotte Edwards, who captained England to 50-over and T20 World Cup glory in 2009, replaced Jon Lewis as head coach in April and has just a few months to mould her team before the 2025 edition of the former competition in India and Sri Lanka. Edwards will send her side into the first of three one-day internationals against India in Southampton on Wednesday on the back of 3-2 T20 series defeat by the same opposition, with Cross confident her inspirational former captain can make a significant impact. The Lancashire pace bowler said: 'She is the queen of English cricket, isn't she? 'I spoke in a press conference months ago about how Lottie was the captain that gave me my debut cap, so it's kind of like a full-circle moment for me where one of the best English cricketers to play the game is now leading the team. 'She's so passionate about English cricket and so passionate about women's cricket. She's the biggest badger I know – she's literally watched every ball that you bowl or every ball that you face, she's really on it. She's got about seven laptops, I think, to watch all the Blast games. 'But her knowledge around the game is just phenomenal, so I think we feel really lucky that we've had a coach with that sort of experience, but also with the career that she had in the game, come in to help guide us and make us a better team, so it's been brilliant.' Edwards has work to do as she attempts to restore England's fortunes after a difficult year which has included a 16-0 Ashes whitewash, and she has vowed to make fitness one of the key elements of her regime. However, Cross revealed she has set about her task with a smile on her face. She said: 'She's not just not changed at all. She's still the same Lottie that was my captain eight or nine years ago, so it's been really lovely for me personally to have her around. 'She's just great fun as well. She's always chuckling and making you laugh, which is a really nice place to be in an international dressing room.' On the pitch, Nat Sciver-Brunt's side are still getting to grips with Edwards' philosophy, and Cross insists they need time to do that as they attempt to eradicate the failings which have cost them so dearly in recent times. She said: 'It's difficult. I know we're getting still quite a lot of press around our fielding. It's not where we want it to be and we know there's been some mistakes made in key moments. 'But hopefully if we can be judged in six months', eight months', 12 months' time when the new regime has had a chance to kind of bed in, then hopefully those comments that are made will be… not fairer, because I think the comments that were being made are quite fair at the moment. 'But you'll only then see the changes which will fit with the new regime that Lottie wants to bring in.'
The Independent
a day ago
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- The Independent
Brian Lara names the best bowler he faced during glittering West Indies career
Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara has named Shane Warne as the best bowler he faced during his glittering career. The West Indies legend played in an era of prolific bowlers but mentioned Warne alongside Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan when asked about the best bowlers he came up against. Lara was speaking on The Overlap and Betfair 's 'Stick to Cricket' show alongside Sir Alastair Cook, Phil Tufnell and Michael Vaughan, and when asked if Warne would be 'one of the best you've faced', the former batsman immediately responded: 'He is the best.' 'I'd walk out to bat against Murali [Muttiah Muralitharan], and I'm confused. The first half an hour of Murali, I'd be confused, said Lara. 'Murali gave me more pressure than Shane. But I'd walk out to bat against Shane, the ball would be coming off the middle, every ball, and then about 2pm, 3pm, he just produces this magical delivery, or spell. 'And that's why I rate him higher, because I think he was mentally stronger, and obviously with his bowling attack and the pitches that he bowled on, which favoured the McGraths [and other fast bowlers], for him to pick up that amount of wickets, [is] very special.' Warne took 708 wickets across 145 Test matches for Australia between 1992 and 2007, and is widely regarded as one of the best bowlers of all time. He worked in various roles including cricket commentary after his retirement, but sadly died of a heart attack in 2022 aged just 52. When asked by David Lloyd whether he 'got on' with Warne, Lara replied: 'Of course! We had a great time together'. Lara, who scored a total of 11,953 runs across 131 Test matches, holds the record for the most runs scored in a single Test innings – having tallied 400 against England in Antigua in 2004 – and recently saw that record preserved after South Africa captain Wiaan Muller opted to declare on 367 against Zimbabwe.
