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Afghanistan and Sri Lanka hope to keep faint semi-final dreams alive
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Sunday, 29 October 2023 07:02
Big picture - Teams look to capitalise on momentumWhile this World Cup has only belatedly started offering up some nail-biters, it's been rather more generous in terms of unexpected results. As a result, despite the sides currently occupying the top-four spots in the points table being the likeliest to make it through to the knockouts, there's a cluster of teams…
Sutherland and Day take centrestage to lift Melbourne Stars to victory
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Sunday, 29 October 2023 00:30
Melbourne Stars 154 for 7 (Sutherland 49) beat Perth Scorchers 147 for 9 (Darke 45, Day 4-27) by seven runsAnnabel Sutherland's late power hitting and smarts with the ball helped take the Melbourne Stars to a crucial seven-run WBBL win over Perth Scorchers.After Stars lost 3-0 midway through their innings at Junction Oval, Sutherland smashed 49 off 27 to help…
Kumara out with thigh injury, Chameera comes in as replacement
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Sunday, 29 October 2023 00:59
Lahiru Kumara has been ruled out of the World Cup after hurting his left thigh during training in Pune, where Sri Lanka play their next game of the tournament, against Afghanistan on Monday. He has been replaced in the Sri Lanka squad by Dushmantha Chameera, who becomes the third player to come in as an injury replacement for Sri Lanka…
Freeman and Hope the heroes for Tasmania in record run chase
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Sunday, 29 October 2023 01:12
Tasmania 150 (Webster 59, Steketee 4-42) and 432 for 7 (Wade 105, Webster 70, Wakim 56) beat Queensland 379 (Burns 133, Clayton 96, Peirson 52, Neser 51) and 202 for 6 dec (Renshaw 57, Burns 55) by three wicketsTasmania pulled off the highest successful run chase in their Sheffield Shield history in a memorable three-wicket triumph over Queensland.Set 432 to…
2025 Champions Trophy qualification at stake during ODI World Cup
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Sunday, 29 October 2023 03:34
The top seven sides at the end of the league stage of the ongoing 2023 ODI World Cup will qualify for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, along with hosts Pakistan, to compete in the eight-team event.An ICC spokesperson confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that the qualification system for the 2025 Champions Trophy was approved by the ICC Board in 2021, when the…
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