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Washington Post
21 hours ago
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- Washington Post
Haris century earns 3-0 sweep for new-look Pakistan against Bangladesh
LAHORE, Pakistan — Mohammad Haris smashed Pakistan's second fastest century in a T20 game to complete a 3-0 sweep for his team against Bangladesh on Sunday. The wicketkeeper-batter raised his first T20 hundred off 45 balls and remained unbeaten on 107 as a new-look Pakistan cruised to 197-3 for a seven-wicket win in the third Twenty20 with 16 balls to spare.
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
Haris century earns 3-0 sweep for new-look Pakistan against Bangladesh
Bangladesh's Tanzid Hasan Tamim plays a shot during the third Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistan's Mohammad Haris plays a shot during the third Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistan's Mohammad Haris celebrates after scoring century during the third Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistan's Mohammad Haris celebrates after scoring century during the third Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Bangladesh's Tanzid Hasan Tamim plays a shot during the third Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistan's Mohammad Haris plays a shot during the third Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistan's Mohammad Haris celebrates after scoring century during the third Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Mohammad Haris smashed Pakistan's second fastest century in a T20 game to complete a 3-0 sweep for his team against Bangladesh on Sunday. The wicketkeeper-batter raised his first T20 hundred off 45 balls and remained unbeaten on 107 as a new-look Pakistan cruised to 197-3 for a seven-wicket win in the third Twenty20 with 16 balls to spare. Advertisement Bangladesh had earlier made 196-6, its highest total in a T20 against Pakistan, after Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha won his third successive toss of the series but decided to chase for the first time. Haris continued to follow Pakistan's new aggressive batting approach in coach Mike Hesson's first series as white-ball head coach. Haris hit seven sixes and eight boundaries and also became the first non-opening Pakistan batter to score a T20 century. Pakistan had dropped seasoned pros Babar Azam, wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi for the series to test its fringe T20 players as a build-up for next year's T20 World Cup. Opener Saim Ayub, who struggled in Pakistan's first two wins with scores of 0 and 4, returned to form with 45 off 29 balls and put on 92 runs with Haris after Sahibzada Farhan fell for 1 in the first over. Advertisement Power-hitter Hasan Nawaz, who scored Pakistan's quickest-ever century in a T20 against New Zealand in March off 44 balls, scored 20 of his 26 runs in fours and sixes before he gave spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz (2-26) his second wicket. Bangladesh couldn't capitalize on a 110-run opening stand between Parvez Hossain Emon (66) and Tanzid Hasan (42). Leg-spinner Shadab Khan dismissed Emon in the 12th over and squeezed Bangladesh in the middle overs before fast bowler Abbas Afridi (2-26) choked the batting further in the death overs. Afridi gave away only eight runs in his last two overs and picked up the wickets of Shamim Hossain (8) and Towhid Hridoy (25) as Bangladesh could score only 46 runs in the last five overs and lost four wickets. Pakistan won the first match by 37 runs and the second by 57 runs after Bangladesh failed to chase down identical targets of 202 runs in both games. ___ AP cricket:
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
'Relief' and 'pride' as Jones takes her chance
Amy Jones had waited a while for her first international century - 12 years, 225 matches and 190 innings, to be exact. Against a struggling West Indies at Derby, in England's first one-day international under the new leadership regime of Nat Sciver-Brunt and Charlotte Edwards, the wicketkeeper finally made it out of the 90s. Edwards' first tactical move in the 50-over format was to promote Jones back up the order after Maia Bouchier's omission from the side, and she repaid the faith immediately. Jones had opened for England 23 times previously between 2016 and 2019, but said the simplicity of Edwards' approach helped take the pressure off upon her return to the top."She said, 'you've scored big runs at county level opening and you did pretty well opening before so have a good go at it'. For it to be an option was really exciting for me," Jones told BBC Test Match Special. "It feels really special [to make the century]. It feels like it has been a long time, especially with a bit of an opportunity to bat at the top of the order at the start of my career, so it just feels like a lot of relief and a huge amount of pride." The Ashes drubbing which started the year was one to forget for all of England's players, but Jones suffered a particularly painful experience in the second ODI at Melbourne which really kickstarted England's with chasing 181 to level the series, Jones was left unbeaten on 47 having failed to marshal the tail and miscounting the balls left in an over. Since that series, Edwards had made her intentions clear regarding England's "smartness" in 50-over cricket so it is fitting that Jones has immediately answered the had made it past 90 three times in an England shirt before, making 94 against India in 2018, 91 v West Indies in 2019 and an unbeaten 92 against New Zealand in 2024 - and the nerves did seem to be kicking in when she was dropped on 92 and 93 in this opposition will certainly come - in fact, rather soon, with India's arrival next month, but the smile on Jones' face as she embraced fellow centurion Tammy Beaumont in celebration indicated the sheer weight lifted from her shoulders. "There would have been a few people scratching their heads on why she would be opening the batting," said former England seamer Katherine Sciver-Brunt on BBC Test Match Special. "I never thought she lost that spot, so I am massively pleased. She didn't say to whoever was in charge, 'I want that spot back', she just took that she would be four, five or six. "The last two years she has done that well. I am over the moon for her that she has got the first hundred out of the way under some pressure. "I am mega happy for her but the ones that will stand out are the ones that really matter against the best teams in the world."
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Stunning family development as Mitch Marsh makes history with epic century
Mitch Marsh has continued his form after a short break from the IPL having blasted his maiden century in the IPL for the Lucknow Super Giants and with it comes a stunning slice of family history. Marsh returned home during the suspension of the IPL, but returned earlier this week to see out the tournament for the Giants. Marsh's team, coached by Justin Langer, won't make the playoffs after a poor start to the season. However, Marsh cracked 65 from 39 balls in his first game back earlier in the week having returned to Australia during the unrest in India. And he has gone even better this time around in the Super Giants' penultimate game with the 33-year-old blasting 117 of 63 balls to plunder his team to a 33-run win. This marked Marsh's first century in 48 innings in his 15-year IPL career. Incredibly, the allrounder is the first overseas player to record a century in the 2025 competition. Marsh blasted eight massive sixes in his 117 and it took him to a total of 32 for the tournament. Marsh has scored 560 runs in just 12 innings and sits fourth on the tally behind Indian trio Sai Sudharsan (638), Shubman Gill (636) and Suryakumar Yadav (583). And the Aussie's century has created an incredibly slice of history for the Marsh family. He now joins older brother Shaun Marsh as the only siblings to record a century in the IPL. Shaun achieved the feat back in 2008, which marks 17 years between the brothers recording a century. The Marsh's now hold a special place in IPL folklore and there doesn't appear to be anything slowing Mitch down with a boosted contract on the line for next year after his tremendous form. 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗣𝗟! 🏆🗓️ 2008 – Elder brother Shaun Marsh announced himself with a sensational IPL century.🗓️ 2025 – Younger brother Mitchell Marsh joins the elite list with his maiden IPL and Shaun Marsh become the first-ever siblings to score a… — Neutral Balak (@neutralbalak) May 22, 2025 Most runs by a pair in IPL 2025 👇Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan - 839 in 12 inningsAIDEN MARKRAM AND MITCH MARSH - 574 in 12 innings 🔥 — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 22, 2025 Marsh has one final game to cap off his best season in the IPL so far with coach Langer backing the allrounder at the top of the order. The opener put a partnership together with South African Aiden Markram and got the Super Giants off to a remarkable start. Marsh and Markram have now scored the second-highest total of runs as a pair in the IPL. The opener then watched Nicholas Pooran score a 56 not out after Markram's dismissal. Marsh fell for 117, but not before he sent leg-spinning wizard Rashid Khan in his first over for 6, 4, 6, 4, 4, 1. Gujarat didn't come close to the Super Giants' monster total of 2-235 having fallen 32 runs short after 20 overs. This marked Marsh's second T20 century after he smashed a 100 not out for the Perth Scorchers in a Big Bash match in 2021. While Marsh was dropped from the Aussie national team in the red-ball format, he shows no signs of slowing down in white-ball cricket. Marsh was thrilled with his century having taken 15 years to reach triple-figures in the competition. Although he admitted frustration the team wouldn't be playing in the knockout stages having timed their run too late in 2025. "It's been disappointing, all teams come in to win it but the IPL is a beast of a competition, you've got to be on it every game," he said. "Any team can beat any team and that makes it the best tournament in the world."
The Guardian
22-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
‘I'm the right man': Zak Crawley ignores pressure with century against Zimbabwe
If Zak Crawley showed little sign of the pressure he was under as he became one of three English centurions on the opening day against Zimbabwe, it is possibly because he did not know he was under any. The opener's place in the team was presumed to be at risk after a poor run of form was followed by heavy hints that Jacob Bethell would be parachuted straight into the team on his return from the IPL, but after scoring 124 – England's third-highest innings of the day after Ben Duckett's 140 and Ollie Pope's unbeaten 169 – the 27-year-old insisted he had heard no such rumours and had felt nothing from his coaches and colleagues except support. 'They obviously think I'm the right man for the job, and I have that belief in myself as well,' Crawley said. 'I love being around this group, and when you play for your country you're going to be surrounded by good players, and that pressure is going to be coming all the time. Throughout my career, from when I was very young until now, I've always been made a better player by people around me doing well and forcing me to be better.' There were times when it was not clear that Crawley was surrounded by particularly good players, as Zimbabwe toiled in the field with little by way of reward or inspiration. After frolicking through the day at 5.65 runs an over England were 498 for three at stumps, just eight away from the all-time record for the most runs in the opening day of a Test they set in Rawalpindi in 2022, after Crawley and Ben Duckett put on 231 for the opening wicket, just two short of the personal best they set on that same day in Pakistan. Only once in the last 50 years has any other pair of English openers scored more. Crawley's recent past had been filled with much less encouraging statistics. In his previous 10 Test innings he had averaged 11.3 with a high score of 29 and a low in New Zealand at the end of last year that lasted four weeks and involved being repeatedly hunted and humbled by Matt Henry, who dismissed him six times in six attempts and took a total of 33 balls to do it. And while he had enjoyed some success in his early-season appearances for Kent – scoring three half-centuries, one of them unbeaten – in the first innings of those games he had scored one, none, one and six. 'I actually felt in good touch before the New Zealand series,' he said. 'I got a couple of weird dismissals and a couple of decent balls and before you know it I'd had a terrible, terrible time. That's the nature of the beast in Test cricket. But I feel like I found some rhythm in the last few weeks and things like that don't really bother me. Like, good days and bad days. I try to forget them as quickly as possible and be as present as possible.' Zimbabwe go into day two hoping it will be possible for all their players to be present. Shortly after lunch their opening bowler Richard Ngarava pulled up while gently jogging around the outfield, doubling over in pain and variously feeling his back and his right hamstring before climbing gingerly into an electric buggy, dragging his left leg aboard with his right arm. He eventually returned, albeit looking far from comfortable, having apparently suffered nothing more serious than a back spasm and the hope is that he will be able to bowl on Friday. 'We'll reassess tonight and then in the morning we'll have a look,' said Charl Langeveldt, Zimbabwe's bowling coach. Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion Like the broad-shouldered Ngarava, the high-shouldered Blessing Muzarabani – the pair of them collectively known as the Twin Towers – bowled some excellent deliveries but was inconsistent. 'Stepping up to the next level of playing a team like England, you need to be able to challenge them for longer periods,' Langeveldt said. 'In our first period we were good, but then we struggled to contain them. With England they'll hit your good balls as well. You really feel for the guys, they tried really hard.'
